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File consists of a draft article written by Axelrod and Charles Levi entitled "A comparative perspective on universities in Canada and Great Britain during the Two World Wars", to be published in "Cultures, communities, and conflict: histories of Canadian universities and war", edited by Paul Stortz and E.L. Panayotidis. Included is a draft table of contents, correspondence, reader notes and suggested revisions for the article.

Item is a draft article by Axelrod entitled "Moving up and selling out - or not", published in the April 2009 edition of the York University Magazine.

File consists of correspondence and drafts of Axelrod's entry entitled "The university" for the Canadian Encyclopedia.

Item is the text of a blog entry entitled "Dumping on the students - again" written by Axelrod for the Academic Matters blog of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Axelrod and the editors of the Canadian Historical Review pertaining to revisions to Axelrod's article, "No longer a 'last resort': the end of corporal punishment in the schools of Toronto".

File consists of correspondence, reader comments and a corrected proof pertaining to Axelrod's paper, co-written with Roopa Desai-Trilokekar, Theresa Shanahan and Richard Wellen, entitled "People, processes, and policy-making in Canadian post-secondary education, 1990-2000", published in the journal "Higher Education Policy".

Item is a paper by Robert Clift entitled "'But where's the money?' A historiographical analysis of Paul Axelrod's 'Scholars and dollars'", written for HIED 565A, taught by Bill Bruneau at the University of British Columbia.

Item is an e-mail sent to Axelrod by William Bruneau with edit comments and revisions pertaining to Axelrod's paper, "The politics of policy-making".

File consists of a letter sent to Axelrod by J. Donald Wilson, accompanied by his review of Axelrod's book, "The promise of schooling", which was published in the journal "Historical studies in education".

Item is an article entitled "Op-ed describes university rankings as flawed intellectual shortcuts" published on the Academica Group website. The article references Axelrod's 10 November 2014 op-ed piece for the National Post newspaper.

Item is a paper by Axelrod entitled "The urban response to industrialization", prepared for a Canadian history seminar at the University of Toronto in 1972-1973.

Item is Axelrod's marked essay entitled "Environmentalism and continentalism: Canadian historical writing in the 1930s" for HIST 1149 at the University of Toronto.

File consists of a course syllabus and a draft essay by Axelrod pertaining to his enrollment in a York University political science course, "The political development of Canada".

File consists of a course syllabus and Axelrod's notes for this course, HIST 512, "The historical study of social and family structure", which he audited at York University.

File consists of handwritten notes pertaining to Axelrod's PhD comprehensive examinations at York University in 1975.

File consists of notes pertaining to the study of history and to a historiographic approach to quantitative history, written by Axelrod.

File consists of page proofs of Axelrod and Paul Anisef's article, "Baby boomers in transition: life-course experiences of the 'Class of '73'", included as a chapter in the book "Restructuring work and the life course". Included is an accompanying letter from the University of Toronto Press, who published the book.

Item is an annotated draft text, "Opportunity and uncertainty: life course experiences of the class of '73", prepared by Axelrod for presentation at the 2000 conference of the Canadian History of Education Association.

File consists of Globe and Mail articles written by John Ibbitson on the subject of post-secondary education, as well as correspondence exchanged between Axelrod and Ibbitson on this subject.

File consists of author proofs for this article, co-written by Axelrod, "Against all odds? The enduring value of liberal education in universities, professions, and the labour market", published in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education. Included in the file is an abstract for the article and correspondence pertaining to the re-publication of part of the article as a chapter in a McGill-Queen's University Press book, "Integrating school and workplace learning in Canada".

File consists of records pertaining to Axelrod's presentation of a paper at "The University of Toronto and its histories: a symposium", held on 26 May 2002. Included is an event program, correspondence, notes and Axelrod's draft paper, "The University of Toronto through historians' eyes".

File consists of records pertaining to Axelrod's contract to write an entry on universities for the Oxford Companion to Canadian History". These records include correspondence exchanged with Oxford University Press, a letter of agreement, notes and a draft copy of Axelrod's entry.

File consists of papers published and distributed by the Canadian Union of Students. The authors of these papers include academics and students, and the subject matter pertains mainly to education, politics, equality rights, student government, labour unions, and economics.

File consists of records pertaining to the Ontario Union of Students' January 1970 and May 1971 conferences, as well as the Union's financial statement for 1 June 1969 to 16 January 1970.

File consists of correspondence, memoranda and a conference programme pertaining to Axelrod's membership in CHEA and his presentation of a paper, "Higher education, utilitarianism and the acquisitive society: Canada 1930-1980", at a joint conference of CHEA and the History of Education Society held in Vancouver on 14-16 October 1983.

Item is a memorandum sent by York University president David W. Slater pertaining to the status of negotiations between the University and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

File consists of a cover letter, a list of references and York University guidelines for faculty on sabbatical pertaining to Axelrod's application for a 1988 Canadian Visiting Fellowship at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Item is a letter sent by Axelrod to Dr. Najm, who was the chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of Board of Governors on Retrenchment at OISE, pertaining to OISE's termination of professors Harold Troper and David Levine.

File consists of a memorandum and letter pertaining to the resignation of Lauren MacDowell as editor of the journal "Ontario history".

File consists of three copies of this agreement, a blank copy and two copies issued to contributors Lesley Bellamy and John H. Lewko.

File consists of papers published and distributed by the Canadian Union of Students. The authors of these papers include academics and students, and the subject matter pertains mainly to education, politics, equality rights, student government, labour unions, and economics.

File consists of resolutions for an OUS conference held at Glendon College, a paper by Ken Stone entitled "To the students of Castle Frank", a paper written by Wayne Hankey entitled "The representivity game", and an unattributed paper presented at an OUS conference in Guelph entitled "Academocracy".

File consists of papers and essays written by students and academics pertaining to a variety of subjects concerning post-secondary education, socialism and student activism, accumulated by Axelrod through his involvement with the student union movement.

File consists of papers and essays written by students and academics pertaining to a variety of subjects concerning post-secondary education, socialism and student activism, accumulated by Axelrod through his involvement with the student union movement.

File consists of copies of student articles accumulated by Axelrod about problems with engineering education and the profession in general.

File consists of a National Union of Students pamphlet entitled "It's your movement", a booklet prepared by the Council of the York Federation of Students entitled "Post-secondary education in Ontario: Do you know what's happening? Do you care?", and a Glendon College Student Council pamphlet entitled "A university is for people".

Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to Paul Axelrod's academic writing and career as a university professor and administrator. These records include personal and professional correspondence, draft manuscripts and articles, academic papers, course materials, audio recordings, photographs and other research materials.

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.

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.

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.

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.