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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 · 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 · 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
File · 16 May 1960
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of the citation that was delivered when John Francis Leddy (then a Professor of Classics at the University of Saskatchewan, and later the President of the University of Windsor) received an honorary doctorate at the Spring 1960 convocation. The address was delivered by Father Burke-Gaffney. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 1, File 6
File · 24 February 1960
Part of Father Burke-Gaffney fonds
File consists of the text of a lecture by Father Burke-Gaffney delivered to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The subject of the lecture was eclipses, and in particular focused on the eclipse of March 13, 1960. The lecture ends with a description of how that eclipse would look on the moon. 1999.17, Series 7, Subseries 2, File 25