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Reg Whitaker fonds

Accession consists of personal and professional correspondence; notes, drafts and research material for articles and publications including "Cold War Canada" and "End of Privacy"; copies of RCMP Bulletins; subject files that reflect his varied interests and involvement with different organizations or activities and other material that documents his career as an academic, author and political commentator.

Accrual to the Rohinton Mistry fonds

The accession consists of literary papers including personal and professional correspondence, short stories, travel essays and manuscripts, photographs from filming the movie adaptation of “Such a Long Journey,” and photographs from award ceremonies and convocations for several honorary doctorate degrees. Included are records pertaining to Mistry’s investiture in the Order of Canada, research material, financial records, and contributions to journals and literary periodicals plus short stories, essays, excerpts published in various anthologies, and bound galley proofs written by other authors requesting testimonials.

Accrual to the Reg Whitaker fonds

Accession consists of records documenting Reg Whitaker's work as an academic and writer. These records include professional correspondence, lecture/speaking notes, article drafts and proofs, reviews, published copies of articles, clippings and research materials, and publishing agreements and contracts pertaining to his articles and books.

Accrual to the M.G. Vassanji fonds

Accession consists of printed copies of the business email correspondence of M.G. Vassanji. Some correspondence pertains to literary submissions and other administrative matters concerning the operations of TSAR Publications (including correspondence sent and received by Nurjehan Aziz), while the majority of correspondence pertains to Vassanji’s own literary career. Also included in this accession is assorted memorabilia about Vassanji’s career as a writer and awards received, including the Order of Canada and the Giller Prize. These records include newspaper and magazine articles about Vassanji; articles written by Vassanji and published in journals, magazines and newspapers; event programs, notices, flyers and menus; award certificates; and posters.

Accrual to the M.G. Vassanji fonds

The accession consists of records pertaining to M.G. Vassanji’s literary career, including: full and partial draft manuscripts of novels, short stories and speeches; personal correspondence; royalty statements, professional correspondence pertaining to literary festivals, prizes, conferences, permission to use work in other publications, and invitations to events and speaking requests; media packets, clippings and reviews regarding Vassanji’s books and Giller prizes; and records pertaining to his education, subsequent honorary degrees, and his investiture into the Order of Canada. 

Accrual to the Leo Panitch fonds

Accession consists of records documenting Leo Panitch's scholarly work and academic career. These records include research materials, notes, correspondence, speaking notes, draft articles, essays and other manuscripts, and conference materials pertaining to Panitch's work from the 1970s to the early 2000s, including preliminary writing and research for The Making of Global Capitalism. Also included are correspondence, manuscripts and other material pertaining to his tenure as editor of the Socialist Register, as well as notes and papers written during his undergraduate degree at the University of Manitoba, notes and examinations from his graduate coursework at the London School of Economics (LSE), and research materials and correspondence relating to his PhD dissertation, also at the LSE. Accession also includes a series of headshot photographs of Panitch.

Accrual to the Carol Malyon fonds

Accession consists of the records of Carol Malyon’s activities as an author, including: public readings of her work; her involvement with literary festivals and workshops; correspondence regarding her book, Lovers & Other Strangers (1996); early and final drafts of the short stories published by Inanna Publications & Education Inc. as Under the Water with Fish (2020), accompanied by correspondence; book catalogues; writers' directories; and magazine submissions.

Accrual to the Carol Malyon fonds

Accession consists of correspondence by Carol Malyon to David Peacock and Elke Inkster of Porcupine's Quill regarding her proposal for the book, Mixed-up Grandmas, Malyon's manuscript for the text, a mock-up of the book and preliminary sketches by Peacock, and illustrations in ink and acrylic paint on board with tissue overlay that were created by Peacock for use in producing the book.

Accrual to the Ben Wicks fonds

Accession consists of original illustrations created by Ben Wicks for the series of children’s books, Katie and Orbie Save the Planet, as well as illustrations for other books and projects, the manuscript for Ben Wicks’ Canada, and publications written or illustrated by Ben Wicks.

Accession 2023-035

Accession consists of handwritten and typescript novel drafts, proof pages, source notes, character and scene sketches, and research material accumulated and created by Alissa York as part of her writing process for the novel “Far cry” published in 2023.

Accession 2023-012

Accession consists of: booklets containing student projects edited by Judith Rudakoff, “Questionable Activities: Canadian Theatre Artists Interviewed by Canadian Theatre Students,” 3 vols., 1997-1998, and “Telling Tales out of School,” a series of one-person performances created by students of Judith Rudakoff’s Playwriting and New Play Dramaturge classes, 2006-2009; articles about Judith Rudakoff, 1990-2001; correspondence regarding the University of Cape Town, 2016; syllabus for a dramaturgy course, 1988; conference papers, 2006-2011; conference booklets and related documents; correspondence regarding acceptance of Judith Rudakoff’s PhD dissertation by the University of Toronto, 1983; teaching award nominations; playwriting files; issues of Toronto Free Press, 1984-1989; award notices and nominations, 1984-2015; scripts for “Not Having,” “The Straw Hat – The Musical,” “The River,” and “Home is not a place” (the last two plays written with Judith Skelton and Joseph Tisga); and files supporting Judith Rudakoff’s academic promotion, 2003.

Accession 2023-007

Accession consists of a typescript manuscript, "Geographical Guide to Ontario," written by John Warkentin from the late 1980s to 1991, preceded by a summary of the project prepared by Professor Warkentin in March 2023. The manuscript is an impressionistic description of the province based on his field observations, emphasizing physical, urban, and rural landscapes of Ontario, its economic infrastructure, and interrelationships. The manuscript consists of 1,100 pages with 278 maps and 41 tables.

Accession 2022-024

Accession consists of an issue of The Globe (Toronto), 1 July 1867; annotated manuscript of an unfinished science fiction story, “Non-lieu,” written in the 1990s; a copy of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage annotated with Judith Cowan’s teaching notes for Québécois students; and correspondence sent by email and surface mail, 2021.

Accession 2022-018

Accession consists of Linda Briskin's files as the first coordinator of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA)'s Standing Committee on Equity. The files include correspondence, reports, articles by Professor Briskin, and various publications dealing with the struggle of women faculty to win equity with their male colleagues, particularly in terms of salary, as well as sexual and co-worker harassment, the Coalition of Union Women at York, the YUFA strike of 1997 and the strike by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Unit 3 in 2000, the Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), and her work with unions at the universities of Windsor, Waterloo, and Queen's.

Accession 2018-041

Accession consists of records mainly pertaining to Joyce Wieland's personal life and family. Records include photographs of Wieland, Michael Snow, Phyllis Lambert, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, friends and family; photographs of scenery and landscapes; correspondence; personal ephemera including identity cards and birth certificates; Wieland's astrological chart; a photo album created by Phyllis Lambert for Wieland's 60th birthday in 1990; a wall hanging entitled "Ode to Joyce" featuring circular embroidered pieces with symbols and expressions relevant to Wieland's life; newspaper clippings of articles by Wendy Michener; and a catalog for "In search of the far shore: the films of Joyce Wieland" (Canada House, Jan.-Feb. 1988).

Accession 2018-032

Accession contains records pertaining to Yvonne Vera’s personal life, created and/or accumulated by John Jose, including medical and legal information. It contains personal correspondence, legal correspondence, medical records and notes, and some newspaper clippings regarding Vera’s writing career.

Accession 2018-013

Accession consists of scripts, production materials, photographs, posters, correspondence, and moving image recordings pertaining to Freeman’s work as writer and producer of film and televsion, in particular his roles at the CBC as an executive in charge of creative production and creative head of special projects, drama.

Accession 2017-043

Accession consists of drafts, manuscripts, notes, research material, edits, and character sketches created by Alissa York as part of her process creating her short story collection, Any Given Power (1999), and her novels: Mercy (2003), Effigy (2007), Fauna (2010), and The Naturalist (2016).

Accession 2017-041

  • 2017-041
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  • [188-?]-2016, predominant 1990-2006
  • Part of Bruce Powe fonds

Accession consists of records documenting Powe's writing career in the 1990s and 2000s, particularly the writing, editing, publication and promotion of his novel "Aldershot 1945" and the reprint and stage productions of "The Aberhart Summer", as well as records pertaining to his freelance work for Powe Communications and his personal life and family. Records in this accession include manuscripts and other draft writing, photographs of Powe and his family, research files, notebooks and day planners, memorabilia (including newspaper and magazine clippings), printed e-mail and correspondence, posters, drawings, scrapbooks and videocassettes.

