File contains student artwork given to Budge Wilson from various presentations that she gave at elementary schools. The artwork relates to her books, including "Manfred the Unmanageable Monster," the Lorinda Dauphinee book series, "The Long Wait," "Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour," "A House far from Home," and "The Worst Christmas Present Ever."
Fonds comprises Alan Andrew's personal and professional correspondence; reports; newsletters; journals; conference notes; committee minutes and budgets; theatre scripts and production records including costume sketches and photographs.
File contains two drafts of Budge Wilson's book "Duff's Monkey Business" and related correspondence with the publisher, Formac Publishing Company Limited, which include early proposed drawings by the illustrator Kim LaFave.
File contains set and lighting designs for Neptune Theatre's 1992 production of "Goodnight Desdemona," directed by Mary Vingoe and designed by Stephen Osler (set) and Leslie Wilkinson (lights).
Series consists of Henry Orenstein's materials regarding his professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds contains several of Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, including related to the "Sudbury Industrial Landscape" project. In the 1950s, Henry Orenstein was commissioned by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Sudbury to paint a mural for the local union hall, which was the centre of a broad-ranging cultural role of Mine Mill Local 598 in the Sudbury area. At that time, Mine Mill was in the midst of a series of raids by the United Steelworkers.
Item is a caricature created by Alexander Sutherland Murray. The caricature depicts a student that attended Pine Hill Divinity Hall ca. 1920. Caption says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov. 23: 5"
Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to the Science Building, now the Chemistry Building, the first building constructed on Studley Campus, started in 1912 and completed in 1915.
File comprises unrealized aerial perspective and site plan drawings for a future medical school at Dalhousie. There are also two plans of Studley campus showing the potential site for the new King's College buildings.
File includes an article about Mildred MacDonald's time at Dalhousie University, newspaper clippings of a poem by E. Anne Ryan and of an advertisement of the opening of the Park Lane building in Halifax, three art pieces regarding Canada's landscape, invitations, a Dalhousie University programme of a symposium on undergraduate education, and other materials.
Series contains published and manuscript copies of Kenneth Leslie's writing, as well as artwork, music and research notes created and compiled by Leslie.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s depicting a downtown Halifax street scene. Possibly looking from near Province House, corner of Prince and Granville Streets.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated December 15, 1943, showing a Canadian sailor performing sentry duty on Jetty #4 on the Halifax waterfront.
File contains correspondence regarding Budge Wilson's book "Harold and Harold," between Wilson and various people involved in its publication, including Lesley Choyce of Pottersfield Press, Terry Roscoe, the editor (including sketches of possible illustrations), and Sheila Dalton, Wilson's copy editor. The file includes incoming correspondence and copies of Wilson's outgoing correspondence.
File includes a copy of Budge Wilson's response to the grade three class at Westmore Academy in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and four drawings by the children of scenes from Wilson's books.
File consists of students drawings, from Sherwood Elementary School, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson. Includes a thank you note card from Sandi Reddin and a reply from Budge Wilson.
File consists of students drawings, from Mrs. Ward's Grade 4 class in Sackville, New Brunswick, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson. Includes a letter by Budge Wilson.
File consists of students drawings, from Bloomfield Elementary School, Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson. Includes a letter from Lorne MacDougall.
File consists of students drawings, from Lunenburg Academy, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson.
File contains letters from students in Laurie Hannan's grade 9 English class at Richomd Regional High School after completing an author study on five of Budge Wilson's books: "Sharla," "Oliver's Wars," "Thirteen Never Changes," "Lorinda's Diary," and "Breakdown."
