The Archives of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie : A Guide
Collection Number: MS-2-43Collection processed and finding aid written by Yongtao Lin, April 2004
Finding aid edited and electronic version prepared by Kathryn Harvey, November 2004
Collection Level Description
Title: Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds
Dates: 1881-1949, 1971
Extent: 1.3 m. of textual records. -- 3 photographs
Arthur Stanley Mackenzie (1865-1938) was an important figure in education in Nova Scotia for 40 years. He was a Professor of Physics at Bryn Mawr College (1891-1905); Professor of Physics at Dalhousie University (1905-1910); President of Dalhousie University (1911-1931) and President of Nova Scotia Economic Council (1937).
Born at Pictou, Nova Scotia on September 20, 1865, A. Stanley Mackenzie was the son of George Augustus and Catherine Denoon (Fogo) Mackenzie. A. Stanley Mackenzie was educated in Public Schools, Pictou, New Glasgow and Halifax. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University with a George Munro Bursary and exhibition, the Sir William Young gold medal and honours in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics in 1885. He then pursued his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1894. Mackenzie married Mary Lewis Taylor, daughter of the late Franklin Taylor, in Indianapolis, in May 1895.
Following his university studies, Dr. Mackenzie worked as an Assistant Master at Yarmouth Seminary, Nova Scotia from 1885 to 1887. He began his teaching career at Dalhousie as a Tutor in Mathematics and Physics (1887-1889) and spent two years (1889-1891) at Johns Hopkins University as a scholar and fellow in Physics. He also spent a year doing research under Sir Joseph J. Thomson of Cavendish Laboratories, at Cambridge University in 1904.
Appointed President of Dalhousie University in 1911, he remained in that position for another twenty years. Mackenzie was widely recognized for his research contributions and was a Member of Nova Scotia Institute of Science, American Physical Society, and National Research Council of Canada; he was a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1908. A. Stanley Mackenzie also took an active role in his community in the role of President of Ashburn Golf and of Halifax Curling. Arthur Stanley Mackenzie died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 2, 1938.
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W. J. Archibald, Professor of Physics at Dalhousie University donated some papers of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie including published articles and correspondence with colleagues and organizations in 1976. Marjorie King, Stanley’s daughter, donated additional papers and diaries in the 1980s. In September 1990, Mackenzie's papers stored at Physics Department of Dalhousie were transferred by Professor Bridget Trim to the University Archives.
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The fonds consists of correspondence (1885-1931), publications (1894-1927), addresses (1889-1921), unpublished documents (1881-1923) which include unpublished articles, a large number of lecture notes (1881-1923), research notes (1887-n.d.) and lab books (1887-1909). Other course materials include course examination papers, written and collected by Dr. Mackenzie. Other materials in this fonds pertaining to Dr. Mackenzie’s personal life include his diaries (1883-1909), honours, pictures and memorabilia (1938-1949).
Correspondence / 1885-1931
Addresses / 1911-1933
Published Papers / 1894-1927
Unpublished Research Material / 1881-1923
Personal Papers -
1883-1971
All files are open.
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[Identification of item], Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds, MS-2-43, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Combined Series and File Level Descriptions
Date:1885-1931
Extent: 4.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
This series consists of A. Stanley Mackenzie’s general correspondence. Correspondents range from Mackenzie’s colleagues, friends and universities to Dalhousie internal departments and publishers and other organizations. Correspondence covers a wide variety of topics including employment concerns, papers publishing, school applications, etc.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 1.1
Correspondence A-P -
1887-1931
- Ames, J.S. - 1900
- Barnes, H.T. - 1908
- Blake, Sue Avis - 1905
- Borden, R.L.- 1931
- Bryn Mawr College Trustees - 1895
- Canada Deputy Militia of Defence - 1912
- Carslaw, H.S.- 1904
- Carnegie Foundation - 1925-1931
- Chisholm, J.A. - 1930
- Dalhousie Alumni Association - 1930-1931
- Dalhousie College, Board of Governors - 1909
- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Law - 1931
- Dalhousie University, Office and Library Staff - 1931
- Falconer, R.A. - 1930
- Forrest, John - 1905
- Glew, F.H. - 1906
- Gore, James, H. - 1900
- Harkeness, Isaac - 1904-1905
- Huff, W.B. - 1905
- Keasbey, Lindley M. - 1905
- Irons, David - 1904-1905
- Johns, T.W. - 1885
- Johns Hopkins University and Ball, T.R. - 1890
- Laird, Elizabeth R. - 1905
- Larmer, C. - 1907
- Maass, O. - 1931
- Macallum, A. B. - 1930
- Macdonald, C. - 1887-1900
- MacGregor, J.G. - 1890-1905
- MacIntosh, Sara, E. - 1931
- Mackenzie, George - 1905
- Mackinnon, Clarence - 1930
- MacKay, R. A. - 1930
- MacKay, Ebenezer - 1904-1905
- MacMechan, Archibald - 1905-1930
- Macneill, Murray - 1931
- Maritime College of Pharmacy - 1931
- McKendrick, F.J.A. - 1930
- McKenna, J.D. - 1930
- Morrison, Aulay - 1931
- Moses, N. - 1885
- Murray, Daniel A. - 1904-1931
- Murray, Howard - 1904
- Murray, Walter C. - 1931
- Mustard, W.P. - 1905
- Nova Scotia Institute of Science - n.d.
