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Blake family photographs

Scanned photographs - originals kept by the family.

Includes portraits of Gerald Blake and his siblings and cousins. There is an image of Gerald Blake, Harold and Hume Wrong reading the news of the outbreak of war 1914. Some images are formal portraits while others show family members informally including at summer residences and in World War I uniform.

Michael Bliss fonds

  • UTA 1070
  • Fonds
  • 1856-2018

Fonds consists of 7 accessions

  • B1986-0032: Personal records of J. W. Michael Bliss, Professor in the Department of History. (9 boxes, 1958-1975)
  • B1987-0043: Personal records of J. W. Michael Bliss, Professor in the Department of History. (11 boxes, 1962-1982)
  • B1988-0076: Correspondence regarding and drafts, with comments, of manuscript for J. W. Michael Bliss's book, "Northern Enterprise: five centuries of Canadian Business" published by McClelland and Stewart, 1987. (5 boxes, 1985-1986)
  • B2006-0015: Personal records of Michael Bliss, professor of history, consisting of correspondence, consulting and editorial work, manuscripts and publications, lecture notes and associated teaching files, addresses, references; 1,216 slides illustrating a wide variety of subjects in Canadian history; 93 slides illustrating the Montreal smallpox epidemic of 1885; photographs relating to themes in Canadian business and general history. (31 boxes, 1881-2005)
  • B2017-0007: Further personal records of Michael Bliss, Professor Emeritus of History, consisting of personal and family correspondence, and photographs; other correspondence; scrapbooks; interviews; files relating to the University of Toronto, including memorabilia from his years as a senior fellow on the Massey College; addresses; drafts of articles, a play, books (including biographies of Sir William Osler and Harvey Cushing, and Bliss’ memoirs), short stories and book reviews; files on consulting and editing projects; files on professional organizations, especially the American Osler Society. (38 boxes and 4104 digital files, 1856-2017)
  • B2017-0008: Handwritten, typed, and word-processed journals, along with digital versions covering Bliss’ life and career from 1967 to 2017. (3 boxes and 56 digital files, 1967-2017)
  • B2021-0023: Records surrounding his health and subsequent death. Includes his medical records, diary and notes he made about his health, and email correspondence from friends who reviewed his medical records after his death, on behalf of the Bliss family. Also includes items following his death including obituaries and tributes, letters of condolence, and the guest book from the Memorial Service at Massey College.

Bliss, Michael

Blissymbolics Communication Institute - Canada

  • CA OTUED 8
  • Collection
  • 1952 - 2023

This collection contains a variety of materials relating to the development, dissemination, use, and study of Blissymbols by Blissymbolics Communication Institute - Canada, and by affiliate organizations, scholars, educators, and users of augmentative communication around the world. The collection additionally includes administrative records, promotional material, and memorabilia of the BCIC.

Blissymbolics Communication Institute Canada

Milton Israel fonds

  • UTA 1423
  • Fonds
  • 1925-2005

Records document Milton Israel’s graduate studies at University of Michigan, and his publishing, teaching and research activities as Professor of South Asian Studies in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. The records relating to his graduate studies consist of research notes and some footnote drafts for his doctoral thesis “The Anglo-Indian in defense of authority, 1905-1910”.

A significant portion of the B2002-0009 accession documents his research and teaching activities relating to South Asian settlement and migration during the 1990s and includes course materials for HIST 394, a course he developed on this topic. In addition there is correspondence and reports relating to the Sikh Studies program in the Department for the Study of Religion developed at the time he was Director for the Centre for South Asian Studies.

The B2011-0004 accession contributes significantly to his research and teaching activities, including course materials and lecture notes for HIS 101, HUM 101, HIS 232, HIS 282, HIS 364 and HIS 394, relating to British colonialism, the history of India and particularly modern India, and South Asian civilization and migration. Also included are several popular lectures and seminars that Professor Israel gave over the course of his career.

