Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1967- 1985 (Creation)
- Creator
- James Fraser
Physical description area
Physical description
19cm of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
James Andrew Fraser (1946-1985) grew up in New Brunswick and attended St. Thomas University there, completing a BA in Canadian history in 1969. He worked at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick from 1972-1974 and during this time wrote a number of local histories. After a year of travelling and casual work, he settled in Toronto in 1976. He worked at the City of Toronto Archives and devoted much of his free time to the Canadian Gay Archives (now the ArQuives). He was instrumental in the development of the archives from “some small boxes of material culled from files of the Body Politic” to “one of the most comprehensive gay and lesbian archives in the world.” He began the Masters of Archival Science program at the University of British Columbia in 1983 but fell ill and was unable to complete the program. He died of AIDS in 1985.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds contains the records of James Fraser, consisting of personal correspondence, articles by Fraser primarily about gay archives and history, newspaper articles about Fraser’s gay activism, a collection of historical editorials about homosexuality compiled by Fraser, and miscellaneous records pertaining to Fraser’s life and organizations with which he was involved. The fonds also includes obituaries and memorials for Fraser. While most of the records pertain to Toronto, his academic work was done in British Columbia, and some records relate to his early life and family in New Brunswick. The collected editorials are drawn from Canadian newspapers.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
As there was no discernible original order, the records were grouped logically into files, primarily by documentary form (correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc.).
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
The collection is open to researchers. Banking information and addresses restricted from publication.