John and Robert Rutherford fonds
- MS-2-235
- Fonds
- 1860-1932
Rutherford, John
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John and Robert Rutherford fonds
Rutherford, John
Coward, Norman Barrie
Plane and elevation map of Fort Anne at Annapolis Royal
E., Cates
Arthur Lismer's Dalhousie sketches
Collection includes 41 original pen and ink drawings by Arthur Lismer commissioned ca. 1919 by Dalhousie's Centenary Committee to illustrate its history of the university's first century: One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918, which was published in 1920. The collection includes the original and some unfinished and/or unpublished versions of all but one of the 26 illustrations used in the book, which features historic and contemporary Dalhousie figures and buildings. There are several portraits of President Arthur Stanley Mackenzie, which were rejected in favour of publishing a photographic image, as well as a rough sketch of Lismer's daughter, Marjorie. Also included in the collection are 22 reproductions, which are probably printer's proofs, given the poor quality of the paper.
Twelve of the Lismer images were also reproduced in the booklet titled simply Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as part of the promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign and published shortly after the Centenary Committee's book.
There is little documentary evidence beyond these two publications regarding the precise date or other details of the Lismer commission; one of the drawings is marked "1 March 1920," and another "27 March 1920," on date-received stamps from the engraving department of Rous & Mann, the Toronto company that printed both publications. The existing archival correspondence between the university and the printer (UA-3, Box 621, Folder 6) is from the Million Committee file, and refers only peripherally to the Centenary Committee's book project. A letter dated 24 March 1920 from Rous & Mann advises that the cuts, or illustrations, proposed for use in the campaign booklet were "at present locked up for the printing of the other Book in course of preparation," while later correspondence indicates that the printing and delivery of the campaign booklet gained precedence over the commemorative history, and the first run of these booklets was shipped on 17 April. The history was printed shortly after that, although by 26 May it had already been reprinted, owing to the misspelling of George Stewart Campbell, whose middle name appears in the first printing as "Stuart." The existence of the misprinted copies is due to their purchase at a steep discount by the Million Committee, who wrote: "... if the price were attractive a way might be found to use them."
No correspondence or documents have been found in the Dalhousie University Archives regarding Lismer's actual commission: within the Million Committee's correspondence file exists a single telegram from President Mackenzie to Arthur Lismer, dated 3 April 1920, which expresses a need to rush the printing along with the instruction: "leave layout to your judgement," the sole reference to Lismer's role in either project.
Lismer, Arthur
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Science. Marine Affair Program
Adshead, John Geoffrey
The poetical works of Charles Winfield Matheson
Matheson, Charles Winfield
Bishop, Anne Charlotte
Fougere, Bob
Morrell, Jan
Hattie, Brenda
Ron and Bryan Garnett-Doucette fonds
Garnett-Doucette, Ron
Baxter, Larry
Stewart, Alan Roy
Robert Arthur (Bob) Stead collection
Stead, Robert Arthur
Unsworth, Nancy
Portrait of Donald (Don) Higgins
Doyle, Robert
Crombie, Kevin
Martinez, Anita Louise
Smith, Nathaniel
LGBT Duplicate Materials collection
Lesbian Oral Histories collection
Community Planning Association of Canada, Nova Scotia Division fonds
Community Planning Association of Canada, Nova Scotia Division
MacDougall, Liz
Ladies' Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church, La Have, Nova Scotia.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Vickery family
McKean, Harold Ross
DeWolfe, Margaret Stevenson
Stone, Marjorie
McCurdy Printing Company fonds
McCurdy Printing Company
United Steelworkers of America, Local 1231 fonds
United Steelworkers of America, Local 1231.
Roscoe A. Fillmore Memorial Picnic Organizing Committee fonds
Roscoe A. Fillmore Memorial Picnic Organizing Committee
Logan, John Daniel
McKim, J.L.
William Oban Farquharson's medical license from the Provincial Medical Board of Nova Scotia
Farquharson, Willam Oban
Glenister, Ernest Ireson
Daily diary of Edward D.T. Davison, Jr.
Davison, Edward, D.T.
Annie Logan Barnwell
Sound recordings by Secret Treaties
Secret Treaties.
Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection
MacGillivray, Dougald, 1862-1937
Smith, James M
O'Brien, Joy
List of vessels that used the Lunenburg Marine Railway between 1922-1945
Lunenburg Marine Railway
D. Logan and Company Store fonds
D. Logan and Company Store
Simmons, Lionel