- Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department
- Andrew Petter fonds
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- Held by
- Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department via Simon Fraser University Archives & Special Collections
- Creator
- Petter, Andrew
- Dates
- 1960-2020 (indexed as 1960–2020)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- Analog originals: 5.9 m of textual records ca. 2,242 photographs ca. 234 newspaper issues 40 artefacts : 24 pins and button pins; 5 tote bags; 2 plastic yard signs; 3 rubber stamps; 1 desk flag; 1 spoon; 1 medal; 1 cloth banner 25 multiple media disks : 12 5¼-inch floppy disks, 8 3.5-inch floppy disks, 2 zip disks, 2 CD-ROMs, 1 CD-RW 68 audiocassettes 20 videocassettes: 16 VHS; 3 U-matic; 1 betacam 7 open reel audio tapes 1 mini-cassette Digitized copies: 114 sound recordings (123.37 GB): wav (preservation copies), mp3 (access copies) 20 moving images (453.48 GB): mov (preservation copies), mp4 (access copies) Born-digital materials: 5¼-inch floppy disks: 4.32 MB of textual records Zip disks: 200 MB textual records and other materials CD-ROM: 214.8 MB of graphic materials : 220 photographs and 2 moving images CD-RW: 361.2 MB textual records : doc, pdf
- Scope & content
- Fonds consists of records relating to Petter's activities as a provincial politician, law professor, and university administrator. Activities and topics documented include Petter's early life, including his involvement in the 1965 Children's International Summer Village, grade school studies in Nelson, and undergraduate studies at Notre Dame University and the University of Victoria (UVic) in the 1970s [(series 1)](f-347-1); Petter's legal career, including employment with the Saskatchewan Department of Justice from 1982 to 1984, Osgoode Law School (York University) from 1984 to 1986, and the UVic Faculty of Law from 1986 to 2010 [(series 2)](f-347-2); Petter's political career, including early involvement with the New Democratic Party in the 1970s, his election as MLA for Saanich South in the 1991 provincial election, and his service as an MLA in various cabinet posts from 1991 to 2001 [(series 3)](f-347-3); Petter's time as President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University from 2010 to 2020 [(series 4)](f-347-4); and sound recordings and audiovisual materials from across Petter's life and activities [(series 5)](f-347-5). Records include correspondence, memos, administrative records; research, writing, publications; lecture notes, teaching materials, course packs; campaign materials, events and communications materials, button pins; subject files and reference materials; newspapers and newspaper clippings; speaking notes, schedules, conference materials; ministerial scrapbooks; photographs; sound recordings and moving images (analog and digitized). The fonds has been arranged by the archivist into five series: \- [F-347-1](f-347-1) Early life records (1965-1981) \- [F-347-2](f-347-2) Legal work and teaching records (1976-2020) \- [F-347-3](f-347-3) Political career records (1960-2001, predominant 1972-2001) \- [F-347-4](f-347-4) Simon Fraser University personal records (2009-2020) \- [F-347-5](f-347-5) Sound recordings and audiovisual materials (1970-2003)
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- Subjects
- Politics; Law and justice
- Genre / form
- Textual records; Photographic materials; Multiple media
- Language
- chi, English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Access & use
- Copyright applies to the records in the fonds and copyright ownership is mixed. Andrew Petter retains copyright in works he himself authored, but agreed to make these available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license ([CC BY-NC](cc-by-nc)). The fonds also includes copyright-protected works created by third parties, e.g. incoming correspondence and works collected by Petter that were authored by other individuals or groups. For these materials, the Archives may make copies available for private study or research purposes under the fair dealing provisions of Canada's Copyright Act. Use for any other purpose may require the permission of the copyright owner. SFU Archives can assist researchers in attempting to identify copyright owners, but it is the user's responsibility to contact owners and secure any required permissions. See individual series descriptions for more information about the application of copyright to specific sets of records. The bulk of the files are open without restrictions. Some files include a small number of documents that contain personal information; access to these documents is restricted, though the remainder of the file is open ("open with enclosures"). Some files are restricted in whole because they contain a substantial amount of personal information ("restricted"). Some files must be reviewed by an archivist for personal information or confidential information (e.g. legal advice) before access can be provided ("pending review"). See the file lists and consult the reference archivist for more information.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T12:32:36Z · source datestamp n/a · ead