Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-1979. (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
11 boxes including OVS (2 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ann Buttrick is an artist and curator of art & architecture at the University of Technology in Jamaica.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Ann Buttrick, 1997
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of materials relating to the anti-Vietnam War activities of Ann Buttrick. Topics include civil liberties, Canadian policy vis-a-vis the United States, and the Annie Mae Aquash case. Papers were created in connection with The International Committee to Free South Vietnamese Political Prisoners from Detention, Torture and Death, which was a committee of the Canadian Council of Churches, and Voice of Women, a non-governmental organization, and the Canadian Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). They include correspondence, Vietnamese government publications, audio recordings of Toronto events, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
See the Robert S. Kenny Collection (Ms. Coll. 179) for related leftist printed materials, the Michael Maclear Papers (Ms. Coll. 379) for Vietnam War materials, and the Jack Pocock Memorial Collection (Ms. Coll. 331) for the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme.