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Artwork, memorabilia and collected ephemera

Series consists of Jean Augustine's collections of artwork, portraits, posters, social activist and political buttons and pins, campaign promotional material and other three dimensional items and ephemera accumulated during her professional life. Item lists are available upon request.

Political and personal photographs

Series consists of amateur and professional photographs taken and accumulated by Jean Augustine during her personal and professional life in Canada. This series documents Augustine's personal and family life in Grenada and Canada from the 1940s through to 2005, including her emigration to Canada, her social activities as a young woman in Toronto, her life as a young mother, social activist, teacher and student.

Photographs also document her early involvement in the 1970s and 1980s in community movements, cultural events, social justice and political organizations, as well as her professional career as an elementary school teacher and principal in the Metropolitan Separate School Board, her activities as part of Premier David Peterson's 'transition team' in 1985 and her work as chair of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority. Events documented include the election campaign of American politician Jesse Jackson, the earliest celebrations of the Caribana parade in Toronto, women's rights events and protests, and local Black History Month celebrations.

Photographs also document Augustine's activities as a federal politician, including her activities on Parliament Hill, her administration of federal committees and the Secretariats of Multiculturalism (later Multiculturalism and Status of Women), as well as her election campaigns (including door-to-door campaigning; fund raising; speeches; debates and promotion), and local activities (including celebrations at her constituency office; round table discussions and meetings with community organizations; annual Christmas parties; summer picnics; community celebrations; banquets; and Remembrance Day ceremonies).

Photographs also document Augustine's extensive travel overseas in the Caribbean, the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, Central Asia and the Far East, both in her official capacity as a politician and cabinet member, and as a tourist and traveler.

Administrative records

Series consists of the administrative records created and accumulated by Jean Augustine in the course of her activities as a community advocate, activist and volunteer; in her role as an administrator and chair of various local, municipal, provincial, federal and international organizations, associations, boards, committees and conferences; as a federal politician representing the constituency of Etobicoke-Lakeshore in Ontario; and in her role as Ontario's Fairness Commissioner. Series is organized into several functional categories used by Augustine herself, including Community Action files ; Parliamentarian files ; Correspondence and subject files ; Trips and conferences; Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development; Canada Africa Parliamentary Group; Special Advisor for Grenada; Secretary of State (Multiculturalism); Women's Issues; Schedules from the daily operations of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner; and Status of Women Canada. Series also includes groups of records related to her election campaign strategies; the Congress of Black Women of Canada; the Ontario Bicentenary Commemorative Committee; Black History Month celebrations and promotions; the Sugar Caucus; Anti-racism efforts; her work as a school principal and teacher; her official correspondence, business contacts and the contents of several briefcases.

Photo albums and passports

Series consists of twelve photo albums created by Lloyd Mackenzie and seven of his Canadian passports. Photographs document Lloyd Mackenzie's childhood and adolescence in Toronto, as well as some photographs of his parents, family and friends; his military service as a clerk during World War II; his daily life, friendships and living arrangements in Toronto, England and Australia; and his extensive travels within Canada, the United States, Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and Australia.

Audiovisual material screened at and recordings of Desh Pardesh

Series consist of video cassettes of films screened at the Desh Pardesh festival or an affiliated event; commercial shorts created specifically for the festival; and audio and video recordings of various events, workshops and performances at Desh Pardesh.

Audiovisual material submitted to Desh Pardesh

Series consists of video cassettes and audio cassettes submitted to Desh Pardesh for consideration, including material from: film makers; spoken word and performance artists; comedians; dancers and choreographers; musicians and vocalists. For the most part, these tapes contain audition material, and it does not appear these materials were actually used or screened in the Desh Pardesh festival proper.

Media and reference files

Series consists of media articles and news clippings related to Desh Pardesh participants and events, as well as catalogues, resource directories, periodicals and newsletters used by Desh Pardesh staff for reference purposes. Also includes a list of books, magazines and directories presumably the resource library maintained by Desh Pardesh.

Human resources and building administration records

Series consists of job advertisements, correspondence, job applications, employee evaluations, legal documents, working files, and resumes for Desh Pardesh staff members, as well as correspondence and administrative records related to the Desh Pardesh offices located at 401 Richmond Street, Toronto, Ontario.

Fund raising and membership campaign records

Series consists of contact lists of members, participants, performers and supporters of Desh Pardesh as well as fund raising planning documents, promotional flyers, mailing packages, and member cards for various fund raising, membership and support campaigns for Desh Pardesh.

Financial records

Series consists of correspondence, invoices, expense accounts, banking statements, cheque receipts, yearly auditors' reports, budgets, bankruptcy records and policy manuals related to the financial activities of Desh Pardesh.

Grant applications

Series consists of government documents, pamphlets, manuals and information booklets, application reports, proposals and budget reports related to government grants to support, supplement and off-set the costs of organizing and presenting the Desh Pardesh festival and other affiliated Desh Pardesh activities, as well as paying staff salaries. Files have been organized by Desh Pardesh staff based on the main funding organization, namely: the Ontario Anti-Racism Secretariat; the Canada Council; individual and independent funding foundations; the Ministry of Culture; the Ontario Arts Council; the Ontario Women's Directorate; the Toronto Arts Council; and the Trillium Foundation.

