Fonds consists of: the correspondence and comments relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 1 & 2", includes financial information relating to the publication; the interviews, analogues and correspondence relating to Peter B. Waite's book "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.2" ; the research material for Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.1.", including notes from the Dalhousie Gazette, President's reports, yearbooks, President's Office and departmental files and the private manuscripts of professors and administrators; photographs relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vols. 1 & 2"; the manuscripts of Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume Two, 1925-1980" , including the table of contents, preface and introduction; Chapters 1-12; and the appendices; general correspondence of Peter B. Waite, covering the period 1949 to 1980. Includes a few clippings; academic files of Peter B. Waite, including correspondence; reports; examination questions; Dalhousie University Faculty Council meeting documents and various committee documents.; Peter B. Waite's book manuscript for "CANADA 1874-1896: ARDUOUS DISTINY"; photographs of Dalhousie University; and a personal diaries collection for the period 1925-1963, thought to be his mothers.
File consists of correspondence between Peter B. Waite and Dalhousie University, concerning the agreement to write a history of Dalhousie University, and, correspondence from interested publishers. The file includes letters from W. Andrew MacKay and Howard Clark, Dalhousie University Presidents; Alisdair Sinclair and Dennis Stairs, Dalhousie University Vice-Presidents; University of Toronto University Press; and, McGill-Queen's University Press. Also included is the contract and financial compensation details for Peter B. Waite.
File consists of a two page letter from A. J. Tingley, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to, Peter B. Waite, plus a four page essay, regarding the history of mathematics at Dalhousie University. File includes a photocopied three page letter from Joseph Howe, on the topic of Dalhousie University, dated June 23, 1862.
File consists of a letter from John G. Reid to Peter B. Waite, regarding research material available at Mount Allison University Archives and the University of New Brunswick Archives pertaining to Dalhousie University.
File consists of notes on an interview with Barbara Blauvelt, Halifax, Nova Scotia, regarding the medical faculty. The interview was conducted and compiled by Peter B. Waite,
File includes letters between H.B.S. Cooke and Peter Waite and an article about future plans for Dalhousie University produced by architecture students.
File includes a 1971 letter from A. Irvine Barrow to Henry D. Hicks, regarding university's financial statements. File also includes letters from Don McNeill, Comptroller for Dalhousie University to Henry D. Hicks. (10 pages)
File consists of a Dalhousie College Concert and Sterroptican Views Card , collected as research material for Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University".
File consists of an open letter from J. D. Logan, to George Campbell, Board of Governors, and A. Stanley Mackenzie, President, Dalhousie University, concerning the teaching of philosophy in universities.
File consists of Peter B. Waite's research notes on Henry D. Hicks, Dalhousie University President, 1963-1980. The notes were taken from the Dalhousie University Office of the President fonds (UA-3).
File consists of two copies of a photograph of the Forrest Building, Dalhousie College, selected for possible inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University" by Peter B. Waite.
File consists of a photograph and a photographic negative of Herbert Leslie Stewart. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 20).
File consists of a two copies of a photograph and two copies of a photographic negative of George Earle Wilson. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 146).
File consists of a photograph of a University Federation meeting, selected for possible inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University" by Peter B. Waite.
File consists of a photograph of C. L. Bennet, selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 18) .
File consists of three copies of a photograph and a photographic negative of the Convocation Procession in 1931. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 36).
File consists of two copies of a photograph and a photographic negative. The photograph consists of six students of the Convocation Committee, outside of Shirreff Hall, in 1942. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 114).
File consists of a photograph and two copies of a photographic negative of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Colonel Laurie. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 180).
File consists of a photograph of Miss Betrice R. E (Trixie) Smith, Registrar, 1952-1968. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 334).
File consists of a photograph of an ariel view of the Studley Campus, Dalhousie University. The photograph was selected for possible inclusion in the book "The Lives of Dalhousie University" by Peter B. Waite.
