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‘The Laskin legacy: a commemoration of the life and contributions of the Right Honourable Bora Laskin, P.C., Q.C.’ DVD – See chapters 16-22 on Disc 1 for Friedland’s talk

Talks are given by Roy McMurtry, Michel Robert and Ian Bini, Peter Hogg among many. Friedland delivers a talk - ‘Bora Laskin and the University.’ See chapters 16-22 on Disc 1 for Friedland’s talk.

[100th/442]

Text on cassette reads: 1. 100th/442, 2. G Hirabayashi, 3. Redress, 4. Relocation, 5. Challenge to Democ., 6. Bird of Passage.

13th Colloquium on the Legal Profession - Lawyers, Legends, Legacies and Lessons from Ontario Legal History - Day 1

Recordings of sessions on day one of the Colloquium that took place at Osgoode Hall. Disk 1 includes talks given on the following historical figures: Cecil (Caesar Wright), Norman Lickers, G. Arthur Martin, William Perkin Bull, Bora Laskin, Vera Parsons, E. Lionell Cross, Bertha Wilson, William Renwick Riddell and Clara Brett Martin, Joseph Valin, J. L. Cohen. Disk 2 has historicap papers on Women's Law Association of Ontario, Lord Reading Law Club and Lawyers and Military Service.

13th Colloquium on the Legal Profession - Lawyers, Legends, Legacies and Lessons from Ontario Legal History - Day 2

These are recordings of day two of the Colloquium that took place at University of Toronto. The first session on disc 1 includes a session on the Archaelogy of Legal Proceedings: In Search of Professionalism. Session is introduced by Martin Friedland and includes talks by Lawyer Patricia McMahon and Judge Robert Sharpe who disucss the "Persons Case". In also includes Jim Phillips of the University of Toronto Law School discussing the history of the Manitoba Fisheries Case. Session is commented by Bruce Elman, Dean of the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law. Disc 2 contains the Goodman Lecture by Chief Justice Roy McMurtry. An interview wiht McMurtry about the importance of the history of law is imbedded in the proceddings.

2003.004 accrual

Accession 2003.004 is divided into 2 series according to format. These are: Textual Materials and AudioVisual Records.

The first series, Textual Materials, relates to Hirsh’s activities as CEO of Nelvana Ltd. It is divided into 7 subseries: Development, Legal, Business Affairs, Accounting, Production, Publicity & Distribution, and Photographs. This section also includes 117 pieces of original production artwork (storyboards, animation cels, backgrounds, etc.)

The second series, AudioVisual Records, includes 456 videocassettes and 10 audio documents related to the donor and Nelvana Ltd. Productions. The videos are primarily screening copies, though some document the various stages of production (producer’s cuts, alternative edits, demo reels) and others reflect Hirsh’s interest in animation from outside Canada.

2005.005 accrual

This accession is divided into 4 series according to format: ‘Textual’, ‘Audio’, ‘Video’, and ‘Cinefilms’.
The first series, ‘Textual’, includes a small amount of documents relating to various Galafilm productions. Much of the material (on floppy disks) consists of production and other records pertaining to the various films and Galafilm’s business activities.
The second series, ‘Audio’, includes audio elements in several formats for productions. Of particular interest are recorded testimonies of veterans who were interviewed for The Valour and the Horror.
The third series, ‘Video’, includes video elements in several formats for productions such as Fire & Ice and The Voyage of the St. Louis. The vast majority of the videos represent unused material from documentaries like The Valour and the Horror. There are also final masters for each of the episodes in the various television productions.
The fourth series, ‘Cinefilms’, includes 16mm, Super16mm and 35mm negative and positive cinefilms from a number of productions, including The Hanging Garden, Two Thousand and None, and Lilies. There are also film materials from documentary films Ted Allan and Fire & Ice.

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

The Valour and the Horror (Television, 1991)
Voodoo Taxi (Television, ca.1991)
The Last Train: Across Canada Journey (Television, 1991)
Americas 500 (Television, 1992)
Web of War (Television, 1995)
Icebreaker to the North Pole (Television, 1995)
War at Sea (Television, 1995)
Voyage of StLouis (Television, 1995)
Lilies (Film, 1996)
The Hanging Garden (Film, 1997)
Ladies of the 9th Floor (Film, 1998)
Worst Witch (Television, 1998)
Tale of Teeka (Television, 1998)
War of 1812 (Television, 1999)
After Darwin (Television, 1999)
Castro’s Gold (Film, 1999)
Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future (Television, 1999)
2000 and None (Television, 2000)
Polar Bear Safari (Television, 2000)
Fire and Ice (Television, 2000)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20 th Century (Television, 2001)

2006.007 accrual

This accession is divided into 5 series according to format. These are: ‘Graphic Materials’ ‘Audio Recordings’, ‘Video Recordings’, ‘Cinefilms’ and ‘Artifacts’.

The first series, ‘Graphic Materials, includes posters from such productions as The Wave, The Goods, and Ready or Not.

The second series, ‘Audio Recordings’, includes elements in several formats (including ½ in. tape, ¼ in. tape, 2 in. tape, 8mm tape, digital audio cassettes, D2 cassettes, DAT cassettes and CDs) pertaining to productions such as Canadian Idol, The Truth About Alex, Country Gold, A David Foster Christmas Card, Scott Hamilton’s Upside Down, Fellini and Me, Great Moments in Canadian Sports, and Heart of Gold.

The third series, ‘Cinefilm’, consists of 16mm film from Heart of Gold, Great Moments in Canadian Sport, Ready or Not, Country Gold and Tucker and the Horse Thief. Also included is 35mm film from The Truth About Alex and Heart of Gold.

The fourth series, ‘Artifacts’, includes awards and framed pictures pertaining to Heart of Gold, Fellini and Me, Full Circle, Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This, Open Mike with Mike Bullard, Ready or Not, Tara Lipinsky: From This Moment, The Truth About Alex, Toller Cranston: A Tribute.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions,
including:

