Fonds consists primarily of documents related to James Aitchison’s scholarly research and teaching. Records includes correspondence, course files, subject files, addresses, papers (including some written by students), notes and notebooks, newspaper clippings, offprints, printed materials, reports, and a variety of miscellaneous records.
Fonds comprises records created and collected by James Morrison primarily documenting his oral history research of northern Nigerian communities between 1970-1976, including the Heipang, Riyom, Bachit, Ropp, Kuru and Irrigwe peoples. Record types include field notes; research notebooks; essays; manuscript drafts and a bound copy of Morrison's doctoral thesis; bibliographic files; correspondence; secondary published materials and reports; cassette recordings of oral interviews, speeches, singing and music; photographs related to the Jos Plateau; and a small number of maps.
Fonds consists of material created and collected by John F. Graham during his career as a professor at Dalhousie University, as well as some material prior to this time. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, manuscripts and drafts of writings by Graham, course and lecture materials, departmental memos, research, and similar material.
Fonds comprises correspondence and questionnaires for merchant seamen completed by Leo Corkum and Harry Delap. The questionnaires were completed in response to an appeal for research data in conjunction with Miller's project with the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.
Fonds consists of materials created or collected by Dr. John F. Godfrey while he was a professor at Dalhousie University and President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material consists of correspondence, course material, lecture notes, videocassettes, shooting scripts and research for History 100 videos, manuscripts, notes, printed material of local history and locations, and meeting minutes and memos from committees, the Faculty of Arts and Science, and the History Department at Dalhousie University.
File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.
Records include research materials and notes relating to Judith Fingard's work on mariners in nineteenth-century Eastern Canada, the Halifax retail liquor trade in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, James Robinson Johnston, George Liston and Isaac Sallis. Also included is one folder of professional correspondence and Fingard's MPhil and PhD diplomas from the University of London.
File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.
This item contains a letter to Dr. Melville Cumming from Keiler Mackay, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario written in May 25th, 1960. It writes about John Macrae’s role in WWI as Gunner of the Canadian Field Artillery and as a Medical Doctor in the Canadian Medical Unit. Attached to the is a newspaper clipping of Macrae’s poem “In Flanders Field"
File contains the draft manuscripts written by W. Maas, B. Hoisington, and M. Nams, for the Freedman-edited "Ecology of a Polar Oasis", with many additions and edits by Freedman.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and T.C. Hutchinson for the Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 58, number 19. File also contains correspondence.
File contains twp draft manuscripts (one typed and one handwritten with many revisions) by Freedman and Colin C. Stewart, for the Kejimkujuk Calibrated Catchments Program, the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Report of the Proceedings, November 18, 1981, edited by J. Kerekes, June 1982, sponsored by Atlantic Region LRTAP Monitering and Effects Working Group. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings. Manuscript covers Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, and Kejimkujik lakes.
File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Colin Stewart, for the Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments Program workshop proceedings on the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 26, 1983, edited by J. Kerekes. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings, as well as other drafts.
File contains the draft manuscript created by the Canadian Nature Federation (prepared by Freedman and G. Sheehey, and drawn largely from earlier writings by Freedman) for the Royal Commission on Forestry, Province of Nova Scotia. File also contains correspondence.
File contains a draft manuscript written likely in the early-1970s (definitely after 1967) by William F. Dawson, about the area around Jacob Street in downtown Halifax, bulldozed to make way for the Scotia Square project (the Jacob Street area was deemed a waterfront slum). The manuscript discusses the parallels between the demolition of Jacob Street and that of Africville.
Fonds consist of records related to Marian Binkley's extensive research studies on the fishing industry, particularly the health and safety of fishermen and the effects of the industry on their wives and families. Population data and research on the people of Fogo Island over a period of one hundred years is also included. Records consist of correspondence, surveys with fishermen and their wives, research on the fishing industry (particuarly with regard to health problems and fatalities), notes on findings and research, interview transcripts, and audio recordings of the interviews.
File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.
File contains the manuscript prepared for Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection, by Freedman (as W. Freedman), W.R. Ernst, R. Morash, K. Fletcher, G. Julien, and P. Hennigar. Also includes a draft manuscript.
