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File · 10 March 1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of two copies of a speech (one is five pages, the other six) delivered by Fr. Burke-Gaffney at an event which took place at the Lord Nelson Hotel on March 10, 1962. The speech deals with the importance of art/creativity to the scientific mind. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 10
File · 12 October 1957
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File contains pages from a talk Father Burke-Gaffney gave at a Columbus Day Dinner in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The address covers the lives of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot, and discusses the need for a similar spirit of exploration in the space age. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 4
File · 1955-1968
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of six speeches/addresses made by Father Burke-Gaffney at convocation ceremonies. Includes his 1955 address to the Nova Scotia Technical College (who awarded Burke-Gaffney an honorary doctorate in 1955); an address introducing a 1957 honorary degree recipient (Mr. Justice John D. Kearney); an introduction for the Very Reverend Edward B. Bunn (the President of Georgetown University) at the 1961 convocation; an introduction for the 1962 honorary doctorate recipient Ralph Lent Jeffery; an introduction for the 1967 honorary doctorate recipient the Honourable Henry Poole MacKeen; an address written by Burke-Gaffney for the 1967 convocation (includes a draft version, and one published in "Maroon and White"); and a 1968 introduction to honorary doctorate recipient Angus L. MacDonald. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 5
File · 16 May 1960
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of the citation that was delivered when John Francis Leddy (then a Professor of Classics at the University of Saskatchewan, and later the President of the University of Windsor) received an honorary doctorate at the Spring 1960 convocation. The address was delivered by Father Burke-Gaffney. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 6