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Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

  • MS-13-86
  • Fonds
  • 1837-2020, predominant 1904-2008

Fonds contains records created and collected primarily by Alexander H. Leighton, with some by Jane Leighton Murphy. Documents span from Leighton's studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and Johns Hopkins univerities, through his government employment in World War II, and his teaching career at Cornell, Dalhousie, and Harvard. The majority of records are related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women, both based in Nigeria, and the Stirling County Study, based in Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, manuscripts, grant applications, reports, photographs and slides, medical and academic records, method and guidebooks, reviews, offprints and publications, teaching and course materials, and surveys and interview transcripts.

A sous-fonds contains records documenting the migration of Alexander Leighton's parents from Ireland to the United States and their subsequent life in Philadelphia. The sous-fonds contains extensive correspondence between extended family members over the course of a century, as well as photographs, diaries, wills, family trees, memoirs, and Alexander Leighton's personal correspondence.

Murphy, Jane Leighton

Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

  • MS-2-615
  • Fonds
  • 1823 - 2006
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.

Macdonald, Ronald St. John, 1928-2006

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s correspondence

Series comprises correspondence regarding Macdonald's professional and academic involvement with institutions including Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series also contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and individuals including Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Paul E. Martin, Jean Chrétien, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Wang Tieya, A. Donat Pharand, and others.

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s correspondence by recipient

Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence with different individuals and organizations, including A. Donat Pharand, J. Alan Beesley, Bozidar Bokatic, Charles B. Bourne, Donald A. Kerr, Donald McInnes, Douglas M. Johnston, Edgar Gold, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Gerald L. Morris, Ivan Leigh Head, John P. Humphrey, John King Gamble Jr., Leslie C. Green, Maxwell Cohen, Wang Tieya, the Canadian Department of External Affairs, the Council of Europe, and others, regarding a wide range of subjects.

William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

  • MS-2-762
  • Fonds
  • 1831 - 2005
Fonds comprises the records of William Edward Maclellan and his family's records, including those of including William Edward and Margaret Jane (Mackenzie) Maclellan; Edward Kirkpatrick and Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan; Robert (Bob) William and Delphine Caroline (Wallace) Maclellan; Jean Stewart Maclellan; Robert William Maclellan; and David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan. Record types include correspondence, photographs, films, newspaper clippings, poems, certificates, booklets, periodicals, notebooks and genealogical charts.

Maclellan, William Edward

Ronald St. John Macdonald’s professional records

Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his professional activities, including his involvement with different organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and other records.

Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project in the Western Region, Nigeria (1961) and the Study on the Role of Women (1963)

Series is comprised of materials related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Research Project in the Western Region and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women. In the Cornell-Aro study, modeled on the Stirling County Study, Leighton’s team analyze the mental health trends of Nigerians living in both major cities and small rural villages via interviews, surveys, and observations. The Role of Women study may possibly be considered a ‘sub-study’ of the Cornell-Aro study, as it uses much of the same research material supplemented by new data. Materials present include correspondence, memoranda, datasets, research notes, fieldnotes reports, speeches, photographs, forms, applications, surveys and questionnaires, medical documents, affiliated studies, and comparative analyses.

Leslie E. Haley's records regarding the Gambia project

Series consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his involvement in the Gambia project, Dalhousie University's Gambia College Development Program. Series includes a financial statement, legal release forms, event programmes, correspondence, and other textual records.
Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

File contains documents pertaining to Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Includes the Boat Paper, which was a controversial paper, to which the nonpaper (which the International Ocean Institute (IOI) was involved in writing) was a response. File also includes a report from the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.
'M - P' miscellaneous correspondence

'M - P' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include the Permanent Ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations Lucille Mair (attached is a copy of the G-77 Draft Paper); Ambassador Don Mills; Claude Morel (Ministry of the Environment, Economic Planning and External Relations for Seychelles) ; Satya Nandan (attached is a statement by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to the United Nation's Commission for Sustainable Development), Professor Kaldone Nweihed (sent with a list of countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); Chinese Premier Li Peng; M.C.W. (Chris) Pinto; Steve Polansky; Senator Claiborne Pell (sent with the non-paper: "Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI and Annexes III and IV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea"); and Jan Pronk.

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features a variety of topics including irrigation in African countries, small village industries in Zimbabwe, and sustainable development. The episode aired on September 24, 1993, and was rebroadcasted on July 21, 1997 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.

Panel discussion on humanitarian intervention and state sovereignty with David Gillies, Jani Maston, and Tim Shaw

File is an audio reel containing a recording of a panel discussion on humanitarian intervention and state sovereignty, held at the Dalhousie Law School. The recording is in three parts. In part 1 (7 min., 37 sec.), David Gillies, the policy coordinator for the International Centre for Human Rights in Ottawa, spoke about government policy towards humanitarian intervention. In part 2 (8 min., 18 sec.), Jani Maston spoke about her experiences as a relief worker in Somalia and the operations of the United Nations peacekeeping force there. In part 3 (14 min., 13 sec.), Tim Shaw, professors of political science at Dalhousie University, spoke about the political and economic issues involved in the intervention in Somalia and the former Yugoslavia. The panel discussion was recorded March 11, 1993 and aired March 19, 1993 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program. It was rebroadcast December 9, 1996 on The Evening Affair.

