Fonds consists of textual records created and accumulated by various groups and organizations within the Institute of Public Affairs.. Records include articles, correspondence, minutes, memos, newspaper and magazine clippings, interviews, field notes, pamphlets and reports. Many of the documents pertain to the internal operations of the IPA.
The fonds also contains research proposals and reports related to energy, community growth, urban and rural development, labour studies, education, economic and industrial development, the medical sector and housing. There is significant work on the health, employment and economic status of African Nova Scotians.
The fonds also contains reference material kept by the IPA in its corporate library, which was used in the research and drafting of various reports.
Fonds consists of Richard Lewis Evans' records regarding Dalhousie Law School's applications for the Emil Gumpert Award of the American College of Trial Lawyers, including the applications submitted for the award, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and related news releases and periodicals.
File contains candidates' advertising materials including Randall Smith and James Barlow, Chris Thurrott, Robbie Shaw and Liz Campbell, Ed Hearn and Geoff Fulton, Andy Winstanley and Mike Curtis, Robbie Shaw and Liz Campbell, and others.
Fonds consists of Janet M. Eaton's materials regarding her professional involvement with the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia. Fonds includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, conference programmes, and other textual records.
File contains correspondence with different individuals including George J. Andreopoulos, Susan Ashely, Jeff Berryman, Avard L. Bishop, Charles B. Bourne. Christine Boyle, Donald E. Buckingham, David R. Chipman, Innis Christie, H.C. Charles, George F. Curtis, Audrey Davis, L.C. Green, Joan Lax, Robert M. Libman, David O'Toole, Jill Sjlossberg, Wilbur Fee Bowker, Shigeru Oda, Manfred Nowak, Annemieke Holthuis, J. Robert S. Prichard, John King Gamble, P.R. Ghandhi, James S. Palmer, John A. Yogis, Philip Girard, Christopher J. Maule, Yves Sandoz, Manfred Lachs, J.P. Gardner, Emile K.M. Yakpo, Mary B. Del Bene, Robert A. Stein, Paul M. Moore, Mieke Malmberg, Donald K. Anton, Paul Martin, Anne Moreau, J.P. Gardner, Maxwell Cohen, Donat Pharand, Angus M. Gunn, Errol Mender, Fritz von Klein, Michael Oliver, Angus Matthews, Donald M. McRae, Poungthong Onoora, Federico Mayor, John Turner, H. Scott Fairley, Nicolas Valticos, Bruce P. Archibald, Ted McWhinney, Jim Smith, Kristina Jensen, Mildred Macdonald, Norman MacDonald, Kathleen E. Mahoney, Peter P. Mercer, Gerald L. Morris, Archbishop Edard E. Scott, Ivor C. Jakson, Denise Reaume, Andreas I. Psomas, Judith Oudejans, John P. Humphrey, Constance E. Robinson, Robert J. Sharpe, Scott MacDougall, Noel A. Kinsella, Lorenne M.G. Clark, Joan Lax, Irwin Cotler, Patricia Strong, Charles A. Armour, Faye L. Woodman, Daniel Vignes, Ann Saddlemyer, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Bron Alexander McKillop, Teresa Tom, Catherine Munsch, Guimei Bei, Stephen M. Schwebel, Robert Keith Rae, Conrad M. Black, and others, regarding a wide range of subjects. File includes Myrna Lee Ann Gillis' resume, Paul John Mahoney's resume, William Christopher Gilmore's resume, Daniel Vignes' resume, Bron Alexander McKillop's resume, Catherine Munsch's resume, three British Institute of International and Comparative Law meeting minutes of July 1990, July 1991, and April 1994, a University of Toronto Faculty of Law Council meeting minute of April 1991, a photograph of Poungthong Onoora's sons Pop in 1994, two photographs unidentified individuals at a European Court of Human Rights session in the 1990s.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including John H. Proctor, Carl-Goran Heden, Frances Van Sant, Alexander King, Richard W. Palmer, and others. File includes the World Academy of Art and Science News of June 1988 and other materials related to the subject.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Leslie C. Green, Charles M. Dalfen, Alice Desjardins, Ross T. Clarkson, Donat Pharand, K.R. Simmonds, William C. Graham, R.W. MacDowell, A.W. Robertson, M. Debicki, Rene-Jean Dupuy, Gilles Lalande, P.F. Little, John H. Currie, Arch MacKenzie, A.E. Gotlieb, Ivan L. Head, Kenneth Jarvis, Maxwell Cohen, Jorge Castaneda, N.A.M MacKenzie, Paul Mahoney, M.L. Jewett, Stanislas Slosar, Donald J. Fleming, and others. File includes Canadian Council on International Law reports, research proposals, meeting agendas and minutes, bulletins, and other materials. File contains correspondence about John Thomas Peters Humphrey's will and a photocopy of the will.
