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Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from Robie Tufts regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-218, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Letter of thanks from Henry Hicks to Samuel Balcom for his $300 contribution to close out the Benevolent Fund of the World War One No. 7 Stationary Hospital Unit

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 4
Item
1975

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Henry Hicks to Samuel Balcom.

Correspondence and program for the Balcom family reunion with Samuel Balcom's completed attendance response

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Letter from Samuel Balcom to Graham (G.W. Dennis) thanking him for the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star's coverage of the 1972 Balcom family reunion at Port Dufferin

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Samuel Balcom to Graham (G.W. Dennis).

Letter from Samuel Balcom to A.M. Savage, Managing Editor of The Halifax Herald, thanking him for their coverage of the 1972 Balcom family reunion at Port Dufferin

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Samuel Balcom to A.M. Savage.

Correspondence between Florence Murray and Rev. C. M. Lloyd

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 15
Item
September 9, 1964

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent by Florence Murray to Rev. C.M. Lloyd of The Mission to Lepers, dated September 1964, regarding visits to Mission leprosy colonies in Ho Hei Won and a government leprosarium in Chunju.

Tulsa Based Foundation Develops Alternative To Welfare for Korean Lepers : [article and correspondence]

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 6
Item
[1973?]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of an article from the David Livingstone Missionary Foundation about leprosy missions in Korea, forwarded with a note by Jess Pedigo to Florence Murray, in the early 1970s.

Correspondence in Korean sent to Florence Murray

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
1961

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of a letter written in Korean sent to Florence Murray, dated the 13th day of Chir-wol, 4294 (August 1961).

Correspondence between Florence Murray and W.W. Irwin

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
August 7, 1973

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Florence Murray and W.W. Irwin from August, 1973, related to leprosy missionary work in Korea.

Correspondence related to the International Christian Leper Relief Fund

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
[1970?]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of promotional fundraising correspondence collected by Florence Murray from Dr. Jess Pedigo from the International Christian Leper Relief Fund. Correspondence likely from the late-1960s or early-1970s.

Correspondence related to Sylvia Hamilton

MS-2-833, Box 1, Folder 14
Item
September 13, 2017

Part of Sylvia Hamilton fonds

Item is an email addressed to Sylvia Hamilton from Alaina Mackenzie, acquisitions coordinator at the University of King's College library.

Letter from John Haar, President of Centennial College, to Stephen Pedersen

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
June 26, 1969

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a letter thanking Stephen Pedersen for his part in developing the English curriculum at Centennial College.

Letter to Richard Apostle from George Smith, Nova Scotia Police Commission

MS-2-681, Box 26, Folder 6
Item
2 May 1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Democracy as a self-correcting process / L. B. Selllick

MS-2-511, Box 21, Folder 1
Item
1962

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is an essay written by a Dalhousie MA student with an attached letter of explanation and samples of the formats used in survey groups on topics such as human rights in Canada, the educational system, democracy, and basic adult education needs in Halifax.

Letter from Roy Stewart Bishop relating an anecdote related to Henry Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 22, Folder 24
Item
June 3, 1977

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a letter recounting an episode during which Roy Stewart was apprehended by the Mounties when attempting to deliver a gold desk clock from the President of the Bank of Nova Scotia to Henry Hicks aboard a plane.

Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 8
Item
1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.

Correspondence between Henry Hicks, L.B. Macpherson, A.W.F. Banfield, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
1964-1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Henry Hicks and several other stakeholders between 1964 and 1968, regarding the potential loaning of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada. Includes correspondence between President Hicks and L.B. Macpherson, Eric Mercer, A.W.F. Banfield, Waldemar Fries, Sylvia Fullerton, John E. McInerny, R.A. Cluney, T.A. Russell, J. Lynton Martin, Elisabeth A. Christian, D.H. McNeill, K.E. von Maltzhan, and W. Earl Godfrey.

Correspondence between A. Stanley MacKenzie, Leonard Sanford, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
1916

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President A. Stanley MacKenzie, Dr Leonard Sanford, C.J. Burchell, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, regarding Dalhousie's holding of extinct Labrador duck specimens in the Thomas McCulloch Museum.

Correspondence between Carleton Stanley, Robie Tufts, and Burlingham Schurr, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
1933, 1943

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Carleton Stanley's office, as well as Robie Tufts and Burlingham Schurr, regarding Dalhousie's holding of two Labrador duck specimens at the Thomas McCulloch Museum.

Invitation to the inaugural Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

MS-10-10, SF Box 6, Folder 4
Item
1978

Part of Roscoe A. Fillmore Memorial Picnic Organizing Committee fonds

Item is an open invitation to "socialists from across Nova Scotia" to mark the occasion of would have been Roscoe Fillmore's 91st birthday.