The Truth About Alex (Television, 1986)
Test Pattern (Television, 1989 – 1991)
Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Country Gold (Television, 1992)
1993 Juno Awards (Television, 1993)
Ready or Not (Television, 1993)
Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This (Television, 1994)
Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Full Circle: The Untold Story of the Dionne Quintuplets (Television, 1998)
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (Television, 1998)
Toller Cranston: A Tribute (Television, 1998)
Tara Lipinsky: From This Moment (Television, 1999)
Jann Arden: Live At Last (Television, 2000)
The Wave (Television, 2000)
The Goods (Television, 2001)
2003 Juno Awards (Television, 2003)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Heart of Gold (Television, 1982)
Indigo (Television, 1983)
My Father My Rival (Television, 1984)
Tucker and the Horse Thief (Television, 1984)
Great Canadian Moments in Sports (Television, 1984)
Workin’ for Peanuts (Television, 1984)
The Truth About Alex (Television, 1986)
1986 Gemini Awards (Television, 1986)
It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (Television, 1987)
1989 Juno Awards (Television, 1989)
A David Foster Christmas Card (Television, 1989)
Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Saying Goodbye (Television, 1990)
Kurt Browning: Tall in the Saddle (Television, 1991)
Test Pattern (Television, 1989 – 1991)
Country Gold (Television, 1992)
Pumped! (Television, 1992)
Canada Day (Television, 1992)
1993 Juno Awards (Television, 1993)
Ready Or Not (Television, 1993)
The Artistry of Torvill and Dean (Television, 1994)
Prairie Oyster: Group Portrait (Television, 1994)
Kurt Browning: You Must Remember This (Television, 1994)
Ed’s Night Party (Television, 1995)
Skate (Television, 1995)
Shark Talk (Television, 1996)
Scott Hamilton: Upside Down (Television, 1997)
Scott Hamilton: Back on the Ice (Television, 1997)
Open Mike With Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Full Circle: The Untold Story of the Dionne Quintuplets (Television, 1998)
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (Television, 1998)
Toller Cranston: A Tribute (Television, 1998)
100 Years of Canadian Sports (Television, 1999)
Tara Lipinsky: From This Moment (Television, 1999)
The WarmUp Show with Sean Tweedley (Television, 1999)
1999 Stars on Ice (Television, 1999)
The Wave (Television, 2000)
2000 Stars on Ice (Television, 2000)
Jann Arden: Live At Last (Television, 2000)
Sandra Bezic: The Passion to Skate (Television, 2000)
The MermanOff (Television, 2000)
2001 Canada’s Walk of Fame (Television, 2001)
Sonic Temple (Television, 2001)
The Goods (Television, 2001)
2002 Canada’s Walk of Fame (Television, 2002)
2002 Juno Awards (Television, 2002)
Jamie & David: A Golden Homecoming (Television, 2002)
Kurt Browning: Ice Legends (Television, 2002)
2003 Juno Awards (Television, 2003)
Sean Cullen Home For Christmas (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2004)
2004 Juno Awards (Television, 2004)
2004 Canada’s Walk of Fame (Television, 2004)
2005 Canada’s Walk of Fame (Television, 2005)
Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal (Television, 2005)
Jon Dore Show (Television, 2005)
Falcon Beach (Television, 2005 – 2006)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2005)
2005 Canada’s Walk of Fame (Television, 2005)
2005 Juno Awards (Television, 2005)
Hatching, Matching, & Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1 (Television, 2005)
Instant Star (Television, 2006)
2006 Juno Awards (Television, 2006)
Comedy Gold (Television, 2006)

2006.009 accrual

This accession includes 13 series: ‘AudioVisual’, ‘Awards’, ‘Business Affairs’, ‘Development’, General’, ‘Legal’, Marketing and Distribution’, Photography’, Post-Production’, ‘Pre-Production’, ‘Production’, Publicity’, ‘Publicity-Posters’.

The first series, ‘AudioVisual’, includes 16mm film (including original camera negative from Ready or Not), sound elements, and video tapes (primarily Betacam SP broadcast quality tapes of preproduction material from Canadian Idol).

The second series, ‘Awards’, includes awards for a number of Insight productions.

The third series, ‘Business Affairs’, includes textual documents pertaining to several Insight productions.

The fourth series, ‘Development’, includes textual documents pertaining to several Insight productions.

The fifth series, ‘General’ includes correspondence, press clippings, and other textual records, related to general Insight company matters as well as specific Insight productions including Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Pumped, Quintuplets, Ready or Not, Stars on Ice, and Test Pattern. The series also includes artwork and posters from various Insight productions.

The sixth series, ‘Legal’, includes legal documents pertaining to the production of several Insight productions.

The seventh series, ‘Marketing and Distribution’, includes textual documents pertaining to the marketing and distribution of several Insight productions.

The eighth series, ‘Photography’, includes extensive photographic material (prints, negatives and slides of various formats) for most of the Insight productions.

The ninth, tenth and eleventh series, (‘Pre-Production’, ‘Production’, ‘Post-Production’) includes scripts, proposals, treatments, and outlines for various productions.

The twelfth series, ‘Publicity’, includes files pertaining to publicity for Insight productions.

The thirteenth series, ‘Publicity-Posters’, includes posters for various Insight productions.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Heart of Gold (Television, 1982)
Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Ready or Not (Television, 1993)
Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (Television, 1998)
100 Years of Canadian Sports (Television, 1999)
Jann Arden: Live At Last (Television, 2000)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2004)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2004)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2005)
Falcon Beach (Television, 2005)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2005)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2006)
Comedy Gold (Television, 2006)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Country Gold (Television, 1992)
Ready or Not (Television, 1993)
Ed’s Night Party (Television, 1995)
Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Toller Cranston: A Tribute (Television, 1998)
Sonic Temple (Television, 2001)
The Goods (Television, 2001)
Sean Cullen Home For Christmas (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2004)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2005)

2006.011 accrual

This fonds includes six series, divided by format. These are: Textual Material, Photographic Material, Audio Material, Video Material, Cinefilm/Cinex, and Artifacts.

The first series, Textual Material, is chiefly made up of scripts, storyboards, production files, research files, correspondence, meeting notes, equipment files, technical drawings, bylaws, cast/crew lists, contracts and proposals.

The second series, Photographic Material, represents all periods of Spiess’ career, from his early portraiture and fine art images to his industrial/commercial work to production stills documenting his cinematographic work. This series is divided into two subseries: PH.1239 & PH.610977 and PH.240609.

The third series, Audio Material, includes soundtrack production elements and music.

The fourth series, Video Material, includes high quality dubs of the various versions of the finished commercial productions, as well as production elements for those commercials shot on video.

The fifth series, Cinefilms/Cinex, includes finished release prints of the various commercials as well as a number of short films by Spiess.

The sixth series, Artifacts, consists of examples of the tools that Spiess used to teach his students, as well as mementos of his involvement with the CSC.

This fonds includes 1,635 examples of Spiess’ commercials with most of the major local
and national clients represented. Clients/Products advertised include:

7Up
AT&T
Avon
Bank of Montreal
The Bay
Black Magic Chocolates
Black and Decker Tools
Buick
Canada Post
Canada Savings Bonds
Canadian Tire
Carling Brewery
Coca-Cola
Continental Bank
Dairy Queen
Dial Soap
Canada Homes
Chrysler
CIBC
CNCP
Dare Cookies
Eastern Sound
Eaton Centre
Ford Motor Co.
General Motors Canada/GMC
Great West Life
Gulf Oil
GWG Jeans
Hitachi
HIV/AIDS prevention PSA
Imperial Oil/Esso
International Nickel
Jello
Kelloggs
Kotex
Lipton Teas
Maclean’s
Mattel Toys
McDonalds Restaurants
Micron Skates
Miracle Food Mart
Molson Breweries
Monarch Cakes
Oldsmobile
Ontario Hydro
Ontario Lottery
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Oscar Myer Wieners
Panasonic
Pontiac
Rustoleum
Sears
Sherwin Williams paint
Timex
Uniroyal
Xerox
As well there are AV materials relating to his full length film

Die Thomaner (1941)
Don’t Hurry Past: Cerebral Palsy

2007.009 accrual

This fonds is divided into 2 series, divided by format. These are: Audio Materials and Film/Video Materials.

The first series, Audio Material, includes sound elements and research material.

The second series, Video Material, comprises raw footage, edits, masters and viewing copies of completed productions. Of particular interest is the footage shot for Hollywoodism, which includes interviews with several Hollywood directors and producers who are now dead. Cinefilms, includes raw footage and elements. Some personal films on Super 8 are also included.

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:
• Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews (Film, 1983)
• AIDS in Africa (Television, 1990)
• Burden on the Land (Television, 1990)
• Deadly Currents (Television, 1991)
• A Child’s Grief (Television, 1995)
• Expulsion and Memory (Television, 1996)
• The Plague Fighters (Television, 1996)
• Selling of Innocents (Television, 1996)
• The Dancing Game (Television, 1997)
• A Mother’s Grief (Television, 1997)
• Hollywoodism (Television, 1997)
• Quest for the Lost Tribes (Television, 1999)
• Scandal! Then and Now (Television, 1999)
• Drag Kings (Television, 2000)
• The Struma (Television, 2000)
• James Brother of Jesus (Television, 2003)
• Betrayal! (Television, 2004)
• Impact of Terror (Film, 2004)
• Tell It Like It Is (Television, ca. 2004)
• The Naked Archaeologist (Television, 2005)
• Yummy Mummy (Television, 2005)
• Sex Slaves (Television, 2005)
• The Exodus Decoded (Television, 2006)
• Charging the Rhino (Film, 2007)
• Lost Tomb of Jesus (Film, 2007)
• Unfinished Exodus: Anatomy of an Airlift (Television, n.d.)

