The series consists of reports and minutes of committees formed for oversight of the Library, as well as those to which the Librarian has belonged. Reports relating to committees that do not pertain directly to the operation of the Library or of which the Librarian is not an ex officio member are in the personnel file associated with the Library employee who belonged to that committee. The series spans two centuries through which committees have had various roles relating to the Library.

Series includes minutes and reports of the Administrative Council, Administrative Management Committee, Aesthetics Committee, Budget Committee, Library Building Committee, Library Committee, and Appointments Committee. These committees either directly relate to the administration of the Library or the Librarian has been an ex officio member of them.

The series comprises records documenting the formation of the University of King's College, includingcthe Royal Charter of 1802 granted by King George III; Statutes and policies issued by the Board of Governors; and copies of Nova Scotia provincial Statutes, which have been collected for reference.

The Royal Charter of 1802 was the University's founding document. It:

• acknowledged £4,000 granted to the Governors for the erection of a College building at Windsor;
• grants an endowment of £400 for the maintenance of the building, the professors, and the students;
• formally established the College, to be the source of several others, to form a University of Windsor;
• confirms the names of the Governors (eight members, all colonial government officials);
• allowed the Governors to elect the President and three members of the Board;
• confirms Governors' status as a body corporate, establishing the official name of "The Governors,
  President, and Fellows of King's College at Windsor in the Province of Nova Scotia;"
• gave the Governors a common seal to authorize property transactions and internal legislation;
• limited Governors' land holdings to a value of £6,000 yearly;
• made all Statutes and rules made by the Governors subject to Archbishop of Canterbury's approval;
• designates Archbishop of Canterbury as Patron of the College; .
• elevated the existing College to the status of a University for the time being, until subsequent
  constituent Colleges were founded; to have all the privileges of English universities;
• established Governors' operational protocol for degree programs, expectations, etc.;
• granted the Governors and President all powers arising in addition to the Charter.

Sub-series consists of promotional material.

Sub-series contains the corporations ledger in two bound volumes: Corporations A - K and Corporations L - Z.

Series consists of correspondence from and to Librarians and other persons associated with the Library concerning Library business. Much of the Library's early history is documented in correspondence. Correspondence from recent decades documents book accessions, book donations, staff appointments, and cooperation with other institutions. Correspondents include members of the Board of Governors, Presidents of the University, and Assistant Librarians.

Series includes early letters discussing the establishment of a library building in Windsor. The earliest records are handwritten, while the latest records are mostly electronic correspondence. The most recent records are from 2011. Correspondence concerns the Library building, book accessions, book donations, and staff appointments.

Series includes correspondence of Board officers, including chairmen and secretaries. Records include letters, reports, circulars, testimonials, memoranda, petitions, newspaper clippings, attendance lists, inventories, student lists, curricula, reading lists, examinations, essays, resumes, salaries, personal papers, articles; arranged by year.

Series consists of correspondence between the Registrar and Registrar's Office staff and others, mostly prospective students or their parents seeking information about the University's programs and registration requirements.

Correspondence with the Dalhousie Registrar is filed in Series 2, Operational records. Correspondence relating to a person who later became a student is filed in that student's record in Series 7.

Sub-series consists of correspondence regarding fundraising campaigns.

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

Series consists of correspondence Henry Drake Petersen sent to and received from family members. It includes letters, greeting cards, printed emails, and photocopies of Petersen's handwritten letters to his mother, grandmother, siblings, aunts, nieces, and cousins. The files include photographs that were enclosed with correspondence to Petersen.