Records documenting his publication activities in Series 4 focus on primarily three projects: his book In the future soil: a social history of the Indo-Canadians in Ontario (1994), his work on Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples (1999) while he was Chair of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario and “Safe Haven. The refugee experience of five families”, a book and exhibition produced in cooperation with the Royal Ontario Museum. Accession B2011-0004 also includes notes and correspondence regarding several published reviews and articles by Professor Israel, as well as reviews of these key publications.

An earlier accession (B1995-0052) is represented in Series 6, and includes correspondence, research material, notes and card files relating to, with drafts of, Milton Israel's book, "Communications and Power: propaganda and the press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920-1947" (1994).

Israel, Milton

Art Museum at the University of Toronto

This accession consists of administrative records of the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the galleries comprised within: the Justina M. Barnicke gallery and the University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC). Records consist of exhibition materials including curatorial research, correspondence, grant applications, proposals, budgets, loan agreements, install guides, lists of works, didactic labels, press materials, invitations, exhibition texts and catalogues, and condition and conservation reports. Records also include facilities reports and renovation plans, collection management files, event and lecture records, and board meeting minutes.

Justina M. Barnicke Art Gallery

Art Museum at the University of Toronto

This accession consists of administrative records of the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the galleries comprised within: the Justina M. Barnicke gallery and the University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC). Records consist of exhibition materials including curatorial research, correspondence, grant applications, proposals, budgets, loan agreements, installation guides, lists of works, didactic labels, press materials, invitations, exhibition texts and catalogues, and condition and conservation reports. Records also include facilities reports, building plans, a selection of historical records from University College, ephemera, administrative records of work-study and volunteer programs, collection management files, event and lecture records, and board meeting minutes.

University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC)

Jo Beverley Papers

  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1970-2017

The collection consists of manuscript drafts and proofs of her novels and novellas, as well manuscripts of unpublished work and some non-fiction. It also includes correspondence (editorial as well as fan mail), and marketing and publicity material.

Beverley, Jo

John Arthur Sawyer fonds

  • UTA 1748
  • Fonds
  • 1952-2012, predominant 1952-1996

Fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, lecture notes, drafts of articles and addresses, documenting the career of John Sawyer at Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and the University of Toronto, at the last especially as chair of the Commerce Programmes, with the Faculty of Management Studies, and as Director of the Institute of Policy Analysis. Also includes a revised (2012) copy of Professor Sawyer's memoirs.

Also included are 4 word-processing files:

  • MEMTWO.DOC - Memoirs of a Statistical Economist's Random Walk through Academic Life (Revised edition March 15, 2012)
  • RSMHIS31.DOC - The Rotman School: An Historical Perspective 1901-1998
  • BOOKCH4.DOC - From Commerce to Management: The Evolution of Business Education at the University of Toronto
  • CV.DOC - Curriculum vitae

Sawyer, John A.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of Alumni Affairs & Advancement fonds

  • CA ON00357 2074
  • Fonds
  • 1904-2016, predominant 1976-2016

Fonds consists of the records of Larry Davies, the Director of the External Relations and Development Department, primarily outgoing correspondence as well as records documenting the relationship between the Department, alumni, and alumni groups such as the Alumni of Victoria College (AVC) and the Emmanuel College Alumni/ae Association. Records also document fundraising and development activities as well as the planning and hosting of events such as reunions and milestone celebrations.

Fonds contains lists of Permanent Class Executives of Victoria College, guest book and transcripts of addresses given at the Memorial Service held for Victoria University President A.B.B. Moore, promotional material, questionnaires, notes, lists, correspondence, research material, reports, financial records, annual reports, and photographs.