2008.007 accrual

This accession consists of 17 series, divided by production: ‘Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?’, ‘Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 & 2007’, ‘Canadian Idol: Season 4 & Season 5’, ‘Deal or No Deal Canada’, ‘Falcon Beach’, ‘Hatching, Matching and Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1’, ‘Icons and Rising Stars—Melissa and Rex: Let It Go!’, ‘Jon Dore Show, The Pilot & Jon Dore Show, Season 1’, ‘Juno Awards, 2006 & 2007’, ‘Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal’, ‘MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1’, ‘Project Runway Canada: Season 1’, ‘Star Racer’, ‘The Toronto Variety Show’.

The first series, ‘Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?’ includes Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, and DVD recordings pertaining to the five-episode game show hosted by Colin Mochrie.

The second series, ‘Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 & 2007’, includes Betacam SP, Betacam SX, CDR, Digital Betacam, DVD, MPEG IMX, and VHS recordings pertaining to the annual two-hour variety awards presentation paying tribute to Canadiancelebrities. Footage from live ceremonies is combined with interviews and historic still and moving images. These two editions feature inductees Wayne Gretzky, Paul Anka, The Tragically Hip, Arthur Hiller, Alex Colville, Daniel Lanois, Jim Carrey and others.

The third series, ‘Canadian Idol: Season 4 & Season 5’, includes Betacam SP, 2” tape, Betacam SX, CD, Digital Betacam, DPD113, DV Cam, DVD, Mini DV and VHS recordings pertaining to the television show hosted by Ben Mulroney. By the time these seasons aired on CTV, the series had become Canada’s highest rated television series in history.

The fourth series, ‘Deal or No Deal Canada’, includes Betacam SP, CDR, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV and VHS recordings pertaining to the game show hosted by Howie Mandel. The program, which consisted of five episodes, was aired on Global Television.

The fifth series, ‘Falcon Beach’, consists of textual records and DVD, CD and VHS recordings of the one-hour drama series featuring young people summering in the fictitious lakeside resort town of Falcon Beach. Shot in Gimli and Winnipeg Beach, Falcon Beach is a co-production between Insight and Manitoba-based Original Pictures.

The sixth series, ‘Hatching, Matching and Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1’, includes textual records and ¼ in. tape, Betacam SP, CD, DAT, Digital Betacam, DVD, Floppy disk and VHS recordings pertaining to a half-hour comedy series produced for CBC in 2005 and 2006. The program, which was set in Newfoundland, features Mary Walsh, Mark McKinney, Shaun Majumder, Rick Boland and Sherry White.

The seventh series, ‘Icons and Rising Stars—Melissa and Rex: Let It Go!’, includes Betacam SP, CD, Digital Betacam, DVD, Mini DV, and VHS recordings pertaining to the documentary about two Canadian singers (and ex-Canadian Idol competitors) Melissa O’Neil and Rex Goudie. The documentary includes footage from concerts in Brantford, ON, St. John’s, NF and Calgary.

The eighth series, ‘Jon Dore Show, The Pilot & Season 1’, features Betacam SP, CD, Mini DV, and DVD recordings of Canadian comedian Jon Dore’s 2007 show.

The ninth series, ‘Juno Awards, 2006 & 2007’, includes Betacam SP, CD, DA113, DA8, DAT, Digital Betacam, DPD113, DVC Pro HD, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV, VHS and XD Cam HD recordings of the 2006 and 2007 Juno Award ceremonies. The 2006 show was held in Halifax and was hosted by Pamela Anderson. Featured performers included Divine Brown, Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, Coldplay and the BlackEyed Peas. The 2007 show occurred in Saskatoon and was hosted by Nelly Furtado. Featured performers include Tragically Hip, Alexisonfire, Billy Talen, KOS, DJ Champion, City and Colour and Patrick Watson.

The tenth series, ‘Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal’, includes Digital Betacam and CD recordings pertaining to the program Mindtrip (hosted by Hugh Dillon). The 2005 production includes an overview of the paranormal and descriptions of paranormalrich Canadian locations.

The eleventh series, ‘MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1’ includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD, DVD, Mini DV, and VHS recordings pertaining to the 10-episode reality program hosted by Dina Pugliese. Produced in 2007, this program features judges comprised of industry insiders including Robin Black, Kardinal Offishall and Steve Anthony.

The twelfth series, ‘Project Runway Canada: Season 1’, includes textual records and CD, DVD and XD Cam HD recordings pertaining to the first season of Project Runway Canada. The series, hosted by model Iman, features Canadian fashion designers competing for the chance to be discovered as the ‘it’ Canadian.

The thirteenth series, ‘Star Racer’, includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD, Digital Betacam, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV, and DA8
recordings. The program, hosted by Canadian actor Yannick Bisson, was a reality-based competition to find Canada’s best driver. It was shot at Le Circuit racetrack in Mont Tremblant, Quebec and aired on the Discovery Channel.

The fourteenth series, ‘The Toronto Variety Show’, includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD/CDR, DVC Pro HD, DV Cam, DVD/DVDR, Mini DV, and VHS recordings. This entertainment-focused program was shot on location in downtown Toronto in four fast-paced one-hour episodes. Hosted by opera singer Measha Brueggergosman, the series featured Jon Dore, Melanie Durrant, K’naan, DJ Zahra, the Doo Wops and Kenny Robinson.

The fifteenth series, ‘Alison Birk Archive’, consists of textual records created by and/or for Alison Birk.

The sixteenth series, ‘John Brunton Personal’, consists of textual records created by and/or for John Brunton.

The seventeenth series, ‘John Murray Development Files’, consists of records created by and/or for John Murray Development Files.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falcon Beach: Series 1 (Television, 2005)
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching : Pilot & Season 1 (Television, 2005)
Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal (Television, 2005)
The Toronto Variety Show (Television, 2005)
Icons and Rising Stars – Melissa and Rex: Let It Go! (Television, 2006)
Falcon Beach: Series 2 (Television, 2006)
Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 (Television, 2006)
Star Racer (Television, 2006)
Juno Awards: 2006 (Television, 2006)
Canadian Idol: Season 4 (Television, 2006)
Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5-th Grader? (Television, 2007)
Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2007 (Television, 2007)
Canadian Idol: Season 5 (Television, 2007)
Deal or No Deal Canada (Television, 2007)
The Jon Dore Show: The Pilot (Television, 2007)
The Jon Dore Show: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Juno Awards: 2007 (Television, 2007)
MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Project Runway Canada: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falcon Beach (Television, 2005)
Hatching, Matching, & Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1 (Television, 2005)
The Toronto Variety Show (Television, 2005)
Star Racer (Television, 2006)
Much Music VJ Search: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Project Runway Canada: Season 1 (Television, 2007)

2008.008 acquisition (Riverdale)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to three seasons of production of the 1hour television series Riverdale. The show ran from 1997 – 2000, and all 47 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 207 boxes of material spanning all three seasons of the show. The fonds is divided into two series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.
The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 49 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.
The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 158 boxes. These include raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, interview tapes and promo reels. There is also a complete set of both VHS and DVD screening copies of each episode. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.
The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Riverdale (Television, 1997 – 2000)
This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Riverdale (Television, 1997 – 2000)

2008.013 accrual

This fonds is divided into 6 series, divided by format. These are: Textual Materials, Photographs, Audio Materials, Video Materials, Cinefilms and Artifacts.

