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Academic records
CA NSHK HDP-2 · Series · 1953 - 1990
Part of Henry Drake Petersen fonds

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.

Petersen, Henry Drake
Charles Bruce
CA NSHK MER-5 · Series · 1923 - 1946
Part of Andrew Doane Merkel Correspondence Collection

Series includes correspondence between Charles Bruce and Andrew Merkel, beginning with Bruce's freshman year at Mount Allison University when Merkel encouraged him to write poetry, and continuing through to the end of World War II, during which Bruce was a war correspondent. Also includes some of Bruce's early work with the Canadian Press.

Bruce, Charles
Correspondence
CA NSHK UKC.CROUSE-5 · Series · [ca.1950] - 2011
Part of Robert Crouse fonds

Series consists of a mixture of hand written and typed letters, emails, faxes, cards, postcards, and personal notes sent or received by Robert Crouse.

Crouse, Robert
Correspondence - friends
CA NSHK HDP-7 · Series · 1959 - 2012
Part of Henry Drake Petersen fonds

Series consists ofletters, postcards, and greeting cards,from Petersen's friends and acquaintances, and photocopies of his correspondence to them, including notes of tarot card spread. Colour photographs are enclosed in some greeting cards from friends.

Petersen, Henry Drake
Henry Drake Petersen fonds
CA NSHK HDP · Fonds · 1935 - 2012

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.

Petersen, Henry Drake
Memorabilia
CA NSHK UKC.CROUSE-7 · Series · [ca.1950] - 2011
Part of Robert Crouse fonds

Series consists of magazines, obituaries, newspapers, journals, and other souvenirs/collectables.

Crouse, Robert