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Dalhousie University Archives Fonds Correspondence
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George and Arthur VanWart fonds
Fonds · 1890 - [19--]
Fonds consists of medical notebooks, journal articles, an academic calendar, student handbook, notes and correspondence. MS-13-41
Theatre Arts Guild fonds
Fonds · 1931-1999
This collection consists of records regarding Theatre Arts Guild's management and productions from the establishment of the guild in 1931 to 1999. Materials include administrative documents and some financial records, programs, posters, newsletters, histories of Theatre Arts Guild and information about amateur theatre in Halifax, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. MS-3-4
Gregory S. Kealey fonds
Fonds · 1969-1978
Fonds includes papers pertaining to an arbitration between the Civil Service Commission of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Government Employees Association. The papers include correspondence, research materials, research notes, and submissions to the arbitration board. Fonds also contains general files regarding the Canadian Association for Adult Education, Canadian Labour Congress, and the Institute of Public Affairs. These files contain correspondence from the Canadian Association for Adult Education to participating institutions about a 1977 survey of labour education programs in postsecondary institutions. Fonds also contains correspondence from the Canadian Labour Congress to Gregory Kealey, along with notes that Gregory Kealey wrote about the correspondence. These files also include reports issued by the Institute of Public Affairs titled, "Nova Scotia Joint Labour-Management Study Conference", and "Identification of Internal Development Factors in Nova Scotia: A Comparative Analysis". Fonds also includes reports issued by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour on the Joint Labour-Management Study Committee, a report by Guy Henson titled, "The Nova Scotia Labour-Management Agreements," and a booklet of publications by the Institute of Public Affairs. MS-9-27
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia fonds
Fonds · 1975-2005
Fonds comprises records created by the administration, members and affiliates of the Writers' Federation. It includes a wide variety of materials including administrative records, audio/visual material, correspondence, financial records, committee meeting agendas and minutes, photographs, promotional and press material. Records refer to organization and its relationships with members, government departments, and other writing, publishing and cultural groups. MS-2-612
Frieze and Roy fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists mainly of general business correspondence and financial records recording the financial affairs of the business. The fonds also consist of legal records, mainly indentures and insurance policies for the business, sales and operations records and vessel records, which mainly consist of insurance policies, charter parties and protests. Also included in the fonds are records belonging to the Frieze family such as estate papers, and records from David Frieze's time as a justice if the peace for Hants County, along with electoral records and records belonging to the Maitland Presbyterian church, Sons of Temporance and Maitland school which both Frieze and Roy were involved in. MS-4-57
Alfred Dickie fonds
Fonds
This fonds consists of records which document the personal and business activities and interests of Alfred Dickie and, to a lesser extent, those of his immediate family and employees. Although the records span Dickie’s lifetime, few relate to his childhood, education, or final two years of life. Some items, in particular those concerning his export lumber business or his travels, derive from various places in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and South Africa, though by far the majority are found to be located within Nova Scotia. The fonds includes correspondence, business and administrative records, speeches, photographs, legal documents, and plans, among other materials. Records are chiefly in English, although a very small portion are in French, Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish, and Italian. MS-4-64
Scott Paper Company fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence, financial documents, journals and ledgers, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, and reports. This material spans almost 60 years and gives insight into a company which changed hands several times, and also represented an important part of Nova Scotia industry. Through the material one is able to get a complete picture of the process of manufacturing pulp, from acquiring timber and land to machinery and labour used, to exporting the end product; it also demonstrates how business was conducted. Together the fonds demonstrates the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Scott Paper company, and provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia in the 20th century. MS-4-68
Powers Brothers fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists of administrative files, community involvement details, contract records, correspondence, employee records, financial documents, job estimates and job files, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, notes on solar heating projects, sound recordings, and union/association documents, as well as a series with material from the Murphy and Wharton Company. This material spans over 100 years from 1858 to 1987, and illustrates how business was conducted (meetings, annual reports, accounting and financial statements) and the relationship with the community (both charitable and with other businesses). There are also very detailed accounts of the work done by the company, from initial quotes through to project planning, blueprints, product literature, and finishing. Together the items demonstrate the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Powers Brothers company. These items provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. MS-4-86
Bigelow family fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family's shipbuilding activities as well as the genealogical interests of John Robert Bigelow. MS-4-92
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the administrative, operational, financial, and artistic activities of the ASO. Included are materials documenting the Board of Directors, box office operations (including ticket sales), financial affairs, fundraising, general administration, guest artists, orchestra members, public relations and publicity, and the union. Also included is the photograph series which presents a visual record of various aspects of the orchestra's activities, including performances and women's auxiliary events as well as publicity shots of musicians, conductors, staff, and guest artists. MS-5-11