File contains Budge Wilson's introductory speech for the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Short Story Award and a program from the event. The award was won by Jane Elizabeth Ledwell with Beverley Morash (second), Beth Ryan (third), and Kathleen Knowles, Joyce Simpson and Abby Whidden (honourable mentions). Wilson's speech discusses each of the recipients and their submissions in turn.
File contains a program for the awards presentation, held at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The award was given to Kevin Major for his book Eating Between the Lines.
This memorial fund was established in 1984 after two young geologists who had recently graduated from Dalhousie University were killed when the trench in which they were working collapsed.
File contains acknowledgements of application received from various persons including Colin Thomas Campbell, Karen Joyce Steeves, Deborah Lynn Campbell, Nacy Jeanne Quigg, Catherine Joyce Bartol, Helen Marie Greenough, Alan Bruce MacDonald, Ross Allister MacDonald, Janet Ann McMurtry, David Andrew Richardson, Andrea Kim Childerhose, Alexander Stephen MacLean, and others.
File contains reports regarding the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, and 1971 to 1985. Some of the reports have handwritten annotations possibly written by Eric B. Mercer.
File contains correspondence between a succession of Trust Companies and the University Registrar's Office, including Colonel K.C. Laurie, Eric B. Mercer, the Toronto General Trusts Corporation, Canada Permanent Trust, and others.
File contains application forms filled by various persons, including Joanne Charlton, Timothy MacLean Crooks, Kenda Joy Dalrymple, Beth Evelyn Hammond, and others. File includes three blank application forms and a blank form of application for renewal of the scholarship.
File contains Budge Wilson's presenting speech for the Short Story Award at the 1999 Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Gala (WFNS). The file includes her handwritten draft and final typed copy of the speech and a copy of the program for the event. The Short Story Award was won by André Narbonne with Leigh Anne Williams (second), Eve Mills Nash (third), and Lindsay Preston and Karen Leah Whalen (honourable mentions). Wilson's speech briefly discusses each individual and their short story submission.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including P.J.G. Kapteyn, Bob Lagerwaard, and others. File includes printed materials and typescripts related to the subject.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Rene Jean Dupuy, M. de Massas, and others. File includes typescripts related to the subject.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including George Schwarzenberger, Donald B. Spence, J. George Neuspiel, Jacod S. Ziegel, Brian Flemming, D.E. Phillips, B.J. Ramcharan, T.O. Elias, and others. File includes handwritten notes and other materials related to the subject.
File contains records regarding Ronald St. John Macdonald's appointment as Officer and Companion of the Order of Canada, including a photograph of Ronald St. John Macdonald during the investiture ceremony in October 1984. File includes records regarding a commemorative medal awarded to Ronald St. John Macdonald in 1977, and a resolution by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly to congratulate R. St. J. Macdonald on becoming Companion of the Order of Canada, and other materials related to the Order of Canada.
File contains the invitation, certificate and accompanying letter, and two copies of the program for the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Investiture held at Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 11, 2012. Budge Wilson was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
File contains programs from awards ceremonies from awards that Budge Wilson was nominated for and/or won, including the City of Dartmouth Book Ward (for Cordelia Clark, 1995); the Ann Connor Brimer Award (for Sharla, 1998); and the Children's Book Week Gala (at which Wilson gave the Ann Connor Brimer Keynote Address in 1999).
File includes records relating to the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award at the Atlantic Book Awards; Children's Author of the Year shortlist from the Canadian Booksellers Association; Ruth Steiner and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award shortlist from the Ontario Arts Council; and the National Chapter of Canada Violet Downey Award.
File contains a program and a copy of Budge Wilson's speech for introducing the short story prize winners for the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia gala.