Publicity and promotional materials

Series consists of administrative records, correspondence, festival programmes, press releases, advertisements, promotional materials, flyers, postcards, bookmarks, pamphlets and posters created and distributed by the publicity branch of the Desh Pardesh Programming Committee and the Desh Pardesh Board of Directors.

Program and project files

Series consists of organizational records, promotional material, correspondence and programmes for on-going programming administered by Desh Pardesh committees and staff, including: film retrospectives; industry-related workshops; community conferences; the publication of the Desh Pardesh zine, 'Avec Pyar'; memorials for Desh Pardesh participants; theatre tour productions and other events sponsored or co-sponsored by Desh Pardesh.

Committee records

Series consists of agendas, minutes, submissions, evaluations and biographical information created and accumulated by members of the programming committee of Desh Pardesh, in the course of their activities soliciting, evaluating and organizing workshops, seminars, dance, music and theatre performances, literary readings, art exhibits and film screenings.

Board of Directors records

Series consists of the agendas, minutes and administrative records and reports of the Desh Pardesh Board of Directors.

Non-fiction manuscripts by Lloyd Mackenzie

Series consists of handwritten drafts and typed manuscripts of three works of non-fiction, based on diary entries, written by Mackenzie.
The first manuscript Aussies and Englishmen, a travel memoir, was submitted for publication in 1966. The second manuscript The English Canadian Nation, a historical reflection of the role of English-speakers in Canada from the age of the Vikings to the twentieth century was written and submitted around 1990. The third manuscript Watching the Neighbours Next Door based on extractions from his journals regarding American politics was submitted for publication in August of 1996.

Diaries of Lloyd Mackenzie

Series consists of 69 bound journals kept by Mackenzie from 1935 to 2005 (excluding the years of 1942-1943), ephemera and two schoolroom photographs that include Mackenzie. The majority of the diaries consist of accounts of daily events, particularly international wars, revolutions, political events; the activities of celebrities, statesmen and royalty; natural disasters; and cultural and social issues. These entries include minimal personal opinion and are formatted similar to newspaper articles. Events of particular relevance to Mackenzie are often embellished with marginal illustrations and rubrication.

Mackenzie also records more personal notes on his daily activities; his employment history, wages, housing and work environment; his socializing in taverns and cocktail bars; films and plays he attended; his efforts to improve his education; the progress of his various writing projects; the health and activities of himself, family members and friends; his relationships with other gay men; as well as detailed accounts of his travels abroad. He records important events and dates for other individuals, particularly his parents, his sister, and close friends.

Most volumes of the diaries contain a synopsis of the year's events in the final pages of the bound volume. Beginning in the early 1970s, Mackenzie begins to write more reflectively in his diaries and provides his own opinions and insights into the events he records. There are introspective entries on diary writing in the beginning of several volumes of diaries written after 1975, and the entry for March 7, 1972 contains a reflection on his lifestyle choices and his atheism.

There are also reflective and critical entries on Canadian and American politics, homophobia, generational conflicts within the gay community, American foreign policy, Quebec sovereignty and other major social and political events of the late twentieth century.

New Play Society files

Series consists of correspondence, scripts, music scores, reviews, posters, programmes, newspaper clippings, sketches and photographs relating to 'The optimist,' 'Who's who,' and other productions of the New Play Society. In particular, it contains correspondence related to contracts, Actors' Equity, royalty payments, the Crest Theatre Foundation, press, publicity and other material related to 'Spring Thaw.' It includes financial records such as invoices, receipts, bank statements, payroll and cash disbursements. There is a collection of general scripts for the show as well as scripts for individual skits arranged alphabetically. There are prompt books, music scores, newspaper clippings, programmes, posters and scrapbooks as well as sound recordings of many of the productions.

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Writing and production files

Series consist of works written, translated or adapted by Moore including typescripts and drafts for radio plays such as 'Ottawa man' (1960), 'Three enigmas' (1969-1970), and 'The store' (1972), as well as a series of 'Ontario School broadcasts' for the CBC on ancient and Canadian history, literature and the arts. There are also typescripts and drafts of scripts for television both by Moore and by others including, 'Getting in' (1971), 'Catch my death,' 'Crime lab,' as well as various literary works turned into scripts by Moore such as 'The fall' (Camus), 'To tell the truth' (Morley Callaghan), and 'Yesterday the children were dancing' (Gratien Gelinas, translated by Moore). There are files of correspondence, notes, scripts, and background material related to productions with which Moore was associated (1948-1963) and there are audio recordings of various productions including 'Belinda 75,' 'Louis Riel,' and 'Sunshine town.' The series also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, programmes and other material related to Moore's treatment of 'Johnny Belinda' (based on a play by Elmer Harris), staged at the Charlottetown Festival, as well as scripts, correspondence, musical scores, posters, photographs and other material related to the writing of 'Sunshine town.' The series contains six scrapbooks of Moore's column, 'About the theatre,' from the Toronto Telegram (1959-1960), notes, drafts and manuscripts of Moore's memoirs entitled 'Re-Inventing Myself' and extensive documentation of Mavor Moore and Louis Applebaum's collaboration on the opera 'Erewhon.' It also contains records of Moore's production company Mavor Moore Productions.

