The Board of Governors minutes contain information on faculty and program creation and modifications, convocation candidates and procedures, building changes and naming, staff and faculty appointments, tenure and salary increases, key donors and funding, biographical sketches of key members of the Dalhousie community, and other information on administrative duties involving the Board of Governors.

Handwritten, ledger, no page numbers, no writing in margins. Original minutes are available through DUASC Board of Governors fonds UA-1 15.1, there is an additional ledger of minutes for 1820-1863 available through DUASC UA-1 14.2. There are also draft minutes available DUASC UA-1 2.22-38 and UA-1 3.5-10.

• University president, Dalhousie University, faculty, convocation, academic regulations