Accession 2017-036

Accession consists of textual and audiovisual material related to Seth Feldman's an academic and professor of film studies, university administrator, film critic, and writer and presenter of radio documentaries, including syllabi, assignments, research files, publications, drafts, and taped interviews; and research materials relating to Feldman's work on Dziga Vertov.

Accession 2017-029

Accession consists of photographs of public monuments in cities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Egypt, as well as aerial and landscape views of many of these cities.

Accession 2016-034

Accession consists primarily of Vera's professional records, including finished copies, typescripts and drafts of published and unpublished works; copies of articles written by and about Vera; professional correspondence; royalty statements; and a scrapbook of clippings and literary ephemera related to early publications. Accession includes a selection of books both by and belonging to Vera and also includes a copy of the Vera biography, “Petal Thoughts” by Ericah Gwetai.

[Accession 2016-017]

Accession consists of drafts of articles, chapters, and other writing by Elliston including the Women as Volunteers project; material from the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) and the JCA Women’s Committee, as well as VHS tapes of community conferences and anti-racist training and education.

Accession 2015-015

Accession consists of records pertaining to Keith Ross Leckie’s work as a writer and/or director for television dramas and documentaries. These records document the various stages of development for projects including “Searching for Romero” (unfinished), “Edenshaw”/”Haida” (not produced), “The Force” (not produced), and “An Officer and a Murderer” (produced for Lifetime and HBO Canada in 2012). Textual records in this accession are proposals, treatments, interview selects, assembly notes, budgets, funding applications, draft scripts, outlines, notes, correspondence, research materials, contracts and court transcripts. Also included are video recordings (VHS, DVCPRO, MiniDV and DVD) pertaining to these projects.

[Accession 2015-002]

Accessions consists of material donated by Inez Elliston in 2015 It includes research material, newsletters,

Accession 2014-043

Records in this accession mainly pertain to Robert Drummond’s administrative and academic work as a professor of Political Science and Dean of York University’s Faculty of Arts. Also included are files documenting his early academic work in high school and university. Records include essays and articles, correspondence, photographs, memoranda, reports, course materials and lecture notes.

Accession 2014-024

Accession consists of textual and audiovisual records pertaining to the development, production and promotion of documentary films by John Kastner: Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014), NCR: Not Criminally Responsible (2013), Life with Murder (2009), Sinner in Paradise (2007), Monster in the Family, parts 1 (2006) and 2 (2007), Rage Against the Darkness (2004), Romance with a Rapist (1999), Ask a Silly Question (1998), Hunting Bobby Oatway (1997), and House of Secrets (1997). These records include research files, memorabilia, correspondence, court transcripts, interview transcripts, scripts, posters, photographs, audio and video cassettes, compact and optical discs.

[Accession 2014-011]

Accession consists of materials donated by Inez Elliston in 2014. It includes research materials, education and teachers modules, publications and other documentation relating to Elliston’s work with the Scarborough Board of Education, and the Delta Kappa Gamma Society project, Woman as Volunteers.

Accession 2014-004

Accession consists of records pertaining to the operations of the Obsidian Theatre Company and its productions between 2011 and 2014. Records include production agreements, forms and invoices; correspondence; a 2012 strategic plan; grant applications; programs, flyers and posters; Board of Directors agendas, minutes and reports; costume drawings; photographs and video recordings of performances.

Accession 2013-034

Accession consists of draft scripts, notes, outlines, correspondence and subject files created and accumulated by Brian Freeman in his capacity as a freelance writer of plays, reviews, television and movie scripts. Also included in the fonds are script reports prepared for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Universal Canada and the Ontario Film Development Corporation (OFDC), as well as files and scripts pertaining to Freeman's work as a development officer for the OFDC in the 1980s and 1990s.

Accession 2013-026

Accession consists of Briskin's teaching and personal files including Sheridan College files; Opportunity for Advancement (OFA) Board of Directors, Social Action Committee files; OFA "The Poverty Game" for Ontario politicians files; York University teaching and administrative files; TA handbooks and Skill and Assignment Kits for "Women and Society" course.

