University Archives
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Researching in the Archives
FINDING AIDS | SUBJECT GUIDES: Dalhousie History / Waldren Studios Collection | OBITUARY SEARCH
Finding Aids to Individual Fonds
Dalhousie University Archives holds fonds, or collections, on a wide
variety of subjects. The list below provides an overview of these. Once
you have identified materials of interest, make a note of the locator
numbers, since they will be required to page material. When finding
aids are available online for individual fonds, a
hyperlink appears at the end of the descriptive entry that will open
the finding aid or other digital resource. In many instances where
finding aids are not available online, inventories of the fonds may be
found in the Archives.
Finding Aids are research tools that provide detailed information about
specific collections, or fonds, held in an archives. They often outline
the date span covered by the materials, the extent of holdings
(generally expressed in centimetres or metres), a biographical sketch
or organizational history of the records' creator, as well as a brief
synopsis of the nature and format of materials the fonds (e.g.,
correspondence, annual reports, log books; audio cassettes, textual
records, architectural drawings).
Subject Guides
Dalhousie History
Buildings [PDF - 23 kb]
Arranged by building, these files provide some
documentation of buildings on the Dalhousie campus from the early days
of Dalhousie College in the Grand Parade to the present. Included are
convocation programs from special convocations dedicating new
buildings, articles from university publications, campus maps and
plans. See also the records of the Office of the Architect. Detailed
information about over sixty buildings spread across Studley, Carleton,
and Sexton campuses can be found at our digital collection The Buildings of Dalhousie.
Convocations [PDF - 35 kb]
Arranged by date (1870-2003), these reference files
provide a list of convocation programmes as well as copies of speeches
given at various convocations.
Clubs and Societies [PDF - 43 kb]
These reference files contain information on various clubs
and societies at Dalhousie. Included are files relating to the
Dalhousie Alumni Association, various athletics clubs (such as the
Boxing Club, Fencing Club, and sports teams), cultural clubs (such as
the Glee and Dramatic Society, Choral Society, and Women's Club), and
unions (including Dalhousie Faculty and Staff Associations). See also
the records of the Dalhousie Women's Club and the Alumni Association.
Historical Records about Dalhousie University [PDF - 48 kb]
Arranged by date (1820-1984), these reference files contain information about various university-related celebrations (e.g., the university centennial, alumni reunions, special convocations), short histories of the college and university, lists of various university officials, Dalhousie Songbooks, as well as information about student clubs and societies. See also the records of the Dalhousie Student Union and the Alumni Association and the 2 volume published history, The Lives of Dalhousie by Peter B. Waite, for more information.
Honorary Degree Recipients, 1986-2004 [PDF - 41 kb]
A listing of honorary degree recipients with locator numbers for the convocation programs in which the citations appear.
People [PDF - 243 kb]
Ordered alphabetically by the individuals' last names,
these files contain biographical information compiled primarily by the
Public Relations office on various staff, faculty, administrators, and
others involved in some way with the university.
Photograph Collection [PDF - 844 kb]
More than 5,000 photographs from the collection are listed
here in chronological order when the dates are known and alphabetically
otherwise. The subjects of the images range from buildings on campus to
graduation photos to special events. Also included are some photographs
used in various publications such as the Dalhousie Yearbooks, the Dalhousie Gazette, and Ansul.
Presidents [PDF - 8 kb]
A list of Presidents of Dalhousie from 1838 to 2007. Includes locator numbers for photographs within our collection.
Waldren Studios Photograph CollectionThe following PDF files (fully searchable) are arranged by assigned photographic subject. These represent the entirety of the holdings listed in our onsite database. See also our Waldren Studios Digital Exhibit (which contains approximately 5500 images from the collection) at http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/waldren/.
Anatomy [PDF - 38 kb]
Architectural drawings [PDF - 38 kb]
Buildings [PDF - 112 kb]
Caricatures [PDF - 38 kb]
Construction [PDF - 42 kb]
Displays [PDF - 45 kb]
Documents
[PDF - 43 kb]
Equipment [PDF - 62 kb]
Events
[PDF - 38 kb]
Flowers [PDF - 38 kb]
Furnishings [PDF - 46 kb]
Landscapes [PDF - 70 kb]
Monuments [PDF - 50 kb]
Photographs [of photographs] [PDF - 37 kb]
Portraits - Animals [PDF - 51 kb]
Portraits - Children [PDF - 2.6 mb]
Portraits - Groups [PDF - 1.5 mb]
Portraits - Men [PDF - 2.7 mb]
Portraits - Women [PDF - 2.4 mb]
Shipping [PDF - 47 kb]
Trophies [PDF - 42 kb]
Vehicles [PDF - 120 kb]
Works of Art [PDF - 39 kb]
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