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Letter from James Baxter to Dalhousie's President MacKenzie

Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Ticket to a classics class at Dalhousie College

  • MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 7
  • Item
  • [between 1863 and 1864]
  • Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a ticket to a classics class at Dalhousie College, during the 1863-1864 session. The class was taught by Professor Johnson. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket.

MicMac woman struggles to maintain voice and truth : [newspaper clipping]

Item is a clipping of an article by Patricia Doyle about being a Mi'kmaw woman in the education system. The article appeared on page 7 of the January 1991 issue of "Pandora." An Eye Level Gallery advertisement for the exhibition "I loved the piece with the large type on the grass" and an advertisement for Swaha! Bodywork also appear on the page.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chancellor, archbishop, and president of University of King's College at Encaenia

Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.

Ticket to an ethics class at Dalhousie College

  • MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 3
  • Item
  • [between 1863 and 1864]
  • Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a ticket to an ethics class taught by Professor Ross at Dalhousie College during the 1863-1864 session. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket. The ticket is in a white envelope with Baxter's name written on it.

The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.