University Archives
& Special Collections

Science

Adams, Frank Dawson

1859-1942. Geologist, Montreal, P.Q. Notebooks, 1878-96; Correspondence, 1892, 1897-98, 1903; Photographs. Extent 15 vols., approx. 1 cm textual materials; 315 photographs. Locator number: MS-2-1 Finding aid available

Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS)

(1983-1990) Executive Records; Atlantic Geology; Video Committee; Geology Map Committee; and Newsletter from the Atlantic Geoscience Society. Extent 19 cm. Locator number: MS-2-748

Borgese, Elisabeth Mann

(ca. 1938-2002, predominant 1969-1978) Professor, law of the sea, Halifax, N.S. Records pertaining mainly to professional activities, some with personal content, focussing on the major organizations and undertakings with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, and photographs. Extent 30m. Locator number: MS-2-744 Finding aid available

Bronson, Howard Logan

Physicist, Halifax, N.S. Copies of letters to Sir James Chadwick and a reply, January 27 - February 13, 1960. Copies of Dr. Bronsons' reminiscences of Lord Rutherford at McGill. Personal papers including correspondence, invoices, etc., 1919-1932. Extent 20 cm. Locator number: MS-2-257

Dinwiddie, James

(1746-1815). Teacher, Scientist, Scotland and India. Online collection guide available. Locator number: MS-2-726 Finding aid available

Douglas, G. Vibert

(fl. 1921-1942) Geologist. Note books, 1929 and 1942. Extent 5 cm. Locator number: MS-2-20 Finding aid available

Faculty of Computer Science

Locator number: UA 19

Faculty of Science

Locator number: UA 31

Flemming, Sir Sandford

(1827-1915) Engineer, Toronto, ON. Misc. reports, legal papers, copies of correspondence, 1856-64. Extent 1.5 cm. Locator number: MS-2-658

Fraser, J.D.B. Ltd.

(b.1837-d. 1938) Drugstore, Pictou, NS. Day books, correspondence, and a perscription book. Extent 50 cm. Locator number: MS-4-28

Guptill, Ernest Wilmot

(1919-1976) Physicist, Halifax N.S. Correspondence; Patent - Slotted Array; Off Prints; National Research Coucil Reports; Scrapbooks; Photographs. Extent 30 cm. Locator number: MS-2-665

Harrison, R. B.

(fl. 1938) Two note books - party diary and geological note book. Extent 2 cm. Locator number: MS-2-29

Heighton, Ernest

Professor of Mathematics. Halifax, N.S. Misc. correspondence and notes; including research for his book on Howard L. Bronson. Locator number: MS-2-586

Kinley Drug Co.,

(Est. 1900- ) Druggists, Lunenburg, NS. Records of J.J. Kinley, 1900-1935 and Kinley Drug Co. Inc., 1935- , prescription books, 1904-1927; ledgers, 1916-1935; day books, 1934-1954. Extent 8.4 m. Locator number: MS-4-36

Laurence, G.C.

(fl. 1945) Montreal, Quebec. Manuscript - "Atomic Energy - What it is and Some of its Possibilities". Montreal, October 3, 1945 and various other printed papers. Extent 16 pp. Locator number: MS-2-320

Leffek, Kenneth

Prof. of Chemistry. Halifax, N.S. Dalhousie Student Record Book, 1961/62, 1994/95. Extent 4 cm. Locator number: MS-2-688

Logan, Robert A.

(1892- 1992) Duluth, Minnesota. Research notes, correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, adresses, etc. Extent 3.3 m. Locator number: MS-2-580 Finding aid available

MacKenzie, Arthur Stanley

(b. 1865-d. 1938) Educationalist and former Dalhousie President, Halifax, NS. Correspondence (1885- 1931), publications (1894-1927), addresses (1889-1921), unpublished articles, a large number of lecture notes (1881-1923), research notes (1887-n.d.), lab books (1887-1909), and diaries (1883-1909), honours, pictures and memorabilia (1938-1949). Extent 1.3 m textual records, 3 photographs. Locator number: MS-2-43 Finding aid available

McDormand, Ruth

(fl. 1954) Manuscript - Dawson Geological Club - its first twenty-one years. Extent 52 pp. Locator number: MS-2-382

Meyerhof, G. G.

