Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).
Item is a photograph of Alexander E. Kerr, the sixth president of Dalhousie University, giving an invocation at a convocation ceremony or some other event. Kerr is wearing academic dress and speaking into a microphone.
Item is a photograph of five honorary presidents of the Dalhousie Alumni Association who were installed as life members. The photograph shows Dr. A. E. Kerr; C. L. Bennet; Prof. J. H. L. Johnstone; Samuel R. Balcom; and Dr. Horace E. Read standing together and holding framed certificates.
Item is a copy of Dalhousie Alumni News (Volume 31, Number 1), a magazine published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article on the passing of former president Alexander Kerr.
Item consists of three pages of photocopied photographs of Alexander Kerr. There are notes on the pages about the locations of the originals but the originals are not included in the file.