The records in the fonds were created, collected, or used by Rev. Dr. Robert Crouse.

The majority of these records pertain to Crouse’s life as a theologian and as an educator. The records cover Crouse’s lectures (with particular interest in Dante and Augustine), syllabi and course outlines, sermons, research, parochial records, university communications (Dalhousie and King’s), committee minutes (Dalhousie and King’s), music, personal and work correspondence, photographs, books, floppy discs, cassettes, and memorabilia. These records reflect Crouse’s roots at King’s, as well as his experiences in other countries, namely the United States and Italy.

The records in the fonds were created, received or used by the School of Journalism staff and administrators in the course of their work. The School transferred most of the records arranged and described in this project to the Archives in 2010, at the time Kelly Toughill became Director in 2010.

The primary activity of the School of Journalism is to provide education to aspiring and seasoned journalists. By training students in the art, craft and profession of informing the public about matters of public interest, the program equips its students with the abilities to work as reporters and editors in the Canadian news media (from paper to broadcast to online), and provides excellent training for careers where being able to write and speak well, interview people, research topics and puzzle things out are assets.

The records are predominantly textual, including student records, correspondence, reports and promotional materials. Some photographs are included in student records (most appearing between 1987-1991). Some audio/video discs and videocassettes that were submitted as part of some students' portfolios in their admission applications, are in the fonds. In recent years, records have arrived in digital format, e.g., photographs on CDs and magazines created in the Magazine Workshop .

Sub-series contains memos and design plans for a school of journalism that had a brief existence in the 1960s. It also contains correspondence regarding the collapse and dissolution of the school.

Sub-series contains files on School of Journalism professors, their evaluations, training workshops, summer employment, and other documents relating to journalism faculty and their academic activities.

Sub-series contains correspondence and supporting documents between the School of Journalism and external individuals and organizations.

Sub-series contains records on subjects of interest to School of Journalism faculty and administrators.

Sub-series contains Journalism School policies and correspondence regarding internships. There are reports from the 200+ employers who have provided internships for Journalism School students, including over 50 CBC internships. Sub-series includes documents from both employers and student interns: the internship report, internship questionnaire, correspondence with intern, correspondence with employer, internal memos regarding policies relating to internships, fax cover sheets and envelopes between school of journalism and employers. There are also a few documents relating to postgraduate survey offerings from publications around the country.

Series consists ofrecords documenting Henry Drake Petersen's education from his years in Amityville Elementary School, New York, through his Master of Arts degree in Classics from Dalhousie University in 1990, including school projects and yearbooks, correspondence with universities, a copy of his thesis, and university diplomas.

Henry Drake Petersen was born in Amityville, Long Island, New York, on August 31, 1946. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 17, 2012. He never married or had children.

Petersen was educated in the Amityville public school system, graduating from Amityville Memorial High School in 1964. He then enrolled in Long Island University's Richard L. Conolly College in Brooklyn, Long Island, New York, earning his B.A. with honours in history in October 1968.

While at Long Island University, Petersen was on the Dean's List and a member of Phi Alpha Theta national history honour society. He had a tuition scholarship and a New York State Regents scholarship. He worked as a residence hall counselor and university tutor. His extracurricular activities included All-University Chorus, which sang at the New York World's Fair in-fall 1964; L.I.U. Theatre, where he was stage manager and costume designer; Student Orientation Committee; Forum Linguae; International Student Association; Inter-Faith Council; and the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius.

In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, Petersen, age 23, left the United States and went to Nova Scotia, Canada, where he had family connections through his mother, whose sister, Alida Wicks, had moved from New York to Cape Breton with her husband in 1964.

Not long after coming to Halifax, a friend invited him to dinner at King's College, which so impressed Petersen that he applied for a donship. From September 1970 to September 1971, he was Don of Middle Bay at the University of King's College, and from September 1971 to June 1972, he was Don of North Pole Bay. While serving as Don, he participated in student groups, including the Quintilian Debating Society, the Haliburton Literary Society, and the King's Dramatic and Choral Society.

Series contains records relating to the administration, activities, maintenance, and projects of the office of the School of Journalism. It documents the year-to-year institutional functioning of the school. Documents relate to staffing, financial matters and correspondence.