Academic and teaching files

Series consists of material that documents Moore's academic career and courses of study at the University of Toronto and includes essays, notes, and exams as well as material that documents his interest in student theatre. It includes various student publications and contains copies of 'The Twig' and 'The Undergraduate.' It also contains material related to his tenure as a professor at York University in Toronto and includes correspondence relating to the Theatre Department and to the Faculty of Fine Arts, copies of minutes of the University Senate and other bodies within the University on which Moore sat, scripts and musical scores for 'Review of revues,' a Theatre Department production of satirical sketches based on 'Spring Thaw' (1977), as well as rare photographs of theatre productions at York.

Works by others

Series consists of short stories, plays and/or adaptations for stage written by Canadian authors and sent to Moore for his consideration and/or comments. It includes work by Earle Birney, Dave Broadfoot, John Coulter, Don Harron, Lister Sinclair, Ted Allan, Harry Boyle, Robertson Davies and others. It also includes material such as programmes and playbills from various performances of plays and concerts that Moore attended including programmes from the Stratford Festival, the Canadian Opera Company and various Broadway plays. The series also contains copies of theatre magazines, pamphlets and other reference material collected by Moore that documents his ongoing interest in theatre.

Charlottetown Festival files

Series consists of minutes and reports related to the Executive Committee of the Fathers of Confederation Building Trust (1964-1965, 1971-1974) as well as correspondence with cast members, unions and crews, and a daily journal regarding Moore's work at the Confederation Centre that includes budget notes and related material, blueprints for the Confederation Centre theatre (1962), newspaper clippings and scrapbooks related to the PEI Centennial (1964), the Royal visit and Command Performance (1964). It also includes programmes and posters related to the Festival, material related to the Wayne & Shuster Comedy Team including correspondence, scripts, press releases, and scrapbooks of their visit in 1965. Finally, it contains material related to the performance of 'Anne of Green Gables' at the Charlottetown Festival including account information, box office statements, advertising material and other material related to its run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and scripts, prompt scripts, a holograph copy of the music score, newspaper clippings, programmes and photographs related to its performance in Charlottetown.

Arts administration files

Series consists of material that documents Moore's long standing affiliation with the Canada Council and includes council by-laws, agendas for general meetings, committees and sections such as the Audit Committee and the Advisory Arts Panel. It also includes minutes of general meetings including those of the Executive Committee (1974-1983), the Arts Committee (1974-1977) and the Humanities and Social Science joint meetings, among others. In addition, there is correspondence, arranged alphabetically by individual author and/or institution including the Canadian Cultural Institute in Rome to External Affairs and the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee to Public Relations. There are also speeches and reports (alphabetically arranged), printed material, press releases, catalogues, photographs and other material that document Moore's work with the Canada Council. It also contains minutes, reports, clippings, correspondence and other material that documents his service on the British Columbia Arts Council.

Correspondence and subject files

Series consists of copies of letters received and, in many cases, copies of letters sent by Moore to friends and colleagues as well as general correspondence with companies, conferences, agencies and/or organizations with which he was affiliated. It includes correspondence and material related to BMI Canada Limited, the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto, the Canadian Conference of the Arts, the National Film Board, Expo 67 and the Stratford Festival. It also includes newspaper clippings related to Moore's activities with the Canadian Opera Company, the Crest Theatre (Toronto), the St. Lawrence Centre and other theatre organizations. It also contains Moore's appointment books for the years 1946 to 1989.

Moore family files

Series consists of material that documents Moore's personal life and, in particular, his relationship to his family. It includes personal family correspondence and photographs from Moore's childhood onward, biographical material, financial records, legal records, material that documents his military service. There are successive copies of Moore's will, lists of the titles of books in his personal library, correspondence exchanged between Moore and his wife Darwina (Dilly) Moore and with other members of his family. It also contains a poster on which the Mavor family genealogy has been plotted, as compiled by Fergus W. Mavor Moore.

Music Gallery office files

Series consists of roughly chronological files containing financial statements, season reports, contract with performers, sales reports, grant applications, correspondence with outside organizations, programming proposals, publicity material including press releases, programs, media contact lists, clippings, photographs, and other material related to the activities and the performances of the Music Gallery.

Music Gallery concert recordings

Series consists of audio recordings of performances by a wide variety of local and international performers and/or composers, including all varieties of new music, electroacoustic, world music, and jazz. It includes recordings by James Tenney, Lubomyr Melnyk, Nihilist Spasm Band, Morton Feldman, bp nichol and Casey Sokol, Roy Kiyooka, Gil Evans, Rob Frayne, Nexus, CEE, Ken Vandermark, Michael Brook, Derek Bailey and Ron Sexsmith, among others. Supporting material includes program information, posters, reviews, and pictures.

