Archives Catalogue

Unidentified scene of Cartagena, Columbia

MS-2-775.2012-003, Box 13, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
1921

Part of Creelman Family fonds

"Cabrero" walls in Cartagena, Columbia

MS-2-775.2012-003, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1921

Part of Creelman Family fonds

Custom house quay in Cartagena, Columbia

MS-2-775.2012-003, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 19
Item
1921

Part of Creelman Family fonds

Coaches square in Cartagena, Columbia

MS-2-775.2012-003, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 20
Item
1921

Part of Creelman Family fonds

Ollas sole in Cartagena, Columbia

MS-2-775.2012-003, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 21
Item
1921

Part of Creelman Family fonds

A lecture on capital and labour in modern literature

MS-2-82, Box 29, Folder 47
Item
1910's

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is the manuscript for an address given by Archibald MacMechan to a women's group.

DesBarres, William

MS-2-757.2013-043, Box 7, Folder 9
File
199-

Part of Philip Girard fonds

Living curiosities : the story of Anna Swan / by Mary Vingoe : [manuscript]

MS-2-777, Box 6, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1995

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Item is a 13-page typed film treatment written by Mary Vingoe.

Vingoe, Mary

Correspondence with The Wilson Center regarding the Wilson Center fellowship

MS-2-744, Box 104, Folder 20
File
1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the nomination of R.G. Pohl for the Wilson Center fellowship. Correspondence includes a reference to the retirement of Arvid Pardo.

'U' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 100, Folder 17
File
1979-1980

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with M.J. Anstee (Department of Technical Co-operation for Development) and K. Mushakoji (UN University - with "The United Nations University's Next Stage: Statement before the Sixteenth Session of the Council of the UN University on 1 December 1980"). File also includes handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) talk (on the new industrial revolution and the oceans).

Correspondence regarding United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

MS-2-744, Box 104, Folder 33
File
1982-1983

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Jan Pronk, A. Behnam, M.J. Shah and UNCTAD, mainly regarding Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XI and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s Training Programme.

Deed dated 12 July 1750 between William Shirla Taylor of Halifax and Sennacherib Martin, Innkeeper of Halifax, regarding land

MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 14
File
1750

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

Robertson, George

Notebook from lectures on logic delivered by Prof. Ross

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1860-1861

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a notebook used by James Baxter to take notes during lectures on logic delivered by Professor Ross. The lectures took place at the theological seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia between October 15, 1860 and April 10, 1861. The back of the notebook contains the signatures of people who attended the seminary and notes about them added by Baxter.

Record of Halifax Explosion

MS-2-Ref, Box 2, Folder 21
File
[after 1917]

Part of Reference Files

File contains a photocopy of a poem by Clare Hall. Previously listed as MS-2-242.

History of Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia / Jess Abram Jess : [manuscript]

MS-2-Ref, Box 3, Folder 8
Item
[19--]

Part of Reference Files

Item is a typed manuscript about the history of Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia. Previously listed as MS-2-223.

Course Syllabus for Halifax Ladies' College

MS-2-Ref, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
1896

Part of Reference Files

An issue of the Dalhousie Gazette found in the trenches in France

MS-2-82, OS Box 18, Folder 32
Item
November 17, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This issue of the Gazette was sent to MacMechan by Owen Bell Jones from the trenches during the First World War. Mud is most pronounced on pages 4 and 5.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, February 7, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 4
Item
February 7, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 7, 1905 while at Oxford University under a Rhodes Scholarship, discussing poor depictions of Oxford in Massachusetts paper and responding to accusations that America should annex Canada. He also discusses vacationing in Paris, extracurricular activities at Oxford, and visits with friends.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 6
Item
September 12, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1905 in Dijon, France, addressing the rejection of typewriters, meetings with mutual friends, and travels in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and eastern France. Stairs finishes with discussing his studies in the new semester at Oxford.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 14, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 13
Item
October 14, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 14, 1923, in Montreal, Quebec, thanking MacMechan for his presentation copy of "Sagas of the Sea", and of visits from family and friends.

Note from Virginia Woolf to Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 16, Folder 44
Item
June 16, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is a handwritten note from Virginia Woolf thanking MacMechan for his article on her book A Room of One's Own.

Four letters from David Soloan to Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 5
File
1911 - 1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

File contains four letters written between 1911-1929 by David Soloan, principal of the Provincial Normal School (later the Nova Scotia Teachers College): three in response to an appeal made by MacMechan for Soloan to contribute an article about Dalhousie to be used in a fundraising campaign, and the fourth to congratulate MacMechan on his 40 years of teaching.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, June 20, 1921

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 9
Item
June 20, 1921

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated June 20, 1921 from Windsor, Nova Scotia, discussing the difficult transition from a military life to legal life: the "realization that I was studying law and not deciphering code messages from Prime Minister [Viktor] Pepelaev."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 30, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 13
Item
March 30, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Good Friday, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, outlining Jones's continued recovery, "chaotic" reading habits, and discussions around French politics.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, April 3, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 14
Item
April 3, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated April 3, 1923 from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, discussing Jones's thoughts upon finishing reading Arthur Schnitzler's "The Road to the Open".

