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1960-1998 (Creation)
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- Smith, Peter L.
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1.8 m of textual records;ca. 360 photographs;2 audio reels
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Peter Smith was born in Victoria, and later attended Victoria College. He received an MA and PhD from Yale. He was appointed to the Classics Department at the University of Victoria in 1963, and retired in 1998. Smith made a major contribution to University administration, including the Ceremonies Committee, Campus Planning Committee, Archives Committee, and Senate Committee on Academic Planning. He was Chair of Classics (1963-1969, 1988-1993), Acting Chair of Philosophy (1969); Associate Dean of Arts and Science (1970-1971); Dean of Fine Arts (1972-1980); and Acting Chair of Visual Arts (1972-1974). He served for many years on Senate, and on the Faculty Association executive. He has researched and written widely on the history of Victoria College and the University of Victoria. His publications include: Come Give a Cheer: 100 Years of Victoria High School, 1976; The Development of the Gordon Head Campus, 1988; and The Multitude of the Wise, 1993.
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The fonds consists of the following series: Victoria College history files, including biographies, McGill years; UVic campus development files; UVic Committee files; UVic facts files; UVic history files, including athletics, biographies, clippings; Multitude of the Wise manuscript files; and Development of Gordon head Campus manuscript files. The history files include biographical material on: Thomas Cornett, Jeffree Cunningham, Percy Elliott, Walter Gage, Edward B. Paul, Russell Howard and Samuel Willis (Victoria College); and Hugh Farquhar, Harry Hickman, Willard Ireland, Howard Petch, Robert Petrie, David Strong, Malcolm Taylor, Robert Wallace and Robin Wood (UVic).
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- Cornett, Thomas W., d. 1924 (Subject)
- Cunningham, Jeffree (Subject)
- Elliott, Percy (Subject)
- Gage, Walter Henry (Subject)
- Paul, Edward B. (Subject)
- Howard, Russell (Subject)
- Willis, Samuel (Subject)
- Farquhar, Hugh Ernest (Subject)
- Hickman, Harry (Subject)
- Ireland, Willard E. (Subject)
- Petch, Howard E. (Subject)
- Petrie, Robert (Subject)
- Strong, David (Subject)
- Taylor, Malcolm G (Subject)
- Wallace, Robert T.D. (Subject)
- Wood, Robin (Subject)
- University of Victoria (B.C.) (Subject)
- Victoria College (B.C.) (Subject)
- Provincial Normal School (Victoria, B.C.) (Subject)
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Athletics Dept. (Subject)
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Archives Committee (Subject)
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Campus Planning Committee (Subject)