Archives Catalogue

Letter from James Proudfoot to Dr. Dinwiddie

MS-2-726, Box 1, Folder 33
Item
May 7, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a letter from James Proudfoot to James Dinwiddie regarding procuring furnishings for his rooms at Cambridge.

Scotch lottery

MS-2-726, Box 1, Folder 32
Item
February 25, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a description of a Scotch lottery held in Dumfries, Scotland, for the benefit of the inhabitants.

Notice of Royal Institution general meeting

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J3
File
November 23, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains a notice and the envelope in which it was sent to James Dinwiddie.

Notice of general annual meeting of members of the Royal Institution

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J8
Item
April 20, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notice sent to James Didwiddie.

Notes on Davy's lectures, Royal Inst., 9 Feb 1811

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E11
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (8 February 1911 - 3 April 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including voltaic electricity, uses of potassium and sodium, and oxygen.

Royal Institution notes, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E10
Item
April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures at the Royal Institution (April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811). Dinwiddie notes that he did not attend the first two lectures.

Notes on Davy's lectures on chem. & philosophy

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E9
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (19 December 1810 - 23 February 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry and philosophy.

Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E8
Item
1809 - 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution (December 20, 1809-April 19, 1810), which include lectures given by Dalton.

Notes on Davy's lectures at the Royal Institution, 18 Dec 1809

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E7
Item
1809 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (18 December 1809 - 26 January 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including electro-chemistry, phosphates, sulphur, and salts.

Notes on H. Davy's lectures, Royal Institution, 17 Dec 1808

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E6
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (17 December 1808 - 3 June 1809) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including the decomposition of acids and alkalis by electricity, metals and potassium.

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J1
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie from December 22, 1808 - March 11, 1809 containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution on topics including orbits of the sun and moon, the state of science prior to Isaac Newton, and chemical attraction.

Vol. 4th, Scientific Institution, London, 1811

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E15
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures held at the (25 April 1811- 13 August 1811) about experiments in electricity, chemical apparatus, and electrochemistry.

Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E13
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lectures (January 12 - June 18, 1810) on topics in chemistry, including experiments, chemical properties of air and electricity.

Queries and hints on fermentation

MS-2-276, Box 15, Folder D19
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints on Fermentation," which contains queries numbered 1-142.

Queries and hints on various subjects, volume 14th

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D12
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.

Queries and hints, vol. 10

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D8
Item
1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D9
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.

Queries and hints, vol. 12

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D10
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.

Vol 1 : queries and hints in 20 vols.

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D1
Item
1779-1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the first volume of a journal created by James Dinwiddie while he was in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1779-1780. This volume contains scientific queries numbered 1-123 with additional notes and observations in the end pages.

Vol. 6 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D6
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 6 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 795-1000, created by James Dinwiddie in April 1787 while he was in London.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D7
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 9 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1287-1721, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1788 while in London.

Journal, 1811, 23rd May, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B82
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from May 23 - September 21, 1811.

Journal, 1810, 22 November, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B81
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from November 22, 1810 - May 22, 1811.

Journal, 1810, 1st July, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B80
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 1 - November 21, 1810.

Journal, 1810, 1st Jan'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B79
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 1 - June 31, 1810.

Journal, 1808, 13th Feb'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B75
Item
1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 13 - August 15, 1808, in which he records events in London, Dumfries and Edinburgh.

Journal, 1808, 16 August, Edinburgh

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B76
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 16, 1808 - January 10, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 11th January, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B77
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 11 - June 17, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 18th June, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B78
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 18 - December 31, 1809.

Journal, 1807, Edinburgh, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B74
Item
1807 - 1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 10, 1807 - February 12, 1808.

James Dinwiddie's notebook

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F1
Item
1774 - 1841

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.

Notice of lectures by Mr Singer at the Scientific Institution

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H4
Item
February 10, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notice announcing a twelve-lecture series on electro-chemistry and voltaic electricity given by Mr. Singer at the Scientific Institution in February-April 1813.

Ireland journal, vol. 3, Belfast - Lisburn and Newry, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B4
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 20 - December 20, 1779.

Ireland journal, vol. 2, Belfast, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B5
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from September 6 -14, 1779.

