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Administrative records of the Board of Governors of the Technical University of Nova Scotia
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1993-1994 (Creation)
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2.4 m of textual records; 3 audio cassettes
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(1907-1947)
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The Nova Scotia Technical College was governed by a Board of Governors from 1907 to 1947, when a more formal Board of Governors/Senate system was established. The early Board of Governors made all regulations for the College, under the supervision and control of the province’s Council of Public Instruction. It consisted of one representative from each Affiliate University, the professors of NSTC, and after 1923, a representative from the Alumni Association. Formalized in 1947 to control all administrative and academic matters, the Board of Governors consisted of the Minister of Education as chair; President of NSTC as vice-chair; the President of each Associated University; two representatives from the Alumni Association; and 5 others appointed by Governor-in-Council. A separate Senate offered input from faculty. The Executive Committee consisted of the chair of the Board of Governors, the chair of the Finance, Personnel, Policy and Planning, and Buildings and Grounds Committees, and up to two other members appointed at large from the Board. The Executive Committee prepared the agendas for all Board of Governors meetings and acts for the Board when requested or required. During the transition period leading up to the 1997 amalgamation of TUNS and Dalhousie University, the Boards of Governors continued to govern their respective institutions, with presidents of both institutions sitting on both boards. TUNS President Tom Traves became the Principal of DalTech, responsible to the President of Dalhousie and to the DalTech Board, at the rank of Vice-President at Dalhousie. The Board of DalTech was responsible to the Dalhousie Board and was comprised of six governors who ensured DalTech’s interests through the amalgamation. After amalgamation, the Board of Governors of TUNS named five governors to
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Series consists of the records of the Board of Governors of NSTC and TUNS, as well as DalTech, in the following sub-series: Board membership files, 1968-1998; Board of Governors meeting minutes, 1907-1998; Committees' records, 1961-1998; and Executive Committee records, 1947-1998. Files from the appointment and retirement of presidents, vice-presidents and chancellors, as well as other 'appointment' issues are also in this series. Any files with personnel information have restricted access. Series also contains Board correspondence and memoranda, handbooks, policies, terms of reference, etc. Board Membership files include appointment orders-in-council, membership files for individual board members, and lists of members and their terms. A complete set of the minutes for Board of Governors Meetings is available in both bound volumes and microfilm. The final meetings of the DalTech Board were also recorded on audiocassette for Dalhousie Board posterity. There is an index to some of the meeting minutes. The Executive Committee's records include minutes of meetings (bound volumes and microfilm), with an index, as well as some memoranda. The following Committees have records in the Committees sub-series: Building and Grounds Committee; Planning Committee; Logo Committee; Audit Committee; Administrative Committee; Finance Committee; Investment Committee; Personnel Committee; Policy and Planning Committee; Committee on University Affairs; Campus Development Committee; Research Policy Committee; and the Public Relations Committee.
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Membership and committee records and general files are arranged alphabetically; meeting minutes and Executive Committee records are arranged chronologically.