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Henry Davies Hicks fonds

MS-2-511
Fonds
1915 - 1990, predominant 1937-1986

Fonds comprises records documenting Henry Hicks' political career and tenure as president of Dalhousie University, as well as his earlier studies at Oxford University and his military service in World War II. There are also records regarding his stamp collecting hobby, his community service, and his long involvement with associations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Committee. Record types include diaries and appointment books, correspondence, manuscripts, philatelic records, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Hicks, Henry D.

Correspondence between Henry Davies Hicks and the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 5
File
1982 - 1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between John Taylor, Philatelist, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folders 11-15
File
1964 - 1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between stamp dealers Stanley Gibbons Limited and William Fraser and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 4
File
1965 - 1989

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between J.N. Sissons / L.C.D. Stamp Company, Toronto, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 8
File
1980 - 1989

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Henry Hicks' certificate of honorary lifetime membership in the Truro Philatelic Society

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 17
Item
October 29, 1988

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a signed certificate.

Correspondence regarding Henry Hicks' Crowned Circle Collection

MS-2-511, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1972 - 1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence, catalogues and sales invoices regarding the sale of Hicks' collection and other stamp-related matters.

Illustrated Canadian postal history : a lecture by Allan L. Stenhart

MS-2-511
Item
1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a folder containing an invitation, printed lecture introduction and copy of a book of selected covers from the Allan Steinhart Collection for an event sponsored by the National Postal Museum on 1 May 1987 at the Federal Study Centre, Ottawa.

Correspondence and invoices regarding Hicks' acquisition of Edward II stamp materials

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 6
File
1978 - 1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding Henry Hicks' Crowned Circle Collection

MS-2-511, Box 5, Folder 1
File
1981 - 1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence, catalogues and sales invoices regarding the sale of Hicks' collection and other stamp-related matters.

Correspondence between Fred and Eloise Jarrett and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 5
File
1951 - 1986

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence with Hicks' longtime friend and fellow philatelist Fred Jarrett as well as correspondence with the Minister of Lands and Forests, Nova Scotia, including maps, regarding Elsie Jarrett's land at Duncan Cove.

Correspondence between J.N. Sisson L.C.D. Stamp Company and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 13
File
1985

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a photocopy of David Sessions collection of Edward VII stamps, Definitive Series, 1903-11.

The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada chapter handbook of information

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 5
Item
1985

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is an handbook of information provided to chapters of the Royal Philatelic Society regarding the society's history, chapter requirements and services available, as well as guidelines and formats for lectures, conventions, exhibitions etc.

Correspondence from John Jamieson (Saskatoon Stamp Centre) to Henry Davies Hicks regarding the possibility of the Postal Museum's purchase of his Newfoundland

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 23
File
January 1985

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Pre-sale advice form and settlement statement from Robson Lowe at Christie's regarding Henry Hicks's sale of Bermuda Crowned Circle

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 17
File
1981 - 1984

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between R. Maresch and Son Auctions Limited and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 2
File
1966 - 1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes invoices and receipts for stamp purchases.

The Nova Scotia post : its offices, masters and marks, 1700-1867 / by J.J. MacDonald, PhD : [manuscript]

MS-2-511, Box 28, Folders 3 and 4
Item
1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a photocopied manuscript.

Correspondence regarding the commemorative postage stamp for the centenary of the founding of Dalhousie Law School

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 2
File
1982-1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence with artist Tom Forrestall, the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee, Ronald St. J. Macdonald, and William H. Charles. There are also newspaper clippings and a Dalhousie University Convocation programme for May 27, 1983.

Saskatoon Stamp Centre mail bid sale sheet

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 7
Item
June 30, 1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Advisory Committee of the National Postal Museum meeting agenda

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 19
File
1981

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a list of stamps sought by the museum; a list of Canada Specialized stamps and their value held by the museum; a floor plan and list of displays open to the public in the west wing in July 1980 (Phase 1); and a photocopied magazine article about the museum.

Correspondence between Kasimir Bileski and Henry Davies Hicks regarding Newfoundland offset and blocks, including the Coronation Set

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 22
File
1978 - 1979

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Report on the National Postal Museum conference

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 18
File
1971 - 1978

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes correspondence with the manager of the National Postal Museum; a spreadsheet detailing the museum's layout in February 1977; a photograph from the 1971 conference, which includes Hicks; and transcripts of two conference addresses.