Canadian Creative Music Collective recordings

Series consists of audio recordings of the CCMC's bi weekly performances and includes recordings by such musicians as Peter Anson, Paul Dutton, John Kamevaar, Nobuo Kubotu, Allen Mattes, John Oswald, Michael Snow, Casey Sokol and Jack Vorvis, among others.

Research and writing files

Series consists of material that documents Tenney's ongoing academic and professional interest in the field of music including material that documents his years as a professor of music at York University. It includes research material consisting of clippings, notes, drafts of articles and other material related to the the work of fellow composers such as John Cage, Edgard Varese, Harry Partch as well as Conlon Noncarrow. It also contains material that documents his interest in musical theory including drafts of articles written by Tenney as well as material related to his books "META-HODOS : a phenomenology of 20th century musical materials and an approach to the study of form" and "A history of 'consonance' and 'dissonance.'"

Musical performance files

Series of consists of programmes, clippings, promotional material and/or audio recordings of Tenney performing his own compositions or performing work by others. It also includes material related to performances of Tenney's compositions by other ensembles with, in many cases, James Tenney conducting.

Musical scores

Series consists of copies of drafts and completed copies of Tenney's musical scores in various formats including manuscript and computer generated form. Among the compositions included in the series are "Poem for flute," "Sonata for 10 wind instruments," "Canon for bass quartet," "Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird," "Quiet fan for Erik Satie," "Essay # 3 for string orchestra," "Quintext," and "Changes : 64 studies" among others.

Correspondence files

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence including copies of letters received by Tenney from friends and colleagues including Carolee Schneeman, Lionel Nowak, John Pierce, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Steve Reich, Warren Burt, Phil Corner, Malcolm Goldstein, Edgard Varese, Stan Brakhage, Peter Garland and Gayle Young, among others. It also includes correspondence generated in his various professional capacities at educational institutions such as Yale University, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and Bennington College as well as correspondence, which documents his relationship and work with Bell Telephone Laboratories in developing programs for computer sound-generation, the Institute for Studies in American Music, the Canadian Music Centre and musical organizations or institutions.

Personal files

Series consists of audio recordings made by Paikin that reflect his personal interests including recordings of professional sports game and of episodes of the television programme Star Trek. It also includes an audio cassette of a letter from Paikin and Nancy Nightingale composed in the form of a broadcast interview the speaks of Paikin's time living in Boston.

Writing files

Series consists of notes, drafts and manuscripts related to Paikin's books "The Life" and "The Dark Side". It also includes audio cassette recordings and associated transcripts of interviews conducted by Paikin with numerous politicians at both the provincial and federal level for "The Life".

Correspondence files

Series consists of letters received by Paikin from fans and viewer alike in his capacity as anchor of various news programmes. The letters express admiration for Paikin's work but often contain thoughtful reflections on stories covered by Paikin and provide additional insight into how these issues and Paikin's coverage affected his audience.

Production files

Series consists of material related to his work as producer of the documentaries "Return to the Warsaw Ghetto" about the 50th anniversary of the ghetto uprising, "A Main Street Man" about the life of William G. Davies, "Balkan Madness" about the break down of the former Yugoslavia, "Teachers, Tories and Turmoil" about the education reforms introduced in Ontario by the Mike Harris government and "Chairman of the Board: The Life and Death of John Robarts". As such, the it includes research material, drafts of scripts and production drafts and may include correspondence in the form of letters of congratulations, financial reports related to the production and other material.

Broadcast journalism files

Series consists of notes, research material, drafts of scripts, memos and other material related to Paikin’s work as a private reporter for CHFI radio and as a staff reporter for the CBC. It also contains scripts and other material that documents his work as a host for TVO’s Between the Lines and Fourth Reading . It includes material, including audio recordings of events and interviews, related to his reporting on a number of topics including the 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention, the 1984 Liberal leadership convention and other party conventions and/or elections, Pierre Trudeau’s visit to the University of Toronto in 1984, Ernst Zundel and anti-Semitism in Canada, stories related to metro Toronto such as the debates over the construction of its domed stadium and others. It also contains a copy of Paikin’s demo reel created by TVOntario to display many of his journalistic accomplishments.

Academic files

Series consists of correspondence, notes and other material related to Paikin's enrolment to the University of Toronto as well as files related to many courses taken by Paikin including English, Canadian Studies, French, History, Latin and Philosophy. These files contain lecture notes, essays, course outlines and other material related to his studies. The series contains records of his early radio work at the University of Toronto where he was the play-by-play announcer for university hockey and football games and includes Paikin's notes and background material related to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues teams as well as an audio recording of a hockey game for which Paikin was an announcer. It also contains material related to his application to the broadcast journalism programme at Boston University and includes his MA Thesis proposal, correspondence with his advisors and drafts of his thesis on the Jane-Finch area of Toronto.

Sound recordings

Series consists of sound recordings kept by Campbell. These include recorded music sent to Campbell and a copy of Travels with Aunt Jane as well as a copy of the Canadian and Japanese releases of Anne of Green Gables : the hit musical.

