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Clayton Ruby fonds
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Personal 1982 (inclu C/V

File consists of photographic portraits of Ruby, wine labels, Ruby's CV, personal correspondence, personal financial records, financial statements for Ruby and Edwardh, notes, and correspondence relating to a Law Society of Upper Canada meeting to be held at his cottage.

Accession 2000-042

Accession consists of correspondence, speeches, and notes and generally pertains to Amnesty International, the Law Society, the Advocates Society, the Law Reform Commission, the police, and race relations.

Book reviews

File consists of correspondence and draft book reviews of law-related books written by Ruby and sent to the Globe and Mail.

General correspondence : January, 1986 to June, 1986

File consists of correspondence sent and received by Ruby regarding a variety of topics, including letters from prisoners and others seeking his opinion or help, requests for employment, complaint letters sent by Ruby, letters between lawyers regarding legal cases, and letters of congratulations for his representation of Guy Paul Morin. Personal correspondence pertaining to home renovations, personal finances and letters sent to friends is also in this file. Also included is related memoranda, legal documents, journal articles, newspaper clippings, notes, and a magazine.

CCR : general : Jun. 86-Dec.86

File consists predominantly of correspondence sent and received by Clayton Ruby, including invitations to events and conferences, applications for employment, letters requesting legal representation, Ruby's letters to the editor of the Globe & Mail, recommendation letters written by Ruby, his complaint letters, as well as correspondence regarding legal cases and Ruby's personal expenses and purchases. Also included in this file are newspaper clippings, legal documents, notes, interoffice memoranda, draft papers, photographs, and government bills. Some of these records document Ruby's involvement as a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada's discipline committee, his membership in the Writers' Union of Canada, and his activism regarding abortion rights and access to abortions.

Globe and Mail letters 1982

File consists of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings relating to Ruby's book reviews and work as counsel for the paper, as well as his letters to the editor.

Death penalty

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Bill C-272 and the death penalty in Canada.

General : late 1986 to 1987

File consists predominantly of correspondence sent and received by Clayton Ruby, including requests for legal representation, applications for employment, invitations to social events, Ruby's complaint letters and letters to the editor, letters of recommendation, legal opinions and referral letters. Included in the file are CVs, newspaper clippings, interoffice memoranda, reports, journal articles and newsletters. Records in this file document Ruby's membership in the Writers' Union of Canada and his legal writing in general, his involvement in a Law Society of Upper Canada bencher election and his work on anti-nuclear weapons campaigns.

Advocacy '87

File pertains to Advocacy '87, a conference held by the Continuing Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia, held in Halifax, October 23/24, 1987, where Ruby gave a speech.

Death penalty

File consists of correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, reports, a transcript and a newsletter relating to Ruby's efforts against the reintroduction of the death penalty in Canada, including his appearance on a TV Ontario program on this subject.

Police correspondence 1987, 1988

File consists of correspondence, complaint reports, newspaper clippings, notes, and letters to the editor regarding the Toronto Police Department's response to the 1988 Economic Summit demonstration and other complaints about police conduct submitted by Ruby.

Ruby, Clay v. Air Canada

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, and itineraries/tickets/boarding passes pertaining to Ruby's small claims court claim against Air Canada after missing a flight.

General file 3

File consists of correspondence, CVs, interoffice memoranda, journal articles, notes, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and catalogues created or accumulated by Clayton Ruby. Correspondence in this file includes Ruby's complaint letters, his letters to the editor of the Globe & Mail, as well as letters of congratulations, and correspondence to and from politicians. Records in this file pertain to legal cases, job applications, Ruby's book "Sentencing", charitable donations, wine purchases, his work as a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, speaking engagements, and his activities as book review editor for Criminal Law Quarterly.

Book reviews 1987

File consists of correspondence, draft book reviews and notes relating to Ruby's role as book review editor for the Criminal Law Quarterly.

Summit complaint

File consists of correspondence, affidavits, a complaint statement and reports pertaining to arrests at a 18 June 1988 demonstration at the Economic Summit Conference and a subsequent complaint filed by Ruby against the Toronto Police Department regarding the rights of prisoners to counsel.

General : January 1, 1987 to June 30/88

File consists predominantly of professional and personal correspondence sent by Clayton Ruby, including his letters to the editor, letters of recommendation, consumer complaint letters, and activist letters for letter-writing campaigns. Other correspondence pertains to firm finances and to police complaints made by Ruby and others. Correspondence received by Ruby includes applications for employment, requests for legal representation, and responses to his newspaper articles in the Globe & Mail. Other records in this file include draft book reviews for Canadian Rights Reporter, newspaper clippings, notes, newsletters, journal articles, CVs, reports, interoffice memoranda and conference materials.

Globe & Mail letters 1987

File consists of correspondence, draft articles, newspaper clippings, and journal articles pertaining to Ruby's letters to the editor on a variety of legal, political and social justice topics, as well as correspondence written to him in response to his letters.

Toronto Star

File consists of correspondence and a draft article written by Ruby for publication in the Toronto Star.

Clay's general : Feb. 1/89 - end of 1989

File consists of correspondence sent and received by Ruby pertaining to his professional and personal activities, including invitations to legal, educational and social events, requests for employment and/or articling positions, legal opinions, and recommendation letters. Also documented in this correspondence is Ruby's involvement with abortion rights and his media appearances on that subject, travel arrangements, his work as a criminal defence lawyer (for the Morgentaler Clinic and Barbara Dodd), his anti-nuclear weapon activism, his position as a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and his column in the Toronto Star. The file includes related notes, legal judgments, newspaper clippings, interoffice memoranda, reports and conference materials.

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