Print preview Close

Showing 310 results

Archival description
1 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Cameron family fonds
CA ON00370 F0493 · Fonds · 1865-1990 ; 1969-1990 predominent

Fonds consists of more than 60 letters, newsletters, poems, and greeting cards written by Margaret Laurence to Ian and Sandy Cameron, as well as a copy of Laurence's will. The correspondence discusses Laurence's work as a writing instructor and speaker at the University of Toronto, her relationship with other Canadian writers and Clara Thomas, her move from Toronto to Lakefield, and her involvement with the Writers' Union of Canada conference in Ottawa in November 1973. Laurence comments extensively on her own works and her efforts to encourage other writers (including Ian Cameron), her efforts to produce a recording of songs with her lyrics and Cameron's musical score to accompany "The diviners," the film contract based on this novel, and her elation at winning the Molson Prize in 1975. The correspondence also discusses her divorce from Jack Laurence, her relationship with her children, and her views on social and generational change. The correspondence is accompanied by nine vinyl recordings given by Laurence to the Camerons that feature European classical music, African palm wine music, and Ghanian highlife music. The fonds also contains five letters from John Ruskin, the Victorian writer and art critic, to Kate Towney and Arbuthnot Cameron, 1865-1867, regarding Towney's marriage and financial affairs, mineral collecting, and ideas from Ruskin's book, "Modern painters." These letters are accompanied by notes and transcripts, as well as a letter written in 1907 regarding the Ruskin correspondence.

Untitled
Frances Dafoe fonds
CA ON00370 F0613 · Fonds · 189-? - 2007 ; 1950-1993 predominent

Fonds consists of the research files and reference material used by Frances Dafoe in her capacity as a costume designer for theatre, television production, performances and figure skating competitions.

Untitled
Alison Pick fonds
CA ON00370 F0586 · Fonds · 1988-2010

Fonds consists of records documenting the writing, editing, publication and promotion of Alison Pick's poetry and novels, particularly "Far to go." These records include draft manuscripts, galley proofs, notes, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, day planners, literary publications, journals and memorabilia. Fonds is arranged into several series.

Untitled
Hilary Armstrong fonds
CA ON00370 ON00370 · Fonds · 1970-1974

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Waffle movement and includes clippings, campaign material, policy papers and research materials, minutes of the provincial executive and provincial council, some correspondence, Waffle newsletters and bulletins, educational material and bibliographies.

Untitled
Giles Endicott fonds
CA ON00370 F0562 · Fonds · 1961, 1963-1973

Fonds consists of Endicott's Waffle records and includes such items as correspondence pertaining to, and seeking support for, the position paper "For and Independent Socialist Canada," a chronological survey of documents dealing with the Waffle and public reaction as created by the Canadian Labour Congress, documents leading to the Waffle Manifesto, financial documents, supporting material, news clippings, resolutions, and so on.

Untitled
Varpu Lindström fonds
CA ON00370 F0558 · Fonds · 1887-2012

Fonds consists of Lindstrom's professorial and scholarly research files throughout her career, as well as records documenting her academic activities. Research files pertain to her publications and monographs such as "Defiant Sisters : A Social History of Finnish Immigrant Women in Canada, 1890-1930" (both the English and Finnish editions), and "From Heroes to Enemies : Finns in Canada, 1937-1947," as well as book chapters, articles, papers, presentations and lectures, and her involvement with the National Film Board production "Letters from Karelia," and subsequent research. The research files span the activities of Finnish and Finnish-Canadian organizations across the political spectrum, such as the Finnish Organization of Canada (left wing), and Loyal Finns in Canada (right wing). Records include oral history interviews (audio cassettes and transcripts), research notes, clippings, a significant and extensive number of photograph and letter collections passed down through generations of Finnish Canadians, diaries, correspondence, publication drafts, academic and professorial notes, microfilm of Finnish language newspapers published in Canada and archival records, financial records of Finnish-Canadian organizations such as newspapers and post-World War II relief funding bodies, scrapbooks, photocopies of rare and unusual documents such as two volumes of a Soviet register of Finnish War Crimes, a list of persons found in the mass grave at Karhumaki, and Soviet lists of North American Finns who journeyed to Karelia to help build a socialist utopia there, academic and professorial files, publicity files, files pertaining to her work with the School of Women's Studies, and her own papers as a university student. The fonds also includes letters written by Lindstrom as a newly-arrived teenaged immigrant to Canada to her best friend in Finland; many of these letters were published in Finnish with English translation in 'Letters from an immigrant teenager' in 2012.

