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Clayton Ruby fonds
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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.

Accession 2007-048

Accession consists of subject and general correspondence files dealing with Clayton Ruby's work on issues such as advocacy, the death penalty, politics, book reviews, letters to the editor in the Globe & Mail and Toronto Star, policing, Amnesty International, the Writers' Union, the Stephen Leacock home in Orillia, the Meech Lake Accord, free speech, and a reunion of York University graduates.

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.

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.

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.

General : Jan. 1, 1997 to Sept. 30, 1997

File consists of a variety of records, including correspondence, legal documents, newspaper articles, journal articles, memoranda, notes, newsletters, draft newspaper columns, press releases and a photograph. The correspondence in this file sent by Clayton Ruby consists of complaint letters, letters to the editor, recommendation letters, and thank you letters. Correspondence sent to Ruby includes invitations to social and legal events, requests for legal representation, applications for employment, requests for charitable donations and letters from Mendelson Joe and June Callwood. Subjects documented in this file include the 1996 City of Toronto municipal election, the activities of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, legal aid reform, and the legal case of Joseph Stanley Faulder.

General : July 1, 1988 to Feb. 1, 1989

File consists of a variety of records, including correspondence, legal documents, draft articles, newspaper clippings, journal articles, interoffice memoranda, reports, newsletters, and balance sheets. The correspondence in this file, sent and received by Clayton Ruby, includes requests for legal representation, applications for employment, recommendation letters, invitations to events, letters of congratulations, hate mail, requests for charitable donations, Ruby's letters to newspaper editors and his consumer complaint letters. Other records in this file pertain to insurance policies, the work of the Law Society of Upper Canada discipline committee, legal cases or topics, and firm finances.

Clay's personal : late 1986 to end of 1989

File consists predominantly of personal correspondence sent or received by Clayton Ruby. Correspondence in this file relates to a variety of topics, including Ruby's cottage, home repairs, medical and financial issues, magazine subscriptions, vacation plans, purchases, reference letters for friends, and fundraising projects. Other records in this file are interoffice memoranda, forms, brochures, magazine articles, invoices and notes.

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.

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.

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.

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