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Saint Mary's University Archives Father Burke-Gaffney fonds English
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"3C 48 and Classmates" : [a lecture by Father Burke-Gaffney]
"3C 48 and Classmates" : [a lecture by Father Burke-Gaffney]
File · 25 March 1964
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the R.A.S.S. in Halifax. The lecture discusses 3C 48 (a quasar discovered in 1960), and similar objects judged to be of the same class of objects. This version contains handwritten corrections and annotations. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 1
Academic
Series · 1940-1974, predominant 1960-1969
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Series forms part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds and consists of five sub-series: Astronomy department (1955-1974), Board of Governors (1968, 1970), Faculty information (1952-1956, 1970-1971), Senate (1963-1969), and Students (1940-1969). Other files are included in this series concerning the Development Office, enrollment statistics for 1955, a history of Saint Mary's, honorary degrees, news releases for 1970, the Presidential Search Committee, and student housing.
Addresses by Father Burke-Gaffney
Subseries · 1955-1970
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Sub-series consists of the texts of addresses and speeches, and related material. A significant portion of this sub-series contains addresses given at convocation ceremonies. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1
Addresses to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) by Father Burke-Gaffney
Addresses to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) by Father Burke-Gaffney
File · 1955-1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of two talks given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the RASC in Halifax, NS. The first was delivered on 27 September 1955, and provides an overview of the Astronomical Congress held in Dublin (Ireland) on August 29 to September 5 of that year (a major topic of discussion was radio astronomy). The second is dated 24 October 1962 and discusses satellites (and particularly those launched in the second half of 1962). 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 9
Associations
Series · 1944-1974, predominant 1965-1969
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Series forms part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds and consists of newsletters, meetings, publication lists, personal memoirs of societal functions, correspondence, and related newspaper clippings. Associations included are: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, American Institute of Physics, Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia, Astronautical Society of Canada, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Canadian Astronomical Society, Canadian Committee for the 500th Anniversary of Copernicus, Canadian Mathematical Congress, Canadian Society for the Study of the History and Philosophy of Science, Dartmouth Harbour Lights GRS Radio Club, History of Science, International Astronomical Union, International Symposium of the History of Astronomy, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Nova Scotia Institute of Science, Philosophy of Science Group, Poetry Society, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Sci-Tec, and Texas Symposium.
Astronomy
Series · [1940?]-[1979?]
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Series forms part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds and consists of research materials regarding a variety of astronomical subjects including: astronomers, the history of astronomy, atmosphere, the Burke-Gaffney Observatory, comets, Copernicus, cosmology, Earth, eclipses, fireballs, Kepler, Mars, meteors, the Moon, observatories, planetariums, quasars, radio astronomy, radio telescopes, satellites, space, Star of Bethlehem, stars, UFOs, Venus, and x-ray astronomy.
Awards and diplomas
Series · 1917-1967
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Series forms part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds and consists of awards and diplomas from : the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1920), The National University of Ireland (1917), Internationalis Scientiarum Historiae Comitatus [1949], the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (1941 and 1967), Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (1962), American Association for the Advancement of science (1967), Georgetown University : Silver Jubilee Citation (1935), Certificate of Canadian Citizenship (1951), Centennial Medal (1967), [Collegii Georgiopolitani 1935], Nova Scotia Technical College (1955), Universitas Montis Regii [1932], Universitatis Sanctae Mariae.
Burke-Gaffney Photographs
Series · 1918-1973, predominant 1950-1970
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
Series forms part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds and consists of photographs and negatives of persons, astronomical events, landscapes, plants, places, and paintings.
"Canadian Catholics and the Intellectual Life" : [an address by Father Burke-Gaffney]
"Canadian Catholics and the Intellectual Life" : [an address by Father Burke-Gaffney]
File · 10 November 1957
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of pages of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney on the subject of the intellectual life of Canadian Catholics. He laments the lack of intellectualism among the Catholic laity in Canada (a fact he traces back to the history of the poor immigrants who fled the Potato Famine), and warns against anti-intellectualism. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 7