Oceania

MS-2-281
Collection
1850-1957

Collection includes correspondence between Charlotte Geddie Harrington and her parents, John and Charlotte Geddie, her sisters, Lucrecia Nielson and Ula Geddie and her brother John Williams Geddie. Correspondence was written between 1853 and 1902. Collection also contains photographs of the Geddie family and missionary activities in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu), as well as miscellaneous newspaper clippings on John Geddie and the Geddie family, 1867-1957.

Harrington, Charlotte Geddie

Photographs of John Geddie, John Inglis, and other missionaries on Tanna, Vanuatu

MS-2-281. PB Box 11, Folder 32
Item
[1858-1862]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a facsimile of a black-and-white photograph, likely taken between 1858 and 1862, of John Geddie (back row, second from left), John Inglis (back row, third from left) and several other South Pacific Presbyterian missionaries and their families, at Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of three Indigenous people on board the Dayspring

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 18
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified Indigenous people from the New Hebrides standing on the deck of the Dayspring.

Photograph of three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 1
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu). Dayspring Cottage was part of the Mission Station on Aneityum in the mid-1860s.

Full carte de visite portrait of John Geddie, side-view

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 3
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite portrait photograph, likely taken in 1863 in Melbourne, Australia, of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with Batchfelder & Co, Melbourne.

Photograph of Rev. John Inglis' mission house in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph of Rev. John Inglis' house in Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Many unidentified people are standing in front of the house.

Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by Johnstone & Co., Melbourne, of Chief Lathella (full pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Photograph of Rev. Morrison and others at the mission house at Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 31
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. Morrison, his family, and several Indigenous people, standing in front of the Mission House on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Print of an engraving of Indigenous houses, on Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 38
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a print of a sketch of two Indigenous houses on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu], collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington, likely in the 1860s.

Photograph of Rev. J. Buzacott's mission house, Raratonga. L.M.S.

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 13
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black and white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of ten unidentified people standing in front of Rev. J. Buzacott's Mission House in Raratonga, Cook Islands.

Photograph of Rev. J. Copeland and family at mission house in Futuna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 14
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black and white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. J. Copeland, his wife, and two children, standing in front of their family and mission house in Futuna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of Rev. Goodwill and crew building Mission House on the island of Esperitu Santo, Vanuatu

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 24
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. Goodwill and a group of workers constructing the Mission House on Espiritu Santo island, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Photograph of Rev. John Inglis' mission house in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 25, Item 1
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph of Rev. John Inglis' house in Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Many unidentified people are standing in front of the house.

Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by the British Foreign Copying Company, London, of Chief Lathella (side, half-pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Photograph featuring Mrs. McNair and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission station in Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Vanuatu

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 29
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing Mrs. McNair and four unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the Mission House at Dillon's Bay, Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

Photograph of a mission station at Pango village, Éfaté, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 34
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863 or 1864, of several unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the mission station in Pango village, Éfaté island, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of missionary families on the deck of the "Dayspring"

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 16
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a steroscope photograph of eight people from several families, lounging on the deck of the "Dayspring" on its voyage to the South Pacific from Sydney. Pictured are, Rev. J.G. Paton and his wife, Rev. J. Niven and his wife, Mrs. Ella and a boy, and Mrs. Fraser and a boy.

Photograph of Dayspring Cottage Mission Station at Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 2
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing Dayspring Cottage (Mission Station) from an elevated position, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu).

Photograph of three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu). Dayspring Cottage was part of the Mission Station on Aneityum in the mid-1860s.

Full portrait of John Geddie, side-view

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 4
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white portrait photograph of John Geddie, likely taken in 1863 by Batchelor of Melbourne. It is an enlargement of his Australian carte de visite while en route to Aneityum.

Engraving of two unidentified Indigenous people, Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 39
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of an engraved print showing two unidentified Indigenous people from Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu]. Item was likely collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington sometime in the 1860s.

Jonathan Steele fonds

MS-2-70
Fonds
1864-1918, 1966

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial papers, bills and crew information, some of which relates to a ship called Habitant.

Steele, Jonathan

Photograph of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family, and several unidentified Indigenous people, at the mission house in Aniwa, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 2
Item
[after 1866]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a facsimile black-and-white photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family, and several unidentified Indigenous people, at the mission house in Aniwa, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 1
Item
[after 1866]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of four unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
[after 1868]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].

Photograph of three ships docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
[between 1870 and 1871]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of three docked ships: the Dunbar Castle, which weighed 925 tons, and was built in Sunderland, England in 1864; the Borden Chief, which weighed 1011 tons, and was built in South Shields in 1870; and the Duke of Sutherlans, which weighed 1047 tons and was built in Aberdeen in 1865.

Composite portrait of the family of John Geddie

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 22
Item
[1870]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a collage of black-and-white photographs, likely assembled after 1870, of members of the Rev. John Geddie's family. Includes an image of Dayspring Cottage in the middle. No names are given for the family members.

Photographic negative of a photograph of three ships docked

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[between 1870 and 1871]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a negative, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 2.

Correspondence and other records regarding a ship named Habitant

MS-2-70, SF Box 5, Folder 5
File
Bulk, 1874-1880

Part of Jonathan Steele fonds

File includes correspondence about the Habitant, financial calculations, a crew list, and bills. File also includes one typewritten letter dated July 12, 1966, from L.V. Goldwater, a customs officer in Melbourne, Australia, to C.O. Steele, High Sheriff for the county of Kings, Nova Scotia, about the Habitant.

