Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, focusing on major organizations and projects with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, sound and video recordings, research materials, photographs, and other materials.
Item is a copy of the address given by Tom Traves at the first convocation following the April 1 amalgamation of Dalhousie and the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
Item is a copy of an address given by Tom Traves on behalf of the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada with reference to Atlantic Canadian universities' research infrastructure and funding.
File contains draft and final speeches and addresses delivered by Carleton Stanley between 1931 and 1934, early in his tenure as Dalhousie President. File also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript text of the inaugural speech delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Freshman class of Dalhousie University, September 24, 1931. Includes a few inked annotations.
Item consists of typescript of Carleton Stanley's address to future graduates at the Dalhousie Alumni dinner at the Lord Nelson Hotel on May 9, 1932, discussing the curiosities of professors.
Item consists of an annotated typescript of Carleton Stanley's address at the naming of the inaugural Russell Chair (in honour of former professor Benjamin Russell) at Dalhousie Law School, October 21, 1932.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's 1933-34 Opening Session address to the Dalhousie commuity, delivered on October 5, 1933. Item discussing the recent passing of Archibald MacMechan, outlining goals for the freshman class, and warning of the "terrible situation that has overtaken academic life in Germany" and the threat to "intellectual freedom everywhere" posed by rise of the Nazis, and the need to ward off "selfish apathy and indifference", before encouraging all in attendance to go to Professor [Alfred Eckhard] Zimmern's forthcoming lecture series.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the British Empire Club in Providence, R.I., on December 13, 1933, under the title "The Political Scene in Canada", discussing fundamental social ideas and rights, problems in parliamentary governments, and the threat posed to human institutions through wilful ignorance and the rejection of attempts to improve aspects of civilization for the betterment of all.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the American Assocation of Colleges in May 1934, under the title "The Universities and the International Outlook". A version of this speech later appeared in the January 1936 issue of the University of Toronto Quarterly.
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.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the Haliburton Club Dinner at the Unviersity of King's College, May 8, 1934, responding to the toast to Dalhousie.
Item consists of a draft of the opening remarks delivered by Howard Clark at the Sustainable Development Conference, held at Dalhousie University, December 9, 1991.
Item consists of the text of a speech delivered by Howard Clark in July 1991, in response to the April 1991 Report of the Task Force on Ocean Studies at Dalhousie University.
Item consists of the text of a speech delivered by Howard Clark on March 18, 1991, titled "Business Schools and the Future of Nova Scotia's Universities".
Item consists of research notes prepared by Fred Wien for Howard Clark in preparation for Clark's 1990 Treaty Day speech. Item also includes an early draft of the speech.
File also contains correspondence, newspapers clippings, and a program for the Silver Anniversary Graduation Bridgetown Regional High School closing exercises, held June 21, 1976.
Series contains photographs, documents, flyers, scripts, and audio recordings of special events, celebrations, and workshops at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Records relate to Founders day, anniversaries, exhibitions, dramas, open houses, commencements, etc. between 1928-2006.
Item is a copy of the opening remarks of the exhibit “NSAC : 100 Years and Growing” by Dale Ells, exhibit Planning Committee. February 4, 2005. Discussing history, centennial, and museum exhibits.
Item is a speech by Melville Cumming on September 16, 1957 address delivered on the occasion of the official opening of the men’s residence, Trueman House, and the naming of Cumming Hall, and the Harlow Institute.
Item consists of a facsimile of an "original communications" article submitted to the February 1872 issue of the Canada Medical Journal (Vol. 8, No. 9) by A.P. Reid, previously read before the Halifax Medical Society on February 6th, 1872, titled "The Uses of Pus in the Animal Economy".
Item consists of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1904 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol, XVI, No. 8; in the Original Communications section), titled "The Public Health Act of Nova Scotia". The article was also read by Reid before a meeting the Maritime Medical Association on July 7th, 1904.
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).
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1942-1943 session, Dalhousie University, October 6, 1942.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.
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.
Item is a printed and bound paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, held in Chester, Nova Scotia, on June 29 and 30, 1951, by the Honourable Vincent C. MacDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
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![The uses of pus in the animal econony / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/9/4/6/9460420661b7f22df7a87659ea56a0e86a5ccafff25747d378f2d8cf9ce1ebd7/fb019d2d-9fd4-48e0-bd57-a2a834904409-MS-13-33_SF63_3_24_142.jpg)
![The Public Health Act of Nova Scotia / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/f/9/7/f979719b7e49e12018052ed04e4ac37d287d77359ffe8000a85cf303b17f720d/a7473e1c-17e6-4edb-b7db-057251d28319-MS-13-33_SF63_3_29_142.jpg)
![Tribute to the late H.A. Flemming : [manuscript]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/2/8/1/281bbffcddb652cd0eff326aa5b984c1b9a0d85dc4b150b842c5b5a34f6aca06/2d59264d-e547-4d1a-adec-d38cf358d4ec-MS-2-153_1_3_2_142.jpg)
![Address to the Lunenburg Board of Trade / by V.C. MacDonald, KC : [manuscript]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/0/a/1/0a11b8d08659add4fedb0df8f2557ef138917a5099a6ff553fbeef0518da7bdd/bba2280f-1865-4dbb-8093-afe0bf02d105-MS-2-171_1_67_2_142.jpg)