Identity area
Reference code
UTA 1106
Title
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers Training Corps. University of Toronto Contingent fonds
Date(s)
- 1901-1965 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
3.15 m of textual and graphic records and moving images
(16 boxes, 2 items)
1 artifact
(16 boxes, 2 items)
1 artifact
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
This artillery unit was established in 1916 and consisted almost entirely of students and graduates from the University.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of 4 accessions:
A1968-0003: Service records and lists (1914-1950); financial records (1915-1965); histories and reports (1914-1964); war diaries (1939-1945); minutes of committees and officers' meetings (1921-1957); order books and manuals (1915- 1948); publications (1901-1937); photographs and one painting. (16 boxes, 1901-1965)
A1998-0005: Group photograph of the C.O.T.C. (1 photograph, ca. 1914-1917)
B1981-0044: Bronze lapel pin inscribed "University of Toronto Canada Overseas Training Company" and " COTC". Pin is shaped like maple leaf. (1 item, 1914-1918)
B2004-0005: Military portrait ot the University of Toronto Contingent, Reinforcement Draft, 1st Tank Battalion taken October 19 1918.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
A accessions are subject to review under "Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act"
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The bulk of the materials can be found in accession A1968-0003. Finding aid is attached.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Accession
A1968-0003
Accession
A1998-0005
Accession
B1981-0044
Accession
B2004-0005