File contains records related to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, Dalhousie University, and Canada's constitution revision. File includes photographs of a group of unidentified individuals and letters between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Paul Martin.
File contains reports, correspondence, bulletins, handwritten notes, lists, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the subject. File includes three issues of the American Society of International Law newsletter from the period between 1975 to 1978.
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Fonds consists of materials regarding Russell B. Zinck's poetry, including poetry manuscripts and newspaper clippings; his notes about politics; and his involvement with the local press. Record types include correspondence, a scrapbook and a notebook containing poem drafts. The fonds also contains a picture by W.M. Schaffuer.
Fonds consists of J. Gordon Duff's professional records, including correspondence, pharmacy history and research materials, photographs, and records of the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University Faculty of Health, and various pharmacy associations.
Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence with different individuals, including John Holmes, Paul Martin, Maxwell Cohen, Roland Michener, D.W. Fulford, Donald S. Macdonald, Charles B. Bourne. Christine Boyle, Donald E. Buckingham, David R. Chipman, Innis Christie, H.C. Charles, George F. Curtis, Audrey Davis, L.C. Green, and others, regarding a wide range of subjects.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's research and publication records, including subject files, book reviews, meeting minutes, clippings, reports, offprints, interview transcripts, periodicals and newsletters.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's items of interest collected throughout his life, including biographical materials, art pieces, newspaper clippings, periodicals, books, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the Canadian Council on International Law. Subseries contains conference lists, conference proceedings, bulletins, correspondence, meeting minutes, administrative records, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the International Law Association. Subseries contains reports, correspondence, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the United Nations. Subseries contains reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with Dalhousie University as a professor and dean of Dalhousie University Law School. Subseries include records related to Dalhousie Faculty Association's strike in 1988, records related to Dalhousie University Law School centenary, records related to Dalhousie University Law School fire, records related to Ronald St. John Macdonald's lectures, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, offprints, periodicals, and other materials.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his professional activities, including his involvement with different organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and other records.
Series comprises correspondence regarding Macdonald's professional and academic involvement with institutions including Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series also contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and individuals including Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Paul E. Martin, Jean Chrétien, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Wang Tieya, A. Donat Pharand, and others.
Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding a wide range of subjects, including his visits to China, his research on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities and other topics, the development of various of his books, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law School Journal, Dalhousie Law School centenary, the Hague, the United Nations, the Canadian Council on International Law, and many other matters. Subseries contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and different individuals, including Paul Martin, Quing-nan Meng, Edgar Gold, Paul Fauteux, Dominique Alheritiere, Tom Hick, R. C. Strother, W.A. MacKay, Wang Fusun, J.D. Kingham, Patti Allen, John Vandermeulen, Rene Jean Dupuy, M.C.W. Pinto, Jacqueline Dauchy, Leo Nevas, Avard Bishop, Charles B. Bourne, John Willis, and many others.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. Subseries contains periodicals, reports, press releases, photographs, and other materials.
Series consists of Janet M. Eaton's materials regarding her professional involvement with the Canadian Association for Adult Education. Series includes correspondence, reports, clippings, conference programmes, meeting minutes, and other textual records.