Office files

Series consists of files related to administrative aspects of Campbell's work as director-producer and employee of the CBC. Series contains correspondence from viewers about a show, memos, reports, and photographs from auditions and of sets. Series also contains memos and reports between Campbell and CBC administration, as well as resumes and curriculum vitae of performers and production workers.

Very early scripts: radio and television

Series consists of early scripts, idea and concept outlines, or program proposals received by Campbell; some of which may have been produced and broadcast at later date. Files may also contain background information regarding the subject matter of a proposed program or its performers, including advertisements, articles, and reviews.

Anne of Green Gables: files related to the musical

Series consists of files related to productions of "Anne of Green Gables : the musical," and any changes or modifications to the script. This includes correspondence, requests to perform the musical, photographs and ephemera pertaining to amateur productions, screenplays of the musical, reviews and newspaper clippings. Series also contains copies of the original script and proposed changes. Series further contains correspondence, resumes and photographs received during a casting call for a production of the musical.

Production files

Series consists of records related to Campbell's work as a producer. Although similar in nature to those found in the Scripts series, records here pertain to the overall management of a production, including the creative, financial, technological and administrative components. Series includes handwritten notes, memos, resource requisition forms, budgets, background research into performers and production subjects, program proposals and schedules. Series also contains official brochures or programs of stage versions of a production, and advertising or promotional clippings printed for film versions. Some files also contain technical drawings for the stage and/ or set(s), photographs of performers or sets, sheet music, scene breakdowns, and crew and performer lists.

Publicity for shows

Series contains published materials used to promote a production. These include brochures, newspaper clippings from national and regional newspapers, and advertisements printed in catalogues. Series also contains correspondence pertaining to audience reaction and copies of promotional photographs.

Speeches

Series consists of typescripts and handwritten notes of speeches given by Campbell at various events, such as commencement ceremonies, graduation ceremonies, anniversaries, panel discussions and family gatherings. The majority of speaking engagements appear to have been organized privately, but some were organized by the CBC, such as those for chapters of the Canadian Club. Series also contains other materials for or from a speaking engagement, such as correspondence, conference materials, programs, and travel itineraries, and photographs of Campbell with guests at various speaking engagements.

Production notes and reviews

Series consists of materials related to a production in its early or planning stages. Series includes handwritten notes, correspondence, idea files, program proposals, early drafts of production/shooting schedules and background research regarding a subject or location, such as newspaper clippings, magazine articles and brochures.

Scripts

Series consists primarily of scripts received and used by Campbell in his role as a director, responsible for filming or recording an episode or a program. In this capacity, Campbell would work directly with cast and crew on aspects specifically related to a particular episode or program, rather on the production as a whole. Scripts may be annotated and different versions /drafts of a given script may exist. Series also contains other documents related to directing a production, including correspondence, meeting agendas, various production related schedules, handwritten notes, completed forms and paperwork, technical drawings/blueprints for sets, and scores for music. Series further contains photographs from a set or auditions, background research into performers or production subjects (such as newspaper clippings and reviews) and copies of Campbell's contracts and work permits.

Sound and moving image recordings

Series consists of sound and audio-visual recordings in a variety of formats that represents the actual musical output of Hoffert from his first recording in 1955 to more recent work including music written for televison news shows. It contains a complete set of Lighthouse albums on vinyl as well as many of their singles and test pressings of some of their albums. There is unedited backstage footage of the band from their 1982 reunion special and recordings of artists that Hoffert produced. There are recordings of film and television scores, concert music and live recordings as well as recordings made by Hoffert in his living room including a recording of a reading by Timothy Findley and Janis Rapoport accompanied by Hoffert on piano.

Daily diaries and e-mail files

Series consist of appointment books kept by Paul Hoffert from 1969 to 1993 that record daily appointment and other engagements. It also includes hard copies of Hoffert's e-mail correspondence arranged by subject that cover his personal life, his business and musical careers as well as his administrative and academic activities.

Books, articles and speaking engagement files

Series consists of copies of articles written by or about Hoffert as well as notes, drafts, contracts and other legal documents, correspondence with publishers, reviews, publicity material and other documents related to Hoffert's books "The Bagel Effect", "All Together Now" and "The New Client". It also contains drafts of Hoffert's unpublished autobiography and material related to speaking engagements including hard copies of Powerpoint presentations delivered by Hoffert at a number of conferences and symposia.

Research and company files

Series consists of material related to Hoffert's technological and theoretical interests including material pertaining to work begun at the National Research Council on music created using computer technology and carried out with a number of companies concerned with audio data and interactive technology. It contains business and research plans, copyright and legal materials, correspondence, reports, memoranda and other material for companies including McLeyvier, DHJ Research, Marquis Music, Time Out for Fun and the Cultech Research Centre, a project based at York University intended to investigate digital content use by residents in a housing development in suburban Toronto.

Music and entertainment business files

Series consists of copyright files kept by Paul and Brenda Hoffert related to their own work as well as to the work of artists that they produced. The files contain certificates of registration for the Canadian Copyright Office, Publishers Registrations forms and other legal documents related to the copyright of songs.

