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Pro-life literature, bioethics research and deVeber Institute files

Series consists of pro-life literature and other records pertaining to Gentles’ research on bioethical issues, primarily abortion and assisted suicide. Also includes administrative and research records related to the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research (formerly the Human Life Research Institute), a pro-life think-tank of which Gentles is Vice-President and Research Director. Contains notes, correspondence, drafts, articles, clippings, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, financial statements, and other material.

History research files and correspondence

Series consists of records pertaining to Gentles’ research and publishing in the field of English history. Includes files pertaining to: the publishing of various articles and book reviews, as well as his monograph, The New Model Army in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645-1653 (Blackwell, 1992); the Toronto Research Group in Early Modern British History; and various research trips dating from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Series also includes records related to the publishing of a Festschrift in honour of British historian Austin Woolrych, with whom Gentles had a longstanding relationship. The volume, Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen in the English Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 1998), was co-edited by Gentles. Series also includes several files of correspondence related to Gentles’ history research activities, as well as one file of personal correspondence.

Teaching records

Series consists of records pertaining to Gentles’ teaching duties as a professor of history at York University. Includes course syllabi, lecture notes, exam and essay questions, roll books, correspondence with students, reference letters, and other material.

York administrative records

Series consists of records pertaining to Gentles’ administrative duties at York University, particularly his work on the convocation committee, the faculty council, and the senior common room committee. Includes minutes, correspondence, financial statements, notes, and other material.

Ian Gentles fonds

  • F0106
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2017

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Gentles’ roles as a professor of history at York University, as an active member of the Coalition for Life, and as Vice-President and Research Director of the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research. These include files related to Gentles' teaching at Glendon College, York University and Tyndale University College, his research and publishing activities in the field of history, as well as records pertaining to his administrative activities at York. They also includes files related to Gentles’ research in bioethics—primarily on the subjects of abortion and assisted suicide—as well as records related to the administrative activities of the Coalition for Life and the deVeber Institute.

Gentles, Ian

Human Life Research Institute : Ottawa file

File consists of material related to Human Life Research Institute, including notes, correspondence, and a grant application submitted to the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine.

Stem cell research

File consists of consists of clippings and notes related to the stem cell debate.

Robinson, Svend

File consists of correspondence, including with Morlock and Associates, Barristers & Solicitors, regarding Ian Gentles' request for a retraction of a statement made by Svend Robinson, MP, during a CBC Newsworld broadcast interview on 20 February 1994. The file also includes an excerpt of the interview transcript, which featured both Gentles and Robinson.

Reproductive Technology, Royal Commission

File consists of a brief submitted to the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technology by the Human Life Research Institute, 1990, a press release announcing the Commission, and related newspaper clippings.

Public opinions re: abortion, etc.

File consists of newspaper clippings and copies of studies, which document various polls on Canadians and Americans public opinions regarding the abortion issue.

Public opinions re: abortion, etc.

File consists of newspaper clippings and copies of studies, which document various polls on Canadians and Americans public opinions regarding the abortion issue.

A Time to Choose Life : reviews

File consists of clippings of reviews of the book, "A Time to Choose Life: Women, Abortion and Human Rights," edited by Ian Gentles.

Trip to England

File consists of notes, correspondence and other material related to a research trip to England.

Pro-Life Action Coordinating Group

File consists of material related to the pro-life demonstration at Toronto General Hospital and Toronto City Hall, held 10 February, including a promotional letter and a poster. The file also contains the meeting minutes of the Executive Committee of the Coalition for the Protection of Human life and the Steering Committee of the Pro Life Action Coordinating Group, which discuss the plan for the demonstration.

The Uncertified Human : speaker's presentation on abortion

File consists of the contents of a binder labelled, "The Uncertified Human: Speaker's Presentation on Abortion," created by Uncertified Human Publishing Company, who also issued a pro-life magazine of the same name between 1973 and 1981. The speaker's presentation includes talking points, illustrative slides depicting fetal development and abortion, the text of a lecture in 20-25 minute and 30-35 minute versions, forty examples of "leading questions" for the audience, and a guide on how to respond to hostile questions. The appendix includes the essay, "Abortion and the Unwanted Child," by Ian Gentles, 1973, information sheets, and other short papers such as, "The Factor of Rape in Abortion," 1977, "Christian Theology and Abortion," and "Feminist as anti-abortionist." The file also contains two issues of "The Uncertified Human: Canada's Pro-Life Magazine," Vol. 6, no. 9 (February 1979) and Vol. 6, no. 10 (March 1979).

Speech material : abortion

File consists of the text of a speech on abortion, written in French, and handwritten point-form notes. File also includes a reprint of Lennart Nilsson's photoessay for LIFE Magazine, "Life Before Birth," originally published in 1965.

Fundraising dinner

File consists of material related to a fundraising dinner for the Human Life Research Institute, held at Massey College, University of Toronto, which featured John Arpin as a musical guest.

De Veber Institute : minutes, agendas, board + AGM

File consists of related to the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research, including meeting agendas, financial statements, reports to the Board and to the Annual General Meeting, issues of their newsletter "Perspectives," and correspondence.

De Veber Institute : misc.

File consists of related to the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research, including copies of administrative documents, the text of an advertising presentation prepared for a Catholic church service, and a promotional leaflet,

Women's health after abortion

File consists of presentation slides and speaking notes claiming a causal relationship between abortion, breast cancer, and mental health.

Trip to England

File consists of notes, correspondence and other material related to a research trip to England.

HIST 3390 : lecture plan

File consists of a lecture plan for HIST 3390, England from Reformation to Revolution, 1500-1658, taught at Glendon College, York University.

HIST 3423 + HIST 3390 : lectures

File consists of lectures for the course, England from Reformation to Revolution, 1500-1658, taught at Tyndale University College (as HIST 2423) and at Glendon College, York University (as HIST 3390).

HIST 3423 : seminars

File consists of material for HIST 3423, England from Reformation to Revolution, 1500-1658, taught at Tyndale University College.

HIST 3133 : Tutorials

File consists of material for HIST 3133, World of Early Christians, taught at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2513 : lectures

File consists of lecture notes for HIST 2513, History of Christianity, taught at Tyndale University College.

Hannah More

File consists of teaching material related to Hannah More (1745-1844), the English writer.

HIST 3395/19 : Crime

File consists of materials related to a lecture prepared for HIST 3395, England from the Restoration to the Industrial Revolution, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 3433 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650 : English Revolution

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650 : English Revolution, 1649-1660

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/19 : Social change, 1540-1640

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2413 : Intro British 2nd term

File consists of lecture lists for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/50 : 1st & 2nd term review lecture

File consists of material related to HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/52 : The Thatcher Years, 1979-1990

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650 : Post-war Britain, 1945-1979

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 3395/17 : Religion in the 18th century

File consists of materials related to a lecture prepared for HIST 3395, England from the Restoration to the Industrial Revolution, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 3433 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/50 : Churchill

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650 : World War I (1900-1918)

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/46 : Society + politics before WWI

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/45 : Ireland in 19th + 20th centuries

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/42 : Gladstone

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/42 : Victorian imperialism

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/39 : The Railway Age

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 2650/26 : The era of reform, 1800-1832

File consists of lecture material for HIST 2650, Introduction to British History, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 2403 at Tyndale University College.

HIST 3395/14 : Politics (J.C.D. Clarke)

File consists of materials related to a lecture prepared for HIST 3395, England from the Restoration to the Industrial Revolution, taught at Glendon College, York University. This course was also taught as HIST 3433 at Tyndale University College.

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