This series consists of course files that can contain lectures, course outlines, assignments, and reading lists. It documents Prof. Armatage’s approach to the teaching of both Women’s Studies and Cinema Studies in the early years as they were emerging into disciplines of study and research.

Files in B2005-0012 focus on teaching in the 1970s. For these early courses, except for INI 112Y Introduction to Cinema Studies and NEW 260Y Introduction to Women’s Studies, all courses were developed and taught solely by Prof. Armatage.

Files in B2009-0020 relate exclusively to courses she taught in Cinema Studies from 1990-2007. This accession also contains subject files used for course lectures, covering various topics in film studies. These files contain lecture notes and outlines to lectures and are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Files in B2012-0002 focus on two courses she taught in Cinema Studies from 2006-2010, INI 323 Feminist Approaches to Cinema and INI 484 International Film Festivals. This accession also contains several subject files used for course lectures, covering various topics in film studies. These files contain lecture notes as well as teaching resources published by the British Film Institute, and are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Courses in Cinema Studies at Innis College:

B2005-0012/001 (08)-(17) /002 (01)-(22)

• INI 112 Introduction to Film Studies
• INI 212/NEW 212 Introduction to Cinema Studies
• INI 225 Documentary Film
• INI 280 and 281 Women’s Cinema
• INI 321 Film Study
• INI 322 Experimental and Avant-Garde Film
• INI 323 Women and Representation
• INI 325 Dream, History and Narrative in the Cinema
• INI 327 Race and Representation
• INI 428 Dream, History and Narrative in the Cinema
• INI 429 Post Colonial Film and Third Cinema

B2009-0020/002 (01)-(13)

• INI 214 Film Theory
• INI 323 Women and Representation
• INI 325 Documentary Film
• INI 327 Race and Representation
• INI 330 Contemporary Film Theory
• INI 385 Canadian Film
• INI 423 Melodrama
• INI 424 Current issues in Film Theory
• INI 425 Apparatus and After: Film Theory since 1970
• INI 429 Dream, History and Narrative in the Cinema
• INI 481 Advanced Studies in Cinema

B2012-0002/001 (03)-(05)

• INI 323 Feminist Approaches to Cinema
• INI 484 International Film Festivals

Courses in Women Studies at New College

B2005-0012/002 (23)-(30)

• NEW 220 Women Writers
• NEW 260 Introduction to Women’s Studies
• NEW 360 Introduction to Women’s Literature
• NEW 363 Selected Topics in Feminist Theory

Subject Files – Cinema Studies
B2009-0020/002 (15)-(24) and /003
B2012-0002/001 (06)-(16)

See also electronic files:
B2012-0002/Disks 001, 003, 006, 010 – 011, 017, 019 – 020

Subseries consists of email correspondence between John Beckwith and various friends, colleagues, musicians, collaborators, publishers, and performing arts organizations.

File consists of correspondence regarding John Beckwith's Wendake/Huronia.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Daniel Weinzweig, primarily concerning Cherney and Beckwith's book on John Weinzweig.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith, Brian Cherney, and Daniel Weinzweig, primarily concerning Cherney and Beckwith's book on John Weinzweig.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Brian Thompson.

File consists of correspondence regarding performances of John Beckwith's opera Taptoo!.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Drew Stephen, primarily regarding Stephen's chapter for Weinzweig : essays on his life and music (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Vivienne Spiteri regardidng Spiteri's performance and recording of Beckwith compositisons.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and James Reaney and emails from Beckwith about Reaney.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and various individuals regarding research on Alberto Guerrero for Beckwith's book In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006).

File consists of correspondence with various individuals regarding John Beckwith's book In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Counterpoint, including consideration of Beckwith's music for a baritone anthology, and other publications of Beckwith's music with Counterpoint.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Canadian Musical Heritage Society (CMHS) discussing various projects, minutes, budgets, and other society business.

File consists of email correspondence between John Beckwith and William Aide and emails to other individuals regarding Aide, including Beckwith's notes of appreciation, written for Aides' retirement.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) Press, with whom Beckwith published several books, including: In Search of Alberto Guerrero (2006); Unheard Of: Memoirs of a Canadian Composer (2012); Mapping Canada's Music: Selected Writings of Helmut Kallmann (co-edited with Robin Elliott, 2013); Weinzweig: Essays on his Life and Music (co-edited with Brian Cherney, 2011).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Ken Winters, primarily regarding reviews and articles for the Globe and Mail.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Peter Williams.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the University of Toronto Press regarding submissions to the University of Toronto Quarterly journal.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) concerning programming and the TSO's Sequicentennial Advisory Council.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Tanya Tintner about Georg Tintner, former conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Tanya Tintner's book Out of Time: The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and James Rolfe.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Barbara Pritchard regarding Beckwith's contribution to Pritchard's Variations project.

