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William Sullivan fonds

  • MS-14-12
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1929
Fonds contains pamphlets on alfalfa farming, correspondence to William Sullivan, and information about jersey cattle from Woodview Farms, Grayburn Farms, Elm Hill Farm, and Maxwelton Farm.

Correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty

File contains correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty, including an agreement governing the work of students in the hospital, lists of exam results, lecture notes on medical jurisprudence, and letters between W.W. Kenny, the hospital superintendent and W.H. Hattie, Assistant Dean of Medicine, D. Fraser Harris, Secretary of the Medical Faculty, President MacKenzie and others.

Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin (and a few written by McMillan), Lockeport, between March 1929 and March 1930, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in McMillan's general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engines (Bridgewater), Akron Lamp Co. (Akron, OH), A.W. Allen & Son (Middleton), Edward Allen (Yarmouth, re: continuation of business run by his heirs), Gertie Allen (Louis Head), American Agricultural Chemical Company (Boston), H.W. Austin (Montreal), Baird-Thomas-Scott Limited (Truro), L.E. Baker & Co. (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Bates & Innes Limited (Carleton Place, ON), D. Stanley Bauld (Halifax), A.M. Bell & Co. (Halifax), J. & T. Bell Company (Montreal), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Blockhouse Trading Co., W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian Children's Wear Limited (Montreal), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), R.B. Colwell Limited (Halifax), Congoleum Canada Limited (Montreal), J.F. Creaser Co. (LaHave), S. Cunard & Co. (Halifax), R.H. Davis & Co. Limited (Yarmouth), Thos. P. DeWolfe & Son (Yarmouth), Dominion Chair Co. (Bass River), Dominion Rubber Company Limited (Halifax), Eastern Hay and Feed Co. (Sackville, NB), Stanley Edwards (Sable River West), Ellis Bros. (Toronto), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John), C. & E. Everett Limited (Saint John), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Fraser Companies Limited (Edmundston, NB), John E. Garrett (New Glasgow), General Steel Wares (Halifax), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Geo. S. Goulden (Birchtown), Halifax Herald Limited, Hastings Harlow (Sable River West), Lewis Harlow (Sable River West), Loran B. Harlow (Sable River West), T.R. Harlow (Sable River West), W.F. Hatheway Co. (Saint John), M.D. Hines (Yarmouth), Holeproof Hosiery Company (London, ON), Howards Limited (Halifax), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada (Halifax), Indian Garden Farm (Bridgewater, Fletcher Hebb), Harold Jones (Halifax), Mrs. J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Julius Kayser & Co. Limited (Sherbrooke, QC), LaHave Creamery Co., Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Montreal), Lakeside Milling Company (Toronto), Alfred Lambert Limited (Saint John), Lincoln Langille (Barss Corner), Lunenburg Coal & Supply Co., Lunenburg Milling Company, Maple Leaf Milling Co. (Halifax), A.E. Marois Limited (Quebec), Miner Rubber Company (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Moirs Limited (Halifax), Montmagny Broom Co. (Halifax), J. & T. Morris (Charlottetown, PEI), J. & M. Murphy Limited (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), Peter Nichols & Co. (Yarmouth), H.B. Nickerson & Sons (East Port LeHebert), North Queens Fruit Packing Co. (Caledonia), R.L. Oakes (Middlewood), C.H. Peters' Sons (Saint John), Pickford and Black (Halifax), Pyke Bros. (Halifax), Rafuse & Eisenhauer Limited (Bridgewater), G.N. Reagh & Sons (Middleton), A.J. Reid (Shubenacadie), Richmond Paper Co. (Halifax), M.J. Ritcey & Co. (Halifax), Wm Robertson & Son (Halifax), David Roche (Halifax), Salada Tea Company (Montreal), Schofield Paper Company (Saint John), Scotia Flour & Feed Co. (Halifax), R.B. Seeton & Company (Halifax), Shelburne Woodworkers Limited, Simmons Limited (Montreal), Harvey W. Slawnwhite (Springfield), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Steel Furnishing Company (New Glasgow), Steen Bros. Milling Co. Limited (Truro), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Valley Creamery Limited (Kingston), Vassie-Brock-Manchester (Saint John), Webster, Smith Co. Limited (Halifax), R.J. Whitten & Co. (Halifax), Williams Shoe Limited (Brampton, ON), Andrew Wilson & Company (Toronto), V.L. Wright (East Dalhousie), Yarmouth Cycle & Motor Co., among others.

Nelson Pratt fonds

  • MS-13-32
  • Fonds
  • 1896 - 1931, predominant 1896 - 1900
Fonds contains student tickets from Dalhousie University, Victoria General Hospital and Halifax Medical College; registration receipts; medical examination certificates; certificates of class attendance; certificates from the Provincial Medical Board; other letters and certificates certifying that Pratt completed certain aspects of his medical training; and a plaque bearing Dr. Pratt's name.

Pratt, Nelson

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

  • MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 37
  • Item
  • 1931
Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

Examination certificates, certificates of class attendance, and other records of Nelson Pratt's medical training

  • MS-13-32, SF Box 66, Folder 7
  • File
  • 1896 - 1931, predominant 1896 - 1900
  • Part of Nelson Pratt fonds

File contains records collected by Nelson Pratt while he was a medical student at Halifax Medical College and Dalhousie University's Medical Faculty. Records include registration receipts; medical examination certificates; certificates of class attendance; certificates from the Provincial Medical Board; and other letters and certificates certifying that Pratt completed aspects of his medical training. There are also letters and receipts related to purchases made by Pratt.