The fonds is made up of seven series: Series 1: Special Events and Celebrations; Series 2: Campaigns and Fundraising; Series 3: Records of the Director; Series 4: Records related to Victoria College Alumni; Series 5: Publications and Newsletters; Series 6: Records related to Emmanuel College Alumni; and Series 7: Photographs.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of Alumni Affairs & Advancement

Ian Hacking fonds

  • UTA 1339
  • Fonds
  • 1854-2015 [predominant 1980-2010]

Fonds consists of records documenting the professional and personal life of analytic philosopher and professor, Ian Hacking. Records primarily focus on the academic and publishing activity of Hacking from the early 1980s to 2010. The material reflects the broad and diverse interests of Hacking in his work, as well as his exchange with scholars in diverse fields. Records include correspondence, manuscripts and drafts of written works, reprints, lecture notes, and extensive subject files. Additionally, correspondence, press clippings, and photographs chronicle Hacking’s professional and academic achievements.

Fonds also documents aspects of Hacking’s personal and family life. These include his diaries and notebooks, birth and marriage certificates, drawings by his children, family snapshots, as well as correspondence, photographs, and copies of records from the Hacking and MacDougall families.

See series and subseries descriptions for additional information.

Hacking, Ian

Roxana Ng fonds

  • UTA 1607
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2013

Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, course material, research records, and conference and publication files documenting the life and career of Prof. Roxana Ng, professor at OISE and community activist. Fonds also includes administrative material from OISE, in particular from AECP (Adult Education and Counselling Psychology) Department, the AECD (Adult Education and Community Development Program), CIARS (Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies), and the CWSE (Centre for Women’s Studies in Education).

Fonds also includes records relating to Prof. Ng’s involvement in various community groups, NGOs and grassroots organizations, including the Apparel Textile Action Committee (ATAC), CERIS (The Ontario Metropolis Centre), the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), INTERCEDE (International center to End Domestic Exploitation), Inter Pares, The Jade Garden Adjustment Committee, the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOICMWC), UNITE (the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees), Women Working with Immigrant Women (WWIW), and the Homeworkers Association (HWA)

Ng, Roxana

Personal and biographical

Series consists of textual records and graphic material documenting Ian Hacking’s personal life and career, with eight files related to the histories of both the Hacking and MacDougall families. Records include a passport, birth and marriage certificates, family snapshots, drawings by his children, as well as correspondence detailing financial contributions made to various charities and initiatives. Hacking’s professional and academic activity is reflected in written and photographic documentation of awards and honours received, including the Killam Prize for the Humanities, the Companion to the Order of Canada, and the Holberg International Memorial Prize. Also included in the series is an autobiographical document written by Hacking detailing the orientation of his research.

Digital files consist of files documenting his personal life and family [“BUSYNESS”], a folder of biographical information and curriculum vitae, further documentation about the Holberg Prize, and drafts of writings by Judith Baker titled “Trust and Commitment” and “Some Aspects of Reasons and Rationality”.

Programs, posters, and other ephemera

Series consists of programs and posters from concerts held at Gallery 345, as well as thank you cards and notes from performers, and building plans for the gallery space and building (345 Souraren Ave., Toronto, Ontario). Series also includes a USB thumb drive (173 MB) with archived files from the Gallery 345 website, including performance announcements, program information, and performer biographies.

John Colman collection

  • UTA 5006
  • Collection
  • 2011

Digital files about John Colman, Dean of Scarborough College (1968-1972) compiled by Eleanor Irwin, for his memorial held on 18 March 2011. Includes digitized newspaper clippings, memorial program, and tributes to Colman.

University of Toronto Students' History Collective fonds

  • UTA 1897
  • Fonds
  • 2016-2019

Fonds consists of promotional materials, budgets, planning files, grant applications, and draft website content for the University of Toronto Students' History Collective (UTSHC), documenting the activities of this undergraduate-led club. Also included are raw and edited video files of an on-camera oral history interview of Margaret MacMillan and an HTML file of the group chat amongst members from Facebook Messenger.

University of Toronto Students' History Collective

Susan Hidaka accession

Material is comprised mostly of textual records from the founding of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, and some celebrating the success of the Momiji Seniors Centre. Some personal records from Susan Hidaka’s life are also included.

