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File · 1901
Part of William Albert Hickman fonds
File consists of four letters. One is to a Miss Tyrrell of the Agent General for New Brunswick asking for a pamphlet with a map of New Brunswick. The second is a form letter to perspective immigrants to New Brunswick, which would have been sent as a cover letter with additional literature. The third is a circular given to applicants for information about New Brunswick discussing travel and fares to New Brunswick. The fourth is a letter signed by Hickman discussing a training farm in New Brunswick run by a Mr. F.H. Soden. 2001.001.1, Series 2, Subseries 1, File 8
File · 1952-1954
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney to a history class at Saint Mary's University on modern European history. The lecture was given twice, oncee to a class taught by Father McCarthy (on 6 November 1952) and once to a class taught by a Mr. Kennedy (25 October 1954). The lecture discusses four astronomers: Nicholas Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, John Kepler, and Galileo Galilei (mainly focusing on Copernicus). The lecture contains handwritten annotations and corrections by Father Burke-Gaffney (he updated it for the 1954 class). 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 24
File · 2 December 1954
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture notes for a lecture delivered by Father Burke-Gaffney to students in the SMU Adult Education program. The lecture's subject was Lewis Caroll (Charles Dodgson) and the success of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The lecture notes comprise 25 numbered pages, and one page of extra handwritten notes. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 5
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 · 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
File · 24 October 1955
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a paper presented by Father Burke-Gaffney to the Dawson Geological Club at a meeting held to commemorate the death of Albert Einstein. The paper deals with how some of Einstein's concepts (especially the General Theory of Relativity) have influenced astronomy and astronomers. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 14
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
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