Davis, Mary

File contains a typed letter unsigned by Kenneth Leslie, written on March 19, 1931 to be sent to Mary Davis of Summit, New Jersey. File addresses outlining an evening of Gaelic dance and music, organized by Kenneth and his first wife, Elizabeth Moir, mentioning the potential of his three young daughters assisting in the dancing. The goal of the program is to display the "instrumental music, song, and dance, expressive of the classic culture of Gaeldom. File also contains a facsimile of Leslie's letter.

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1932 Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submission for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph Journal, dated December 6, 1932, discussing the rapid changes to Dalhousie's campus and culture in the years since the end of the First World War. Item also contains related correspondence.

John Daniel Logan fonds

  • MS-5-1
  • Fonds
  • 1850 - 1932
Fonds contains music manuscripts and published scores, photographs, and autograph letters written by well-known composers such as Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and John Philip Sousa. Through his work as a music critic and journalist in Toronto and Halifax, Logan communicated with many prominent Canadian musicians in the early twentieth century. Many of the scores, photographs, and autographs included in this collection are a result of his contributions to music criticism. The music and theatre programs are frequently annotated with comments for reviews, and most of his correspondence with musicians and actors relates to his work as a music and theatre critic. Some of the scores were given to Logan as gifts from performers while others were sent to him for review or publication in newspapers. There are several manuscripts of songs by Edith Jessie Archibald, a prominent social activist and suffragist in Halifax. Letters sent to Logan also concern his poetic contributions, and there is a manuscript draft of one of his books, Preludes: Sonnets and other Verses (1906).

Logan, John Daniel

William Harop Hattie fonds

  • MS-13-12
  • Fonds
  • 1894-1932
Fonds consists of correspondence with the Canadian Medical Association and its professional journal; manuscripts of papers and addresses; off prints; obituaries of Dr. Hattie; a letter from Secretary of Graduates of McGill University H.C. Pruell (1897); and a letter from Sir J.W. Dawson (1897).

Hattie, William Harop

Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

  • MS-2-657
  • Fonds
  • 1799 - 1932
Fonds consists of primarily of Captain Isaac Rayne and Captain's George Rayne's personal records regarding their private life, including two locks of Captain George Rayne's hair, correspondence, receipts of payments, family records, and others textual records. Fonds also contains personal records of Robert W. Rayne and others family members.

Rayne, Isaac

John and Robert Rutherford fonds

  • MS-2-235
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1932
Fonds consists of documents relating to mining, primarily the Styles Mine in Cumberland County, NS. Records include correspondence, maps, geological surveys and reports. There is also a collection of prose and poetry by John Rutherford and personal family correspondence.

Rutherford, John

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle about the completion of registration at Dalhousie

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle, dated October 16, 1933, outlining the completion of the registration process at Dalhousie University for the 1933-34 session, and a rejection of the rumours of a substantial drop in student registration. Item contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, prepared in December 1933. Item discusses the up-and-down economic welfare of the Maritime Provinces in the years since 1929, and the economic potential of the region's forest lands. Item contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, dated December 20, 1933, addressing the perilous international political and economic situations after the cessation of payment of War Debts and the impending collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Canada getting its economic house in order. Item contains related correspondence.

Frank Baird fonds

  • MS-2-5, SF Box 13, Folder 2
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1933
Fonds consists of a draft typescript of Baird's "Doctor Archibald MacMechan: An Estimate and an Appreciation," commissioned by The Halifax Chronicle for their 1923 New Year's edition and withdrawn at Archibald MacMechan's request. Also present are three letters from MacMechan concerning the article and a later letter from Stanley MacKenzie regarding an essay by Baird rejected by The Dalhousie Review.

Baird, Frank, Rev. Dr., 1870-1951

Beaver study correspondence

File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record, prepared in December 1933, discussing the importance of taking a "long-sighted view" of Cape Breton's economic future, rather than using "any temporary upturn in business conditions" as an indicator. Item contains related correspondence.

Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

Item consists of a series of press releases prepared by Carleton Stanley outlining a public lecture series at the University Gymnasium in January and February 1934. Press release outlines multidisciplinary lectures by Dr. Dixie Pelluet, Dr. W.D. Woodhead, Dr. H.F. Munro, Dr. H.E. Bigelow, Dr. E.W.. Nichols, and Dr. W. Hamilton Fyfe. Item also contains related correspondence.

Harry Goudge Grant's letter-to-the-editor about Dalhousie's contributions to the Halifax Public Health Clinic

Item consists of Carleton Stanley's typescript copy of Dean Harry Goudge Grant's scathing letter to the editors of the Halifax Chronicle and Halifax Daily Star, dated March 25, 1934, responding to critiques around funding of the Public Health Clinic. "It can be said without contradiction that in no other place in the world is it [the funding of such a medical facility] done by a University."

Correspondence from Ray Sweetman to Dalhousie history professor George Earle Wilson regarding film images for use in lectures supported by the 1934 American Seminar

  • MS-2-822, SF Box 102, Folder 19
  • File
  • 1934
File consists of three letters to participants in the 1934 American Seminar, a lecture series initiated by American Protestant leader Sherwood Eddy to introduce American thinkers to political, economic and ecclesiastical European leaders. The letters describe the content of film images available for use by seminarians in illustrated lectures.

Wilson, George Earle

Lucius Dill Dexter fonds

  • MS-2-354
  • Fonds
  • 1814 - 1934
Fonds consists of correspondence, research material, manuscripts, and drafts by Lucius Dill Dexter.

Dexter, Lucius Dill

Records - Stanley, Carleton Wellesley

File contains draft and final speeches and addresses delivered by Carleton Stanley between 1931 and 1934, early in his tenure as Dalhousie President. File also contains related correspondence.
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