Ireland journal, Belfast, vol. 1st, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B3
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 18 - August 19, 1779.

Journal, 23 September 1811, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B83
Item
1811 - 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by Dinwiddie from September 23, 1811 to January 17, 1812, during which time he lived in London. The first page is inscribed "land log book as formerly," and the entries are dominated by details about the weather.

Journal, 1836

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 11
Item
1836

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the beginning of W.J. Proudfoot's journal of the first part of his journey to America, with entries from June 1-6, 1836, in which he describes his days in Liverpool waiting for the Corinthian to sail.

Biographical sketch of James Proudfoot, armourer to the Breadalbane Fencibles / by his son, W.J. Proudfoot

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder I1
Item
[after 1865]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript written by W.J. Proudfoot containing the story of his father, and a second biographical tale, called "Dr. Dinwiddie's Watch."

Catalogue of books belonging to Dr. Ja. Dinwiddie from Dumfries, July 1813

MS-2-721, Box 17, Folder E16
Item
1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a handwritten catalogue of books owned by James Dinwiddie in 1813.

Works published by Archibald Constable & Company

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H3
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is an pamphlet advertising the works published by Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, and Constable, Hunter, Park & Hunter, London.

Description of a planetarium, or astronomical machine : which exhibits the most remarkable phaenomena, motions, and revolutions of the universe

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H1
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a volume published in London in 1791.

Costume Society Symposium information and other documents

MS-3-18, Box 30, Folder 5
File
1970-1993

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

File contains documents about the 4th Annual Costume Society Symposium at Bath, other documents related to the Costume Society, a project proposal for the Dalhousie Craft Fashion Project, information about a Dalhousie Theatre Department fashion show, criteria for promotion from the University of Regina Theatre Department, information about an exhibit called "Women of Invention" at the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature including two slides, photographs and sketches of the Salvation Army building on Cunard Street, a letter about a development on Hollis Street, a price list from Weaver's Loft, a list of contact information for various services, documents about the Louisbourg Calendar Project,

Photograph of Margaret G. Bondfield, British Minister of Labour

MS-2-785, Oversized Box 7, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[between 1923 and 1935]

Part of Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection

Item is a photograph of Rt. Hon. Margaret G. Bondfield, J. P., M. P., L. L. D., Minister of Labour in second Labour Cabinet, first woman Cabinet Minister and Privy Councillor, appointed Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.

Photograph of Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister

MS-2-785, Oversized Box 7, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
[between 1924 and 1935]

Part of Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection

Item is a photograph of James Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister.

Goulsham & Banfield Ltd.

The fourth Dalhousie drawing exhibition

UA-36, Box 8, Folders 22 and 23
Item
1979

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Item is a catalogue for the 4th Dalhousie drawing exhibition , organized by and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from March 1 to April 1, 1979. The exhibition presented the works of Alex Colville, Charlotte Hammond, Graham Metson, Brian Porter, Roger Savage, and Ruth Wainwright.

catalogue contains a forward, introduction by Carol Fraser (acting curator, Dalhousie art Gallery), biographies of each artist and quotations from them on their artworks, images of select artworks, and an exhibition list.

Louis de Niverville retrospective

UA-36, Box 8, Folders 20 and 21
Item
1978

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Item is a catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of artwork by Louis de Niverville, organized by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, and edited by Joan Murray, Meg Hardman, and Jennifer C. Watson. Th exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 18, 1978 to January 12, 1979.

Catalogue contains a list of lenders to he exhibition, acknowledgements and an essay by Joan Murray, an exhibition itinerary, an essay by Gary Michael Dault, an essay and commentary by Louis de Niverville, b&w and colour images, and a bibliography.

Correspondence with the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge

MS-2-586, Box 1, Folder 29
File
1984 - 1991

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and members of the University of Cambridge's physics department. The file contains information regarding Dr. Bronson as requested by Heighton.

Letters from J.A. Froude to Mr. Miller

MS-2-50, SF Box 18, Folder 17
File
[ca. 1882]

File consists of three letters written to Mr. Miller from J.A. Froude. The first letter refers to a suggestion that Froude be interested in editing The Contemporary Review, an idea firmly withdrawn in Froude's second letter.

Froude, J.A., 1818-1894