File contains information regarding meetings about Africville Relocation (with date, location, purpose of, comments related to, and further interviewing information), as well as facsimiles of corresponding news clippings related to
File contains the a manuscript co-written by Freedman with Odilia Maessen and Ross McCurdy, which originally appeared in the June 1985 issue of American Water Works Association Journal. File also includes correspondence, and slides and photographs of figures which appeared in the article.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for Nature Canada, Spring 1992. File also contains drafts, correspondence, and colour photographs of the endangered plant.
Item is a teaching dossier compiled by Murray Brown. The table of contents is organized into the following categories: academic appointments and teaching history; reflective statement of teaching philosophy and goals; courses and programs developed or modified; thesis supervision; student rating summary; letters from peers; and appendices, which comprise offprints and photocopies of reports and studies.
Fonds comprises Murray Brown's research and teaching-related records, including notes, annotated drafts of papers, presentations and reports, abstracts, correspondence, funding applications and reports, as well as administrative papers and employment records and contracts.
File contains an article written by Freedman, T.C. Hutchinson, and L. Whitby, which appeared in "Effects on Nickel in the Canadian Environment", for the National Research Council of Canada Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality. File also contains some correspondence.
File contains notes, mostly handwritten, about a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. The notes include lists of the addresses, names, incomes, and other demographic information about families who were relocated from Africville; information from a past survey; facts about Africville; and other notes about Africville. Many of the notes are written on the back of discarded typed documents.
File contains a transcript of the second half of Don Clairmont's interview with Peter MacDonald. File also includes brief interview summaries and contact information from several participants in the Africville Relocation Study.
Item consists of the text of a presentation to the Commission of Inquiry on Canadian University Education, delivered by Howard Clark and Denis Stairs on October 25, 1990.
File contains notes taken by Bill Freedman during paper presentations at a late-2000s meeting of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Notes relate to papers presented by Judy Loo, Allan White, Graham Forbes, Sean Basquill, [E.] Ponomarenko, M Aubé, D rossland, C Bourque, John Sweeney, Matthew Betts, and Bob Seymour.
File contains notes written by Bill Freedman in 2012 while undertaking property explorations for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Notes contain a brief survey of each location and potential financial costs involved, for locations at Middle and Outer Pleasant Harbour, Gerard Island, Hemeon's Head, Bougles Isle (?), Pugwash, and a site at Tusket.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for the Canadian Forest Industries journal, April 1991. File also includes correspondence, including the paper's inclusion in the 71st Woodlands Section Annual Meeting, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal, March 18-21, 1990.
File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.
File contains undated handwritten documents (early-1970s) serving as tables regarding outstanding claims (dollar figures and calculations) as a result of the Africville Relocation Project: 1. Homeowners with additional claims, 2. Squatters, 3. Renters with claims, 4. Property claims, 4 (continued). Homeowners with land.
File contains the manuscript of the report written by Freedman, by the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies under a contract from Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, and Fisheries and Oceans Canands [I.R.E.S. Research Report 82-02]. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.
File contains a copy of the manuscript written by Freedman, with T.A. Clair, for Environment Canada, as well as correspondence, data, and funding information. Written and presented for the Muskoka Brownwater proceedings.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with C. Stewart and U. Prager for the Inland Waters Directorate, studying the watersheds of Rogers Book, Whiteburn Brook, Moose Pit Brook, and Mersey River.
File contains photocopies of city council minutes and reports related to the Africville Relocation Program, including detailing Albert Rose's report. File also contains correspondence.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for the proceedings of the 2003 KAST Multicultural Conference: SS3: The 2nd KAST-RSC Bilateral Symposium, Environmental Science and Policy, October 29-30, 2003.Organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and the Royal Society of Canada.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with M.L.N. Nams, for Holarctic Ecology, volume 10. FIle also contains correspondence, handwritten notes, reviewer comments, and negatives of figures used in the manuscript.
File contains five pages of what appear to be photocopied address labels and nineteen pages of photocopies of handwritten notes on addresses in Africville. Information includes owner, number of rooms, condition, type and number of chimneys.