Series includes materials relating to conferences, workshops, and literary juries in which Peter Buitenhuis participated, organized, or presented. Topics and activities documented include his participation on the Governor General Awards non-fiction jury, Canadian Association of American Studies conferences, a World War seminar in Paris, and a History of the Book Conference.

This series includes correspondence, presentation papers, conference programs and pamphlets, newsletters, and submitted papers and presentation proposals.

Series includes correspondence between Peter Buitenhuis and various friends, colleagues, and peers—including Margaret Atwood, Timothy "Tiff" Findley, Northrop Frye, Thomas Wolfe, Adrienne Clarkson, Norman Holmes Pearson, Glynn Beard, Earle Birney, Anne Cameron, Joy Kogawa, Nigel Nicolson, Peter Such, Derek Martinus, Richard Stern, Betty Lambert, and Scott Symons (see files F-242-4-0-0-1 "Correspondence", F-242-4-0-0-2 "Correspondence: II L-Z," vol 1, and F-242-4-0-0-13 Scott Symons--please note that some original documents have been removed from the files and replaced with photocopies). Series also includes records relating to Buitenhuis's personal affairs, including financial records; party arrangements; church activities; and advocacy interests and involvement. Topics documented include the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program "Ideas," publications and manuscripts by Buitenhuis as well as other authors, Ford Maddox Ford, the Public Lending Right Commission, West Coast Energy, and Park Royal Shopping Centre.

Records primarily consist of correspondence, but also include forms, a notebook, brochures, and reports.

Series consists of records relating to Peter Buitenhuis's writing and publications. For types of records, see sub-series descriptions.

Series consists primarily of published books, articles, and literary reviews by Buitenhuis, on a variety of topics, including E.J. Pratt, Henry James, American Studies, World War propaganda, and writers during the World Wars. The series also includes two small files containing published reviews of works written and/or edited by Buitenhuis.

Series consists of records made and/or received by Peter Buitenhuis in the course of his teaching career. Topics and activities covered include course instruction and planning, program development, and Buitenhuis’s teaching positions and sabbaticals. The records reflect Buitenhuis's work at such institutions as University of California Berkeley, Yale University, McGill University, and Simon Fraser University's Department of English.

Records include exams; course readings, notes, outlines, and class materials; student assignments; a thesis; program proposals; Master of Publishing Steering Committee minutes; and correspondence.