Blissymbolics - International

This series contains a variety of materials related to the international community of Blissymbolics. It includes material from BCIC affiliates and partners, research, teaching materials, and workshops on Blissymbolics, as well as Bliss user communication displays and textual creations. This series also contains children's books written in Blissymbols, some with translations in a variety of languages. The majority of this series consists of non-English material.

Bliss With International Music

Item is a disc containing concert videos from the Gravenhust Opera House. Disc consists of 15 files. 4 videos have a runtime of 32 minutes, 1 video has a runtime of 6 minutes, and 1 video has a runtime of 20 seconds. Some videos would not play and contents are unconfirmed.

Audio-Visual Material

This series contains audio-visual material with contents related to Blissymbolics, BCI, and Bliss users, classrooms and students, including photographs, videocassettes, digital storage media, and other formats.

Moving Images & Digital Storage Media

This subseries consists of VHS tapes, digital storage media, and a film reel. Contents include news clips on Blissymbolics, BCI and augmentative and alternative communication, interviews and workshops with Shirley McNaughton, promotional and explanatory films about Blissymbolics, and various presentation PowerPoints and digital documentation regarding Blissymbolics and Bliss users.

2020-2021 concert season

Series consists of programs and recordings of events hosted by the Faculty of Music during the 2020-2021 concert season including faculty, student, and guest artists as well as ongoing concert series and faculty ensembles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, none of these events occurred in person to a live audience. Some were pre-recorded and others were live-streamed from one of the Faculty's two concert halls, Walter Hall and MacMillan Theatre.

Tools and User Guides

This series contains manuals and user guides for a variety of programs developed alongside BCIC for the use of Blissymbol users. The series also includes documentation related to physical technology and products (tools) developed by BCIC for users of Blissymbols.

Alan D. Latta fonds

  • UTA 1466
  • Fonds
  • 1966-2005

Fonds consists of two accessions:

  • B2012-0024: Four digital files (PDF) of typed extracts from the personal diary Professor Latta began keeping in Dec. 1965, relating to the Department of German at Trinity College, the Combined Departments of German, and, as of July 1, 1975, the university German Department. No. 1 contains entries dating from November 1966 to December 1988; No. 2 runs from January 1989 to December 1995; No. 3 covers from January 1996 through December 1998; and No. 4 is January 1999 to December 2005.

  • B2019-0016: Research files, drafts of articles (published in 1987 and 1993), and lectures, relating to the reception of Thomas Mann's novella Die Betrogene [in English: The Black Swan]. Accession also includes teaching and course files on German language and literature (GER 202, 204Y, 220, 422, 434S, 435S) that Professor Latta taught at the University of Toronto. [1 box, 1966-2000]

Latta, Alan D.

2017.011 Accrual

The Blue Rodeo Accrual is separated under these series:
Series 1 – 7
Series 1: Video and Music Production
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
Series 4: Audio Visuals
Series 5: Press clippings
Series 6: Merchandise and advertisement
Series 7: Awards

