Archives Catalogue

Correspondence between Robert Bell and George Lawson

MS-2-381, SF Box 40, Folder 17
File
1861-1889

File contains correspondence between Robert Bell and professor George Lawson, Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Bell, Robert, 1841-1917

MS-2-1
Fonds
1878-1903

Fonds consists of ten notebooks, a file of correspondence, and photographs and negatives of landscapes, geological samples and group pictures taken in Europe and Canada. Many of the records were created during a geological survey of Canada undertaken by Frank Dawson Adams and W.A. Carlyle.

Adams, Frank Dawson

Offprints of geology articles and reports written by George Vibert Douglas

MS-2-20, SF Box 14, Folder 5
File
1926 - 1953

Part of George Vibert Douglas fonds

File includes "Origin of the Rhodesian copper deposits"; "Origin of the Roan Antelope copper deposit of Northern Rhodesia"; "Department of Mines and Technical Surveys: notes on localities visited on the Labrador coast in 1946 and 1947," by G. Vibert Douglas; "On the structural relationships and genesis of the pyritic ore-bodies of Huelva," by G. Vibert Douglas; "Some observations on syngenetic ores," by George Vibert Douglas, A. Carlisle Gourley and Ralph D. Mathieson; "The deposition of the Halifax series; Barasois and Indian Brook area," by G. Vibert Douglas and C.O. Campbell; "Copper deposit at Cap d'Or," by G.V. Douglas; "Black granite at Shelburne" / by G.V. Douglas; "The new Campbellton dolomite deposit," by G.V. Douglas; "Notes on the interpretation of the Wegener frequency curve," by G. Vibert Douglas and A.V. Douglas; "A solution of fault problems," by G. Vibert Douglas and A. Vibert Douglas; "Observations of the geology and mines of the Belgian Congo," by G. Vibert Douglas; "Iron ore, Erinville," by G. Vibert Douglas; and "Spectroscopy applied to mineral determination."

George Vibert Douglas fonds

MS-2-20
Fonds
1929-1956

Fonds consists of two notebooks and a number of Douglas's offprints on geological topics, including findings from the Shackleton expedition and mineral deposits in Nova Scotia.

Douglas, George Vibert

Dawson Geology Society fonds

UA-56
Fonds
1930 - 1960

Dawson Geology Society

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Herald about a new Carnegie Corporation endowment

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 46
Item
23 January 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to the Halifax Herald and Halifax Chronicle on January 23, 1933, outlining the Carnegie Corporation's creation of a $125,000 endowment for Geology at Dalhousie, following up on several previous substantial monetary donations.

Newfoundland Geological Survey notebook and diary of R.B. Harrison

MS-2-29, SF Box 13, Folder 15
File
1938

File consists of one notebook and one diary written during R.B. Harrison's 1938 employment with the Newfoundland Geological Survey.

Harrison, Robert Beverly, fl. 1938

Newfoundland Geological Survey notebooks of R.L. Cunningham

MS-2-18, SF Box 13, Folder 14
File
1938

File consists of five notebooks kept by R.L. Cunningham during his employment with the Newfoundland Geological Survey in 1938.

Cunningham, Robert Leonard, c.1915-1994

Clays of Antigonish

MS-2-20, SF Box 14, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1943

Part of George Vibert Douglas fonds

Item is a notebook that contains Douglas's handwritten draft of his preliminary report on clays of Antigonosh, which includes a draft cover letter to Dr. A.R. Cameron, Minister of Mines.

Photograph of G.G. Meyerhof in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
1951

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of G.G. Meyerhof and a client in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
1951

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of G.G. Meyerhof in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
1956

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of equipment in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 6
Item
1956

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of equipment in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
1956

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of equipment in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 5
Item
1956

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Photograph of equipment in the Geotechnical Soil Testing Lab at the Nova Scotia Technical College

MS-2-752, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
1956

Part of George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

Slides of northern rocks, flowers, and carvings

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4
File
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains 40 slides of photographs taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds in 1960. The photographs were taken in Cape Dorset, George River (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Port Burwell (Killiniq), and other locations in the eastern Canadian Arctic. The location of many of the photographs is not indicated. The slides show rock formations, vegetation on the tundra, Inuit sculptures, and other Inuit handicrafts.

Eaton, Rosemary C. (Gilliat)

Photograph of rock formations in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 18
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a rock formation in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of rock formations near Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 59
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a large boulder and smaller rocks near Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). There is a finger blocking the lower right corner of the image.

Photograph of rock formation in Leach Bay, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting rock formation with some vegetation growing on them. The photograph was taken near Leach Bay, in the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of rocks in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting many light-coloured rocks near the water in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of an erratic block near old Fort Chimo, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 2, Item 14
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a type of rock called a glacier erratic near Old Chimo. A woman and two children are walking near the rock.

Photograph of rocks near George River, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Photograph of a rock formation in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a rock formation with striations in it. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (Nunavut).

Photograph of vegetation and rock formations on the tundra in George River, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting vegetation growing around a rock formation on the tundra in George River, Quebec.

Photograph of rock formations in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 16
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a rock formation near the water in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of rock formations in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 19
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a rock formation with ice in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of two people rock climbing in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 3, Item 109
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting two people climbing in a crack in a rock. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Photograph of rocks in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 15
Item
1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a close-up view of tan-coloured rocks in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

A preliminary survey of the natural history of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 54
Item
November 1966

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a booklet titled "A Preliminary Survey of the Natural History of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia." The survey was prepared by the staff of the Nova Scotia Museum with the cooperation of the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. The survey outlines the geology, vegetation, and animal life on McNab's Island, with accompanying maps of the island. The booklet contains some handwritten notes.

Pamphlet about the Life Sciences Centre

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 20
Item
[1970?]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of two copies of a pamphlet about the new Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie Univeristy. The pamphlet outlines the departments and facilities in the building.

Aerial photograph showing a collapsing pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories

MS-2-789, Box 11, Folder 19, Item 53
Item
[1974]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of Gull Island, near Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 16, Item 10
Item
1975

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photographs of the Postville and Michelin Lake areas of Labrador

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 8
File
1975-1977

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the Postville area of Labrador, between 1975 and 1977 (predominantly 1977). Photographs show geological formations, bogs, and flora around the Michelin Lake area near Postville. File also contains some photographs of flora taken at Terra Nova National Park