Photograph of the "S.S. Pharsalia"

MS-2-266, PB 4, folder 40
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a photograph of the S.S. Pharsalia. A caption on the photograph says "Woolloomooloo bay" and "S.S. Pharsalia." A caption on the matboard says, "Capt. D.M. Foote." Writing on back states that the ship (3502 tons) was built in 1898 by Russell and Co.

Photograph of a sketch of the Dayspring, Brigantine, which was built in 1863 in New Glasgow, by J.W. Carmichael

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 15
Item
[19--]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a photograph of a sketch of the brigantine Dayspring, built by J.W. Carmichael in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1863. This is the ship that the Geddie family traveled on to the South Pacific.

Photograph of the barque "Daylight"

MS-2-266, PB 4, folder 38, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1902]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a photograph of the barque Daylight. Imprinted on front mount "O. Godfrey" and "85 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW."

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Wilhelm Backhaus concerning his and Ellen Ballon's performances, written while Backhaus was performing in New Zealand.

Backhaus, Wilhelm

G.V. Douglas, book no. 1

MS-2-20, SF Box 14, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1929

Part of George Vibert Douglas fonds

Item is a notebook containing coordinates, calculations and notes regarding mineral sources and prospect claims in Western Australia. Inscribed on the first pages is "R.C.B.C. 1."

Australian research grants

MS-2-799, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1966 - 1968

Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents relating to Hall's Australian research grants during his time at the University of New England.

"P" correspondence

MS-2-799, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1967 - 2016

Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "P". These include Phenoscape, David Poswillo of Guy's Hospital (London), Alan Pike of the University of Aberdeen, and A.D. Packer of the University of Adelaide (South Australia). Materials include nominations for Richard Palmer (various), which Hall supported.

"F" correspondence

MS-2-799, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1968 - 2005

Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "F". These include the Academy of Finland, Michael Fisher of Harvard University Press, and Dr. D.R. Fielder from the University of Queensland.

"U" correspondence

MS-2-799, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1968 - 2012

Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "U". These include various universities, such as Victoria and Western Australia, and the Dalhousie University Club. Materials include research quality assessments and letters regarding Hall's nomination for Dean of Science at the University of Victoria.

Correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Martin Wells regarding their research on cephalopeds

MS-2-778.2019-051, Box 60, Folder 5
File
1969 - 1999

Part of Ron O'Dor fonds

Max Lyle

UA-36, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1970-1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records relating to planning an exhibition of artworks by Max Lyle at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in October 1971.

Records consist of an exhibition catalogue containing Lyles work from the 1970 Comalco Invitation Award for Sculpture in Aluminum, as well as correspondence between Lyle and Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery).

Graham Cantieni cosmological series exhibition

UA-36, Box 3, Folder 14
File
1970-1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Cosmological series : Graham Cantieni

UA-36, Box 5, Folder 9
Item
1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of two catalogues for the exhibition ' Cosmological Series' of artworks by Graham Cantieni, organized by The New Brunswick Museum and the Dalhousie Art Gallery. The Exhibition was presented at Dalhousie in December 1971.

Catalogues contain a portrait of Cantieni, an illustration of his work, a biography, description of the exhibition, a catalogue list of artworks, and a C.V.

Art of Aboriginal Australia

UA-36, Box 6, Folder 13
Item
[1972 or 1973]

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of a catalogue for an exhibition of artworks by Indigenous Australian artists. The exhibition was organized and circulated by Rothman's of Pall Mall Canada Limited, and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in June 1975.

Catalogue contains b&w and col. photographs of the artists and of their artworks, cultural and historical descriptive text, an introduction written by Dick Roughsey, or, Goobalathaldin, a Lardil artist. The catalogue is divided into sections dedicated to artworks created by people of different Indigenous Australian localities and language groups.

Data and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Martin Wells regarding their research on cephalopeds

MS-2-778.2019-051, Box 63, Folder 1
File
1975 - 1982

Part of Ron O'Dor fonds

Essay on the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis regarding the reserve power of the Crown

MS-2-511, Box 13, Folder 1
Item
[1975?]

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a handwritten explanation of "The Dismissal" with reference to Constitutional studies in Canada.

Art of aboriginal culture

UA-36, Box 13, Folder 6
File
1975

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records related to the Art of Aboriginal Australia Exhibition, organized and circulated by Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd. Th exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from June 28 to July 27, 1975.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Bruce Ferguson (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Michael P. Ney (Rothmans Art Programme) regarding the installation of the show. File also includes floor plan, newspaper and magazine clippings, and invitation cards.

Reference materials regarding LGBT services, community groups, and events, and other helplines

Subseries
1979 - 1994

Part of Ron and Bryan Garnett-Doucette fonds

Subseries contains reference materials relating to the operations of other helplines, as well as information about LGBT businesses and services, community groups, and events in Halifax, across Canada, and in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and Oceania. Materials include advertisements and press releases, pamphlets, newsletters, flyers, information sheets, and directories.

Virginia Shaw interviews

MS-3-46, 1980-014C
Item
1980

Part of Centre for Art Tapes tape collection

Item is a videocassette created by Virginia Shaw in 1980. Tape includes footage of Shaw interviewing people in Auckland, New Zealand about Māori land, Bastion Point, and the 1975 Māori land march. Tape also includes footage of an interview with loggers at a camp near Kawerau, Paremoremo Prison, and an unidentified hair salon.

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