The first series, Textual Materials, consists of documents from every phase of the production process. These include: proposals for various series, treatments, synopses, draft scripts, finished scripts, story boards, series presentations, and promotional kits. Legal and financial papers are also included.

The second series, Photographs, includes a number of prints used for research and promotional purposes.

The third series, Audio Material, includes sound elements and research material.

The fourth series, Video Material, comprises raw footage, edits, masters and viewing copies of completed productions. Of particular interest is the footage shot for Hollywoodism, which includes interviews with several Hollywood directors and producers who are now dead.

The fifth series, Cinefilms, includes raw footage and elements. Some personal films on Super 8 are also included.

The sixth series, Artifacts, includes posters, clothing, props, awards and a large Canadian flag.

This fonds includes textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews (Film, 1983)
AIDS in Africa (Film, 1990)
Burden on the Land (Television, 1990)
Deadly Currents (Film, 1991)
Ms. Conceptions (Film, 1995)
The Plague Fighters (Television, 1996)
Selling of Innocents (Television, 1996)
Expulsion and Memory (Television, 1996)
A Mother’s Grief (Television, 1997)
The Dancing Game (Television, 1997)\
Hollywoodism (Television, 1997)
Quest for the Lost Tribes (Television, 1999)
Scandal! Then and Now (Television, 1999)
Drag Kings (Television, 2000)
The Struma (Television, 2000)
Betrayal! (Television, 2004)
Tell It Like It Is (Television, ca. 2004)
Sex Slaves (Television, 2005)
The Naked Archaeologist (Television, 2005)
Yummy Mummy (Television, 2005)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews (Film, 1983)
Burden on the Land (Television, 1990)
Ms. Conceptions (Film, 1995)
The Plague Fighters (Television, 1996)
Selling of Innocents (Television, 1996)
The Dancing Game (Television, 1997)
Hollywoodism (Television, 1997)
Quest for the Lost Tribes (Television, 1999)
Scandal! Then and Now (Television, 1999)
The Struma (Television, 2000)
Betrayal! (Television, 2004)
Impact of Terror (Film, 2004)
Tell It Like It Is (Television, ca. 2004)
The Naked Archaeologist (Television, 2005)
Yummy Mummy (Television, 2005)
Sex Slaves (Television, 2005)
The Exodus Decoded (Television, 2006)
Charging the Rhino (Film, 2007)

2008.014 accrual

Accession 2008.014 is divided into 6 series according to format.
These are: Textual and Other Material, Photographic Material, Graphic Material, Audio Material, Video Material, and Artifacts.
The first series, Textual and Other Material, includes scripts related to Nelvana (scripts, business, legal records, development files,correspondence, personal diaries, notebooks and other production-related files). This series also includes 31 series bibles and over 500 books and periodicals.
The second series, Photographic Material, includes photographs related to the animation production process, as well as images of Nelvana staff at work and play.
The third series, Graphic Material, includes material from different parts of the production process (animation cells, backgrounds, and cleanups).
They include some of the best known and most valuable of such materials, including Tintin, Rupert, Babar and Dog City. This series also includes posters.
The fourth series, Audio Material, consists largely of commercial recordings used for research. This series also includes rough mixes for Nelvana productions.
The fifth series, Video Material, primarily consists of completed Nelvana programs, as well as different versions of productions in progress.
The sixth series, Artifacts, includes a number of promotional items (toys, stuffed animals, clothing, etc.) from Hirsh’s productions.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

The Edison Twins (Television, 1982)
Droids (Television, 1985)
The Care Bears (Television, 1985)
Babar (Television, 1989)
Rupert (Television, 1991)
The Adventures of Tintin (Television, 1991)
Eek! the Cat (Television, 1992)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Television, 1993)
Dog City (Television, 1992)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (Television, 1993)
Budgie the Little Helicopter (Television, 1994)
Tabaluga (Television, 1994)
Tales from the Crypt (Television, 1996)
Franklin (Television, 1997)
Bob and Margaret (Television, 1998)
The Doodlebops (Television, 2004)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

A Cosmic Christmas (Television, 1977)
The Care Bears (Television, 1985)
Tres Estelles (Television, 1987)
My Pet Monster (Television, 1987)
T & T (Television, 1988)
Babar (Television, 1989)
Beetlejuice (Television, 1989)
Little Rosey (Television, 1990)
Ren & Stimpy Show (Television, 1991)
The Adventures of Tintin (Television, 1991)
Rupert (Television, 1991)
Eek! the Cat (Television, 1992)
Fievel’s American Tails (Television, 1992)
Family Dog (Television, 1993)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Television, 1993)
Dog City (Television, 1992)
Free Willy (Television, 1994)
The Magic School Bus (Television, 1994)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (Television, 1994)
Little Lulu (Television, 1995)
Little Bear (Television, 1995)
The Hardy Boys (Television, 1995)
The Neverending Story (Television, 1995)
Blazing Dragons (Television, 1996)
Stickin’ Around (Television, 1996)
Nancy Drew (Television, 1995)
Waynehead (Television, 1996)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Television, 1996)
Donkey Kong Country (Television, 1997)
Ned’s Newt (Television, 1997)
Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicle (Television, 1997)
Franklin (Television, 1997)
Anatole (Television, 1998)
Flying Rhino Junior High (Television, 1998)
Dumb Bunnies (Television, 1998)
Bob and Margaret (Television, 1998)
Birdz (Television, 1998)
Pippi Longstocking (Television, 1997)
Rolie Polie Olie (Television, 1998)
Blaster’s Universe (Television, 1999)
George and Martha (Television, 1999)
Redwall (Television, 2001)
The Doodlebops (Television, 2004)
Spider Riders (Television, 2006)

2008.015 accrual

Accession 2008.015 consists of five series (determined by format), ranging between 1928 and 2005.
These are: Scrapbooks; Appointment Books; Textual Documents; Photographs; and VHS Videotapes.

The first series, Scrapbooks, consists of four oversized, handcrafted scrapbooks likely assembled by Susan Douglas. These scrapbooks document Rubeš’ European opera career, Rubeš’ North American career, Douglas’ career, and their family life.

The second series, Appointment Books, covers the period between 1955 and 2005. These include personal appointment diaries and day timers, as well as a ledger.

The third series, Textual Documents, was largely assembled by the Rubeš’ son, Tony. These files cover the period between 1928 and 2005 and include press clippings, reviews, personal correspondence, mementos, resumes, and biographies.

The fourth series, Photographs, consists of numerous publicity shots, production stills and photographs from 1940 – 2002. The subjects include fellow cast members, colleagues, and family members.

The fifth series, VHS Videotapes, includes several of Rubeš’ performances from the 1950s to 2005. These guest roles in movies and selected television productions characterize the sort of roles that Rubeš played later in his career.