Interview with George Kiri on the Sudanese Civil War

File is an audio reel containing an interview with George Kiri, an emergency relief officer in Juba, Sudan. He spoke with CKDU's JoAnn Citrigno about the causes of the Sudanese Civil War and his suggestions of Canadian mediation. The interview aired October 20, 1993.

Interview with Mafika Ludidi and Marcello Perez on the development projects supported by Plenty Canada in Transkei, South Africa

File is an audio reel containing an interview with Mafika Ludidi of South Africa and Marcello Perez of Canada. Ludidi and Perez spoke with CKDU's JoAnn Citrigno about development projects supported by Plenty Canada in Transkei, South Africa. The interview was recorded May 7, 1993 and aired May 10, 1993 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.
'A - B' miscellaneous correspondence

'A - B' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with various individuals. Correspondents include Najeeb Al Nuimi (Legal Advisor to the Crown Prince on Qatar), which discuss Pacem in Maribus XXI, and the Secretary-General's consultations on the Law of the Sea, and attached is a paper by Mann Borgese: "Making the Convention 'Universally Accepatble';" Lennox Ballah of the Institute of Marine Affairs (attached is a copy of the Nonpaper); W. Balzan (personal assistant to Guido De Marco); Paul Berenger, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mauritius; Martin Blakeway (who wrote to the Prince of Tonga about raitification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, which advocate turing the Preparatory Commission into an Interim Authority, in light of the "boat paper; and Salvino Busuttil on Malta's failure to announce ratification of the convention.
'R - S' miscellaneous correspondence

'R - S' miscellaneous correspondence

File includes correspondence with: Kenneth Rattray (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica); Ivo Sanander (Deputy Foreign Minister, Croatia); Alfred Sereki (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania); Indian Ambassador Bhagwat Singh; Indian Minister Manmohan Singh; Ambassador to the United Nations Danielle de St. Jorre; John R. Stevenson; and Keith Suter. Mainly discussed is the "Boat Paper" and the responding Koroma non-paper (written in part by Judge Koroma and Mann Borgese).
'V - Z' miscellaneous correspondence

'V - Z' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with: Anton Vratusa of the ICPE (International Center for Public Enterprise in Developing Countries) on adovating for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Lojze Peterle (Slovenian Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, letter contains an appeal from Mann Borgese on why UNCLoS is important to Slovenia); Mark Wood (a journalist at "The Malta Independent"); Layachi Yaker (mainly on the Secreatary General Consultations, the boat paper, and the non-paper); and Günther Zade of the World Maritime University (the International Ocean Institute held a training programme with them in 1992).
'R' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

'R' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Zaleena Ramnoth; Danielle de St. Jorre; Paul Sutherland; and A.D. Tillett. Topics of discussion include United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) ratifications, scholarships, and Allan Farmer's appointment at President of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD).

Interview with Dr. Anthony Minaar

File is an audio reel containing an interview with Dr. Anthony Minaar, a visiting researcher to Dalhousie University from the Centre of Conflict Analysis in Pretoria, South Africa. He spoke with CKDU's JoAnn Citrigno about the causes of continuing violence in Natal. The interview is in two parts. In part 1 (27 min., 20 sec.), they discuss the history of the conflict and in part 2 (12 min., 30 sec.) they discuss the roles played by the African National Congress, the Inkatha Freedom Party, and the government of South Africa. Technical production of the interview was by Spike Taylor. The interview aired November 25, 1992 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program, and was rebroadcast December 17, 1992 and May 19, 1994 on The Evening Affair.
Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 24 - 25, 1991. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, statements, reports, and by-laws. Topics discussed include: ICOD Forum seeking sustainable development of the Oceans, selection of candidates for the position of President, Presentation by Mr. Jioji Kotobalavu, president's report, report of the executive committee, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, four (4) project proposals, corporate plan and policy issues, election of committee members, and revisions of ICOD by-laws. File also contains a fax to "The Group of Fifteen" from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on the implementation and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).

Interview with Musa Zazyokwe on AIDS clinic

File is an audio reel containing an interview with Musa Zazayokwe, hosted by Brenda Barnes. Zazayokwe was involved in the founding of the first community-based health project in South Africa for AIDS in 1988 and was in Halifax on a two-month exchange with the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition at the time of this interview. The interview is in two parts (16 min., 42 sec. and 11 min., 51 sec.) and was recorded October 8, 1991. Both parts aired October 11, 1991 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. Part 1 was rebroadcast October 18, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program, and both parts were rebroadcast February 20, 1992 on Title Waves.

Interview with Achilla Isaiah on constraints on the media in Africa

File is an audio reel containing a live interview with Achila Isaiah, a third year Dalhousie student from Kenya who worked in the media in Swaziland and Kenya. The interview was on constraints in the media in Africa and was part of the Wireless, a morning program on CKDU, hosted by Molly McCarron. The interview is in two parts: the first is 17 min. and 52 sec.; the second is 8 min. and 8 sec. The interview aired November 26, 1991. The first part was rebroadcast November 27, 1991 on Title Waves, and April 26, 1994. The second part was rebroadcast December 12, 1991 on Title Waves; April 1, 1992 on Title Waves; and April 25, 1994 on The Evening Affair.

