Archives Catalogue

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.

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.

International graduate education and international development : the role of Canadian universities : [speech]

UA-3, Box 306, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
January 9, 1990

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a draft of an address delivered by Barry Lesser at the ANnual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Graduate Schools, in Winnipeg, November 3, 1989, that was collected by Howard Clark. Also includes a note of appreciation from Clark to Lesser, dated January 9, 1990.

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 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.

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.

Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1932 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of the text of a submission drafted by Carleton Stanley about the state of education in Nova Scotia, submitted to the Halifax Herald for their 1932 New Year Edition. Item also includes related correspondence.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 82
Item
25 March 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

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."

Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 73
Item
January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

Correspondence between Carleton Stanley's office and the Saint John Telegraph-Journal

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 72
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Carleton Stanley and the Saint John Telegraph-Journal from December 1933 about the President's inability to supply an editorial to the Christmas Edition of the Telegraph-Journal this year.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 71
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 70
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 69
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

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 Halifax Chronicle about the completion of registration at Dalhousie

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 65
Item
October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

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 1933 Freshman Handbook

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 58
Item
23 September 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's greeting to incoming students, submitted to the 1933 Dalhousie Freshman Handbook, dated September 23, 1933. Item also contains related correspondence between the President's Office and Howard C. Oxley.

Press release submitted to the Halifax Chronicle and Daily Star about a donation to the Library

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
14 October 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a short piece prepared by Carleton Stanley, submitted to the Halifax Chronicle and Daily Star in October 1931, about a gift of books from Francis McLennan to the Library at Dalhousie University. Includes correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 42
Item
December 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, discussing the tumultuous economic situation in the years since the Treaty of Versailles. Item also contains related correspondence.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 41
Item
6 December 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 39
Item
1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.

Correspondence between Jessie Lawson and Carleton Stanley about the New Brunswick Teachers Association meeting

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 25
Item
June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.

Correspondence between Fred Wigmore and Carleton Stanley

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 18
Item
20 February 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent by Fred Wigmore, editor of the Dalhousie Yearbook, to Carleton Stanley discussing the theme of the 1932 Dalhousie Yearbook of "Pilgrim's Progress".

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1932 Special Edition of the Sydney Post

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 16
Item
1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the Special Edition of the Sydney Post over the 1932 holidays, discussing Stanley's first six months as Dalhousie University President. Item also contains related correspondence.

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

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 15
Item
December 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal, dated December 9, 1931, discussing the importance of the humanities in education. Item also includes related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Herald about Dalhousie scholarship interest from Pictou County students

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 10
Item
23 November 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article submitted to the Halifax Herald by Carleton Stanley about Pictou County interests in Dalhousie scholarships. Item also contains related correspondence.

A petition, signed by the student in 1880-81, to the Governors of Dalhousie College to commemorate the generosity of George Munro

UA-23, OS Folder 20
Item
1880-1881; 1915

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File consists of the petition to the Governors of Dalhousie in appreciation of gifts to the College supplied by George Munro, plus correspondence to Stanley MacKenzie.

Correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty

UA-12, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1919 - 1930

Part of Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine fonds

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.

Chester Stewart's application for reappointment to the medical staff at the Children's Hospital, Halifax

UA-12, Box 144, Folder 3, Item 24
File
1967

Part of Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine fonds

Folder also includes a reminder letter from the Board of Management of the Children's Hospital.

Centre for Water Resources Studies project on the impact of acid rain on the Halifax watershed

UA-10, Box 81, Folder 4
File
1968

Part of Technical University of Nova Scotia fonds

File includes notes for a press conference introducing Donald S. Rickerd, president of the Donner Canadian Foundation; published information about the Donner foundation; notes on the Donner project; terms of the grant to the TUNs Centre for Water Resources; press release; and correspondence.

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 2, 1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellon Ballon written on December 2, 1957. The letter concerns a performance by Ellen Ballon in Montreal. Item is accompanied by the Ritz Carlton Montreal envelope in which Ballon received the letter.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a printed letter from the White House sent in response to an invitation from Ellen Ballon for Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to attend an event in New York on November 28, 1944.

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 7
File
September 30, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Walter de Mouilpied to Ellen Ballon, written on September 30, 1952. The letter thanks Ballon for a performance she gave at an honorary dinner. Item is accompanied by the stamped envelope in which Ballon received the letter. The postage stamp has been removed from the envelope.

Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied

Telegram from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 6
Item
December 20, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a Western Union telegram sent from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon on December 20, 1952.

Villa-Lobos, Arminda

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
September 9, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on September 9, 1947. The letter details some potential performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions and his desire to have Ballon perform his music. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
July 26, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on July 26, 1947. The letter details Villa-Lobos itinerary on a European tour and comments on Ballon's performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. One French postage stamp is affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
June 2, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on June 2, 1947. Villa-Lobos acknowledges a May 15, 1946 letter from Ballon and provides some information on his compositions, including Caixinha de Boas Festas, the 2nd Suite do Descobrimento do Brasil, and Danses Africaines. The letter refers to Marks Co. as "the true thieves of my musics." Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
May 28, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on May 28, 1947. Arminda writes about her poor English and asks Ballon to write in Portuguese. She also asks if an October 1947 concert in Montreal will be broadcast. This concert was the Canadian premiere of Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Arminda

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
December 17, 1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on December 17, 1946. The letter acknowledges a letter Ballon wrote on December 5, 1946 and asks if Ballon performed the world premier of Villa-Lobos's first piano concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Maurice Ravel

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
December 13, 1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ravel, Maurice

Letter from Edvard Grieg

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
February 10, 1902

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a letter from Edvard Grieg to an unidentifed person. Grieg wrote the letter at his Troldhaugen residence in Bergen Norway on February 10, 1902. It reads: "Dear Sir! Permit me, in bad English, to thank you for your songs & for your essay on my musical work. Both has [sic] given me much pleasure. I also congratulate you to your reputation in America as teacher and composer and beg you kindly to receive from me and my wife our best compliments. Yours faithfully, Edvard Grieg."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Letter from Gustav Mahler

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 4
Item
September 24, 1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Mahler, Gustav

Letter from Jacques Offenbach

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
October 24, 1879

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Offenbach, Jacques

Letter from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
June 8, 1905

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
April 8, 1901

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to J.H. Kufferath

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 4
Item
April 5, 1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn to the Johann Hermann Kufferath, the music director in Utrecht. The letter is translated to English from German.