Archives Catalogue

MS-1-Ref, Box 72, Folder 26
File
1870-1896

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains materials related to George Lawson, a professor at Dalhousie College. The material includes a photocopy of a short biography of Lawson from the January 3, 1903 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette; an obituary notice for Lawson from the Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume IX, session 1895-1896; a photocopy of a page from the Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Third Summer Session of the Medical Faculty of Dalhousie College and University on April 11, 1870 by Lawson; and a pamphlet of testimonials in favour of Lawson from 1874.

Invitations to Dalhousie University convocation ceremonies

MS-1-Ref, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1885-1919, predominant 1885-1898

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.

Dalhousie, Dalhousie! : [sheet music]

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 9
File
[19--]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains three copies of a piece of sheet music called "Dalhousie, Dalhousie!" The music was written by Douglas Clarke and the words were written by an anonymous author. The score is written for voice and piano.

Dalhousie Songs 1921

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 3
File
1921

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a songbook published by MacNab Print for the students' council of Dalhousie University in 1921. The songs include songs about Dalhousie as well as other sing-along songs.

Lyrics for college songs and yells

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 10
File
[19--?]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a sheet of lyrics for school songs and "yells" (or cheers). Most of the cheers are for Dalhousie but the sheet also includes cheers for Pine Hill, Acadia, King's, and Mount Allison. The sheets were printed by Weeks Printing Co., Ltd. in Halifax.

Libraries - 'A General Guide to Killam Memorial Library'

MS-1-Ref, Box 31, Folder 20
File
1984

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Facsimile of the brass on the cornerstone of the original Dalhousie College

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 4
File
May 22, 1820

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Flyer for concerts at the Grawood and McInnes Room

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1993

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a flyer for concerts at the Grawood and the McInnes Room in the Student union Building at Dalhousie University.

Program for the opening and naming ceremonies of Eliza Ritchie Hall

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1987 October 20

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of the program from the formal opening and naming ceremony of Eliza Ritchie Hall at Dalhousie University. The program contains a biography of Eliza Ritchie and a program for the ceremony.

The Science Building : the first building erected at Studley, 1912

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 29
File
[after 1912]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a pamphlet with an Arthur Lismer sketch of the Science Building at Dalhousie University. The pamphlet also has a set of rules for a card game "The Matron at Pinehill" and a scoresheet inscribed "M. Elliott."

Floor plan of the Killam Memorial Library

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 17
File
[ca. 1970]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Killam Memorial Library - Happy 25th Birthday

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 43
File
1995

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Invitation to Munro Day Celebration

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 29
File
1891

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is an invitation to the 1891 Munro Day celebrations at Dalhousie University belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell.

Memorial Plaques/Class War Memorials - list

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 19
File

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Library handbook

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 17
File
1946

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a library handbook created by a Dalhousie Library committee in 1946.

Dalhousie University : past, present, and the future

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 27
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a booklet called Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign. The booklet, subtitled "Dalhousie, past, present and the future," outlines the university's accomplishments and plans and spells out the financial costs of fulfilling its vision. The booklet's illustrations of historic and contemporary Dalhousie people and buildings were drawn by Arthur Lismer and commissioned for a commemorative history of of the university published the same year.

One copy of the booklet contains a newspaper clipping about Frank Darling.

Directory of graduates and former students of the University : corrected to September, 1937

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 19
File
September 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains 2 copies of a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in September 1937. The directory is an update of a similar directory published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association in 1925.

Dalhousie Alumni Association

Faculty of Arts and Science - 'Who Says Women Can't be Scientists'

MS-1-Ref, Box 25, Folder 38
File
March 1985

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Wanted : posters and theatre or music programs for the theatre archives in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University

MS-1-Ref, Box 2, Folder 33
File
[ca. 1970]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a poster that solicits posters and programs from Nova Scotia theatre and music organizations for the theatre archives at the Killam Library at Dalhousie University. Another version of this poster is discussed in Kathryn Harvey and Michael Moosberger's article, Theatre Archives' Outreach and Core Archival Functions, Archivaria 63 (Spring 2007): 35–54.

Support the struggle in Azania : [poster for lectures by David Sibeko of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]

MS-1-Ref, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1976

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a poster for lectures by David Sibeko of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania as part of a tour organized by the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninst). The tour was sponsored in part by the Dalhousie University African Students Society.