Lighthouse files

Series consists of material that documents Hoffert's involvement with the band Lighthouse from its inception to the present and contains musical scores and hand written lyrics for many of their songs including "Sunny Days". It also consists of photographs, press clippings, promotional material and legal records pertaining to the band.

Music scores

Series consists of original, handwritten compositions by Hoffert and musical arrangements written by him for other musicians. The files also include additional material that supported the writing of the respective musical project including screenplays, time and cue sheets, correspondence and other material and demonstrate Hoffert's work in various genres such as film, television, musical theatre and concert music.

Early career files

Series consists of material that documents the early music career of Paul Hoffert and includes clippings, reviews and programmes of his early performances as well as a number of composition notebooks from his studies with Gordon Delamont and his contact book for Toronton musicians, organized by instrument. It also includes a complete five-volume set of "Modern Arranging and Composing" written by Delamont.

Unbound newspapers

Series consists of unbound issues of newspapers published in Montreal, Toronto and Victoria, which contain advertisements and notices concerning Jewish businesses.

Biographical Research Files

Series consists of research notes, correspondence, and copies of correspondence, abstracts of land titles and other instruments of ownership, property plans, and wills compiled by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey in preparation to write books on Canadian Jewish history and articles for the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography," as well as speeches to various historical and genealogical societies.

Jewish manuscripts

Series consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and other material gathered by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey as a research collection to support their work on Jewish families in Canada. The original documents are frequently supplemented by the Godfreys' research notes. Topics include the interconnected financial affairs of many of these families, particularly their involvement in the fur trade in Montreal and near the Straits of Michilimakinac, and their involvement in cultural and political affairs, such as the launch of the "National magazine" and the marketing of Gerald Hart's book, "The fall of New France," between its publication in 1888 and 1916. In addition to documentation on several families in Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivieres and Riviere-du-Loups, the series includes records of families and businesses in Toronto, including stationery and a small group of building permits issued by the city between 1899 and 1900. The series features correspondence between John A. Macdonald and George Benjamin (member of parliament for North Hastings) between 1857 and 1864 that offers private observations on political developments, and invitations and correspondence sent to Earl Rowe, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, that provide a glimpse of Jewish activities in the province between 1964 and 1984.

Sound recordings

Series consists of audio recordings of bissett's poetry readings as well as recordings of bissett's musical activities with his band The Luddites.

Material by or about others

Series includes copies of poems written by other writers and submitted to blewointment press where bissett acted as editor for many years. It includes poetry by Canadian authors George Bowering, Dorothy Livesay, Robert Priest and Al Purdy, among others. There are also copies of publications from blewointment by many of these writers as well as newspaper clippings, copies of popular magazines, literary journals, and related material that documents bissett's ongoing personal and professional interest in Canadian poetry.

Professional papers

Series consists of typescript and manuscript drafts of poems written by bissett, many of which include original bissett drawings or sketches in the margins. There are also copies of bissett's published works including 'Pomes for yoshi,' 'Space travl,' 'Wuns I saw it raining frogs' and others, art work by bissett including sketch pads, paintings, loose sketches, drawings and doodles as well as material exhibited in galleries. The series also includes posters and flyers publicizing new bissett publications, bissett readings or art exhibitions. There are also several examples of publications that contain reviews of bissett's poetry and/or interviews with him as well as anthologies in which either his poetry or art was published. The series also contains financial records related to bissett's professional life and work including book contracts, grant applications and reports to the Canada Council and to the Ontario Arts Council.

Personal papers

Series consists clippings, note books, journals, photographs, publications, ephemera and other material which documents bissett's personal life and interests including his material that documents his years as an undergraduate at the University of British Columbia. It includes collected memorabilia such as buttons and name plates, identification cards and expired passports, a vest worn by bissett when giving poetry readings, tee shirts designed by bissett and a rattle used in poetry readings.

Correspondence files

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence including letters received from friends, writers, bookstores, publishers, art galleries and others including Margaret Atwood, Earle Birney, George Bowering, The League of Canadian Poets, b.p. nicol, P.K. Page, Al Purdy, James Reaney, Books in Canada, Bantam Books, Coach House Press and McClelland & Stewart, among others.

Business and Accounting

Series consists of records documenting the business activities of the WECT office, as well as the project's accounting. Includes letters patent and charitable status documentation, contracts with authors, editors and office staff, contracts with York University and the projects sponsoring organizations, publishing agreements, staff files, research files, budgets preparation files and audited financial statements.

Fundraising

Series consists of records documenting the fundraising activities of the $2.5 million WECT project, which spanned 160 countries. Includes subject files on benefits, as well as funding organizations and grants which include private foundations and grants, government agencies, York University, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

International Executive Board and Board of Directors

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the WECT's International Executive Board and its Board of Directors. Includes correspondence, selected articles and clippings, subject files, reference files on other large encyclopedia projects, and agenda and minutes of board meetings and annual general meetings. Also includes records pertaining to the International Theatre Institute's and UNESCO's sponsorship of the project.

