This fonds contains Dalhousie Staff Association newsletters from 1974-1980, collective agreements from 1975-1990, general notices from 1979-1980, meeting and member recruitment posters from various years, a pamphlet about the Dalhousie Staff Association, and a copy of the 1976 constitution.

Fonds consists of textual documents created and accumulated by various groups and organizations within the Institute of Public Affairs/Henson College. Documents include articles, correspondence, minutes, memos, newspaper and magazine clippings, interviews, field notes, pamphlets, and reports. Many of the documents pertain to the internal operations of the IPA.

The fonds also contains research proposals and reports related to energy, community growth, urban and rural development, labour studies, education, economic and industrial development, the medical sector, and housing. There is significant work on the status of African Nova Scotians in the employment and economic structure of Nova Scotia and the health of people in the Maritime provinces.

The fonds also contains reference material kept by the IPA in its corporate library, which was used in the research and drafting of various reports.

Fonds consists of twelve notebooks from Medical School, Dalhousie registration cards, transcript of marks, medical books, examinations, photographs, and Provincial Medical Board papers.

Item is a pamphlet titled "Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War" which was published by the French government. The pamphlet includes transcriptions of documents relating to the negotiations which preceded Germany's declaration of war on Russia and on France. The pamphlet's table of content's reveals each document's summary, signatory, and place and date of dispatch.

Item describes the principles of extension work and aims of co-operation in the Co-operation Movement.