Accession 2012-050

Accession consists of financial records from Dance Oremus Danse including donation receipt books, dance programmes, as well as related ephemera, including a mounted poster.

Accession 2012-044

Accession consists of archival material from Screendoor Productions, including production files and film elements.

[Accession 2012-037]

Accession includes material related to Elliston's involvement in local, municipal, provincial, national and international organizations and committees involved in social issues related to women's rights, (particularly immigrant women, ethnic and cultural minorities, women of colour and Indigenous women, issues of gender in urban communities, domestic violence, safety and accessibility), immigrant school children (particularly in the area of assessment, anti-racist, cultural interrelation, vocational training, and children's rights), adult learners (particularly in the areas of vocational training, anti-racist programming and policies for adult immigrant learners) and citizenship (in particular areas of multiculturalism, inter-cultural dialogue, tolerance, anti-hate group community efforts, political organization and celebration of diversity).

Accession 2012-027

Accession consists of copies of Drummond's poetic writings pertaining to Robert Burns' dinners, odes to York faculty and staff, and memorabilia from his days as an undergraduate student at York.

Accession 2012-006

The accession consists of working drafts of Baldwin’s novel “The Selector of Souls” as well as drafts under various titles, including “Gateway of the World” and “The Unnamed”.

Accession 2012-002

Accession consists of production binders pertaining to five productions, including "ruined", "Yellow Man", "Intimate Apparel, who knew grannie: a dub aria", and "Late". Also includes news clippings, promotional material, posters, and programs for said productions.

Accession 2011-020

Accession consists of 35 mm colour transparencies taken by Professor John Warkentin while working for the University of Maryland in Thule, Greenland, teaching courses in geography and history to personnel in the United States Air Force. The slides were taken between January and May 1957, and show local Inuit and Danes in the town of Dundas, physical geography of the area, Tuto camp with vehicles to traverse the ice cap, base facilities and activities, and buildings.

Accession 2011-015

Accession consist sof the records of P.J. Dwyer and Dance Oremus Danse, including correspondence, notes, and other documents relating to Dwyer's trip to Japan in November 2010 to give a performance and master class on Isadora Duncan for the Tokyo Dance Association of Advanced Professional Training Colleges, and programmes, newsletters, brochures, and other ephemera for cultural events held in Ontario.

Accession 2011-007

Accession consists of photographs of public art and monuments in Toronto taken by John Warkentin using 35 mm colour transparencies while conducting research for his book, “Creating memory: a guide to outdoor public sculpture in Toronto” (2010), as well as clippings from newspapers and magazines and government documents compiled by Professor Warkentin between 1984 and 2010 to provide contextual information for the book.

Accession 2010-061

Accession consists of research notes, news articles, drafts of scripts for radio shows and screenplays, and correspondence regarding Professor Feldman's involvement with CBC Radio's Ideas and other creative works, as well as training material for Pro Tools software and documents regarding conference participation.

Accession 2010-055

Accession consists of textual material and audiovisual material related to the production work of Mary Young Leckie of Screendoor Productions, including production materials, rushes, promotional material, scripts and correspondence regarding television and film projects such as "By Jeeves", "Prom Queen", "Spirit Bear", "Sanctuary", "Shattered City", "Burn: The Robert Wraight Story" and "Everest".

Accession 2010-043

The accession consists of drafts for, and correspondence related to, Baldwin’s work-in-progress “Gateway of the World,” and the stage play “We Are So Different Now,” as well as promotional brochures for “Draupadi, We Are So Different Now.”

Accession 2010-027

Accession consists of programmes for events held by cultural organizations, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, dance and theatre companies, and photography exhibitions sent to or collected by Paul James Dwyer in connection with his work as founder of Dance Oremus Danse.

Accession 2010-021

The accession consists primarily of Cameron's research files pertaining to her monographs ‘The Blue Trust’, ‘On the Take', and ‘The Last Amigo’; related files from her literary agent Linda McKnight; records pertaining to the Oliphant Commission investigating the Karlheinz Schreiber/Brian Mulroney affair; files of her early writings and a small number of miscellaneous research material for earlier investigative journalism stories.