National Articles

Series consists of records documenting the writing of the national theatre articles for the WECT. Articles were written under contract, and the editorial boards for each volume as well as Don Rubin, Executive Editor, and the WECT office at York University coordinated submissions. Includes correspondence, drafts and photographs and photocredits for articles.

Literary manuscripts and other writing

The series consists of research material, notes, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs related to stories, essays, articles and book reviews written by Sheard, to her novels "Almost Japanese", "The Swing Era", "The Hypnotist", "Krank: love in the new dark times", and to her play "The House Guest". It also includes correspondence with publishers and publicity material for several of her works.

Coach House Press files

Series consists of agendas, minutes of meetings, notes, correspondence, catalogues and other material that documents Sheard's work as an editor of Coach House Press. Included are correspondence and other material with Margaret Atwood concerning the writing and publishing of her novel "Good Bones".

Correspondence and subject files

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence including manuscript and typescript letters as well as e-mail received by Sheard and, in many cases, copies of letters written by Sheard herself. Among the correspondents are Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Dragu, Griffin Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Alberto Manguel, Susan Swan, Ann Ireland, Daphne Marlatt, Phyllis Webb, Jan Kudelka, Audrey Thomas, Brian Fawcett, David Young, Marian Engel, Seiji Ozawa, John Metcalf, Robert Kroetsch, Libby Sheier, Timothy Findley and Roy Kiyooka. The subject files consist of correspondence, notes and other collected material that document Sheard's writing career including grant applications and contact letters. Also included are materials that document her association with the National Book Festival and the Zen Buddhist Temple in Toronto, as well as her training and work as a psychotherapist.

Agendas

Series consists of chronologically arranged agendas.

Research and writing files

Series consists of records pertaining to the research, writing, editing, publication and promotion of Axelrod’s books, including his PhD thesis, "The economy, government and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1973”, which was republished as "Scholars and dollars: politics, economics and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1980", "Making a middle class: student life in English Canada during the Thirties", "Transitions: schooling and employment in Canada" (co-editor with Paul Anisef), "The promise of schooling: education in Canada, 1800-1914", "Youth, university and Canadian society: essays in the social history of higher education" (co-editor with John G. Reid), "Opportunity and uncertainty: life course experiences of the class of '73" (co-writer with Paul Anisef), "Values in conflict: the university, the marketplace and the trials of liberal education" and "Knowledge matters: essays in honour of Bernard J. Shapiro" (editor), as well as his various articles, reviews, conference papers, and commentaries. Records in this series are research materials, correspondence, draft manuscripts, audio recordings, photographs, interview transcripts, book proofs, reader reports, publishing contracts, speaking notes and promotional materials.

Professorial files

Series consists of records documenting Axelrod's career as a university professor and administrator. Many records pertain in particular to his role as Dean of the Faculty of Education at York University between 2001 and 2008, as well as his work on committees (Ontario Association of Deans of Education, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations). Included are correspondence, job applications, course outlines and student evaluations for courses taught by Axelrod, copies of research grant applications, past tenure files, photographs, reports, speeches, assessments, conference materials, newspaper and magazine articles.

Academic files

Series consists of Axelrod's high school, undergraduate and graduate school essays, speeches, drafts of articles written for student newspapers and other materials that document his involvement with student organizations including the Council of the York Student Federation, the Ontario Federation of Students and the Ontario Union of Students, as well as his research interest in post-secondary education and the student union movement. These records include publications, papers, articles and news releases.

Correspondence files

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence consisting of manuscript and typescript copies of letters received by Axelrod and, in many cases, copies of letters written by Axelrod himself.

Political Files

Series consists of files documenting Reid's political career during the 1965 federal and the 1967 and 1971 Ontario provincial election campaigns. Includes election posters, press releases,newspaper clippings, correspondence, etc. Series also consists of material from Liberal Party of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party, including reports, press releases, minutes of meetings of the Young Liberals, newsletters and related material. Finally, the series also consists of records documenting his career at Queen's Park, including correspondence with constituents and government members, civil servants and Ministers dealing with constituents' problems, petitions, copies of government reports and studies, newspaper clippings, copies of bills, including Reid's Bill 182, "An Act to Provide for Data Surveillance",(1970), with correspondence and research material relating to the issue of privacy of computer records.

York University Files

Series consists of correspondence from Reid as Assistant to the President, as well as minutes of university committees on which he served (Committee on the Master Plan, Committee on Student Affairs, President's Advisory and Administrative Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Academic Policy and Planning) for the period 1963-1965. Series also consists of material from the courses he taught in Economics including assignments, essay topics and examination questions, bibliographies and reading material, as well as material from the Task Force on the Structure of Canadian Industry, on which Reid served as Project Director. The Task Force issued the the "Watkins Report" ("Foreign ownership and the Structure of Canadian Industry [...]") in 1967.

Research Files

Series consists of files Reid used to prepare his thesis on Canada's economy, as well as a research paper on the Bank of Canada.

Correspondence

Series consists of personal correspondence and academic correspondence.

Financial Records

Consists of royalty statements, letters of permission, contracts, correspondence with agents and other material that documents financial transactions related to the sales and marketing of Mistry's work.

