Item is a photograph of older, unidentified people (likely scientists, guests or honorary degree recipients) in robes on stage. Most are holding pieces of paper. Dr. A. E. Kerr is visible to the far right of the photograph.
Item is a photograph taken at the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows A. E. Kerr, R. L. Stanfield, Lady Dunn, and C. D. Howe standing together. Kerr and Howe are wearing academic dress.
Item is a photograph taken at the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows A. E. Kerr, C. D. Howe, and Lady Dunn on stage at the ceremony. Kerr is speaking at a podium.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 19, Number 4), a quarterly publication of the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article about President Kerr's retirement.
File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.
Item is a photograph of faculty and administration with a group of students in costume, perhaps for a play. The sign behind the students reads "Beware!! Yokum's Moon". Photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Kerr, Dalhousie University President (front, centre); and Dixie Pelluet, Biology professor (front, second from right); as well as unidentified students and staff.
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 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.
This fonds consists of photographs; audiovisual materials; newspaper clippings; pamphlets and posters; Dalhousie publications and other printed material; student and personnel files; correspondence; manuscripts; reports created by or reviewed by senior administration; financial materials including accounts payable and receivable documents, budgets, and ledgers; legal documents, including deeds and leases; diaries; scrapbooks; meeting minutes and agendas; academic plans; speeches; and other documents related to the senior administration’s sphere of responsibility.