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 30, 1927

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 16
Item
December 30, 1927

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, sent December 30, 1927 from Paris, praising MacMechan's "Book of Ultima Thule", lamenting lack of connections to Halifax, and the continued mental health struggles related to his recovery.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Autobiography of Herbert Leslie Stewart, MA (Oxon) PhD, FRSC, FRSA

MS-2-45, Box 43, Folder 25
Item
1953

Part of Herbert Leslie Stewart fonds

Item is a photocopy of an unpublished typed manuscript, containing the following hand-printed text on the extant front page, beneath the table of contents: "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF / HERBERT LESLIE STEWART / MA (Oxon), PhD, FRSC, FRSA / FIRST DRAFT / – INCOMPLETE and UNPOLISHED / at the time of his death in 1953."

Letters from Rev. James Rosborough to Mrs. Pearson

MS-2-471, SF Box 43, Folder 12
File
1898

File contains three letters from Reverend James Rosborough to Mrs. Pearson, in which he describes the death of his daughter, identifies plant specimens sent to him by her, and discusses matters related to the Presbyterian Church.

Rosborough, James, Rev., fl. 1898

Chanties by various authors

MS-2-288, Box 22, Folder 18
Item
[19--]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.

Dance card for the Class of '26 annual dance

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 22, Item 4
Item
1926

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

Item is a full dance card, which includes G. Stairs's name pencilled on the back.

Transcript of John Bell's interview with F.C. Wightman about Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One.

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Recollections of Starr House : [poem]

MS-2-308, SF Box 63, Folder 18
Item
[19-]

Part of Vickery family fonds

Item is a poem describing family memories at Starr House. File MS-2-308, Box 36, Folder 28 also contains reference to Starr House.

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Exercises in geometry

MS-2-37, SF Box 15, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1887

Part of Notebooks of Bertha and Minna Liechti

This notebook contains exercises in Geometry.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to Lord Dalhousie

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 13
Item
November 4, 1823

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item contains a letter concerning the foundation of Dalhousie College in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia.

Resolution of the Senate of Dalhousie College

MS-2-41, SF Box 45, Folder 33
File
March 17, 1865

Part of Thomas McCulloch, Jr. fonds

File contains a copy of a resolution passed by the Senate of Dalhousie College upon the death of Thomas McCulloch. The resolution, which expresses the Senate's respect and esteem for McCulloch, is signed by James Ross, Principal of Dalhousie College, and Charles MacDonald, Secretary to the Senate.

Carte d'inscription = Registration card

MS-2-41, SF Box 45, Folder 21
File
1851

Part of Thomas McCulloch, Jr. fonds

File contains McCulloch's registration card from the École de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Lyon.

Correspondence A-P

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1887-1936

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Ames, J.S. - 1900 Barnes, H.T. - 1908 Blake, Sue Avis - 1905 Borden, R.L.- 1931 Bryn Mawr College Trustees - 1895 Canada Deputy Militia of Defence - 1912 Carslaw, H.S.- 1904 Carnegie Foundation - 1925-1931 Chisholm, J.A. - 1930 Dalhousie Alumni Association - 1930-1931 Dalhousie College, Board of Governors - 1909 Dalhousie University, Faculty of Law - 1931 Dalhousie University, Office and Library Staff - 1931 Falconer, R.A. - 1930 Forrest, John - 1905 Glew, F.H. - 1906 Gore, James, H. - 1900 Harkeness, Isaac - 1904-1905 Huff, W.B. - 1905 Keasbey, Lindley M. - 1905 Irons, David - 1904-1905 Johns, T.W. - 1885 Johns Hopkins University and Ball, T.R. - 1890 Laird, Elizabeth R. - 1905 Larmer, C. - 1907 Maass, O. - 1931 Macallum, A. B. - 1930 Macdonald, C. - 1887-1900 MacGregor, J.G. - 1890-1905 MacIntosh, Sara, E. - 1931 Mackenzie, George - 1905 Mackinnon, Clarence - 1930 MacKay, R. A. - 1930 MacKay, Ebenezer - 1904-1905 MacMechan, Archibald - 1905-1930 Macneill, Murray - 1931 MacPhail, Sir Andrew - 1936 Maritime College of Pharmacy - 1931 McKendrick, F.J.A. - 1930 McKenna, J.D. - 1930 Morrison, Aulay - 1931 Moses, N. - 1885 Murray, Daniel A. - 1904-1931 Murray, Howard - 1904 Murray, Walter C. - 1931 Mustard, W.P. - 1905 Nova Scotia Institute of Science - n.d. Poynting, J.H. - 1899-1900

Halifax School for the Blind : closing exercises : [address]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
June 9, 1913

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduates of the Halifax School for the Blind, June 9, 1913.