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CA NSHK UKC.LIB-5 · Series · 1803-2007
Part of University of King's College Library fonds

Series consists of accessions lists, donations, catalogues, serials, and weeding lists from 1859-2007. Details of all books acquired by the Library, including accessions and donations lists, are included in the series, as well as lists of books withdrawn from the Library's collections from 1983-2002. Most of the accessions lists are in bound volumes shelved separately. Series includes accession book from the Smith Memorial Library, a former recreational reading collection maintained for students living in campus residences.

Accessions lists are maintained to record additions to the Library's collections. A newly received book is given a unique accession number and added to the accessions list. Books that are withdrawn are noted on weeding lists. Accessions lists have been maintained for most of the Library's history in Halifax. Catalogues and lists of books exist from the Library in Windsor.

University of King's College Library
Publications
CA NSHK UKC.LIB-UKC.LIB.13 · Series · 1802 - 2006
Part of University of King's College Library fonds

Series consists of all publications issued by the Library from 1802 to 2006. The Library issued publications as part of its fund-raising initiatives and the campaign for the new Library building. Some of the brochures are specific to particular sections of the Library, such as the Archives and Special Collections. The Library has also published general information for Library users and visitors. Two 19th-century documents about the history of the library were sent to prospective benefactors in England. Most of the records in the series are brochures for publicity and fund raising. The publications span the history of the library and include histories published by the College in 1802 and 1874.

University of King's College Library
Publication records
CA NSHK AL-7 · Series · c.1930s-2002
Part of Alumni Association of the University of King’s College fonds

The Alumni has produced a number of publications over the years to inform graduates about events of interest to them, and births, marriages and deaths of former classmates, other graduates, and people with connections to the University. These titles include Tidings and predecessor newsletters, and, since 2006, e-mailed newsletters. The Alumni Association maintained a website, www.ukcalumni.com, from the early 2000s as a way to provide information to alumni, but it has since become defunct. Current information can be found here: https://ukings.ca/alumni/

Series includes records relating to the preparation and printing of publications that the Alumni Association has produced or financed, including the newsletter, Tidings [Tidings from King's], which commenced publication in 1955, and its predecessors; brochures that the Association has mailed to alumni; and manuscript and publishing information for two published histories of the University: King's College: a Chronicle, by Fenwick Williams Vroom (1941, Halifax, Imperial Publishing); and 1789: All the King's Men: the story of a colonial university by Mark DeWolf and
George Flie (1972, Halifax, the Alumni Association). The series also includes pages printed from the Alumni Association former website, www.ukcalumni.com.

Canon F. W. Vroom's King's College: a Chronicle (1941), and 1789: All the King's Men: the story of a colonial university, by Mark De Wolf and George Flie (1972); and printed copies of internet pages from the Alumni Association's former website at www.ukcalumni.com. Also included are printed copies of e-mailed newsletters that the Alumni Officer has sent to alumni from time to time.

Tidings has been catalogued and is held in the Library's Special Collections, catalogue number LH 3 KS T52. Most issues of Tidings have also been published on the Internet in portable document format since 2002. Recent copies can be found on the Alumni Website here: https://ukings.ca/alumni/tidings/

Alumni Association of the University of King's College
Professional records
CA NSHK HDP-3 · Series · 1969 - 2012
Part of Henry Drake Petersen fonds

Series consists of records relating to Henry Drake Petersen's employment at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College, documenting his career as a librarian and University administrator. It includes reports, memos, meeting minutes, professional correspondence, and news articles.

Petersen, Henry Drake