Nova Scotia Stamp Club newsletters, bylaws, convention program, meeting minutes and agendas, and correspondence

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folders 6 - 9
File
1965 - 1978

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Minutes, financial reports and correspondence of the Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 11; Box 32, Folders 25 and 26
File
1965 - 1977

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a copy of the society's constitution, history, library list, and lists of past (1954 - ) and current (1977) members.

Correspondence between Henry Davies Hicks and the Royal Philatelic Society

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folders 3 and 4
File
1955 - 1977

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Henry Davies Hicks and the Argyll Stamp Company Limited

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 15 and 16
File
1966-1976

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence, newspaper articles, financial records and a catalogue of the sale of the Henry D. Hicks Bermuda collection

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 18
File
1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding the Edward VII stamps and plate

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes correspondence regarding a book published on "the Edwards" by the University of Toronto Press.

Correspondence between the Stanley Stamp Company (1958) Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folders 9 and 10
File
1956 - 1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Fie includes Stanley Stamp Company catalogues.

General correspondence regarding philately

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 13 and 14
File
1962-1975, 1981-1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Bermuda : the Henry D. Hicks Collection

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 19
Item
1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is the catalogue for the auction held 23 September 1975 at Robson Lowe Ltd., London, UK.

Anglo Boer War Philatelic Society newsletters and correspondence

MS-2-511, Box 26, Folder 21
File
1958-1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes two issues of the The Anglo Boer War Philatelist, volume 1, nos.1-2 (1958).

Correspondence between stamp dealers Bridger & Kay and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 22
File
1963-1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between philatelic auctioneers and valuers H.R. Harmer and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 12
File
1962 - 1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between John H.M. Young, Thornhill, Ontario, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 18
File
1967 - 1973

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Arthur W. Leggett and Henry Davies Hicks regarding Quebec colour die proofs

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 16
File
1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between stamp dealer L.A. Davenport and Henry Davies Hicks regarding his Edward Plate Block collection

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 23
File
1965-1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding stamp purchases

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 1
File
1959-1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains letters with Lucy Chesley, G.C. Baugild and George Nowlan regarding stamp acquisitions realised or wanted by Henry Hicks.

Correspondence between Richard M. Lamb and Henry Davies Hicks regarding a used set of Quebec blocks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 14
File
1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding Bermuda philately

MS-2-511, Box 26, Folder 23
File
1962-1971

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes lists of Bermuda stamps.

Correspondence between W.E. Lea Philatelists Ltd and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 15
File
1963 - 1971

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Ritchie Bodily and Henry Davies Hicks regarding stamp purchases

MS-2-511, Box 24, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1970

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes letters discussing the Ireland Isle Crown Circle and St. George's Bermuda Paid covers.

Correspondence between stamp dealer Roy A. Fountain and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folders 8 and 9
File
1960 - 1969

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding Henry Hicks' addresses to philatelic societies

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 10
File
1965 - 1968

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes a set of handwritten speaking notes for an address about the postal history and postage stamps of Bermuda.

Correspondence from and about the Ralph Edward Group

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 3
File
1967

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence between Hicks and Myron Black regarding the credibility of Ralph Edward Group as well as correspondence between Hicks and Robson Lowe regarding the authenticity of a set of Bermuda covers provided by Group. There is also a photocopied and transcribed letter written to Reverand [sic] Joseph Taylor Jr. to J. Dunbar with postmarks 2 February 1810 and 9 April 1820.

Correspondence between Plymouth Philatelic Auctions Limited and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1966

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a 1966 stamp catalogue.

Correspondence between stamp dealer Kasimir Bileski and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 20 and 21
File
1954-1965

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

The Queen's stamps : the creation and development (up to 1880) of the British postage stamp

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 4
Item
1965

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is an exhibition guide published by the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

Notes for a speech at the Halifax Coin Club

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 58
Item
April 1963

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a handwritten outline of notes for a talk given 4 April 1963.

Correspondence between C. Bruce Ferguson, Nova Scotia Provincial Archivist, and Henry Davies Hicks regarding the Fluck stamp collection

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 24
File
1958 - 1959

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

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