(b. 1916-d. 2003) Professor Emeritus and Civil Engineer, Halifax, NS. Professional papers, correspondence, research notes, and personal offprints/library. Includes research on the following topics: plasticity, pavement, culverts, retaining walls, piles, footings, foundations, drainage, seepage, earth dams, embankments, structures, geology, rock mechanics, beams, plates, slope stability, civil engineering history, and civil engineering education and research. Extent approx. 15 m. Locator number: MS-2-752

Mills, Eric

(fl. 1961-1999) Professor Emeritus and Oceanographer, Halifax, NS. Personal and professional correspondence, teaching and research files and data, some scientific drawings. Extent approx. 8 m. Locator number: MS-2-678

Nova Scotia Institute of Science

(fl. 1890- ) Halifax, NS. Accession books listing publications sent to the Institute Library, 1890-1910. Notes of Joseph G.S. Hudson on "Under Sea Working of Coal Seams," 1904-05. Extent 30 cm. Locator number: MS-2-203

Ogden, James Gordon

(fl. 1954-1988) Prof. of Biology, Halifax, NS. Misc. Papers and Correpondence relating to the Boat Harbour area pollution, 1969-70; Chemical analysis reports, Boat Harbour, 1987-88; Misc. Notes; Thesis; Biology Dept. material. Extent 2.8 m. Locator number: MS-2-696

Paul, Sgt. James

(fl. 1954) Army Officer and Civil Servant Halifax, NS. Papres relating to the Halifax Branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, misc. dates, 1954-66. Extent 2 cm. Locator number: MS-2-331

Pictou Literary and Scientific Society

(fl. 1828-1861) Pictou, N.S. Rules and Minute Books, 1828-1829, 1834-1837; Journal 1836-1849; Minute Book, 1849-1861. Extent 7.5 cm. Locator number: MS-2-62 Finding aid available

Pictou Quarries Co. Ltd., The

(fl. 1908-1914) Pictou, NS. Report of drillings by Isaac McNaughton, Eureka, Nova Scotia, April 12, 1910. Extent 5 pp. Locator number: MS-4-48

Pullen, H.F.

Collection of fifteen 18th century maps, most of the Atlantic Canadian region. Locator number: MS-2-756

Robb Engineering

(1865- ) Engineering Works, Amherst, NS. Business records and correspondence, photographs, catalogues, and plans of engines and boilers (1898-1956), boiler and engine records (1893-1956). Extent 17 m. Locator number: MS-4-14

Russell, Alexander G.

(fl. 1868-71) Clergyman, Halifax, N.S. Notes on Chemistry from Lecture by Prof. Goerge Lawson, Dalhousie College, 1868-69. Extent 1 cm. Locator number: MS-2-380 Finding aid available

Tingley, Arnold J.

(fl. 1970-1995) Professor of Mathematics and Registrar, Halifax, NS. Histories of mathematics at Dalhousie and of the Transition Year Programme as well as notes from the Registrar's Office. Some access restrictions apply to Registrar's Office records. Extent approx. 20 cm. Locator number: MS-2-649

TUNS / DalTech / Sexton Campus

Locator number: UA 10 Finding aid available

Tupper, Freeman

(b.1886-d. 1966) Engineer, Liverpool, N.S. Deeds and Misc. Paper, Misc. Dates, 1783-1928; Note Books, 1909, 1912, 1917-1923, 1942; Research Material; Manuscript on Liverpool History and Corres., 1940-50. Extent 12 cm, Locator number: MS-2-201

Walmslay, Charles

(fl. 1910-1955) Professor of Mathematics, Halifax, NS. Notes while a student a Kings College London, 1910-1912; lecture notes at Dalhousie (miscellaneous dates) 1931/1932-1953/1954; textbooks; microfilm of articles from periodicals; correspondence; papers regarding "The Dalhousie Course of First Year Mathematics" by Charles Walmsley and Geoffrey Adshead. Extent 38 cm. Locator number: MS-2-521

Weir, Ruth

(fl. 1981) Student, Toronto, Ont. Notes on Dalhousie University Sources Concerning Darwinism and the Natural Sciences in Nova Scotia During the 19th Century, Halifax, N.S., 1981. Extent 2 pp. Locator number: MS-2-440