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Program for the unveiling of a bust of President Emiratus N.A.M. MacKenzie at the Norman MacKenzie Centre for Fine Arts

Item is a program for the unveiling of a bust of President Emeritus N.A.M. MacKenzie at the University of British Columbia. The program was included in a scrapbook of material about a bust of Norman A.M. MacKenzie at the University of British Columbia.

Photograph of the first conference on Maritime university federation

File contains a photograph taken during the first conference on Maritime university federation, held on July 7, 1922 at the Macdonald Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows J. S. Bagnall; Rev. A. Cohoon; W. P. Copp; F. E. Wheelock; D. A. MacRae; J. E. Read; S. E. Smith; President B. C. Borden; H. Murray; W. M. Tweedie; W. E. Thompson; Major; G. S. Campbell; E. W. Todd; H. P. Jones; H. E. Mahon; Major John Murphy; President A. S. Mackenzie; J. T. Burchell; Senator F. B. Black; President G. B. Cutten; D. Macgillivray; Brother Cornelia; Judge T. S. Rogers; Chief Justice R. E. Harris; Lieutenant Governor M. Grant; Eliza Ritchie; Archbishop C. L. Worrell; H. McInnes; J. A. Walker; C. H. Mitchell; G. F. Pearson; E. C. Whitman; Rev. J. W. McCOnnell; T. W. Murphy; Rev. H. E. Thomas; O. P. Goucher; President T. S. Boyle; Rev. C. W. Rose; and W. W. Judd standing on the front steps of the library.

Thomas McCulloch collection

  • MS-2-40
  • Collection
  • 1801 - 1843, 1955
Collection contains both original records and reproductions of materials related to Reverend Thomas McCulloch. Items include a glass plate etching of McCulloch, microfilm copies of his books, a sample of his shorthand, a ticket to a lecture given by McCulloch, and correspondence. The collection also includes a microform copy of a thesis written by a Dalhousie student about McCulloch.

McCulloch, Thomas

Photograph of a drawing of Reverend Thomas McCulloch

Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hundred years of Dalhousie 1818-1918 (1920), and Daniel Cobb Harvey's, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie (1938).

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie papers

  • MS-2-185
  • Collection
  • 1972 - 1976
Collection consists of a typed transcript of a CBC Radio Broadcast titled "Voice of the Pioneer: Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie" and the contents of a scrapbook about a bust of MacKenzie at the University of British Columbia.

MacKenzie, Norman Archibald MacRae, Hon.

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.

Dalhousie University Bulletin: Inauguration number

Item consists of two copies of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, Inauguration Number (#4), dated October 1931, from the inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as president of Dalhousie University. The bulletin contains the program of the event, a photograph of Stanley, transcriptions of addresses given at the event, and a list of delegates from other universities.

The inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as President of Dalhousie University : Programme of Ceremonies, Capitol Theatre, Halifax, Friday, October 9, 1931

Item consists of issue number 4 of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, a special inauguration number celebrating the appointment of Carleton Wellesley Stanley as the new President of Dalhousie University. Includes the text of speeches by The Right Honorable R.B. Bennett (Canadian Prime Minister, and Governor of Dalhousie), G. Fred Pearson (Chairman of the Board of Governors), A. Stanley Mackenzie (President Emeritus), and Carleton W. Stanley (newly-appointed President).

The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.

Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

Kerr, Alexander - Programs and speeches

File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.

The inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University : programme of ceremonies, The Gymnasium, Tuesday, November 13, 1945

Item consists of a programme of events celebrating the inauguration of Alexander Enoch Kerr as the new President of Dalhousie University, November 13, 1945. Includes the text of speeches by D.L. Sutherland (President of the Council of the Students), Dean Vincent C. MacDonald (University Senate), George J. Trueman (Chairmain for the Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland), Lieutenant-Colonel K.C. Laurie (Chairman of the Board of Governors), and Alexander Kerr's inaugural address. Also includes a list of delegates from other institutions.

Dalhousie University : the post-war years, 1945-1963 : President's Convocation address, May 16, 1963, and highlights of the development of the period, by Faculties

Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).

Carleton Stanley's address to the Halifax branch of the Irish Benevolent Society

Item consists of a typescript copy of the address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Halifax chapter of the Irish Benevolent Society, likely in the summer of 1932, discussing community expectations from educational institutions, the growing role of economics, and the "civilizing force" of the "useless, but not graceless" Irish people.

Carleton Stanley's statement about the state of housing conditions in Halifax

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley discussing the "disgracefully large proportion of Halifax houses [that] may be called 'slum dwellings'" and the general poor state of "housing conditions in Halifax", stating that "Halifax [...] would seem to have had very little town planning" and condemning city contractors for their construction of subpar "so-called houses". The piece was submitted to Mr. Gaul of the Halifax Chronicle.

Carleton Stanley's address in Sussex, New Brunswick

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley in Sussex, New Brunswick, on June 25, 1934, praising the quality of New Brunswick students at Dalhousie, a toast to the "dullest of all dull subjects" -- the state of education -- in the Maritime Provinces.

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

Item consists of a typescript copy of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley before Dalhousie University alumni at an event in New York, May 4, 1934, discussing the financial situation at Dalhousie during a period of worldwide economic tumult. Speech was initially prepared May 2, 1934.
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