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Schooner Bessie L. fonds
Fonds · 1898
Fonds consists of ten bills of lading for cargo shipped from Halifax to various consignees in Mahone Bay and Blockhouse. MBMS-50
Collection · 1994 - 1995
The collection contains the textual, graphic, and audio records of the oral history project. Twelve people from the Truro area were interviewed and the collection is arranged with a series for each interviewee. Audio cassettes and one videotape were recorded during the interviews. Included with each audio cassette is a transcription and a journal written by the student about their experience. Digital videodiscs were later created in 2013 from the audio cassettes for preservation of the recordings. 95.88.1 - 12
1999.50.36e
Item · 1906
Part of George R. Smith Family fonds
This item is a black and white photographic print of Florence [?], taken by Harry J. Moss, Halifax, NS. It is addressed to Florine Smith. The back reads: "To dear Florine, with heaps of love, Florence. [symbol] 1905 - 1906. Do not forget room 43, 'Picky', June 18th". 1999.50.36e
1999.50.36c
Item · 1906
Part of George R. Smith Family fonds
This item is a black and white photographic print of Gertrude [?], taken by Harry J. Moss, Halifax, NS. It is addressed to Florine Smith. The back reads: "Florine, remember the good old times we had in the college by the sea and the walks down to green bank. Remember dear Mr. Gordon, and the lovely harmony lessons we had together. Oh! Please don't forget the trip around the loop (June 16 1906). With lots of love, from your Gertrude. [symbol] 1905 - 1906." 1999.50.36c
Fonds · 1972-2020
Fonds consists of records pertaining to Mount Saint Vincent University’s Teaching and Learning Centre (previously the Distance Learning and Continuing Education department). Materials include budgets, annual reports, strategic planning, surveys, correspondence, and other administrative records. Fonds also consists of records related to DUET (Distance University Education via Television) as well as other projects and initiatives supported by the Centre. Records related to online learning and programming are included as well. UR-002
Fonds · 1930-2000
Fonds consists of financial, statistical, administrative, and curricular records as well as photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, and publications generated and used by the Home Economics Department. Fonds is arranged into six series and a sous-fonds. UA RG 55
Buttons
Series · [197-]-[200-]
Part of Betty Peterson ephemera collection
Series consists of buttons related to various organizations and events advocating for social justice and peace causes, including nuclear disarmament, Indigenous rights and land claims, environmental conservation, women’s rights, anti-apartheid in South Africa, and anti-U.S. intervention in Latin America, especially in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Series also includes anti-war buttons, predominantly in reference to the Gulf War (1991). Some buttons refer to political parties, in particular the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the African National Congress (ANC). Series also includes the shirt worn by Peterson to the 1982 nuclear disarmament rally in New York City with buttons attached. PR-031-2
Posters
Series · 1964, 1974-2006
Part of Betty Peterson ephemera collection
Series consists of posters for protests, conferences, speaker events, art exhibitions, and films related to a number of social justice movements including nuclear disarmament, Indigenous activism and land claims, environmental conservation, anti-war movements, and women’s rights. A number of posters refer to United Nations initiatives, including International Women’s Day, the Second Special Session on Disarmament (1982), the International Year of Peace (1986), and World Environment Day. Some posters refer to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and series also contains various posters of art prints and calendars. PR-031-1
Collection · 1964, 1974-2006
Collection consists of posters and pinback buttons accrued by peace activist Betty Peterson. Materials mainly pertain to protests, speaking events, organizations, and film screenings for social justice causes including nuclear disarmament, environmental conservation, Indigenous activism, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Collection includes the shirt Betty Peterson wore to a nuclear disarmament rally in New York City in 1982 with buttons attached to it, as well as a cloth banner with the words "Voice of Women Canada" sewn on it, also with buttons attached. Some materials pertain to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and collection also contains various posters of paintings and art calendars. Collection is organized into two series: posters and buttons. PR-031
Suzanne LeBlanc fonds
Fonds · 1974-1977
The fonds consists of records related to the MSVU choir from the period 1974-1977. The choir was under the direction Sister Margaret Young and these records were accumulated by choir secretary and student member Suzanne LeBlanc. The MSVU choir was “reorganized” in the fall of 1974 and by 1976 had become one of the largest and most active groups on campus with approximately 50 members who met twice a week at the Cardinal Cushing Auditorium in Vincent Hall. All members of the university community, including student, faculty and staff, were part of the choir. The choir participated in a number of performances in a variety of genres, including musical theatre, pop, traditional, folk, rock, classical and religious. The fonds consists primarily of a scrapbook which contains photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera (such as announcements, performance flyers, tickets, memos, notes). Choir performances covered in the scrapbook include Christmas dinners, spring concerts, productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Raggedy-Ann’s Christmas, Board of Governors meetings, and talent shows. Photographs are of choir students, rehearsals, performances, and Vinnie the bear and choir mascot. Other records in the fonds include sheet music of songs sung by the choir and individual programs of choir performances including baccalaureate mass, the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton, and the installation of Sister Mary Albertus as president of MSVU. The fonds also contains some personal records from Suzanne LeBlanc’s time as a student, including her convocation program and dinner invitation, a book cover, and a greeting card she received for her service as choir secretary. Finally, the fonds also contains 2 sound recordings on audio cassette which contain a recording of a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as a general choir concert. PR-018