File consists of correspondence with New Music Concerts (NMC) regarding the performance of Beckwith's music, including A New Pibroch and Avowals.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Jay Macpherson.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Doug McNaughton regarding the latter's performance of works by Beckwith, including the Beckett Songs and Love Lines.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Elaine Keillor.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Udo Kasemets and with others, including Elma Miller, about Kasemets.

File consists of correspondence from John Beckwith about Helmut Kallmann, including correspondence with Robin Elliott about their edited volume Mapping Canada's Music: Selected Writings of Helmut Kallmann (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and John Haines, including discussion of Beckwith's Wendake/Huronia.

File consists of correspondence and letters to the editor from John Beckwith to the Globe and Mail.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and various individuals at the Faculty of Music. The file includes discussion of repair work to the Heavenly Music sculpture at the entrance to the Music Library.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Robin Elliott regarding Istvan Anhalt, Victor Feldbrill, and Beckwith's memoirs.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith, Beverley Diamond, and Robin Elliott regarding an entry on "Canada" for the second edition of the New Harvard Dictionary of Music, co-written with Kathleen McMorrow, and Diamond's submissions to the Garland Encyclopedia.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Brian Cherney, including discussions of Cherney's book on Harry Somers, Beckwith's book on Alberto Guerrero, their jointly edited book on John Weinzweig, and other writings on Canadian music.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Chan Wing-Wah, an alumnus of the Faculty of Music.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and CBC Radio, including issues with closed captions, proposed changes to the program policies of La Châine culturelle, a CD release by CBC records of orchestral works including Circle, with Tangents, and other Beckwith works, including Night Blooming Cereus, Twelve Letters to a Small Town, and The Journales of Susanna Moodie.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Canadian Opera Company, including reviews of performances, Canadian content in COC programming, and the Ruby Award.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), including corrections to Beckwith's entries on the CMC website, the Beckwith Award (started 2020), the history of CMC, recordings of Beckwith's compositions, school visits, and more.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the Canadian League of Composers (CLC), including discussion of Canadian content on CBC Radio, a concert performance of Night Blooming Cereus (2003), Friends of Canadian Music Award, Echoes of Thiele, the history of CLC, and other topics.

File consists of email correspondence regarding Istvan Anhalt and Beckwith's research on Anhalt's Oppenheimer and his resulting article, which was published in Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music, vol. 33, no. 2 (2013).

File consists of email correspondence with William J. Egnatoff and John Beckwith regarding Robert Aitken.

Series consists of copies of photographs and documents pertaining to Johnstone's family. Documents include correspondence between Mary F. Williamson and Helmut Kallmann of the National Library of Canada; a copy of the petition for divorce filed by Catherine (McGregor) Johnstone against her husband John Francis Johnstone, which was later withdrawn (January 8, 1979); a copy of an article in the Toronto Star (November 26, 1927) regarding Amelia Hart and her seven husbands (Johnstone was the fourth); a copy of a letter from Mary F. Williamson to Professor Carl Morey at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto regarding Johnstone and performances of his songs; a copy of Johnstone's obituary (February 25, 1913); and a copy of scanned portraits of Johnstone. The series also consists of electronic records, including scanned images from the Johnstone family photo album (ca. 1900).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and the editors of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (EMC) regarding his biography, changes at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), and entries for EMC written by Beckwith.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Richard Henninger regarding Beckwith's Derailed, the Canadian Opera House's (COC) new performance space (Four Seasons Centre), and Beckwith and Cherney's book on John Weinzweig.

File consists of correspondence regarding numerous works by John Beckwith, including Music for Dancing, Trumpets of Summer, Five pieces for flute duet, Night Blooming Cereus, Blurred lines, and Arctic Dances.

File consists of predominantly one-off correspondences from various individuals on a variety of topics.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Guillermo Silva-Marin of Toronto Operetta Theatre, primarily concerning Beckwith's opera Taptoo!.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Société québécoise de recherche en musique (SQRM).

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Lawrence Cherney of Soundstreams, regardidng the programming of Beckwith's music.