File contains a seven page handwritten memoranda from a deed of settlement of the Bank of British North America (May 28, 1836). The deed of settlement was negotiated for the purpose of establishing banks in the British colonies of North America. File also contains four blank forms for transferring shares.
File includes a second copy of the poem "The pensioner" written by Herbert Eugene Greenough. File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.
File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).
File contains photographs of different individuals, including Ronald St. John Macdonald, Eunice W. Beeson, Wang Tieya, John P. Humphrey, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Pope John Paul II, François-Maximilien Bibaud, and many others, taken on different occasions.
File includes reports, including the final draft of the Dalhousie University Financial Strategy Committee of the Board of Governors report of 1990, vol. 1, no. 3, of the Dalhousie Alumni Magazine of 1985, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
File consists of three notebooks (ca. 1887-1894) of lecture notes on geography, advanced German, literature, and psychology. It also includes Mima Liechti's notebook (1866-1869) recording visits made and/or received and lists of members and adherents of Signature Hall.
File contains a photographic collage of the faculty, graduates, and students of Dalhousie University in the 1869-1870 academic year. The item consists of portraits of Walter M. Thorburn; A. W. H. Lindsay; John Wallace; Hugh McD. Scott; James Liechti; James DeMill (De Mille); John Johnson; Charles MacDonald; William Lyall; James Ross; and George Lawson arranged around a photograph of the Dalhousie College building and a group picture of the college's students.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains the valedictory address delivered by Alexander Howard MacKay at convocation on April 30, 1873. The address was published in the Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 10 on May 3, 1873.
File contains a Public Schools of Nova Scotia head master certificate, report cards, a letter sent to Margaret Jane, a poem titled "The Mother," newspaper clippings regarding Margaret Jane's death, and a photograph of Margaret Jane in which she appears to be between 20-30 years old.
File contains a photographic collage of the Halifax Medical College faculty and class of 1874. The collage consists of photographs of the faculty and class arranged around a photograph of the Halifax Medical College. The people in the photographs are unidentified.
Item is a photograph of the faculty of Dalhousie University in 1876. The photograph consists of portraits of Prof. De Mille; Prof. Lyall; Prof. Johnson; Prof. Ross; Prof. Macdonald; Prof Liechti; and Prof. Lawson arranged on a background of branches.
File contains G.W. McQueen's notebooks for Professor George Lawson's junior psychology class (1876-1877) and Reverend Professor William Lyall's chemistry class (1877).
File consists of a plumber's estimate for installation of fixtures and plumbing at St. Patrick's Girls School and Dumaresq's notes regarding alterations, probably for the same project.
File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.
