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Papers of William A. Major on the Halifax Curling Club

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-167, SF Box 27, Folder 32
  • File

File consists of a brief manuscript essay on Halifax Curling Club's history, the 1923 end-of-season report, and an excerpt from a published pamphlet called "Curliana Memorabilia."

Lecture notes of James M. Carmichael

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-17, SF Box 13, Folder 13
  • File

File consists of notes from lectures on political economy delivered by Reverend James Ross, Principal of Dalhousie College 1863-1885.

Guest books of Malachy Bowes Daly

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-19, SF Box 14, Folders 1-2
  • File

File consists of two guest books (1890-1893 and 1897-1900) printed for Daly and his wife, used during his time as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Notebooks of Bertha and Minna Liechti

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-37, SF Box 15, Folder 3
  • File

File consists of three notebooks (ca. 1887-1894) of lecture notes on geography, advanced German, literature, and psychology. It also includes Mima Liechti's notebook (1866-1869) recording visits made and/or received and lists of members and adherents of Signature Hall.

Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
  • File

File consists of four letters written to Tobin from Alfred Austin, who was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and who later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Charles Tupper letters

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-75, SF Box 18, Folder 26
  • File

File consists of two handwritten letters by Charles Tupper. The earlier is an 1887 letter of introduction to Sir Andrew Clark regarding Mr. Freeborn, a Canadian medical student in London. The latter was written in 1911 to Mrs. J. Ross Smith in Amherst, Nova Scotia thanking her for an earlier correspondence regarding election results.

Letters to John Young from his son, William Young

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-80, SF Box 18, Folder 28
  • File

File consists of one handwritten letter (1833) to John Young from his son and business agent, William Young, and a transcription of an earlier letter (1815) from William.