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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
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 · 2006
Part of Steve Davis fonds
File consists of an archaeological resource impact assessment report by Davis Archaeological Consulting for CBCL Limited on the Bengal Lancers New Riding Paddock. 2008.008.1, Series 1, File 27
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
File · 14 April 1962
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of a lecture given by Father Burke-Gaffney to the Eta Chi Hi-Y, the subject of which was comets (includes a discussion about the need to identify comets in near Earth orbits, what causes their "tail", and other facts). The third page of the file includes a list of names/topics (including several female astronomers). 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 9
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