Accession 2010-010

Accession consists of research files pertaining to Barrett's book about Ernest Ibbetson, including audio recordings of interviews with Ibbetson family members, colour slides of Ibbetson's postcards, photographs and negatives, and memorabilia

Accession 2009-054

Accession consists of records created by Seth Feldman in the course of his activities as a professor of film studies, including research files, course files, copies of graduate theses and dissertations with which he was involved, correspondence with colleagues, notebooks, and material regarding his involvement with productions of TV Ontario and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Accession 2009-033

Accession consists of records created by Paul James Dwyer during his work with Dance Oremus Danse, including programmes from performances of dance, theatre, and classical music, notes and reference material on fundraising in the arts sector, and operating files for his dance company.

Accession 2009-029

Accession consists of research and teaching material created by John Warkentin, including: field notes, interview notes, and population maps for the Prairies, and Manitoba in particular, 1962-1965; correspondence regarding research and promotion of colleagues in historical geography, 1991-2000; the final report for the Historical Atlas of Canada Project, 1995; correspondence regarding Warkentin's appointment as Honorary President of the Champlain Society, 2000; material on George Tatham, including Warkentin's notes from Tatham's lectures on human geograph, 1951-1952; and 35 mm colour slides taken by Warkentin between 1956-1999 of Greenland, Goose Bay and other parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, the earliest depictions of landscapes in each of Canada's major regions, and especialy of Manitoba, including various aspects of rural and urban geography as well as Mennonite settlement patterns n southern Manitoba.

Accession 2009-024

Accession consists of administrative records related to the operation of the Obsidian Theatre Company, and includes promotional and production material for plays mounted by the theatre and its associates such as "the Polished Hoe", "Late | Black Medea", "Joyous Celebration", "the Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God", "the Piano Lesson", "Two Can Play", "the Monument", and "Consecrated Ground."

Accession 2009-017

Accession consists of research notes, correspondence, media coverage, and production files for the films by John Kastner, "Monster in the family" and "Sinner in paradise".

Accession 2009-011

Accession consists of records created by Uppal in connection with her work as a graduate student, poet, and editor, including drafts of her doctoral dissertation, correspondence with other authors, edited contributions to a book of essays on the works of Barry Callaghan, drafts for her books of poetry, and manuscripts by other authors.

Accession 2009-009

Consists of videotapes about political advocacy, audio recordings for radio spots on wage controls, videos of association meetings (president's messages, conferences, annual meetings), microform of 'old' collective bargaining files, memos to WTA presidents and to FWTAO directors, minutes of the 1998 annual meeting, financial records documenting office expenses, release time records, records authorizing the transfer of WTA assets, collective bargaining records for various counties, director's motions file cards, CAP conference meeting notes and correspondence, OHRC membership complaint records, SCO membership issue records, merit pay subject files, statistics files, association files for Renfrew and Wentworth, collective bargaining briefs, policy and procedures files, overseas scholarships program files, files documenting OTF response to FWTAO motions, directors' workshop files, speeches, employment equity pamphlets, anti-racist education publications, copies of the constitution and by-laws of the WTA, legal assistance for teachers notes, theses, awards, correspondence with provincial government files, eulogies and tribute files, files documenting the creation of the ETFO, photos and memorabilia, original FWTAO Charter, financial assistance files, winding up FWTAO files, Directors' meetings files, annual meetings files, audited financial statements for final years of FWTAO, transition to ETFO files, Ontario Principals' Council claim against FWTAO records, service list.

Accession 2009-008

Accession consists of low-level oblique aerial photographs of conservation areas in southern Ontario, and the Oak Ridges Moraine.

Accession 2008-056

Accession 2008-056 is an accrual to the Rhombus Media fonds and consists of master negatives of some of its finished works, together with textual, photographic, graphic and prop materials relevant to the film production process and the wider context of the company’s activities.

Accession 2008-044

Accession consists of Barrett's records pertaining to his monograph, "Ernest Ibbetson - military artist and adventure story illustrator". Records include drafts, illustrations and correspondence with prospective publishers.

Accession 2008-037

Accession consists of oblique aerial photographs of Southern Ontario watersheds taken by Lou Wise using 35mm colour transparencies while flying his own plane.

Accession 2008-015

Accession consists of slides providing an overview of Isaac's gallery exhibits over the decades. Most of the slides are shots of artists' works and are annotated with the artist's name, the title of the work, the date the work was created, the medium used, and the dimensions.

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