Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [194-?]-2010 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
144 bankers boxes of audio-visual material (plus 20 oversize items on shelf).
Material located at Downsview Offsite Storage and the 2B Annex.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Bata Shoe Company, 2014
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains VHS, Beta U-Matic cassette tapes; 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film reels and audio cassette tapes. The content of the recordings ranges widely and includes: recordings of speeches and conferences; media interviews and news spotlights featuring the company, Thomas J. Bata and/or Sonja Bata; Bata company promotional videos (including commercials and advertising spots); company-related historical highlights (complied by Bata employees); and HR and Technical department training videos, among other subjects.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
A. THOMAS J.BATA VIDEO LIBRARY BOX 283-295
B. BATA COMPANY –VIDEO CASSETTES BOX296-369
B1. Commercial/Marketing BOX296-321; 329-361
B2.Technical BOX362-369
C. BATA COMPANY –FILM BOX370-390
C1. Commercial/Marketing BOX370-390
C2. Technical BOX390-418
C3. Commercial/Marketing –Oversize SHELF
C4. Technical – Oversize SHELF
D. AUDIO BOX419-438
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.
Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.