File contains a meeting summary between staff of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia Museum, and Ross Farm Museum held at the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 17 June 1987. The meeting was about how to identify and understand historical crop varieties and educate the public about changes in plant material and the important of genetic diversity.
File is a textbook by Gary Hicks entitled “Plant development”, which was published in 1996 by Dalhousie University. Text and illustrations were by Gary Hicks, graphic design was by Rick Janson, and the cover design was by Ingrid Walker. Textbook contains an introduction, a sequence of class presentations, eleven chapters, and four appendices. Chapters include topics such as plant development, zygotic embryos, seed germination, leaf development, and cell differentiation.
File is a textbook entitled “Land plants : a survey” by Gary Hicks. The textbook was published in 1997 for Biology 3220B, a course offered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The textbook was designed by Rick Janson and includes original text and botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. Textbook contains the course syllabus, lecture and lab schedule, and fifteen chapters on land plants. The chapters include information on different divisions and classes of plants, including clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails, ferns, and seeds.
File is a lab manual written by Gary Hicks in 1994 for the course Biology 3220B at Dalhousie University. Manual contains a lab schedule and quiz dates, a list of lab materials, and a policy on missed labs. Manual contains labs on mosses, club mosses, horsetails, whisk ferns, and ferns. Each lab includes an introduction, background reading, related terms, exercises, and original sketches by Gary Hicks.
File contains a draft manuscript compiled for Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, Parks and Recreation Division, gathering information on the flora of three islands in Halifax Harbour. Marked in Freedman's hand as being "Anon (1985)".
File contains the draft manuscript report compiled by Freedman and others for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. File also contains a large folding facsimile map and annotated tables of flora from sites on McNabs Island.
File contains the manuscript by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and Z.Lucas, for Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume 34, parts 3-4. File also contains the draft manuscript entitled "The vegetation of Sable Island", as well as correspondence and photo negatives.
File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.
File contains 22 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1989 and 2001. Photographs show vegetation at the Murchyville bog (near Moose River, Nova Scotia), a Christmas tree lot in Lunenburg County, the barrens at Polly Cove (Halifax County), and examples of the endangered Geum peckii on Brier Island (Digby County).
File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near the Tufts Cove Generating Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in August 1989. Photographs show damage to vegetation (Red oak, pumpkin, cucumber, and tomato) potentially caused by the accidental emission of acidic particulates from the generating station.
File contains 77 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, over several visits between 1981 and 1982. Photographs show vegetation, brackish ponds, aerial surveys, wild horses, as well as some of the researchers. File also includes 3 transparencies.
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.