Accession 2008.015 contains textual material in relating to several productions,
including:

Figaro (Live musical performance, 1948)
Forbidden Journey (Film, 1950)
Guiding Light (Television, 1953?)
Witness (Film, 1985)
Kane and Abel (Television, 1985)
Dead of Winter (Film, 1987)
Two Men (Television, 1988)
Something about Love (Film, 1988)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (Film, 1989)
Max Glick (Television, 1990)
Coming of Age (Television, 1993)
Stargate SG 1 (Television, 2001)
The Outer Limits (Television, 1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars (Film, 1999)
Flight of the Reindeer (Television, 2000)
Anthrax (Film, 2001)
The Republic of Love (Film, 2003)
Accession 2008.015 contains audiovisual material relating to several productions,
including:

Forbidden Journey (Film, 1950)
Lions for Breakfast (Film, 1975)
Deadly Harvest (Film, 1977)
Vandenberg (Television, 1983)
Charlie Grant’s War (Television, 1984)
The Marriage Bed (Film, 1986)
Kay O’Brien (Television, 1986)
Fame (Television, 1987)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (Film, 1988)
Blood Relations (Film, 1988)
No Blame (Television, 1988)
Blind Fear (Film, 1989)
E.N.G. (Television, 19891992)
Street Legal (Television, 1990)
Max Glick (Television, 1990)
Class Action (Film, 1991)
Devlin (Television, 1992)
Coming of Age (Television, 1993)
Lambchop and the Haunted Studio (Television, 1994)
The Birds II (Film, 1994)
Roommates (Film, 1995)
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (Television, 1995)
X-Files (Television, 1996)
Never Too Late (Film, 1997)
The Outer Limits (Television, 1999)
The City (Television, 1999)
Flight of the Reindeer (Television, 2000)
Stargate SG1 (Television, 2001)
Anthrax (Film, 2001)
Mentors (Television, 2001)
Tilt (Television, 2005)
Our Fathers (Television, 2005)
Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatte (Film, 2006)

2009.008 acquisition (Liberty Street / X-Rated)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to the production of the television pilot film X-Rated and the subsequent 11-episode series Liberty Street. The show ran from 1993 – 1995, and all 11 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 157 boxes of material spanning all 11 episodes of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 36 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.

The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 121 boxes. These include film negative, film transfers, raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, interview tapes and promo reels. There is also a complete set of both VHS and DVD screening copies of each episode. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

X-Rated (Television movie, 1993)
Liberty Street (Television, 1994 – 1995)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

X-Rated (Television movie, 1993)
Liberty Street (Television, 1994 – 1995)

2009.014 accrual

This accession is divided into 2 series according to format. These are: ‘Audiovisual Material’ and ‘Textual Material’
The first series, ‘Audiovisual Material’ includes raw footage/shoot tapes, stock/historical footage, soundtrack elements, various edits/mixes, openings/logos, digital production stills, and final masters.

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:
Country Gold (1992)
Juno Awards (1989-2009)
Radio Weiners (pilot) (2002)
Canadian Idol (2004 - 2008)
Kalan Porter (2005)
Muskoka Stoneman (pilot) (2005)
Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal (2005)
In Essence (2005)
Deal or No Deal Canada (2007)
Project Runway (2007-2008)
Jon Dore Show (2007-2008)
Sabbatical (pilot) (2007)
The Nutcracker (2008)
CanWest Canspell (2009)
Tragically Hip Cinecast (2009)

The second series, ‘Textual Materals’, includes correspondence, production files, casting binders, tape logs, sound reports, scripts, contracts/agreements, budgets, still photos, episode summaries, credits, deal memos, schedules, judge’s comments, cast lists, release forms.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions,
including:
Canadian Idol – Season 3 (2005)
Canadian Idol – Season 5 (2007)
Canadian Idol – Season 6 (2008)
Deal or No Deal Canada (2007)
Jon Dore Show (2007)
Juno Awards – 31st Annual (2002)
Juno Awards – 33rd Annual (2004)
Juno Awards – 34th Annual (2005)
Muskoka Stonemen (2005)
Radio Weiners (2002)
Sonic Temple (2001)
Toronto Variety Show (2005)
Ready Or Not (1993 – 1997)
The Stone Angel (2006)
Wasaga Beach 2001 – 2003)

2012.003 acquisition (the Kids of Degrassi Street)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to first four short films that grew into the series and the subsequent season of production of the half-hour television series The Kids of Degrassi Street. The show ran from 1979 – 1984, and all 4 short films and 22 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 121 boxes of material spanning all episodes of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 15 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, resumes and bios, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, teaching aids, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.

The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 20 boxes. These include 16 mm original negative, interpositive, A&B rolls, optical soundtrack, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, and promo reels. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

The Kids of Degrassi Street (Television, 1979-1984)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

The Kids of Degrassi Street (Television, 1979 - 1984)

2013.007 acquisition (Degrassi Junior High)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to three seasons of production of the half-hour television series Degrassi Junior High. The show ran from 1987 – 1989, and all 42 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 148 of material spanning all 3 seasons of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 29 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, permits, legal documents, insurance documents, and music cue sheets.

The second series, Audiovisual Records, consists of 119 boxes. These include original negative, interpositive, A&B rolls, optical soundtrack, raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, and promo reels. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Degrassi Junior High (Television, 1987-1989)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Degrassi Junior High (Television, 1987 – 1989)

2014 acquisition

This acquisition is divided into 20 series by format for part of their business. The series are:
Series 01: Photographs
Series 02: Cinefilms
Series 03: Video
Series 04: Audio
Series 05: Daytimes & Desk Calendars
Series 06: Cinewings Ltd.
Series 07: Crone Family Holdings Inc.
Series 08: Crone Films Ltd. Series 9. Life Investors International Ltd.
Series 09: CLOSED
Series 10: Film House Ltd.
Series 11: Cinema Products
Series 12: Steadicam
Series 13: Filmsports
Series 14: Equipment
Series 15: Production Files
Series 16: Personal Files
Series 17: Vi Crone Corporate Projects
Series 18: Personal Development
Series 19: Scrapbooks
Series 20: Graphic

Crone, Robert & Violet

2014.003 accrual

This fonds is divided into 5 series, divided by format. These are: Cinefilm, Video Materials, Audio Materials, Photographic Materials, Textual Records.

The first series, Cinefilm, contains original prints in both b&w and colour. It includes home movies, newsreels, as well as Spiess’s debut film Die Thomaner.

The second series, Video Materials, contains Digital Betacam cassettes. These include transfers of commercials, home movies, and Die Thomaner.

The third series, Audio Materials, includes soundtrack elements and radio commercials.

The fourth series, Photographic Materials includes behind the scenes photos of commercial shoots, family portraits, and glass negatives by Spiess’s father, Karl.

The fifth series, Textual Materials, includes papers relating to the formation of the first accrual of the Fritz Spiess archive. It also includes several periodicals that featured work by Spiess and technical literature about technologies of the day.

This fonds includes textual, photographic, graphic material relating to a number of productions/entities/products, including:

• The Canadian Society of Cinemathographers 1957- 2007 (2007)
• Upside Down: Les Artiques (2008)
• Upside Down: Les Artiques (2011)
• Eskimo Art Film
• Fritz Spiess fonds
• “Jamaican Pumpkin”
• Karl Spiess
• Pledge

This fonds includes audio-visual material relating to a number of productions/entities/commercial products, including:

• Spiess Family German home movies (1930 – 1941)
• Die Thomaner (1941)
• Spiess Family Canadian home movies (1950s)
• Canada 100 Centennial Film
• Carling Black Label
• Eskimo Art Film
• Gulf
• Inco
• Playboy

2015 Accrual

Shimizu’s home movies document multiple stages of his life, and the lives of Japanese Canadians during and around WWII. Titles with dates before WWII document Shimizu’s life and events at the Church in Vancouver. They also capture daily life and vacations as Shimizu traveled south through the west coast of the United States, reaching Mexico. During the war, his films are some of the few moving image documents of the Japanese Canadian internment camps. He also filmed some of his talks and meetings he had with other Japanese Canadians when he traveled east for the CCJC. After the war, his films capture typical family life after relocating in Toronto.
The collection also includes six reels of cartoons and shorts for consumer viewing.

