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Osgoode Hall Law School : correspondence

File consists of letters regarding the appointment of Donald S. Macdonald as night librarian, his selection to lead an orientation group for first-year students, and notice for a special convocation for call to the bar, 23 June 1955.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Harvard Law School

File consists of the class schedule for 1955-1956, official register, a draft of Donald S. Macdonald's application for admission, and an overview of the merits of Harvard Law School.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Stan Clark : note on practicing law

File consists of an extract from a letter from Harold Fisher, K.C. to John Trepanier containing advice on starting a law practice, with handwritten notes by Donald S. Macdonald indicating that the extract had been given to him by Clark (his father's lawyer) with advice on the importance of service to the community.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

International study and firm recruitment

File consists of correspondence with various university officials, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, and law firms regarding graduate studies in international law, administration of the Rowell Fellowship, and research at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. File also includes two prints of a portrait of Donald S. Macdonald.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Harry W. Arthurs fonds

  • F0255
  • Fonds
  • 1957-2016

Fonds consists of Arthurs' records pertaining to his activities including: administrative files for York University and Osgoode Hall Law School, 1961-2006; teaching files, ca. 1961-2009; speeches, 1985-2007; research and writing files, 1957-2008; community service files, 1962-1997; UAW Public Review Board case files, 1967-1977; arbitration case files, 1966-1984; and correspondence, 1958-2007 (predominant 1971-2007). Accession 2007-014 consists of documents for the Federal Labour Standards Review, including correspondence, annotated published and typescript reference material, briefs and notes from the hearings, research projects on labour standards, and drafts of the final report and recommendations. Accession 2009-010 contains records created while with Ontario's Expert Commission on Pensions, including research papers, agendas and submissions for public hearings, briefing notes, and working files.

Arthurs, Harry W., 1935-

McCarthy & McCarthy : memoranda : part 1

File consists of legal memoranda and correspondence prepared by Donald S. Macdonald for senior associates of the law firm, in particular Senator S.A. Hayden, J.H.C. Clarry, J.W. Walker, J.W. Blain, and W.R. Rest.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Robert Tresillian re: Financial post : part 1

File consists of research notes and drafts of articles on a variety of topics prepared by Donald S. Macdonald as one of a panel of lawyers who publish commentaries on the law under the pseudonym, Robert Tresillian.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

McCarthy & McCarthy : memoranda : part 2

File consists of legal memoranda and correspondence prepared by Donald S. Macdonald for senior associates of the law firm, in particular Senator S.A. Hayden, J.H.C. Clarry, J.W. Walker, J.W. Blain, and W.R. Rest.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Robert Tresillian re: Financial post : part 2

File consists of research notes and drafts of articles on a variety of topics prepared by Donald S. Macdonald as one of a panel of lawyers who publish commentaries on the law under the pseudonym, Robert Tresillian.

Macdonald, Donald S., 1932-

Michael Mandel fonds

  • F0663
  • Fonds
  • 1967-2013

Fonds consists of records documenting the work and activities of Michael Mandel in his roles as a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, as a writer and lawyer, and as a political activist. These records include draft articles and academic papers, course materials and lecture notes, correspondence, memoranda, research files, newspaper and magazine clippings, posters and event notices.

Mandel, Michael, 1948-2013

Parkdale Community Legal Services fonds

  • F0378
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1981

The fonds documents the functioning and activities of Parkdale Community Legal Services for the period 1971-1981. It includes minutes of meetings, internal and external correspondence, financial records, annual reports, published material and other material.

Parkdale Community Legal Services

Marilou McPhedran fonds

  • F0514
  • Fonds
  • 1973-2016, predominant 1985-2003

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Marilou McPhedran through her activities as a lawyer, legal reformer, and activist. These records illustrate the breadth and variety of McPhedran's work in the areas of constitutional reform, women's international and national rights, women's health, and violence against women and children. Included in the fonds are administrative records of a number of non-profit organizations and committees of which she was a founder, including the Women's Legal Education Action Fund, the Gerstein Centre, the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence against Women and Children, and the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution. Other records in this fonds, including subject files, correspondence and conference materials, document McPhedran's academic, research and writing work and her contracted work for women's health organizations.

McPhedran, Marilou