Editorial files

Series consists of material that documents Coles work as a literary editor and critic and includes contracts, correspondence, course timetables, critiques of students' work and other material that documents his tenure as poetry editor of "The May Studio" at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. It also includes drafts of works by other writers sent to Coles for his comments and criticism including manuscripts of work by Michael Redhill, Stephanie Bolster, Richard Sanger, Mark Sinnett and John Bemrose, among others, as well as material that demonstrates Coles' work as poetry judge of the Canadian Literary Awards and the CBC Literary Awards. This material consists of submissions bearing notes and comments by Coles.

Academic and teaching files

Series consists of material that documents Coles' academic career at the University of Toronto and Cambridge University, as well as his years spent as a professor in the Department of Humanities at York University in Toronto. It includes copies of essays, as well as manuscript and typescript notes taken by Coles while he was a student. Included are notes taken by Coles while completing course work with Northrop Frye, advice from Frye regarding an academic career in 1964, his rough first draft of his M.A. thesis, and columns and reports for the University of Toronto Daily Press. It also contains course files related to Coles' work as professor. These files consist of course outlines, reading lists, lecture notes, clippings related to course material, correspondence related to his teaching and other material that documents the ongoing development and delivery of the courses Man in Search, Concepts of Love, Early Times : Literature and the Imagination of the Child, Myth and the Arts and Works & Days. Records also include annotated working copies of monographs used in his courses and certificates received pertaining to his academics and teaching.

Writing files

The series consists of notes, drafts and proofs of collected and uncollected poems written by Coles including manuscript drafts of his collections "K in love," "The prinzhorn collection," "Forest of the medieval world," "Kurgan," and "How we all swiftly," among others. It contains research material, notes and drafts of his novel "Doctor Bloom's story," his autobiographical work "A dropped glove in Regent Street," a poetry collection "Where we might have been," correspondence with publishers, interviews with Coles, reviews of his work, publicity material related to his writing, and book reviews written for "The Globe and mail." It also includes the manuscript for Tomas Transtomer's "For the living and the dead," which Coles translated from Swedish as well as correspondence between Coles and Tomas and Monica Transtromer regarding this work.

Correspondence files

The series consists of personal and professional correspondence including manuscript and typescript copies of letters as well as e-mail received by Coles. It also includes many copies of letters or e-mails written by Coles himself. The series includes family correspondence as well as correspondence with writers such as Christopher Wiseman, Liliane Welch, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Al Purdy, P.K. Page, Steven Heighton, Ralph Gustafson, Adele Wiseman, John Metcalf, David O'Meara, Robyn Sarah, Jan Ruzesky, Betty Jane Wylie, Robert Fulford, Carol Shields, Philip Grover and Tomas Transtromer among others.

Writings files

The series consists of research material, notes, drafts and manuscript copies of Clark's novel "Bite the stars" including drafts edited by Cynthia Holz and Iris Tupholme. The series also includes manuscript and typescript drafts of shorter works by Clark as well as an audio recording of "Pride and Joy" which was adapted as a radio drama for CBC's Morningside.

Correspondence and subject files

The series consists of personal and professional correspondence, publicity material, copies of articles written by or about Clark including correspondence with Steven Heighton, Wallace King, Greg Gatenby, Joe Kertes, Catherine Bush, Katherine Govier, Leone Rooke, Diane Shoemperlen and others.

Curt Borchardt material

The series consists of correspondence, notes, clippings and other material which documents the career of Friedlander's father Curt Borchardt, himself a theatre critic.

Press photographs

The series consists press photos of actors, artists, theatre companies and festivals received by Friedlander during the course of her work as a theatre critic and writer.

Clippings files

The series consists of clippings of articles written by Friedlander covering a number of subjects and written for newspapers, magazines, newsletters and other publications.

Yearbooks

The series consists of Friedlander's yearbooks covering her years as a high school student at Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute.

Theatre Club files

The series consists of correspondence, notes, order forms, ticket agreements and other material related to the Theatre Club.

Correspondence and subject files

The series consists of personal and professional correspondence, research material, interview transcripts, newspaper clippings, drafts of speeches and lectures given by Friedlander, copies of resumes, material related to the Sears Ontario Drama Festival and other material which documents Friedlander's career as a theatre critic and writer and which illustrates her involvement in the arts community in Ontario.

Journals, calendars, notebooks

The series consists of notebooks and journals kept by Powe in which he documented his thoughts and reflected on both his personal life and on works in progress. Also included are calendars on which Powe recorded appointments and other scheduled events.

Printed material

The series consists of copies of published works inscribed by their respective authors.

Academic and teaching files

The series consists of course/lecture notes, research materials, correspondence, course syllabi, teaching proposals, course evaluations, official York University publications and other material related to Powe's instruction of courses at York University and Humber College, his position as Academic Advisor at Winter's College, the completion of his PhD, his applications for tenure and promotion, and his work as coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at York University. Also documented in this series are Powe's activities while a visiting scholar at IN3, University of Catalunya, Barcelona.

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