1301 Les Green fonds University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS)
120 St. George St. Toronto Ontario M5S 1A5 Telephone: 416-978-5344 Fax: 416-946-5343 Email: utarms@utoronto.ca https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/
2024-09-25 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.10.1 2026-03-03 20:07 UTC English Les Green fonds 1301 B2023-0021 1957-2023 0.28 m of textual and graphic records (3 boxes)616 digital files (226 MB) University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS)
120 St. George St. Toronto Ontario M5S 1A5 Telephone: 416-978-5344 Fax: 416-946-5343 Email: utarms@utoronto.ca https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/

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This fonds contains records in the form of published articles, lecture notes and memorabilia documenting Les Green’s career as a computer programmer. There is also correspondence, typescript, poems and notes documenting his friendship and collaboration with poet Raymond Souster. It also contains a detailed account and slides of a four-month expedition on Salmon Glacier led by Tuzo Wilson in 1956.

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Digital files must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Please [contact the Digital Records Archivist](https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/contact-us) to schedule an appointment or for more details.* A spreadsheet inventory of all digital files is available upon request by email.

* Finding aid by Marnee Gamble, 2024* Added to AtoM by E. Sommers, Sep. 2024

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 B2023-0021/001 B2023-0021/001P B2023-0021_df001 Salmon Glacier Expedition 1301-1 B2023-0021/001(01)-(05) B2023-0021/001P(01)-(04) B2023-0021_df001 1957, 2018 0.05 of textual files200 35 mm slides: col1 digital file (26 MB; .pdf)

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Consists of a detailed account and slides of a four-month expedition on Salmon Glacier led by Tuzo Wilson in 1956.

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 B2023-0021/001 Salmon Glacier Expedition Files – includes stories of expedition over 4 parts and children’s book 1301-1-B2023-0021/001(01)-(05) B2023-0021/001(01)-(05) 1957 5 files of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001P Salmon Glacier Expedition colour slides 1301-1-B2023-0021/001P(01)-(04) B2023-0021/001P(01)-(04) 1957 95 35 mm col. Slides

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 B2023-0021_df001 Salmon Glacier picture book [digital file – PDF] 1301-1-B2023-0021_df001 B2023-0021_df001 2018 1 digital file (26 MB; .pdf)

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 B2023-0021/001 Computer programming and teaching 1301-2 B2023-0021/001(06)-(22) 1959-1979 0.07 m of textual records

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This series includes articles written by Les Green on computer programming as well as some written by others. It also includes some records relating to his employment at KCS Limited as well as courses he taught in early computer science for the University of Toronto Department of Extension.

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 B2023-0021/001 Conversation with a Computer – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(06) B2023-0021/001(06) 1959 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Time Sharing in Traffic Control Panel – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(07) B2023-0021/001(07) 1964 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Traffic Prediction Models – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(08) B2023-0021/001(08) 1964 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 How computers work – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(09) B2023-0021/001(09) 1965 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Computer Programming for Business Applications – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(10) B2023-0021/001(10) 1966 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Breaking into the Computer Lab – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(11) B2023-0021/001(11) 1967 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 The Engineer’s Approach to Computers – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(12) B2023-0021/001(12) 1967 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Administering a Computer Curriculum – L. Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(13) B2023-0021/001(13) 1968 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 The Programmer Selection Equation - Edward Samuels 1301-2-B2023-0021/001 (14) B2023-0021/001 (14) n.d. 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Automating the Engineer’s task - Joseph Kates 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(15) B2023-0021/001(15) 1957 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Articles about KCS Limited – Company the Computer Built and Mathematics for an Everyday World 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(16) B2023-0021/001(16) 1959, 1962 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 KCS Limited – personnel record and psychological assessment for Les Green 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(17) B2023-0021/001(17) 1960-1966 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 KCS Limited - Newsletters 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(18) B2023-0021/001(18) 1962 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Article about early computing at UofT – Technology Issues demand Public Attention 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(19) B2023-0021/001(19) 1979 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Department of Extension – High Speed Data Processing – lectures, exams 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(20)-(21) B2023-0021/001(20)-(21) 1965-1967 2 files of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001 Department of Extension – Course – Man and the Computer – correspondence, lectures 1301-2-B2023-0021/001(22) B2023-0021/001(22) 1969 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 B2023-0021/001P B2023-0021_df002 B2023-0021_df003 B2023-0021_df004 B2023-0021_df005 Raymond Souster 1301-3 B2023-0021/002 B2023-0021/001P(06) B2023-0021_df002 – df005 1985-2023, predominant 2002-2011 0.07 m of textual records615 digital files (198 MB)

