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Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by Johnstone & Co., Melbourne, of Chief Lathella (full pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by the British Foreign Copying Company, London, of Chief Lathella (side, half-pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

CKDU Publication - "Grassroots Radio"

MS-1-Ref, Box 15, Folder 28, Item 2
Item
1997

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a small pamphlet outlining CKDU grassroots radio programming, likely from 1997. Item includes a short piece discussing Indigenous programming on CKDU.

Correspondence and research notes from Fred Wien to Howard Clark related to the 1990 Treaty Day speech

UA-3, Box 306, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
September 26, 1990

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of research notes prepared by Fred Wien for Howard Clark in preparation for Clark's 1990 Treaty Day speech. Item also includes an early draft of the speech.

Correspondence between Movie Makers magazine and Alexander Leighton

MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 3
File
1937 - 1941

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a series of letters between Arthur Gale and Alexander Leighton regarding his film "Porpoise Oil." The correspondence includes an announcement of its inclusion as an Honorable Mention by Movie Makers staff in the selection of the Ten Best Non-theatrical Films of 1937, as well as letters about an article Gale commissioned from Leighton about the making of his film. There is also correspondence from 1941 with James Moore at The Amateur Cinema League regarding Alexander Leighton's possible submission of his film about Navajo life, "Work for your Own," for a contest in the Special Class.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and D. H. Mahon

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 66
File
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and D.H. Mahon from 1959 regarding the use of skis and snowshoes by the Indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Sara MacGlashen

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 39
Item
1957-11-23

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a typed letter sent by Thomas H. Raddall to Sara MacGlashen in 1957, about the influence of the culture and history of the Indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia in the writing his short story "The Amulet".

Dr. Reid on the North-West : [facsimile, clipping]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 23
Item
February 1871

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a clipping that appeared in the February 1871 issue of the [Halifax] Evening Express, about Dr. A.P. Reid's impressions on the North-West Territory after a brief visit after the Red River Rebellion.

Engraving of two unidentified Indigenous people, Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 39
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of an engraved print showing two unidentified Indigenous people from Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu]. Item was likely collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington sometime in the 1860s.

Howard Clark's 1990 Treaty Day speech

UA-3, Box 306, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
October 1, 1990

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of the text of a speech delivered by Howard Clark on Treaty Day, October 1st, 1990, discussing relations with the Indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia while "the events at Oka, Quebec weigh very heavily, as they should and must, on the public consciousness."

Photograph featuring Mrs. McNair and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission station in Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Vanuatu

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 29
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing Mrs. McNair and four unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the Mission House at Dillon's Bay, Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Photograph of a mission station at Pango village, Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 34
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863 or 1864, of several unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the mission station in Pango village, Éfaté island, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of an Innu archer at the 1974 Northern Games, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

MS-2-789, Box 11, Folder 19, Item 30
Item
1974

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of an unidentified person of Innu descent preparing a porcupine near Mishta-shipu, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of Francis Penashue holding an aerial photograph of Gull Island, Mishta-shipu, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 18
Item
2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Item consists of a photograph of Innu elder Francis Penashue, chief of the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation (located at the mouth of Mishta-shipu), holding a aerial photograph of Gull Island, located further up river.

Photograph of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family, and several unidentified Indigenous people, at the mission house in Aniwa, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 2
Item
[after 1866]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a facsimile black-and-white photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family, and several unidentified Indigenous people, at the mission house in Aniwa, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 1
Item
[after 1866]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of Rev. Morrison and others at the mission house at Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 31
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. Morrison, his family, and several Indigenous people, standing in front of the Mission House on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of the Matheson Grave on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 30
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of a group of unidentified Indigenous people sitting in front of John W. Matheson's grave at the mission house in Maré, Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]. Matheson, of Pictou County, traveled with John Paton to the South Pacific in 1858, and passed away in 1862.

Photograph of three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 17
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill on the deck of the 'Dayspring.' Also contains an enlarged black-and-white photograph copy of the original stereoscope.

Photograph of three Indigenous people on board the Dayspring

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 18
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified Indigenous people from the New Hebrides standing on the deck of the Dayspring.

Photograph of Tshaukuesh Penashue, a person of Innu descent, at Mishta-shipu, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 12
Item
2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of two unidentified Inuvialuit children near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 2, Item 25
Item
1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of four unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Porpoise oil / by Alexander H. Leighton, MD : [manuscript]

MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[after 1937]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a typed manuscript by Alexander Leighton describing his 1936 summer project filming a recreation of a traditional Digby County Mi'kmaq porpoise hunt and the subsequent rendering of the blubber into oil. The manuscript was commissioned by the magazine Movie Makers.

Print of an engraving of Indigenous houses, on Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 38
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a print of a sketch of two Indigenous houses on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu], collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington, likely in the 1860s.

Promotional poster for Dalhousie's 1990 Mi'kmaq Treaty Day events

UA-3, Box 306, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
September 30, 1990

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a poster promoting Indigenous events at Dalhousie during the 1990 Mi'kmaq Treaty Day receptions. Includes information about a performance of Eskasoni drummers and dancers led by Lee Cremo, and Winston Whuttunee, at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on September 30, and the Treaty Day reception at Citadel Inn on October 1st.

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