Área de identificação
Código de referência
Título
Data(s)
- 1945-1953 (Creation)
Nível de descrição
Dimensão e suporte
35cm of textual records
Área de contextualização
Nome do produtor
Biografia
Alexander Oberlander Potter (1897-1969) was a professor at Waterloo College (now Wilfrid Laurier University) in Waterloo, Ontario. Potter received his BA and MA from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, and his PhD from Columbia University. From 1923-1924 Alex Potter was an instructor at Waterloo College School. In 1924 he became the first Dean and Executive Head of the Waterloo College. A long time member of Rotary International, he served as Assistant to the President of Rotary International, Paris, France from 1937-1938. For several years he attended sessions of the League of Nations as a special observer and in 1931 represented Rotary International at the public conference on disarmament in Paris, France. In recognition of his services he was awarded the Order of St. Sava by the Yugoslavian government in 1936. During World War II, Potter worked for the Department of National War Services. After the war he returned to Waterloo College as a history professor, retiring in 1954. In 1965 Alex Potter received an honorary degree from Waterloo Lutheran University.
Entidade custodiadora
História do arquivo
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Área de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
The fonds consists of material created and accumulated by Alex Potter during his years at Waterloo College, including course notes, student papers, and examination questions.
Avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Incorporações
No further accruals expected.
Sistema de arranjo
Área de condições de acesso e uso
Condições de acesso
Open
Condiçoes de reprodução
Idioma do material
- inglês
Script do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descrição
Área de materiais associados
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
Carl Klinck fonds http://library.wlu.ca/specialcollections/findingaid/3332
Área de notas
Identificador(es) alternativos
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso de assunto
Pontos de acesso local
Ponto de acesso nome
- Potter, Alexander Oberlander (Assunto)
- Waterloo College (Assunto)
- Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada (Assunto)