Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Halifax Visiting Dispensary fonds
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
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Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
1.2 m of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Custodial history
The records were donated in four accessions, with the first taking place in 1975 and the remainder taking place in 1987, 2005, and 2012. The records of the 1975 accession were previously in the custody of Col. Samuel R. Balcom and the records of the 2012 accession were previously in the custody of Leslie Pezzack. The custodial history of the 1987 and 2005 accessions is unknown.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, and administrative records such as annual reports and inventories.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Fonds is arranged into six series: Annual Reports; Administrative records; Financial records; Correspondence; Patient information; and Publicity.
Records are arranged chronologically within series where possible, unless otherwise noted.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script note
English.
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Patient records and personal information in the following files are closed: 1-10, 2-5, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 3-1, 3-4, 3-10, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 4-12.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are possible, but not expected.
General note
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Halifax Visiting Dispensary fonds, MS-13-84, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
- Certificates
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Dispensaries
- Financial statements
- Inventories
- Medical archives
- Medical clinics
- Medical personnel and patient
- Medicine--Nova Scotia--History--19th century
- Medicine--Nova Scotia--History--20th century
- Nova Scotia--History--19th century
- Nova Scotia--History--20th century
- Public health
- Reports, publications, studies, and documentation
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Rules for Archival Description
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2003
Language of description
Script of description
Sources
This fonds description comes from the <a href="http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/">Dalhousie University Archives Catalog</a>. The complete, original description is available there.