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A.R. Hackett : UofT 1926-30

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with A.R. Hackett for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Diana Pedersen : college, women and YMCA

File consists of a copy of a paper by Pedersen entitled "'The call to service': the YMCA and the Canadian college woman, 1886-1920", as well as correspondence, revision notes, and reader comments by Axelrod and John G. Reid. This paper was included in "Youth, university and Canadian society".

Publishing contracts/agreements

File consists of correspondence, contracts and publishing agreements pertaining to the publication of Axelrod's books (as editor), book chapters, journal articles, reviews, and freelance newspaper articles.

Ontario History

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

Visible minorities and universities

Item is a paper entitled "Visible minorities and the universities of Canada: some obstacles and challenges on the road to social justice" by Thomas A. Meininger.

Social science 5-year plan

File consists of a draft and final version of York University Division of Social Science's five-year planning document.

Conference : commentary : unpublished

Item is a commentary written by Axelrod regarding Canadian Historical Association papers written by Linda Ambrose ("Canadian youth in the 1940s: helping to shape the postwar society") and Nicole Neatby ("Student leaders at the University of Montreal, 1950-1958: behind the 'Carabin persons'").

Assessment : CHA [Canadian Historical Association] : paper

File consists of a commentary by Axelrod on two papers, "Canadian youth in the 1940s: helping to shape the postwar society" by Linda Ambrose and "Student leaders at the University of Montreal (1950-1958): behind the 'Carabin persona'" by Nicole Neatby, for the Canadian Historical Association. A letter from Nicole Neatby is also included in the file.

Assessments : manuscripts

File consists of correspondence and copies of Axelrod's assessments of book and article manuscripts for a variety of journals and publishers, as well as some assessments sent to the author directly.

Conference : Australia 1993 : "Spying on the young"

File consists of correspondence and a travel grant application pertaining to Axelrod's attendance at a conference held on 9-12 December 1993 at Monash University in Melbourne, co-sponsored by Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society and the Canadian History of Education Association, and his presentation of a paper entitled "Spying on the young: RCMP surveillance of students and youth in Canada, 1935-1942".

Assessment : review : manuscripts : Ont. history

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Axelrod and Dianne M. Hallman of the Ontario Historical Society regarding Axelrod's review of a paper for the journal Ontario History's special issue on women's biography. A copy of Axelrod's review is also part of the file.

Promotion to full professor 1994

File consists of correspondence, memoranda and supporting materials pertaining to Axelrod's successful application for promotion to full professor at York University effective 1 January 1994.

Class of '73 : general, meetings

File consists of Axelrod's notes about this study of the population of Ontarians who were grade 12 students in 1973, as well as questions for group interviews of subjects, minutes of the meetings of the research team, and correspondence regarding the project.

Letter from Paul Axelrod to Dr. Samni Najm

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.

Class of '73 : research policy symposium, Alberta, 1995

File consists of correspondence, an abstract, notes and an agenda pertaining to Axelrod's attendance at the National Research and Policy Symposium on Youth in Transition to Adulthood in Kananaskis, Alberta, in April 1995, and his conference paper (with Paul Anisef), "Transitions, the life course, and the class of '73: implications for current policy".

OISE contract 1994-5

File consists of correspondence, a contract and a memorandum pertaining to Axelrod's appointment as a sessional instructor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), teaching a course entitled "The history of higher education in Canada" in the 1995-1996 school year. Also included is a 9 February 2000 letter re-appointing Axelrod as a full member of the Theory and Policy Studies in Education department at OISE.

McKillop, "Matters of mind" : review

File consists of correspondence and two drafts of Axelrod's review of A.B. McKillop's book, "Matters of mind: the university in Ontario, 1791-1951", published by the Literary Review of Canada in 1994.

Publication : censorship : admin, correspondence

File consists of correspondence and a sample contract pertaining to a censorship research project and publication of a book, "Censorship in Canada today", edited by Klaus Petersen and Allan Hutchinson and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1999, for which Axelrod authored a paper entitled "The ironies of academic freedom".

Publication : McGill paper : revisions for higher education perspectives

File consists of correspondence, revision notes, and Axelrod's draft paper, "McGill University on the landscape of Canadian higher education: historical reflections", which he delivered to the James McGill Society on 29 April 1996 and offered for publication to McGill University. Included are overhead transparencies from his presentation, as well as a program for the event.

Graduate programme : history

File consists of an issue of the February 1995 alumni newsletter of the York University Graduate Programme in History, as well as a 17 November 1997 memorandum from Viv Nelles regarding questions for the Canadian history field examination, drafted in part by Axelrod.

Westview partnership

File consists of notes, an interim report, an agenda, charts, a brochure and a study pertaining to the Westview Partnership, a program involving York University, Seneca College, the Toronto District School Board and the surrounding Jane-Finch community to improve access to post-secondary education.

Publication : Class of '73 paper

File consists of correspondence, publication guidelines and a copy of Axelrod's paper, "Transitions, the life course, and the Class of '73: implications for social policy", presented at the Research and Policy Symposium on Youth in Transition to Adulthood held in Kananaskis on 25-29 April 1995.

Review : "Bankrupt education"

Item is a Axelrod's review of this book, written by Peter C. Emberley and Waller R. Newell and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994.

Class of '73 : assessment of manuscript

File consists of correspondence and notes pertaining to feedback from the University of Toronto Press and its readers for the manuscript for "Opportunity and uncertainty".

Review : student writings on "Scholars and dollars"

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.

Publication : UofT history proposal : Gidney/Millar

File consists of correspondence and two drafts of a proposal, written by Axelrod, Robert Gidney and Winnifred Millar, to write a history of the University of Toronto, submitted to the University of Toronto History Committee of the University of Toronto Press. A note in the file by Axelrod indicates that Martin Friedland got the contract to write the book, published in 2002.

"The promise of schooling"

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".

Teaching evaluations : UBC

File consists of the compiled results of student evaluations and student questionnaires pertaining to a course taught by Axelrod (EDST 500) taught at the University of British Columbia in the summer of 1997 while a visiting scholar.

Public Lending Right Commission

File consists of correspondence and title earning summaries sent to Axelrod by the Public Lending Right Commission in 1998 and 2002 pertaining to his earnings for publications he authored or edited.

Social science retreat 1998 : Axelrod presentation

File consists of records pertaining to the York University Division of Social Science retreat held on 21 Apr. 1998, including a copy of the Division's plan for July 1998 to July 2002, a retreat itinerary, a paper by Judy Hellman, and a copy of Axelrod's paper entitled "Does liberal education have a future?". Included are background materials including a Division of Social Science program review.

Class of '73 : U of T conference paper 1998

File consists of Axelrod's paper presented at this conference on 7 May 1998, "Negotiating the life course: structure and agency in the class of '73", as well as overhead transparencies used in the presentation.

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