Titles:
Vancouver 1936-1937 (1936-1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria (1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Royal Visit Vancouver (1939, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Family and Friends in Vancouver (Pre-War Days) ([1937 - 1940], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Salem YPCC (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Portland, San Francisco Meeting, Mexico (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Kaslo, B.C. (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Slocan and Sandon, B.C. (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
New Denver, B.C. (1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Toronto, Fort William, Regina, Kaslo ([1942], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Story of Japanese Resettlement from B.C. to Ontario (1942-1950, 2 reels colour 8mm)
Japanese Camp (1942 – 1943, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Montreal, QC (1943 – 1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Toronto and [Suburbs] ([1950], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Niagara, Beamsville, Toronto, ON (1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Simcoe Lake, Hamilton, Toronto, ON (1946, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Centre Island, Waterloo, Grimsby, ON (1946 – 1947, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Galt, Guelph, Chatham, London, Hamilton, ON ([1947], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Upper Canada Village (1960, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Toronto, ON (1955, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Yano Wedding, and Toronto, ON ([1958], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Wedding Pictures ([1956], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Vancouver, BC ([1957], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
California Trip ([1946], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Princeton, Philadelphia, New York (1947 -1952, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Leslie School, Cedar Spring ([1946], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Canada Tour (1952, 2 reels colour 8mm)
Canada Tour (1957, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Second WCC Assembly, Evanston (1954, 1 reel colour 8mm)
News Parade of 1945 (1945, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Sports Parade (1942, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Seeing NY, Knockdown and Drag Out, Bargain Day, Hyps the Hippo (1940, 1 reel tinted 8mm)
The Swim, A Hunting Party, Choose Your Weapons (n.d., 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Mickey in Hurdles and Hazards (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Fire Fighter ([1937], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Haunted House, Easy Street (n.d., 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Chimps Adventures ([1932], 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Holy Land (1940, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Japan 1937 (1937, 2 reels, B&W and Colour 8mm)
ASAI Tour 1937 (1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
1955 World Tour (1955, 5 reels colour 8mm)
The Ghost Towns (1942-1945, 2 DVD-R discs)
Prewar Vancouver: The Japanese United Church, Its Members & Friends (1936-1940, 1 DVD-R disc)

Shimizu, Rev. Kosaburo

2015 acquisition

The collection covers all points of the band’s career, from the early years, and then a large emphasis with material from the early to mid 2000s. All aspects of the workings of the band are present, from raw footage captured for music video creation, master mixes for their albums, and touring information.

The acquisition includes recorded footage for their music video “Young Lions” and other videos, digital files with lyrics, various artifacts including promotional patches, 2010 Independent Music Award, commercial CDs and DVDs of their work, audio master reels of select albums, various newspaper clippings regarding the band, and many textual records on tour information and expenses, royalty statements, photographs and print material for promotional use, financial statements, some personal records, and a large collection of posters.

Constantines

2015 acquisition

This fonds, which documents the activities of the Toronto-based promoter, is divided into ten series. These are:
Series 01: Film Festivals
Series 02: Specific Film Files
Series 03: Magazines
Series 04: Business Files
Series 05: Award Shows
Series 06: Promotional Materials
Series 07: Directories
Series 08: Video
Series 09: Photographs
Series 10: Graphic Material’.

The first series, Film Festivals, consists of press clippings, promotional materials, program books, and schedules from various film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Hot Docs, ImagineNative, and Reel Asian.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

  • Grey Owl (1999)
  • Harrison’s Flowers (2000)
  • Sound of Music Sing-along (2000)
  • The Fourth Angel (2001)
  • The Hole (2001)
  • Lost and Delirious (2001)
  • The Tunnel (2001)
  • 28 Days Later (2002)
  • Antwone Fisher (2002)
  • The Banger Sisters (2002)
  • Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
  • Brown Sugar (2002)
  • The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
  • The Good Girl (2002)
  • In America (2002)
  • One Hour Photo (2002)
  • Punch (2002)
  • Push (2002)
  • Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
  • Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
  • The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
  • Le Divorce (2003)
  • Dreamers (2003)
  • Lucía, Lucía (2003)
  • Nathalie (2003)
  • The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
  • Swimming Pool (2003)
  • Thirteen (2003)
  • 5 x 2 (2004)
  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
  • The Clearing (2004)
  • Club Dread (2004)
  • Continuous Journey (2004)
  • Don’t Move (2004)
  • Garden State (2004)
  • I Heart Huckabees (2004)
  • Kinsey (2004)
  • Moolaadé (2004)
  • Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
  • La Peau Blanche (White Skin) (2004)
  • Turtles Can Fly (2004)
  • Boys of Baraka (2005)
  • Cowboy Del Amor (2005)
  • Down in the Valley (2005)
  • Joyeaux Noel (2005)
  • The King (2005)
  • Liberia: An Uncivil War (2005)
  • Lie With Me (2005)
  • Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
  • Murderball (2005)
  • New York Doll (2005)
  • Strangers With Candy (2005)
  • These Girls (2005)
  • Whole New Thing (2005)
  • After the Wedding (2006)
  • Azur et Asmar (2006)
  • The Bridge (2006)
  • The Cats of Mirikitani (2006)
  • Czech Dream (2006)
  • Dallaire (2006)
  • Infamous (2006)
  • Kenny (2006)
  • Penelope (2006)
  • Refugee All Stars (2006)
  • Shameless (2006)
  • Shortbus (2006)
  • A State of Mind (2006)
  • A Sunday in Kigali (2006)
  • Torn Apart (2006)
  • The White Planet (2006)
  • 100 Films and a Funeral (2007)
  • Caramel (2007)
  • In the Name of the King (2007)
  • Emotional Arithmetic (2007)
  • Family Motel (2007)
  • Funny Games (2007)
  • Honeydripper (2007)
  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
  • Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
  • Jesus Camp (2007)
  • Jonestown (2007)
  • Manda Bala (2007)
  • Mob Stories II (2007)
  • My Brother is an Only Child (2007)
  • No End in Sight (2007)
  • Partition (2007)
  • A Promise to the Dead (2007)
  • P2 (2007)
  • Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
  • Shutka Book of Records (2007)
  • Sideways (2007)
  • Silent Light (2007)
  • Snake Goddess (2007)
  • Street Eats (2007)
  • A Table in Heaven (2007)
  • Up the Yangtze (2007)
  • Alice’s House (2008)
  • All Together Now (2008)
  • Anvil (2008)
  • Autism the Musical (2008)
  • Chris & Don (2008)
  • A Christmas Tale (2008)
  • Eleven Minutes (2008)
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
  • Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
  • For the Bible Tells Me So (2008)
  • Global Metal (2008)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2008)
  • Inside Disaster Haiti (2008)
  • Last Continent (2008)
  • Never Back Down (2008)
  • Order of Myths (2008)
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
  • Sex Drive (2008)
  • Song Sung Blue (2008)
  • Splice (2008)
  • Stuck (2008)
  • Sukiyaki (2008)
  • Summit (2008)
  • Tell No One (2008)
  • The Tiger’s Tale (2008)
  • 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2008)
  • Triage (2008)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • Voices Forward (2008)
  • Young@Heart (2008)
  • Astro Boy (2009)
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
  • Bitch Slap (2009)
  • Book of Negroes (2009)
  • Clubland (2009)
  • Collapse (2009)
  • Delta (2009)
  • Departures (2009)
  • La Donation (2009)
  • Empty Nest (2009)
  • Enlighten Up! (2009)
  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
  • Guest of Cindy Sherman (2009)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • Know Your Mushrooms (2009)
  • Last Train Home (2009)
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
  • LennonYC (2009)
  • Men Who Swim (2009)
  • Mouth of the Wolf (2009)
  • October Country (2009)
  • Police, Adjective (2009)
  • The Pool (2009)
  • Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)
  • Recipe for Disaster (2009)
  • Rhino (2009)
  • Rocksteady (2009)
  • Rough Aunties (2009)
  • The September Issue (2009)
  • A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
  • Solitary Man (2009)
  • Taqwacore (2009)
  • Three Blind Mice (2009)
  • Tibet in Song (2009)
  • Tiger Spirit (2009)
  • Toxic Baby (2009)
  • Twilight New Moon (2009)
  • Unmistaken Child (2009)
  • Vincere (2009)
  • Wild Grass (2009)
  • Winnegbago Man (2009)
  • Captain Abu Raed (2010)
  • Company Men (2010)
  • La Danse (2010)
  • Garbage Dreams (2010)
  • The Horse Boy (2010)
  • Hugh Hefner (2010)
  • The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2010)
  • The Infidel (2010)
  • I Wish I Knew (2010)
  • Marwencol (2010)
  • Mid-August Lunch (2010)
  • Passenger Side (2010)
  • Pax Americana (2010)
  • Pet Pharm (2010)
  • RAKASIA Vacation (2010)
  • The Real MASH (2010)
  • RUSH (2010)
  • Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
  • Sons of Perdition (2010)
  • Sounds like a Revolution (2010)
  • Sweetgrass (2010)
  • A Town Times Panic (2010)
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
  • Wake of the Flood (2010)
  • Water on the Table (2010)
  • Winnegbago Man (2010)
  • The Year of the Flood (2010)
  • You Don’t Like the Truth (2010)
  • Zooey + Adam (2010)
  • The Arbor (2011)
  • Attenberg (2011)
  • Disco Mastermind (2011)
  • Essential Killing (2011)
  • The Odds (2011)
  • Pearl Jam 20 (2011)
  • Tipping Point: The End of Oil (2011)
  • Topp Twins (2011)
  • Unauthorized (2011)
  • Whirligig (2011)
  • China Heavyweight (2012)
  • The Guantanamo Trap (2012)
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012)
  • The Perfect Runner (2012)
  • Sound it Out (2012)
  • Under African Skies (2012)
  • West-Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson (2012)