Series 1: Video and Music Production
The Blue Rodeo accrual’s first series is based on video and music production. This series deals with the business side of music production, music video requests and music sheets. It contains handwritten drafts of music sheets for their songs Sad Nights, It Could Happen to You, and Blew it away. It also includes correspondences to various production studios, video/film production ideas, and talks on video treatment for Blue Rodeo Music Videos. Lisa Mann and Christopher Mills created music treatments, and Anne Lindsay arranged the music score.
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
The second series contains the collections of gig contracts for Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo acts. The venues include both public and private performances. The documents in the series are the engagement contract forms from the Toronto Musician’s Association for Blue Rodeo tours and contracts from the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. It also includes correspondence, catering, and memos from various venues. The contracts are from their tours in Canada and various international tours in Europe, the United States, and South America.
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
The third series retains Blue Rodeo tour itineraries both for Canadian and international tours. Itineraries include the scheduling for Lost Together, Tremolo, and the Diamond Mine tours in Canada and the United States from 1988 to 1997. The folders contain not only the tour itineraries but also contacts from various entertainment management companies, performance schedules, invoices for advertisement, press clippings about the tour, and correspondences. The series also includes Jim Cuddy and his solo band’s performance tours.
Series 4: Audio Visuals
The fourth series includes the videos and audio tapes from their concerts and songs. Videos include events such as the 40th Juno Awards red carpet, their shows at Horseshoe Tavern, Blue Rodeo in Banff, and Massey Hall. Audio from this collection includes songs Is it You, Moon and Tree, The Undiscovered Country, Walk like you Don’t Mind, Blue Rodeo in Stereovision, and other songs. It also includes vinyl records I don’t know why (You Love Me)/ Look what you've done, their songs from Hi-Fi.
Series 5: Press clippings
The fifth series contains a collection of press collections, magazines, and online articles that follow the journey of Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo performance written in in English, French, and German. Blue Rodeo press clippings publishers are from Canada, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Press clippings include their various tours, album reviews, interviews with Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy, NHL sports competitions, and lastly, the press featuring Blue Rodeo merchandise and marketing for concerts and albums.
Series 6: Merchandise and Advertisement
The sixth series includes the merchandise materials, objects, and proofs. Merchandise materials include business cards of various media companies proposing their works to Blue Rodeo by giving samples of their security access passes, patches, stickers, and langers. Media companies that submitted their work to Blue Rodeo also worked with musicians such as Snoop Dog, Eagles, Blink 182, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, KISS, and other music festival companies. Other merchandise materials include the Blue Rodeo’s tour apparel, which includes t-shirts, sweaters, and jackets. The advertisement consists of correspondence to Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s managers, music producers, and flyers to their earlier events. The last piece in the series is the personal apparel from Jim Cuddy, which includes his JUNO Cup hockey jerseys and business suits.
Series 7: Awards
The final series includes all the awards and recognition that Blue Rodeo and Jum Cuddy received during their careers. Awards include plaques, programs for award shows, and guides for the inductees. The numerous industry awards consist of the JUNOs, SOCANs, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the 2014 CBC Music Awards, and Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts – the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Lastly, it includes correspondence for participation in charity work.

Blue Rodeo

1. Opening AACE '85 / 2. Shirley McNaughton May 1989 / 3. Shirley 1988 Sept.

Item is a disc containing 10 files, 3 of which are duplicates. 3 videos are MPEG-2 video files. Some videos do not play all the way through. Video contents include an augmentative and alternative communication gathering with presentation by Shirley, interview with Shirley regarding Blissymbolics, and duplicate of video found in Item 36.

CBC Report

Item is a disc containing 10 files, 2 of which are duplicates. 4 videos are MPEG-2 video files. Some videos do not play all the way through. Video contents include interview with Shirley and colleagues regarding Blissymbolics and intiative to put Blissymbols into computers, duplicates of videos found in Item 36, and video clip unrelated to Blissymbolics.

1. Global News '91 / 2. Easter Seal 27:30 / 3. Nancy w/ Glenn / 4. Talk Not 4 Letter Word

Item is a disc containing 10 files, 3 of which are duplicates. 3 videos are MPEG-2 video files. Some videos do not play all the way through. Video contents include classroom video of students using Blissboards and various news reports on Blissymbolics, augmentative communication, Easter Seal Society financial troubles, and an individual named John who uses alternative communication and assistance to write poetry.

1. Untitled / 2. Today's Special / 3. Nancy Lagee / 4. Getting to Know Each Other

Item is a disc containing 18 files, 8 of which are duplicates. 9 files are MPEG-2 video files. Some videos do not play, or do not play all the way through. Video contents include interview with Shirley McNaughton regarding Blissymbolics, various news pieces on Justin Clark's legal victory, videos of teachers in a classroom teaching Blissymbols, a promotional piece about Blissymbolics, and video clips unrelated to Blissymbolics.

April 29 2010

Item is a disc containing 4 PowerPoint files. Contents include Blissymbolics presentation at Wellspring Worship Centre and BCI remembrance PowerPoints.

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