Fonds consists of material such as brochures, meeting minutes and agendas, annual reports, and inter-office correspondence regarding the Women's Studies department.

The collection comprises the Mount Saint Vincent University-related audio and visual material collected for the Mount Archives. Of significance to the collection is the Distance University Education via Television (DUET) series, which includes recordings of Convocation and other unique programming, like the the literary Off the Page subseries and the Alumnae Special subseries. Also included in this collection are audio and visual recordings pertaining to women's roles in education, religion, and employment.

Fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence and background materials of the Humanities Committee (1980-1987).

The Facilities Management fonds contains records produced by the Facilities Management department of Mount Saint Vincent University. These records document the department’s various activities on the campus.

Presently, the fonds contains two series.
The first series contains records relating the university grounds which encompasses nearly 38 acres of land. Types of records in this series include information on the Sister Lua Arboretum, the Mount’s fitness trail (Ferda Wales Walking Trail), donations for memorial benches, trees and plants located on campus, and tree and plant care for the campus, including details on pesticide and fertilization activities. The records also include articles and reports detailing grounds maintenance, as well as records relating to this history and design of the MSVU grounds. Finally, important documentation and policies relating to safety are also included. A select number of born-digital files are also part of this series. Please contact an Archivist for more information about the scope and content of these digital files.

The second series contains original architectural plans for a number of buildings at the university. Various copies of architectural plans are available and show different design options.

Further accruals for this fonds are anticipated.

Fonds consists of three journals from Cynthia H. Plant-Hansen's second and third practicums in the Child Studies program at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Fonds consists of records created as a result of the administration of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion/ Societe canadienne pour l'etude de la religion (CSSR/SCER) and consists of minutes, agendas and correspondence of the Executive Committee in English and in French (1979-1988, 1990-1994, 2000-2001); the CSSR/SCER Bulletin, published twice a year (1986- 1987,
1990-1999, 2001-2002); president's correspondence and papers (1981-1986, 1989-1994, 2002); the CSSR/SCER constitution (1977).

Fonds also consists of records created by the membership secretary, including correspondence (1979-1984, 2002), reports (1979-1984, 2000) and membership lists (1979-1985); financial records and membership accounts (1974- 1980).

Fonds includes photocopies made in 2002 of CSSR/SCER material from the National Archives covering the years 1977-1981, as well as a finding aid to the material held at the National Archives (ca. 1981-1987); Survey of Religious Studies in Canadian Universities (1982); agendas, minutes, programmes and call for papers of the annual meeting of the CSSR/SCER (1982, 1984-1988, 1990-1991); JAHR Bulletin (1987-1991, 2004) and IAHR correspondence (1980-1984, 1988-1990); correspondence with the Council on the Study of Religion (1975-1976); correspondence relating to essay prizes awarded by the CSSR/SCER, including the Molson Prize (1993); Plan quinquennal
(1985-1986) and papers related to the Societe Quebecoise pour l 'Etude de la Religion (1988-1994); annual meeting agendas, reports and other papers of the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion (1987-1990); correspondence related to the Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines/SSHRC (1988-1990) and other material related to the CSSR/SCER.

Fonds consists of records created by Wayne Ingalls when he was Director of Research and Publications, and Assistant to the President for Research, Planning and Information Services. Fonds also includes records created as a result of his positions on Senate and a variety of University committees. This fonds contains correspondence and inter-office memos, reports and publications resulting from the research of Dr. Ingalls, and proposals and plans developed by him, including a proposal for a Life Planning and Learning Centre and a Brief Presented to the Royal Commission on Post-Secondary Education. Fonds includes curriculum development documents for Public Relations and Gerontology, and minutes and background information of the Committee on Planning and Budgeting (1984, 1987-1988) related to the Mount Saint Vincent University Long-range planning process. Fonds also includes minutes and background information of the Committee on Research
and Publications (January to June 1988). Fonds consists of material related to the Report on Counselling Services (1978-1979); Ad Hoc Committee on Counselling and Report (1979); Federal Government-MSVU Joint Programmes for Women (1981); Canadian Studies Advisory Committee (1976-1978) Briefs (1979-1987); Communications Building (1984-1987) and Annual Reports of the Assistant to the President for Research, Planning and Information Services (1989); Annual Report of the Assistant Academic Dean and Director of Research and Publications (1974-1979)

The fonds consists of records related to the MSVU choir from the period 1974-1977. The choir was under the direction Sister Margaret Young and these records were accumulated by choir secretary and student member Suzanne LeBlanc. The MSVU choir was “reorganized” in the fall of 1974 and by 1976 had become one of the largest and most active groups on campus with approximately 50 members who met twice a week at the Cardinal Cushing Auditorium in Vincent Hall. All members of the university community, including student, faculty and staff, were part of the choir. The choir participated in a number of performances in a variety of genres, including musical theatre, pop, traditional, folk, rock, classical and religious.

The fonds consists primarily of a scrapbook which contains photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera (such as announcements, performance flyers, tickets, memos, notes). Choir performances covered in the scrapbook include Christmas dinners, spring concerts, productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Raggedy-Ann’s Christmas, Board of Governors meetings, and talent shows. Photographs are of choir students, rehearsals, performances, and Vinnie the bear and choir mascot.

Other records in the fonds include sheet music of songs sung by the choir and individual programs of choir performances including baccalaureate mass, the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton, and the installation of Sister Mary Albertus as president of MSVU. The fonds also contains some personal records from Suzanne LeBlanc’s time as a student, including her convocation program and dinner invitation, a book cover, and a greeting card she received for her service as choir secretary. Finally, the fonds also contains 2 sound recordings on audio cassette which contain a recording of a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as a general choir concert.

Fonds consists of correspondence and reports regarding the Ownership of Mount Saint Vincent University and the relationship of the University with the congregation of the Sisters of Charity (1974-1976). Includes the proposal by the Board of Governors to acquire the University from the Sisters of Charity.

Fonds consists of a Mount Saint Vincent University identification card (1977-1978), Mount Saint Vincent University lapel pins, photographs, a registration permit (1978), copies of the Alumnae Bulletin (1978-1979), copies of Insight (1975, 1977, 1978), copies of the Mount Review (1978), news releases (1977), correspondence, a brochure regarding a special scholarship honoring Professor Marial Mosher, and a newspaper clipping (1978).