Fonds comprises records documenting Marq de Villiers' work as a journalist and writer of non-fiction. Record types include manuscripts and published work—including collaborations with his wife, Sheila Hirtle; correspondence; publicity and reviews; and a small series of personal photographs and photographs taken in the course of his research.
Fonds contains material relating to the personal life and professional career of Bill Freedman (1950-2015), an environmental scientist based at Dalhousie University. Fonds includes research data, teaching materials, publications, manuscripts and draft manuscripts, correspondence, committee and meeting minutes, electronic records, analogue and digital photographs, thousands of 35 mm slides, video cassettes, and appointments and awards.
Series contains materials written by Freedman and related materials collected by Freedman. Written material includes manuscripts, draft manuscripts, encyclopedic entries, essays, reports, conference and workshop papers, newspaper columns, book reviews and other documents written by Freedman. Related materials include research, annotated articles, notes, correspondence, reviewer comments and other documents.
File contains notes written by Bill Freedman in 2012 while undertaking property explorations for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Notes contain a brief survey of each location and potential financial costs involved, for locations at Middle and Outer Pleasant Harbour, Gerard Island, Hemeon's Head, Bougles Isle (?), Pugwash, and a site at Tusket.
Fonds consists of records documenting the history of the Ecology Action Centre, both internal and outreach activities, and include correspondence, annual reports, administrative records, committee files, subject files, and an extensive library of audiovisual materials on a variety of environmental and ecological topics.
File contains Maxxam and Stantec reports relating to water analysis samples taken from several locations on Sable Island. File also includes draft manuscript compiled by Freedman, for Jacques Whitford Stantec Limited.
File contains minutes and notes from meetings of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle Task Force, managing the response to the infestation of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. File also contains draft presentations, notes, and summaries.
File contains correspondence from Freedman and others regarding containment of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Correspondence is to and from Christopher Majka, Jon Sweeney, Ken Harrison, Stephen King, and others.
File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.
Series contains Jill Grant's records from the Joint Review Panel for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project. Materials include the project's environmental impact statement, transcripts from scoping meetings and public hearings, records of the Joint Review Panel, reference and research materials, correspondence, maps and photographs, and other records. The series provides a comprehensive record of the activities of the Joint Review Panel, which was made up by Jill Grant, Robert Fournier and Gunter Muecke.
File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
File contains a site assessment of the Menger property at Deep Cove, near Blandford, Nova Scotia, undertaken by Freedman for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. File includes correspondence and two aerial photographs.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's research and publication records, including subject files, book reviews, meeting minutes, clippings, reports, offprints, interview transcripts, periodicals and newsletters.
File contains a draft report written by Freedman for Jacques Whitford consulting, about the reconstruction of the Deception Bay wharf at the Raglan Mine operated by Falconbridge Limited, near Katinniq in northern Quebec. File also includes correspondence, facsimile aerial photographs, and an inventory of plants at the Kattiniq site.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence, data sets and figures relating to the article Effects of Timber Harvesting and Plantation Development on Cavity-nesting Birds in New Brunswick. Correspondence with Woodley.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence, agreements and data sets relating to the article Plant Communities of Selected Urbanized Areas of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence, and data sets relating to the article Comparison of the Ground Vegetation in Spruce Plantations and Natural Forest in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem, New Brunswick.
File contains a draft manuscript written by Freedman in the early 2000s. File also contains transparencies of the same report, including some colour photograph facsimiles.
File contains manuscript, correspondence and review comments relating to the article Potential For Carbon Sequestration in Canadian Forests and Agroecosystems.
File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Jim Jotcham for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, about the status of Drosera filiformis, at several bog sites in southwestern Nova Scotia. File also contains correspondence and related articles.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence and data sets relating to the article Breeding Birds in Forestry Plantations and Natural Forest in the Vicinity of Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
File contains manuscripts, correspondence and review comments relating to the article The Consequences of the Conversion of Natural, Mixed-species Forests to Conifer Plantations in Southern New Brunswick, Canada.
File contains manuscript, reviewer comments and correspondence relating to the article Comparative Catch Efficiency of Amphibian Sampling Methods in Terrestrial Habitats in Southern New Brunswick.
File contains draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence and research data relating to the article Effects of Forest Clearcutting on the Water Quality and Riparian Vegetation of Streams Ecosystems in Southeast New Brunswick.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence and reviewer comments relating to the article The Chemistry of Streams in Southwestern and Central Nova Scotia with Particular Reference to Catchment Vegetation and the Influence of Dissolved Organix Carbon Primarily from Wetlands.
File contains draft manuscript consultancy reports written by Freedman for Les Enterprises Mapona Ltee, regarding the construction of a golf course at Cocagne Island (near Shediac), New Brunswick, a "pristine" nature area with "diverse" wildlife. File also contains correspondence and facsimile aerial photos.
File contains manuscripts, correspondence, reviewer comments and research data relating to the article Tree Species Composition, Structure, and Carbon Storage in Stands of Urban Forest of Varying Character is Halifax, Nova Scotia.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, notes and data sets relating to the report Inventory of Ecological Values on Lawlor Island, Halifax County, and the report Inventory of Ecological Values on George's Island, Halifax County. Reports prepared for Parks Canada.
File contains draft manuscripts and data sets relating to the article Coastal Influences on the Chemistry of Lakes and Ponds in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with W. Maass and P. Parfenov, for the Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 106, number 4. File also contains correspondence, reviewer comments, and three photographs.
File contains the draft report written by Freedman with Paul Mandell, prepared for Sackville Hydro Power Inc., care of L.E. Powell and Company, Ltd., Engineers and Builders. File also includes correspondence, data and maps.
File contains manuscript of the report Hydrogeochemistry and Biophysical Status of the Pine Marten Brok Study Area, Kejimkujik National Park. Report published by Environment Canada, Water Resources Directorate Atlantic Region Monitoring and Evaluation Branch.
File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman, with W. Maass and P. Parfenov, for COSEWIC (the Committe on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada", relating to the protection of the endangered thread-leaved sundew (Drosera filiformis) form bog sites being surveyed as potential peat extraction locations. File includes manuscripts, correspondence, data sets, and relevant statutes.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for Nature Canada, Spring 1992. File also contains drafts, correspondence, and colour photographs of the endangered plant.
File contains a draft manuscript, review comments, correspondence, data sets and research notes relating to the article Temperate Forest as a Carbon-storage Reservoir for Carbon Dioxide Emitted by Coal-fired Generating Station, A case study for New Brunswick, Canada.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, reviewer comments, correspondence and data sets relating to the article Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, and Biota of Three Oligotrophic Lakes in Queens and Annapolis Counties, Nova Scotia.
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 manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence and notes relating to the report Vanadium and Nickel in the Vicinity of the Tufts Cove Generating Station.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts and correspondence relating to the article Temporal Patterns of Acidification of Rivers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and their Relationship to Sulphate Emissions.
File contains manuscript, draft manuscripts, correspondence, handwritten notes, maps, data sets relating to the report Observations of Foliar Contamination Caused by an Accidental Ash Emission From the Tufts Cove Generating Startion July 4, 1990, and a newspaper article about Freedman from the Chronicle Herald July 24.