Walter Sisulu's talk on the present political situation in South Africa

File is an audio reel containing a talk given by Walter Sisulu, vice president of the African National Congress, in Halifax on September 26, 1991. The recording on this audio reel is in two parts (12 min., 52 sec. and 14 min., 59 sec.) and was made October 3, 1991. It aired October 4, 1991 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program.
'S' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

'S' - 'T' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with CIDA, Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Embassy, and Supply and Services Canada. Correspondents include Jean-Guy Saint-Martin; Paula Scott; Madame Nicole Senecal; Michael Shenstone; Thea Smith (report attached); E.R. Solmon; Danielle de St. Jorre; Zosia Szpakowska (report attached); Paul M. Tellier; Deborah Turnbull (CV attached).

Nozipho Plaatjie at the South African Women's Day celebrations at the North Branch Library

File is an audio reel containing a recording of Nozipho Plaatjie, vice president of the Grahamstown, South Africa local branch of the African National Congress women's league. Plaatjie spoke at the North Branch Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the South African Women's Day celebrations. The recording is in two parts: the first is 10 min. and 15 sec.; and the second is 11 min. and 32 sec. Plaatjie was recorded August 15, 1991 and both parts aired August 16, 1991 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. The second part was rebroadcast on August 22, 1991 at 11:06 am and August 28, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

African music from Capetown to Cairo : Zimbabwe

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is from a series entitled "African Music from Capetown to Cairo"; this episode is on Zimbabwe. The episode was produced by N. Richmond for D.E.C. Radio, Toronto, Ontario. It aired on The Evening Affair, a CKDU evening public affairs program, on February 20, 1991 and April 24, 1991.

Interview with Zacarias Uqueio on the Civil War in Mozambique

File is an audio reel containing an interview with Zacarias Uqueio of the Mozambican Council of Churches. Uqueio spoke with CKDU's Brenda Barnes on Mozambique's Civil War while on a tour of Atlantic Canada sponsored by the Interchurch Committee Against Apartheid and the Education Project on Southern Africa. The interview is in two parts: the first part is 9 min. and 27 sec., and the second is 10 min. and 11 sec. It was recorded June 6, 1991 and aired June 7, 1991 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. The first part was rebroadcast June 13, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program; both parts were rebroadcast February 19, 1992 on Title Waves; and part two was rebroadcast August 7, 1992 on The Evening Affair.
'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with International Ocean Institute (IOI) Training Programme, Dalhousie University, Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada. Correspondents include Allan MacEachen; Andrew MacKay; Anne Marie MacKinnon; Willa Magee; Robert Maguire; Evelyne Meltzer; Peter Middleton; Chris Milley; Brian Mulroney; Satya Nandan; Arame Ndiaye; A.M. Nikundiwe; Judy Noel; and Roy Norton. File contains a duplicate letter which has not been digitized.

Africa will give the words : oral tradition in Africa

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on African oral tradition. It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast May 16, 1990 and January 9, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

Ghanian women and development : part 1 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the first part of a two-part series on women in Ghana. It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast November 28, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program. The episode was originally produced by N. Richmond for D.E.C. Radio, Toronto, Ontario.

Kenya : the Kemron Factor a cure or treatment for AIDS

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on Kenya, the Kemron Factor, and AIDS. The episode was originally produced by N. Richmond for D.E.C. Radio, Toronto, Ontario. It was rebroadcast on CKDU on December 19, 1990.

African music from Capetown to Cairo : Senegal

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is part of a series entitled "African Music from Capetown to Cairo"; this episode is on Senegal and is entitled "The World According to Youssou N'Dour." Youssou N'Dour was a Senegalese musician. The episode aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast February 7, 1990 and April 4, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

African music from Capetown to Cairo : Zaire the musical capital of Africa

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is from a series entitled "African Music from Capetown to Cairo"; this episode is on Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. The episode aired June 27, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.

Under-reported war in Sudan : part 1 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the first part of a two-part series on the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983 - 2005). It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast August 22, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

Kenneth Kaunda on AIDS

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on AIDS with Kenneth Kaunda, the first president of Zambia (1964 - 1991). The episode aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast October 31, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

The Pan-African Congress

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on the Pan-African Congress. It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast on November 21, 1990 and March 13, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

Ghanian women and development : part 2 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the second part of a two part series on women in Ghana. It aired November 30, 1990 and was rebroadcast January 2, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program. The episode was originally produced by N. Richmond for D.E.C. Radio, Toronto, Ontario.

The under-reported war in the Sudan : part 2 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the second part of a two-part series on the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983 - 2005). It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast February 28, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

African literature : part 1 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the first part of a two-part series on African literature. It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast February 21, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

African literature : part 2 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is the second part in a two-part series on African literature. It aired in 1990 and was rebroadcast February 14, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.
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