Correspondence related to the Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter exhibition

MS-3-35, Box 25, Folder 3, Item 20
Item
1988-1989

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Suzanne Saul, Bridglal Pachai, Pat MacInnis, Grace Channer, Chloe Onari, Jo Stern, Buseje Bailey, Garry Conway, Catherine Phoenix, Anne Johnson, Ken Aucoin, Barbara Taylor, Joanne Lindsey, and Donna James, related to the "Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter" exhibition at Eye Level Gallery.

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Gloria McHugh

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 10
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is an undated Christmas card from Gloria McHugh to her father, Kenneth Leslie, expressing hopes for "good health" and "satisfaction from your much needed work" and regret about delays in writing due to her own illness over the previous summer.

Letter to Kenneth and Nora Leslie from Dermot and Anita McHugh

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 9
Item
1972

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a letter from Anita and Dermot McHugh (grandson of Kenneth Leslie, son of Gloria) addressing their appreciation of the Leslies' wedding gift and their concern regarding Kenneth and Nora's poor health.

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1942

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".

Letter to Kenneth Leslie from Bertha Starratt Leslie

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 6
Item
[193-?]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page letter written from Leslie's mother, Bertha Starratt Leslie.

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Kathleen Latham

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 5
Item
[1973?]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Items is an undated Christmas card sent to Kenneth Leslie ("Daddy and Nora") by his daughter, Kathleen (Latham), and her husband George.

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Pricilla Jamison

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 4
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a card and letter written to Kenneth Leslie from his granddaughter Priscilla (daughter of Kathleen).

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Charles Dickson

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 2
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is an undated hand-made Christmas card from Leslie's grandson Charles, the son of his daughter Rosaleen Dickson.

Letter from James Ross to Hugh Campbell regarding the recovery of his son John from an unspecified illness

MS-2-12, SF Box 13, Folder 10
Item
1865

Item is a letter from James Ross, principal of Dalhousie College (1863-1885), regarding the recovery of John, the son of Hugh Campbell, from an unspecified illness.

Campbell, Hugh

Correspondence between Helen Balcom, Dalhousie Alumni Secretary, and Bertha G. Oxner, Director of Women's Work at University of Saskatchewan

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
1943

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a letter from Dalhousie Alumni Secretary, Helen Balcom, to Bertha Oxner at the University of Saskatchewan regarding the latter's written query about the history of early women graduates of Dalhousie University. Her letter makes reference to recently made lists, which are likely those listed elsewhere in this file (UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Items 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9). Bertha Oxner's letter of response is also included.

List of Jewish students in attendance at Dalhousie University from 1926-1941

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1941

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item includes a covering letter from Dalhousie's business manager to Mrs. Heinish of Preston Street, Halifax, explaining that the list is sent at the request of Dr. Lehv.

List of women Dalhousie graduates probably complete to 1917

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
[1919?]

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a typewritten alphabetical list with the handwritten title "Women Graduates" and a note: "copied from calendars summer of 1919 (probably complete to 1917)." The list includes students' names, home towns, degree earned and date granted.

Note from Dalhousie professor John J. MacKenzie regarding a class cancellation

MS-2-44, SF Box 18, Folder 14
Item
1878

Item is a note from J.J. MacKenzie to a colleague cancelling his class due to illness and referring to an upcoming guest lecture by Sir W. Young.

Mackenzie, John James

Nigel F.S. Rusted's student notebook

MS-2-787, SF Box 84, Folder 4
Item
1927 - 1933

Item is a physics class notebook, subsequently turned into a scrap book and containing newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Rusted, Nigel

John Alexander Nixon's correspondence with the editor of the British Medical Journal

MS-13-29, SF Box 65, Folder 11
Item
1925

Nixon, John Alexander

Letter written by Augustus Churchill regarding medical books

MS-13-7, SF Box 57, Folder 5
Item
1886

Churchill, Augustus, Dr.

Letter by Jason M. Mack concerning the mental health of George Roy

MS-13-87, SF Box 49, Folder 8
Item
1916

Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.

Mack, Jason M.

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
Item
1904

Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondence with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.

Faulkner, W.E.

Letter from Elias Sampson to Lemuel Publicover

MS-2-105, SF Box 50, Folder 4
Item
January 1, 1894

Part of Lemuel Publicover's miscellaneous business records

Item is a handwritten letter from Elias Sampson announcing that he has sold his ship and enquiring whether anyone in the LaHave area is looking for someone to run their vessels.

A tribute of sympathy and affection written to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband

MS-2-108, SF Box 23, Folder 6
Item
1902

Item is a tribute of sympathy and affection written by officials at Halifax's Charles Street Church to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband in 1902.

Harris, Eliza

Letter from Augusta E. Wolfe to her sister

MS-2-110, SF Box 23, Folder 8
Item
1919

Item is a letter from Augusta Wolfe to her sister about domestic matters.

Wolfe, Augusta E.

Letter to William Henry Harris from John Crevar of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-148, SF Box 25, Folder 1
Item
1864

Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.

Harris, William Henry

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
Item
1878

Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878