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This series documents the relationship between Green and Ray Souster, particularly their collaboration on *What men will die for* (2007) and *Never Counting the Cost* (2012). Most of this documentation is contained within the digital files and includes drafts, background notes, digital photographs and some correspondence. There are 392 emails from 2002-2013 from his lesgreen@sympatico.ca email address, discussing his work and relationship with Souster. Note that there are no emails between him and Souster.There are also poems written for Les and Marion Green, and other people, as well as some correspondence and legal documents. Also included is a booklet Souster wrote about the League of Canadian Poets for the groups 35th anniversary, digital photographs documenting a book launch in 2011, and scans of a photograph of Souster and his wife Lia.

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Digital files must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Please [contact the Digital Records Archivist](https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/contact-us) to schedule an appointment or for more details.

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 B2023-0021/002 ‘Our relationship with Raymond Souster’, Les Green 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(01) B2023-0021/002(01) 2023 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Power of Attorney – Roselia Souster 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(02) B2023-0021/002(02) 2002 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Notes, Poems, Thank yous from Souster to Les and Marion? 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(03) B2023-0021/002(03) 2002-2003 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Green and Souster, book collaboration 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(04) B2023-0021/002(04) 2003-2008 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 What Men will Die For 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(05)-(06) B2023-0021/002(05)-(06) 2006-2008 2 files of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Souster correspondence 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(07) B2023-0021/002(07) 2003-2006 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Souster’s UAC Stamp collection 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(08) B2023-0021/002(08) 2000 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 “In this Dark Earth’ publication Souster and Jame Deahl 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(09) B2023-0021/002(09) 1985 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 ‘How I spend my V.E. Day – poem by Ray Souster to George Fells 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(10) B2023-0021/002(10) n.d. 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 For my Poet-Twin on his 82nd Birthday To Sam Simchovitch 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(11) B2023-0021/002(11) n..d 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Kite Talk a poetry sequence for the computer by Ray Souster for Les and Marion Green (photocopy) 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(12) B2023-0021/002(12) n.d. 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 ‘Making the Damn Thing Work’ (booklet re. League of Canadian Poets) by Souster 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(13) B2023-0021/002(13) 2001 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Passage Through the Pyrennes (poem written by Souster just prior to his death) 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(14) B2023-0021/002(14) 2012? 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Booklet of poetry autographed by Gael Turnbull 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(15) B2023-0021/002(15) 2002 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/002 Articles about Souster 1301-3-B2023-0021/002(16) B2023-0021/002(16) 1991-2002 1 file of textual records

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 B2023-0021/001P Les Green and Ray Souster in office 1301-3-B2023-0021/001P(06) B2023-0021/001P(06) ca. 2007 1 photograph

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 B2023-0021_df002 Digital photographs 1301-3-B2023-0021_df002 B2023-0021_df002 15 digital files (16 MB; .tif and .jpeg)

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 B2023-0021_df003 Les Green’s email correspondence about Ray Souster 1301-3-B2023-0021_df003 B2023-0021_df003 2002-2013 392 emails (86 MB)

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 B2023-0021_df004 Souster – personal [digital files] 1301-3-B2023-0021_df004 B2023-0021_df004 2002-2012 7 digital files (451 KB)

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 B2023-0021_df005 Writings and Collaboration with Les Green [digital files] 1301-3-B2023-0021_df005 B2023-0021_df005 1999-2012 321 digital files (96 MB)

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 B2023-0021/001 B2023-0021/001P Memoir 1301-4 B2023-0021/001(23) and /001P (05) 2014-2018 0.01 m of textual records

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Self-published memoir that details his time at the University of Toronto and his early days in computer programming. Also included in this series is one photograph of Les Green receiving a Distinguished Alumnus award.

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