Fonds consists of materials created and collected by the University of King's College Board of Governors and its committees while carrying out their mandated functions. Documents reflect all aspects of the Board's sphere of responsibility and include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; reports created or reviewed by the Board; annual reports; financial documents, including ledgers, budgets, statements, and other materials; officer lists; and other materials related to the overall management of the University and its assets.

Records of the Finance Committee, including minutes, agendas, notes, reports, resolutions, and recommendations.

Records from the Budget committee, including minutes, agendas, reports, and correspondence.

Financial records including counts, bills of exchange, receipts, correspondence, vouchers, bonds, cheques, and statements.

Agreements between the University of King's College Board of Governors and other parties.

Deeds, summaries of lands, summaries of concerns, summaries of conveyances, and summaries of intent between the Board of Governors and other parties, as well as between third parties.

Various legal instruments between King's and other parties, including petitions, dockets of judgments, wills, and other documents.

Sub-series consists of treasurer's accounts and reports.

Insurance documents, including policies and receipts for the university.

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.