Untitled
Mary F. Williamson fonds
CA ON00370 F0098 · Fonds · 1851-2004 ; predominent 1965-2004

The fonds consists of material which documents Williamson's career as a fine arts bibliographer, librarian and instructor along with associated professional and scholarly activities. It includes correspondence and reports prepared for collection acquisitions (e.g. Germain Bazin library, archives and postcard collection), other library initiatives, interactions with various library departments, and departments in the Faculty of Fine Arts including visual arts, dance, and theatre; material related to her work on YUFA, PLAYU (Professional Librarians Association of York University), the Librarians' Group, and other York University and library committees; exhibition catalogues, monographs, articles and conference presentations authored by Williamson; and research materials, grant files and teaching files. The fonds also includes a collection of letters and photographs that Williamson sent home during her stay at various summer camps between 1940 and 1951, material related to the Moore Park Ratepayers' Association, and a collection that Williamson acquired consisting of 63 photocopied letters from literary and artistic figures in Canada such as Susanna Moodie and George Munro Grant, addressed to Louisa Murray (1818-1894), literary critic and writer on feminist issues.

Untitled
CA ON00370 F0025 · Fonds · 1961-1990, predominant 1975-1989

The fonds consists of the records of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA) Chairperson, 1980-1984; the Librarians' Chapter, 1976-1985; and the Joint Grievance Committee, 1979-1984. Other series consist of Minutes, 1961-1986; Correspondence and papers, 1962-1989; Financial records, 1968-1985; Reports, 1967-1974; Printed material, 1964-1987; Ballots, forms, and opinion polls, 1973-1987.

Untitled
V.A. (Tommy) Thompson fonds
CA ON00370 F0097 · Fonds · 1969-1979

Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, People or Planes (POP) Committee organizational files, and environmental and agricultural files related to efforts to stop the establishment of the proposed Pickering airport by the federal government.

Untitled
Bruce Powe fonds
CA ON00370 F0104 · Fonds · [ca. 1951]-1994

Fonds consists of Bruce Allen Powe's diaries, personal correspondence and correspondence, writings, and other files relating to provincial Liberal politics (1960-1965), journals, his M.A. thesis and research files. There are manuscript drafts for his works of fiction. Also included are manuscripts for reviews, essays, articles, and press clippings of reviews on his published works.

Untitled
Ian Gentles fonds
CA ON00370 F0106 · Fonds · [ca. 1970]-1989

Fonds consists of Ian Gentles' correspondence, press clippings, and newsletters related to the issue of abortion and organizations supporting the right to life.

Untitled
Donald Davis fonds
CA ON00370 F0108 · Fonds · 1934-1993

Fonds consists framed etchings of costume and set designs, framed theatre playbills, engraved prints, broadsides, sound recordings, photographs, press clippings and textual records related to Donald Davis' career in theatre and the dramatic arts.

Untitled
J.D. Keehn fonds
CA ON00370 F0109 · Fonds · 1951-1995

Fonds consists of J.D. (Jack) Keehn's published articles (1951-1990), speaking engagements (1951-1994), research files, professorial files, photographs and negatives for graphs used in publications, draft manuscripts for published and unpublished works, book reviews, essays, and press clippings.

Untitled
Susan Swan fonds
CA ON00370 F0113 · Fonds · 1945-2004

Fonds consists of records documenting Susan Swan's personal and professional life as a university teacher and writer, including correspondence, research materials, photographs, and manuscript drafts. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Personal files Correspondence Academic and teaching files Manuscript drafts

Untitled
Thomas A. Hockin fonds
CA ON00370 F0116 · Fonds · [ca. 1976]-2005

Fonds consists of correspondence and subject files, ministerial files relating to Thomas A. Hockin's activities as the Minister of State (Finance), constituency files, press releases, press clippings, research files, correspondence related to Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO), memoranda to the Minister for International Trade, and chronological and subject correspondence relating to International Trade. The fonds also includes Hockin's files as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, which discuss issues such as sales practices for mutual funds, industry standards and self-regulation, educational initiatives within the industry, and the impact of international events upon the market value of securities.

Untitled
Rhombus Media fonds
CA ON00370 F0118 · Fonds · 1978-1993

Fonds consists of film and video footage, sound tracks, and related production files for 40 films produced by Rhombus Media Inc., including the finished products.

Untitled
Leonard White fonds
CA ON00370 F0123 · Fonds · 1982-1995

Fonds consists of letters from Herbert Whittaker to Leonard White and his wife, Margaret.

Untitled
Earle Beattie fonds
CA ON00370 F0126 · Fonds · 1972-1982

Fonds consists of files relating to Earle Beattie's involvement with the formation and maintenance of the publication, Media Probe (1972-1976), which was renamed the Canadian Journal of Communication (1977-1982).

Untitled
Elizabeth Kilbourn fonds
CA ON00370 F0131 · Fonds · 1971-1999

Fonds consists of correspondence, personal files, writings by Elizabeth Kilbourn, community involvment files, files related to her activities as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada.

Untitled
Zdenka Volavka fonds
CA ON00370 F0132 · Fonds · Reproduced [197-]-[198-]

Fonds consists of Zdenka Volavka's professorial files, including her research files, related to the kingship and royal ritual in Ngoyo, Africa.

Untitled