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Albert Tucker fonds
F0604 · Fonds · 1876-1989

Fonds consists of research notes and historical documents related to the creation of an official history of the John Labatt Brewing Company of Canada.

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Jim Galloway fonds
F0686 · Fonds · 1907-2015

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the life and work of Canadian-Scottish Jazz musician and Toronto Jazz Festival founder, Jim Galloway. Records include those pertaining to his early life in Scotland, his work as a booking agent and radio host with CKFM, his administrative roles with the Toronto Jazz Festival, and his life as a performing saxophonist. In addition to the administrative contracts, correspondence, notes, travel records, gig and festival memorabilia, sheet music, and other records pertaining to Galloway's career, the fonds includes extensive audio recordings of Galloway's radio show, Toronto Alive, as well as various other recordings created or compiled by Galloway throughout his career.

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2016-023 / 001 (01)-026 · Item · 14 September 1916
Part of Clara Thomas Archives collection

Image of a group portrait of 16 men in uniform posing on a wooden riser outdoors. Annotation reads: "From Bandsman Peter McKivens, 160. Batt. England. London Ont. Canada. Sept 14/16 160. Bruce Battalion Band Boys, 160 Bruce County."

Cuba : research
2016-043/010(021) · File · [197-?], 1981, 1991
Part of John D. Harbron family fonds

File contains two excerpts of interview transcripts with Sr. Francisco Quijada, a Cuban bibliography research notes, and correspondence regarding research on the Cuban community in Miami and Cuban-Canadian trading relations.

F0674 · Fonds · 1918-1998, predominant 1925-1977

Fonds illustrates Madeleine Boss Lasserre’s career and interests as a music educator of children and adults in Toronto, Ontario. Most of the material was created between 1925 and 1977, while Lasserre was actively employed with the Margaret Eaton School and the Toronto Conservatory of Music. A small subset of the records were created outside of this time span. Records include: Dalcroze teaching and demonstration notes and diagrams; correspondence with colleagues and students; material pertaining to general early childhood education; and material related to the administration and promotion of courses in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Fonds contains notes and notebooks, pamphlets, programmes, correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks, as well as photographs of Lasserre and other members of the Dalcroze and music communities.

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F0417 · Fonds · 1961-2005

The fonds consists of agendas of meetings of SSSOCCC, correspondence and reports of organizations that pre-dated Stop Spadina, records relating to Metropolitan Toronto Council, the City of Toronto Council and city departments, and the Province of Ontario, including correspondence with politicians, speeches, minutes of meetings, transportation studies of Toronto and other jurisdictions, and related material. There are financial records and receipts from Stop Spadina, briefs presented by it and others to the Metropolitan Toronto Council Transportation Committee and Executive Committee, reports on planning from city and metropolitan departments (Roads, Public Works, etc.), membership applications and membership lists of Stop Spadina, press releases and newspaper clippings, newsletters of Stop Spadina and community groups, brochures, leaflets and related paraphernalia from Stop Spadina. There are audio recordings of Stop Spadina meetings, interviews with news media, speeches and lectures, and of meetings of city and metropolitan councils. There is also a filmed statement by Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan on Spadina titled, 'The burning would,' (1970).

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Herbert Hunt fonds
F0683 · Fonds · 1926-1970, predominant 1926-1938

Fonds consists of diaries, account books, crop records, photographs, publications and drafts written by Hunt, correspondence, contracts, receipts, government documents and publications, newspaper and magazine articles, maps, and ephemera. Hunt’s correspondence with various government officials and travel coordinators documents his enrollment in the Settlement Scheme, and the processes involved in migrating from England to Canada. Hunt’s participation in the scheme is further documented by his accumulation of government publications and legal documents, as well as the journals and receipts that pertained to his farming activities. Photographs and maps depict Hedgerows farm and its location. Newspaper and magazine clippings and other printed ephemera collected by Hunt, while in Saskatchewan and after his return to England, record his continued interest in the fates of his fellow settlers. Although Hunt published an essay recounting his experiences positively, his drafts speak of his ultimate discontent with the Settlement Scheme.

