B2008-0023 consists almost entirely of electronic documents arranged by course number. Most folders contain, course syllabus giving outlines, bibliography, tests, assignments. There is also related correspondence and memos. Only Course Pol 103 contains original lectures. It also contains one box of textual records relating to Pol 315 which does contain original lecture notes as well as documents relating to the course’s development. Also included is one file of notes for a course Rayside took in 1977 with C.B. MacPherson - Pol. 200. Taking such a course as a new professor was preparatory to his teaching role.

B2013-0015 contains almost exclusively original lecture notes, with some syllabi and handouts, for the courses listed below.

B2017-0024 contains lecture notes as well as course outlines and syllabus for Pol 315 Sexual Diversity Politics (2010-2011) and lectures for Pol 364 Religion and Politics (2008-2012).

B2023-0032 contains two VHS tapes of anti-gay propaganda used by Rayside in teaching his course(s) on sexual diversity: The Gay Agenda (1992), Ballot Measure 9 (1995).

Courses documented include:
-Pol 100 [can’t find title]
-Pol 103 - Canada in Comparative Context
-Pol 222 - Elites & Political Leadership
-Pol 302 - Western European Politics
-Pol 311 - Canadian Political Parties
-Pol 315 - Sexual Diversity Politics
-Pol 344 - Social Movements in Europe and North America
-Pol 364 - Religion and Politics
-Pol 435 - [can’t find title]
-Pol 2100 - Canadian Politics
-Pol 2300 - Comparative Politics
-Pol 2810 - The Politics of Diversity: A Research Seminar

This series contain correspondence (printed e-mail) and digital correspondence documenting most aspects of Rayside’s career as a political scientist and activist in the LGBT community. Much of the correspondence in this fonds relates specifically to documentation in other series.

B2008-0023 contains three textual files and born-digital files of general professional correspondence covering a period from 1991-2002. It documents various academic and political issues in which Prof. Rayside was involved.

B2023-0032 contains seven boxes of textual correspondence including correspondence relating to the administrative issues of the University of Toronto, Department of Political Science and the Sexual Diversity Studies. There is also correspondence relating to lesbian and gay issues as well as professional and personal LGBT related files. Finally, there are files for specific individuals, filed alphabetically and correspondence with students.

B2008-0023 consists of resumes, short biographical notes and activity reports documenting Prof. Rayside.

B2013-0015 consists of records from Prof. Rayside’s time as a university student, with most material documenting his undergraduate degree at Carleton University. This series contains correspondence, notes, drafts, submitted essays, press clippings, photographs and application forms documenting both his academic work and his extra-curricular activities including student council, the Political Science Student Union, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning and his work on the student residence constitution. Files are arranged chronologically by degree, and by activity within each degree, with academic coursework at the front and extra-curricular activities at the back. There is one file at the beginning of the series containing souvenirs unrelated to his early education.

B2017-0024 includes two short biographies on David Rayside, one of which was a contribution to MyOntario in 2017.

B2023-0032 contains CVs, Activity reports, files on appointments, retirement, honours as well as some files relating to his Ph.D. work at the University of Michigan and an early appointment at Harvard in 1980. Box 003 contains clippings about Rayside, often citing his research and advocacy work as well as his letters to the editor and articles he wrote for the press.

The records in this series from B2008-0023 document Prof. Rayside’s roles as both a mentor to students and colleagues, as well as his role as a peer reviewer. This series consists of letters of recommendation written for students applying to scholarships, graduate schools, and employment. The correspondence covers the period from 1974 to 1995 and is grouped alphabetically. A second set of files including electronic files contain mainly reviews and evaluations. They include: letters of support for grant applications, awards, tenure and promotion; reader’s reports for peer review journals such as the Canadian Journal of Political Science as well as reviews of monographs and articles for various publishers; evaluations for both teaching assistants and Ph.D. students; and comments and evaluation for proposed research projects by peers.

The records in this series from B2013-0015 contain material documenting his academic staffing and promotions recommendations, his grant reviews, letters of recommendation he has written for students, research assessments, and research reviews as well as person or publication-specific files.

B2023-0032 includes one file of letters of reference, 2 files of assessments and reference and recommendations for specific colleagues including Juan Marsiaj, Paul Thomas, Jerald Sabin and Rob Vipond.

Accession consists of records collected and created by Growth Facilities including select building, facilities, and equipment management files; records of programs including the Department of Botany International Seed Exchange; departmental histories, publications and subject reference materials; associated academic course content and research files; photographs, and early blueprints for the Greenhouse [196-] and extension [1979].

Series consists of CA*net and GTAnet requests for proposals and supporting documents used by board members when formulating the requests, along with digital and paper-based vendor responses. Also includes vendor responses to a request for quote put forth by GTAnet. There are select records regarding GTAnet’s evaluation of the responses to its RFPs and RFQ.

This fonds contains 6 accessions of records. See accession-level descriptions for more details.

Fonds includes two sets of correspondence: Emmet Robbins writing to Bonnie McLauchlan and Prof. Robbins writing to Rev. M. Owen Lee, Professor in the Department of Classics. Additional material includes a PDF transcription of the Robbins-Lee correspondence, a copy of Robbin’s obituary, and a memorial programme.

Fonds consists of material documenting the professional, academic, and artistic activities of Dr. Shahrzad Mojab and a sous-fonds documenting the work of Dr. Mojab’s close friend and late feminist leftist scholar, Hammed Shahidian (refer to the sous-fonds description for more information). Records cover multiple aspects and outputs of Dr. Mojab’s research and collaborations, including presentations, articles, monographs, and artistic productions. Fonds also includes collected research material retained given their political sensitivity and unavailability of additional copies in Canada or Iran. Please see series descriptions for additional details.

Series consists of academic and public presentations given by Dr. Mojab in Canada and internationally. Subjects focus on key areas of her research such as feminist activism of Kurdish and Iranian women, non-profit organizations in Iran and Canada providing a variety of support services, Kurdish independence, and research networks supporting these areas of investigation and scholarship.

Fonds consists of material documenting the professional, academic, and artistic activities of Dr. Shahrzad Mojab. Records cover multiple aspects and outputs of Dr. Mojab’s research and collaborations, including presentations, articles, monographs, and artistic productions. Fonds also includes collected research material retained given their political sensitivity and unavailability of additional copies in Canada or Iran. Please see series descriptions for additional details.

File consists of a manuscript for "Our Greatest Gift", including notes for the Prologue and Introduction, and a typescript for "The Ultimate Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring," with notes by Nouwen. File also includes a floppy disk containing an electronic copy of a draft entitled, "The Ultimate Gift".

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Vivienne Spiteri regarding Spiteri's performance and recording of Beckwith compositions.

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

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and David Olds.

File consists of correspondence regarding John Beckwith's book Unheard of, including Beckwith's research, editing, publication, and reviews.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and various individuals, including Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre and Robin Elliott concerning Eugène Lapierre.

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

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Kathy Domoney regarding Beckwith's Three Songs to Poems by Miriam Waddington: "A Man and his flute"; "Old chair song"; and "The Snow trap."

File consists of correspondence, primarily with Larry Beckwith, regarding the 2011 performance of John Beckwith's opera Crazy to Kill by the Toronto Masque Theatre.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and Chan Wing Wah, an alumnus of the Faculty of Music. Beckwith was Wing Wah's advisor for both his Master and Doctor of Music degrees.

File consists of correspondence between John Beckwith and CBC, 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 Journals of Susanna Moodie.

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 Aide's retirement.

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 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 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.