- Poynting, J.H. - 1899-1900
Folder - 1.2
Correspondence R-Y -
1885-1931
- Ralston, J. R. - 1931
- Rhoads, James, E. - 1891-1892
- Rowland, C. - 1892
- Royal Society of Canada - 1908
- Rutherford, E. Joseph - 1905-1908
- Scott, C.A. - 1904-1905
- Shaw, I.M - 1931
- Smith, Sidney - 1930
- Smith, W.H. - 1930
- Springsteen, Harry W. - 1905
- Stanley, Carleton, W. - 1931
- Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America - 1925-1937
- Thomson, J. J. - 1904
- Torey, Cliff - n.d.
- Tory, James C. - 1930
- Wilson, George, E. - 1930
- Yarmouth Academy Trustees - 1885-1886
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Date:1911-1933
Extent: 2.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
The series consists of A. Stanley Mackenzie’s notes, drafts, and newspaper clippings for the addresses he gave throughout his professional career. His audiences were diverse, and included Dalhousie Medical School students, Canadian Club of Truro, Nova Scotia Hospital Nursing School students, etc.
Arrangement:
The series is arranged chronologically.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 1.3
Down East -
n.d.
Folder - 1.3
Halifax Infirmary - Graduation Nurses of 1911 -
October 1911
Folder - 1.3
Dalhousie Medical School - Students’ Dinner -
January 1912
Folder - 1.3
Canadian Club of Truro -
March 1912
Folder - 1.3
King’s College Encoenia -
May 1912
Folder - 1.3
Speech Misc. -
1912
Folder - 1.3
Acadia University, 75th Anniversary -
May 1913
Folder - 1.3
Halifax School for the Blind - Closing Exercises -
June 1913
Folder - 1.3
Nova Scotia Hospital - Graduation of Nurses -
July 1913
Folder - 1.3
Commercial Club of Halifax -
July 1915
Folder - 1.3
Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education - Congress -
1917
Folder - 1.3
Dalhousie Fund-raising Tour - Western Canada -
1920?
Folder - 1.3
Munro Day -
1928-1933
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Date:1894-1927
Extent: 5.8 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
Series consists of published papers by A. Stanley Mackenzie as well as some written draft and research notes for the publications.
Arrangement:
The series is arranged in chronological order.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 5.1
On the Attraction of Crystalline and Isotropic Masses at Small Distance -
1894
Folder - 1.4
Memoirs on the Laws of Gravitation -
1899
Folder - 1.4
On the Period of a Rod Vibrating in a Liquid -
1901
Folder - 5.2
On Some Equations Pertaining to the Propagation of Heat in an Infinite Medium -
1902
Folder - 5.2
An Instrument for Drawing a Sine Curve -
1902
Folder - 5.2
The Question of the Divisibility of the Atom -
1902
Folder - 5.2
The Deflexion of a Rays from Radium and Polonium -
1905
Folder - 5.2
Secondary Radiation from a Plate exposed to Rays from Radium -
1907
Folder - 5.2
The Influence Radium on the Decomposition of Hydroid Acid -
1908
Folder - 5.2
The War and Science -
1918
Folder - 5.2
Problems in Medical Education -
1926
Folder - 1.5
Dalhousie University, Halifax -
1926
Folder - 1.5
Science in the Service of the Fishing Industry - Canadian Fisherman -
1927
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Date:1881-1923
Extent: 92.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
The series consists of A. Stanley Mackenzie’s unpublished material including his research notes, pertaining to Cavendish Experiment, Academy of Music in Halifax, etc.; course-related materials and lecture notes taken when he was studying at Dalhousie University (1881-1885) and Johns Hopkins University (1889-1891), compiled when he taught at Bryn Mawr College (1891-1905) and Dalhousie University (1905-1923); examination papers; book reviews and comments written by and about Mackenzie’s papers; research notes pertaining to chemistry, experiments on magnetism, dynamics and crystals, research material for his Ph. D thesis; and lab books on topics in practical physics, physical laboratory, minor chemistry.