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Ellen C. Adams fonds
F0251 · Fonds · 1956-1978

The fonds documents Ellen C. Adams' political activities at municipal level in the Toronto area for the period 1956-1975, including her involvement with the Avenue Bay Cottingham Ratepayers' Association and the Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations (CORRA). Records include subject files pertaining to the City of Toronto Council, the City of Toronto Planning Board, Toronto municipal elections, transportation and the waterfront, as well as meeting minutes, periodicals, books, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, a map and directory, reports, papers and briefs.

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H. Roy Merrens fonds
F0356 · Fonds · 1969-1999

The fonds consists of records accumulated by Roy Merrens as a result of his activities as a geographer, professor, and member of various associations, authorities, and boards. The records have been physically arranged by the creator by subject; the original order has been maintained. They include maps, correspondence, minutes and agenda of meetings, mailing lists, reports, drafts, notes, press releases, proposals, copies of legislation, affidavits, telegrams, statistical data tables, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs, slides and a postcard. Also included is a file containing articles and reports about the geography, landscape and architecture of York University.

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Photo album
2008-012/002(4) · File · 1980-1981
Part of Lloyd Mackenzie fonds

File consists of photograph album documenting Mackenzie's trips to Kingston, Miami and the Thousand Islands, a cruise of the Caribbean as well as his life in Toronto.

2012-010/015(3) · File · September 1972
Part of Donald Stovel Macdonald fonds

File consists of speaking notes outlining the work of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources to meet the growing demand for energy, particularly in terms of resources under the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Hudson Bay, the Arctic, and the Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory, including exploration for oil and gas and the Mackenzie valley pipeline.

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Operation Lifeline fonds
F0369 · Fonds · 1978-1985

The fonds documents the establishment of Operation Lifeline - Campaign to Save the Boat People and its activities for the period of 1978-1985.

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Photo album
2008-012/002(3) · File · 1978-1980
Part of Lloyd Mackenzie fonds

File consists of a photograph album documenting Mackenzie's travels to Morocco, Stratford, New Orleans, a Caribbean cruise as well as his life in Toronto.

Shore family fonds
F0543 · Fonds · 1916-1945

The fonds consists primarily of approximately 50 letters written to Mrs. Thomas Shore, and one to Jennie Shore. Most of the letters were written by Mrs. Shore's son Charles W. Shore, and about thirteen of these were sent to Mrs. Shore by her cousin, Andy Bach. There are also about a dozen letters of recommendations for Ivan Bradshaw Miles Barr.

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Arnold Hoffman fonds
F0705 · Fonds · 1924-1956

Fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by Arnold Hoffman as a prospector and stockholder, relating to gold mining operations in Ontario, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories. Records relating to the gold mines at Wright-Rouyn, Arrowhead, and Thompson-Lundmark include: maps and sketches, photographs, geological studies, reports, and assay reports. Files also contain records pertaining to Stadacona Rouyn, Sunset Yellowknife, Junior Frood, Coniaurum, Algood, Pershon, Resenor, Michipicoten, Croydon Rouyn, and El Canada mines, including geological reports, and correspondence. Records related to Hoffman’s stocks and business operations as Secretary of Gold Operators (Canada) Ltd. include stockholder lists, securities lists, annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, cheques, and contracts.

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F0511 · Fonds · 1960-2015, predominant 1984-2018

Fonds consists of the organizational records of the Mariposa Folk Foundation Inc., the volunteer organization established to manage and operate the Mariposa Folk Festival. Also includes donations of material from early organizers of the Mariposa Folk Festival prior to the incorporation of the Mariposa Folk Foundation.

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Cuba: (5) Castro, Fidel
2016-043/010(013) · File · Mar. 1975
Part of John D. Harbron family fonds

File contains photo of Harbron with Fidel Castro at Canadian Embassy in Havana during the March 1975 official Canadian Trade Mission of Alastair Gillespie to Cuba.