    This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

  • Super 8 Stories (2001)
  • Off the Record (2003)
  • Bhopal: The Search for Justice (2004)
  • The Newsroom (2004)
  • Just Buried (2008)
  • Taxi to the Darkside (2008)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
  • Push (2009)
  • Twilight: New Moon (2009)
  • The Secret Disco Revolution (2012)
  • Super 8 Stories (n.d.)

Kelly, Virginia

2015 acquisition

The material in this collection is primarily news reels and other material relating to events of the day. There are radio dramas from WWII, and the photographs are also taken from news material primarily. This acquisition is divided into five series:
Series A: Cinefilm
Series B: Audio Tape
Series C: Audiodiscs
Series D: Photographs
Series E: Textual / Photographic.

Bulman, Alan

2015 acquisition

The accession is arranged into the four series ‘Gig’, ‘Audio’, ‘Video’, and ‘Order of Canada’, which correspond primarily with the format of the record and have further subseries.

Series 01: Gig Series: Consist of material relating her to many concerts, both within Canada and internationally. Date of performance, and venue are noted.

Series 02: Audio Series: Arranges by media format, and with further subseries based on media format and subject matter, this series captures the wide array of Anne Murray’s musical career. Material includes live recordings, commercially released material, special edition box sets, recorded interviews and demos, and television and radio recordings. The last subseries consists of early Edison Cylinders and a player from the early 20th century.

Series 03: Video Series: Recordings of the many performances and television appearances done by Anne Murray. These include appearances with Alan Thicke, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Merv Griffin Show. Award ceremonies where Murray was present have been recorded and included, as have various television specials.

Series 04: Oder of Canada Series: A framed certificate and accompanying textual records for the Order of Canada.

2016 accrual

The collection contains multiple French Canadian artists and films, both pop culture and more educational in nature. This acquisition is divided into the two series:
Series 1: Commercial Studio LPs
Series 2: VHS

Brazeau, Raymond

2016 accrual

This collection consists of material created and collected throughout the life of the donor, Julian Samuel. His time as a photographer, filmmaker, painter, and writer are present. The breadth of the collection emphasizes the many aspects of Samuel’s life, and gives a small insight into his creative process. The collection is divided up into the following five series:
Series 01: Film
Series 02: Master of Fine Art Support Project
Series 03: Photographs
Series 04: Textual Materials
Series 05: Music

Samuel, Julian

2016 accrual

The Ian Thornley 2016 accession includes many unique textual records. Present in the collection are record agreements, press clippings, and many notes relating to his and Big Wreck’s many tours. There are also invoices and news reports. Many raw, rough mixes, and unmastered audio recordings of Big Wreck’s music is present as are recordings from Thornley himself. Moving image elements are present, capturing live performances and interviews of the band and Thornley. There is also a significant amount of photography documenting Thornley during his career.

Thornley, Ian

2016 accrual

The collection consists of personal material, music reference, studio tapes, and some unreleased recordings of his work.

Series 01: Studio Tapes – ¼” and Cassettes
Series 02: Personal Listening Recorded Dubs – ¼”, Cassettes, and CD’s
Series 03: Radio Programs – ¼” and Cassettes
Series 04: 78 RPM Records
Series 05: 45 RPM Record
Series 06: Commercial Cassette Tapes
Series 07: Misc. & Unknown Cassette Tapes
Series 08: VHS Tapes
Series 09: Magazines
Series 10: 33 1/3 RPM Records
Series 11: Comic Books
Series 12: Books
Series 13: Sheet Music
Series 14: Press Clippings
Series 15: Personal
Series 16: 8-Track Tapes
Series 17: Posters
Series 18: Harmonicas
Series 19: Interview

Newell, Richard

2016 acquisition

Fonds consists of the professional records of filmmaker, producer, and media consultant Midi Onodera. Including film shorts and feature films that consist of raw footage, outs, and masters, director’s reel, music cues, sound files, waivers, contracts, scripts, production binders, press kits, budgets, copyright information, funding applications, distribution information, cast & crew lists, CV’s, and biographical information. The MAC series includes production and promotional videos for fundraising events and yearly trends. Also includes Film Festival catalogues, Art & Film magazines, zines, newspapers, press clippings, promotional photographs and posters, film stills, publicity photographs, continuity photographs, negatives, and slides.

Onodera, Midi

2016 acquisition

A collection representing film, television, and radio from across many eras in each media. With a focus on the Golden Age of Radio and the American film industry’s early years if the 1930’s and 1940’s the collection captures what early mass entertainment looked like. This acquisition is divided into seven series:
Series 01: SUPER 8MM films
Series 02: Regular 8MM films
Series 03: 1/4" Audio Radio Programs
Series 04: Television Programs
Series 05: Feature Films
Series 06: Textual Material
Series 07: Music

2016 acquisition

The material present in this acquisition reflects more of the latter half of Curran’s career. Many stages of the music creation processes are present, with textual material reflecting the legal side, while the audio material reflects the recording side. Textual and photographic material capture life on tour, and material related to music videos is found in video material. This acquisition is divided into seven series by format:
Series 01: Audio
Series 02: Textual
Series 03: Photographic
Series 04: Graphic
Series 05: Ephemera
Series 06: Video
Series 07: Electronic Records

Curran, Andy

2016 acquisition

The collection focuses on Mendelson Joe’s musical career. Video and audio material capture many songs written and performed by Joe. Master demos, commercial releases, and some worksheets are present.

