Series consists of autobiographical sketch of Moses Nickerson.

Series contains files relating directly to the day-to-day operations of the School of Journalism's office, its faculty, its classes, and events. Sub-series contains Directors' Reports, correspondence, committee records, supporting documents, and subject files.

Series consists of letters Robertson wrote to Andrew Merkel discussing professional and personal matters.

Sub-series contains reports presented to the Board of Governors on the topic of a school of journalism. It begins with the final condemning budget of the Atlantic School of Journalism and Communications, and ends with the final report confirming course offerings.

This sub-series contains a number of memos and correspondence capturing the years before and leading into the establishing of the School of Journalism. It also contains documents about the challenges of establishing the School over the first two years.

A file folder for each student applicant was created in the School of Journalism office for Journalism and University admissions committee members to review. If the student subsequently enroled, the file was maintained throughout the student's academic career at King's.

These files are not complete records for each student, but are records created and maintained by the School of Journalism. They do not include additional information about students that may be recorded by the Registrar's office, Advancement office, or any other office at the University.

Some of the student records (primarily from 1981-1991) include photographs - b&w or colour head shots.

Williams was an influential American literary critic; series includes correspondence between Williams and Merkel discussing their writing and personal matters.

Sub-series documents minutes, correspondence, and supporting documents relating directly to School of Journalism staff meetings.

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.

Series consists of publications that students created as a component of their course work. Many of the publications contain stories relating to campus life or Halifax communities. The newspaper publications are tabloid size and printed in black ink (later issues are often in colour, although the use of colouring is used sporadically from the late 1980s and onward). Some of the publications are in magazine format and printed in colour .

Series contains the journalistic publications of the School of Journalism. The publications represent the culmination of various projects by students working toward certain classes, or else are part of honours projects by fourth-year and one-year BJ students. For the most part they are general-interest newspapers and magazines, but there are also topic- and region- or neighbourhood-focused publications, as well as wire and online services.

The newspapers were distributed around campus, at Dalhousie University, and throughout the city (especially in the case of the North End News) in public libraries, bookstores and magazine shops, and elsewhere. Director George Bain remarked in his five-year report of 1984 to the Board of Governors that the Monitor was distributed to news executives across the country (for the most part in order to gamer favourable comments).

NovaNewsNet, a daily email sent to subscribers, was a synopsis of local, regional, national and international headline stories. Unews is a website that contains articles about metro universities.