Item is a book called Lest we forget by Loran Arthur DeWolfe It is a history and reminiscence of the Normal College, or Summer School of Rural Science, which ran in Truro 1909-1930 and 1940-1942
This file contains two copies of the programs for the Spring 2021 Convocation and one copy of the honorary degree celebration program, June 23, 2021. Honorary degree recipients include: Dr. Guy Berthiaume; The Honourable John Buchanan; Mary Deacon, CM; Dr. Steven Strogatz; Dr. Rachel Thibeault. Historical information about Dalhousie's New Dawn Staff is included. File also contains two copies of the Fall 2021 Convocation.
Sub-series consists of materials from the Women's Health Education Network Conference [WHEN] 1989, 1992, 1993, and materials from the WHEN 11th annual conference.
File contains one cassette tape recording of performances the Halifax-based choral group The Secret Furies. Cassettes features recording of The Secret Furies performance at Truro Women's and Children's Dance on October 25, 1991. Songs performed are You Can Forbid Nearly Everything ; December 6 : Russian Learning Lullaby ; Living Flame ; Hippopotamus Song ; Look to the Women ; Women All Around the World. Cassette also features a recording of the song Burning Times from a performance at the Stepping Stone Benefit on October 30, 1991. Cassette also includes recordings with no specified performance date. These recordings are of the songs We All Come From the Mother ; Round and Round the Earth is Turning ; Women All Around the World.
File contains one cassette tape recording of performances the Halifax-based choral group The Secret Furies. Cassettes features recording of The Secret Furies performance at an International Women's Day event on March 8, 1991. Recording features a warm up or equipment test and the songs Come Justice Come ; Russian Learning Lullaby ; Mothers Teach Your Sons ; The Spelling Songs ; There Comes a Time. Cassette also features recording of a performance at the Women's Health Education Network Conference in Truro on May 4, 1991. Songs performed are Temagami Song ; Mothers Teach Your Sons ; Period Piece ; Best Woman ; We Always Had Sense ; There Comes a Time.
File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts.
File contains a record of correspondence that detail James and Sheila Morrison's life in Nigeria from 1969 to 1975. The file consists of correspondence mainly concerning James Morrison's academic life at University of Ibadan. The correspondence includes applications for employment positions and articles, as well as personal letters. The file contains over 100 letters with different correspondents, including many from universities across Canada.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Chronicle Herald entitled Living his heritage and written by Leslie Smith in 1988 about James Morrison's time in Nigeria. The article details Morrison's personal and professional life and contains several photographs of Morrison in Nigeria. The item is pages three to six of Volume 7, Number 6 of the Chronicle Herald.
Item consists of a bound compilation of the papers from the first Atlantic Oral History Conference hosted in Truro, Nova Scotia from October 19-21, 1979. The Conference featured papers by James Morrison, Doris Saunders, Joleen Gordon, Ron LaBelle, John Hennigar-Shue, Kathy Kuusisto, Tony McKenzie, Robert Morgan, Jim Hornby, Bertin Webster, Hugh Taylor, and Gary Hughes.
File contains 5 AudioMagnetics XHE 90 audio cassette tapes from the 1st Atlantic Oral History Association (AOHA) Meeting in Truro, Nova Scotia. The recordings are from September 1979 and feature a Lead up interview.
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite portrait photograph of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with T. Mayo, Photographer, Truro, N.S.
Item is a postcard sent to Gerald Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia from Bessie[sic] in Truro, Nova Scotia. The image on the front is of a school in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Item is a postcard sent to Clare Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia from B. Thomson in Truro, Nova Scotia. The image on the front is of a park in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Fonds consists of newsletters and poetry publications from 1971-1979. Most of the publications feature poetry written by Velma Brown, but a number of other authors are also featured, including Sidney M. Parker, known as the blind poet of Truro, Nova Scotia.
Item consists of an annotated address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie to the Truro Canadian Club on March 21, 1912, discussing the role of universities in Canada.
File contains correspondence from, and copies of Budge Wilson's correspondence to, the Institute for Early Childhood Education and Developmental Services (IECEDS) in Truro, Nova Scotia regarding Wilson's guest speech at their convocation. The file also contains a copy of a newspaper clipping with the Fall graduates, a copy of the convocation program, and Brenda Putnam's introductory speech for Wilson.
File contains interview with Chief Plomp, Amherst Police Department, Howard A. MacKenzie, Bedford Municipal Police Department, and Chief Murray, Truro Police Department.
Fonds consists of Janet M. Eaton's materials regarding her professional involvement with the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia. Fonds includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, conference programmes, and other textual records.
File includes the Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia board of directors' meeting minutes and agenda, financial statement, a typescript written by Tom Jones on the Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia's meeting, a booklet entitles "Building competitiveness: a white paper on economic development produced by the province of Nova Scotia, and a poster of the CBC Television's series "A planet for the taking" with David Suzuki.
Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended a senior Latin class during the 1860-1861 session. The letter was written in Truro.
Item is a letter written by Prof. James Ross to certify that James Baxter attended a chemistry class at the Presbyterian College. The letter was written in Truro, Nova Scotia on April 12, 1862.
Item is a letter written by Thomas McCulloch to certify that James Baxter attended Latin classes at the seminary in Truro during the past three sessions. The letter was written at Dalhousie College, Halifax, on March 3, 1864.
Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.
Item is a ticket for the natural philosophy class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, in the 1892-1893 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxkter attended the class from October to April and is signed by Thomas McCulloch. The back of the ticket has a note from McCulloch stating that Baxter also took mathematics classes.
Item is a ticket for a mathematics class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, during the 1860-1861 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxter attended the class and is signed by Thomas McCulloch.