Arrangement:
Records are first arranged by type of document and further by year and date.
File Level Descriptions
Folder - 9.4
Book Reviews and Comments -
1892-1899
Book Reviews and Comments -
1892-1899
Course-related Materials and Lecture Notes -
1881-1923
Folder - 1.8
Misc. Lecture Notes -
n.d.
Folders - 2.1-3.4
Lecture Notes at Dalhousie University, B.A. student -
1881-1885
Folders - 7.6
Grade lists, seating plans, class schedules and registers - Various schools -
1886-1892
Folders - 3.5-4.6, 5.4-5.6
Lecture Notes at Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. student -
1889-1891
Folders - 1.6-1.7, 6.1-6.6, 9.1
Lecture Notes at Bryn Mawr College, Professor of Physics -
1891-1905
Folders - 5.7, 9.2-9.3
Lecture Notes at Dalhousie University, Professor of Physics and Dalhousie President -
1891-1923
Examination Papers -
1895-1921
Folder - 7.3
Examination Papers - Physics (I-IA) -
n.d.
Folder - 7.4
Examination Papers - Mechanics (I-II) -
n.d
Folder - 7.4
Examination Papers - Masters -
1895- 1904
Folder - 7.4
Examination Papers - Ph.D. -
n.d.
Folder - 7.5
Examination Samples -
1893-1921
Folder - 7.5
Misc. Examination Materials -
n.d.
Folders - 8.2-8.6
Lab Books -
1887-1909
Lab Books -
1887-1909
Research Notes -
1887 - 19??
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Home study - Chemistry -
n.d.
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Seminary report - The passage of electricity through gases -
1898
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Experiments on Magnetism -
n.d.
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Lagranges, Hamilton’s Equations -
n.d.
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Dynamics -
n.d.
Folder - 7.1
Research Notes - Crystals -
n.d.
Folder - 7.1
Misc. Research Notes -
n.d.
Folder - 7.2
Misc. Research Notes -
n.d.
Folder - 7.2, 8.1
Ph.D. Thesis Material -
1891, n.d.
Folder - 5.3
Unpublished Articles -
1885-1915, n.d.
Application of Cavendish Experiment -
n.d.
Cause Trip -
1885
Introducing Hon. A. Meighen, Canadian Club, Academy of Music, Halifax -
1915
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Extent: 17.2 cm
Scope and Content:
The series consists of materials not pertaining specifically to A. Stanley Mackenzie’s work. The materials include his diaries, bibliographical notes, awards and correspondence, sketches and portraits, newspaper articles on Mackenzie, obituaries and condolences after his death.
File Level Descriptions
Folders - 10.1-10.3
Diaries -
1883-1909
Folder - 10.4
Biographical Materials -
1913-1964, n.d.
The materials include a brief genealogy (n.d.), biographical interviews (1913), brief notes on life by Mackenzie (n.d.), correspondence and source material for the history project by American Institute of Physics (1964).
Folder - 10.5
Awards and Correspondence -
1882-1938
Includes his Dalhousie College Diploma (1882-1884), an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship Diploma (1910), Dalhousie College - Professor Resignation (1910), Dalhousie University Reunion (1938).
Folder - 7.7
Pictures and Portraits -
1923-1940
Contains a sketch of A. Stanley Mackenzie (1926), a mounted photograph (1926), and a newspaper clipping of a portrait of Mackenzie by Wyly Grier (1940).
Folder - 7.8, 10.6-10.8
Obituaries and Condolences -
1938-1939, 1971
Box 7, Folder 8 contains memorials published in the Dalhousie Review, Dalhousie Gazette, and a variety of other publications, a funeral service program and scrapbook of clippings, and a speech by Murray Macneil (1949) read at the unveiling of a memorial plaque in Mackenzie's honour. Box 10, Folders 6 to 8 contain lists of condolences, as well as condolence letters from Ashburn Golf Club, Children’s Hospital, Dalhousie Alumnae Association, Dalhousie University Senate and A. Stanley Mackenzie’s colleagues, friends, and students.
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