Peter Crowell Curriculum Vitae

• Bachelor of Arts, UBC, Vancouver, 1977
• Master of Arts, UBC, Vancouver, 1981
• Certified Genealogist (Canada), 1992

• Numerous courses, workshops and seminars provided by the Council of N.S. Archives and the Canadian Council of Archives, 1987-present in the following subject areas:
• Use of Rules for Archival Description (5 courses at the beginners, intermediate and advance levels);
• policy development;
• preservation management;
• subject authority use;
• disaster preparedness for museums&
• archives;etc.
• Teleconferencing course from Mount St. Vincent University in Opening and Closing Seasonal Museums, 1990.
• Numerous courses, seminars,etc. on the conservation of heritage buildings and sites through N.S. Dept. Tourism & Culture, Dept. Municipal Affairs, etc.
• Beginners III, Intermediate I & II French Immersion levels at Université Sainte-Anne, N-É; 1987
• 1988-1995 Conversational French courses through Adult Education
• Taught genealogy & family history courses through Adult Education, Tusket, N.S. 1990-199

• May 1988 - present - Municipal Historian & Archivist, Municipality of Argyle
• March 1985-1989 - Heritage Property Inventory Co-ordinator, Municipality of Argyle (conducting research on the pre-1914 buildings in the municipality)
• 1984-1985 - Library Clerk (Reserve) - Western Counties Regional Library, Yarmouth, N.S.
• 1982-1984 - Full-time employee (PO4) with Canada Post Corp. in Vancouver, B.C. and Halifax, N.S.
• 1980-1982 - Full-time employee (LA1) with the Circulation Division, Main Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
• 1978-1980 - Part-time employee with Wilson Recordings Library, University of British Columbia; full-time Editor-in-Chief of PRISM INTERNATIONAL, Canada’s second oldest literary journal, published by the Dept. of Creative Writing, University of British Columbia
• 1977-78 - Full-time employee (LA2) with Western Counties Regional Library, Yarmouth, N.S.
• 1976 - Assistant Manager, Frans Restaurant, Toronto, Ont.
• 1973-76 - Part-time employee (Library Asst.) with Wilson Recordings Library, University of British Columbia; co-founder & co-editor of REVUE magazine, Vancouver, B.C.

Peter Crowell has published articles in the field of history and genealogy in the Nova Scotia Historical Review, Nova Scotia Genealogist, Nickerson Family Assoc. Newsletter, Goodwin Family News, CNSA Newsletter, etc.

Since 1989 he has served as Editor of The Argus: the quarterly newsletter of the Argyle Municipality Historical & Genealogical Society.

From 1987-1989 he published a series of articles in the local press on various pre-1914 properties in the Municipality of Argyle.

He has also published numerous articles in the local press to promote the Argyle Township Court House & Archives.