Mendelson Joe

2016 acquisition

The accession includes extensive textual material such as production contracts, historical research, and production notes. There are also audio-visual production elements, and master copies. This acquisition is divided into 64 series based on the productions created by Cogent/Benger, subject matter, and material related to the production company itself. The series include:
Series 1: Dying to Get In
Series 2: Wolverine: Devil of the North
Series 3: In Security: The New Age of Policing
Series 4: East Side Showdown
Series 5: Jan Wong's Forbidden China
Series 6: Asylum Part 1: Falling Through the Cracks / Asylum Part 2: Not Criminally Responsible
Series 7: Somebody Stop Me: The Life and Times of Jim Carrey
Series 8: Powergame
Series 9: First Person Shooter
Series 10: Paul Anka: Destiny
Series 11: The In-Between World of M. G. Vassanji
Series 12: Money & the Maker: The Battle for St. Stephen's
Series 13: CO2 Man
Series 14: How to Stop a Hurricane
Series 15: Pharma Sutra
Series 16: China's Leap of Faith
Series 17: Pedal Power
Series 18: Porndemic
Series 19: Passion of Christ
Series 20: Five Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup
Series 21: Sex Scandals in Religion
Series 22: The Autism Enigma: Are Bacteria to Blame
Series 23: The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
Series 24: Quat
Series 25: Canadian Cricketers
Series 26: Ainsworth 5
Series 27: Crash City
Series 28: Stories from the Dice
Series 29: Rugby
Series 30: Christopher Houghton-Budd
Series 31: AHWS 20th Anniversary Celebration
Series 32: Amma
Series 33: Pod-Cast
Series 34: Rant (Jess's and Robin's)
Series 35: Trouble at Eden
Series 36: Pharma
Series 37: El Mocambo
Series 38: Brian Plummer
Series 39: Project "W"
Series 40: Carol Ann Davidson
Series 41: TTC
Series 42: Loney
Series 43: The Kremlins: Russian Hockey
Series 44: TDSB: Black Schools
Series 45: Pacifists
Series 46: Horse Racing: The Bear
Series 47: My Father The Terrorist
Series 48: Tobacco
Series 49: Call From Afghanistan
Series 50: A Day in the Century of the West End YMCA
Series 51: Bowling for Canada
Series 52: Africa on the Move: Ep. 1, A Dream of Millions
Series 53: James Pacelli Project
Series 54: Mandela & The Children
Series 55: Yamoria and the Great Wolverine
Series 56: Nature Bites Back: The Case of the Sea Otter
Series 57: Love Interrupted
Series 58: A Bear for the Roses
Series 59: Kids
Series 60: Slouching to Sarajevo
Series 61: Fish Tank / Fish Farms
Series 62: The Truth Shows Up
Series 63: I, Neanderthal

Cogent/Benger Productions

2016 acquisition

This acquisition is divided into the following 40 series:

Series 01: Magazines
Series 02: Concert Announcements
Series 03: Show Tickets
Series 04: Balmur Ltd.: Correspondence
Series 05: Balmur Ltd.: Artist Contracts / Agreements
Series 06: Balmur Ltd.: Producer Contracts / Agreements
Series 07: Balmur Ltd.: Corporate Contracts / Agreements
Series 08: Balmur Ltd.: Road Show Contracts / Agreements
Series 09: Balmur Ltd.: Corporate Files
Series 10: Balmur Ltd.: Proposed / Cancelled Shows & Tours
Series 11: Balmur Ltd.: Capitol Records / EMI Canada Contracts
Series 12: Balmur Ltd.: Capitol Records / EMI Canada Correspondence
Series 13: RESTRICTED
Series 14: Balmur Ltd.: Album Files
Series 15: What a Wonderful World Gift Book
Series 16: Television Appearances
Series 17: Television Specials
Series 18: Award Shows & Honours
Series 19: Feature Films
Series 20: Personal & Private Appearances
Series 21: Radio Appearances
Series 22: Interviews
Series 23: Scrapbooks
Series 24: Programs
Series 25: Official Souvenir Concert Programs
Series 26: Songbooks and Sheet Music
Series 27: Books
Series 28: Schedules / Calendars / Itineraries
Series 29: Press Releases
Series 30: International Fan Club
Series 31: Charities / Patronage / Donations
Series 32: Publicity Published Materials
Series 33: Bios
Series 34: Audio
Series 35: Concert Set Lists
Series 36: Autobiography "All of Me"
Series 37: Anne Murray Centre
Series 38: Personal
Series 39: Photographs
Series 40: Press Clippings

2017 accrual

The collection consists primarily of audio and video recordings done by McClement of musical acts, interviews, and shows. Artists include Nelly Furtado, Shaggy, Neil Young, Rita MacNeil, Ringo Star, The Tragically Hip, David Bowie, Juno Award shows, and many many others.

There is also a large collection of magazines, including The Rolling Stones (1969-1982), Mix (1980-2011), Professional Sound (1992-2017), Studio Sound (1985-1994), Recording Engineer Producer (1976-1992), Tape Op (2005-2009), Kingston Whig-Standard (1959-2006), Cinema Canada (1982), Canadian Musician (2015-2017), and T.O. Magazine (1984-1988)

McClement, Doug

2017 accrual

The collection spans a wide variety of material, including multiple hard drives and textual material. The textual material offers excellent insight into the production process, as it includes track listings, mixing instructions, and other information needed for each session.
Both Canadian and International artists are represented in this collection, as there are audio and visual elements for artists like Anne Murray, Nelly Furtado, Rita McNeil, and the Weeknd. There are also commercial recordings for multiple companies including Disney World, Fisher Price Toys, and Ontario Tourism.

Metalworks Studio

2017 accrual

The collection contains a wide variety of moving image archival material. The collection consists of 16mm, 35mm, 1”, 2”, ¼”, D1, D2, Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, U-Matic, DAT, VHS, DVD. The film present represents all stages of the production process: inter positive, masters, dubs of masters, mixing elements, dup negatives, optical tracks, and rushes. The various cassettes also offer a similar look into production, with both raw and master tapes.

The textual material consists of scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings, publication materials, and other ephemera. There are also posters, slides, and photographic prints present in the collection.

Titles include, but are not limited to:

Dive to the Centre of the Earth
CLONE – Max
Florida a State of Caring
Of Eagles and Giants
Shark Dive
Against the Clock, Rhapsody In Red
The Dangerous Sea
Ghost Ships
I must Go Down to the Sea
Cave Dwellers
In High Society
Inner Space
Shark Hunters
The Poisoned Cup
The Other Eaden
Beneath Frozen Seas
Beneath Coral Seas
Sea of Dreams
Cave Dwellers
Seamount
Reflections in the Golden Seas
Lost Warrior
Hunted Lake

Stoneman, John

2017 acquisition

The Roy Kenner Fonds holds material from across Kenner’s many careers and musical endeavors. His career as a musician and vocalist is represented, with material from the 1960’s to the late 1970’s. Kenner’s voice over work in advertisement and jingles is also well represented. Textual and photographic records capture the many aspects of his life, and include contracts, set lists, promotional photography, notes, and scrapbooks he kept. This acquisition is divided into seventeen series. These series include:
Series 01: Associates
Series 02: Bush
Series 03: Crime World
Series 04: Delphia
Series 05: Honky Tonk
Series 06: Jack Fraser
Series 07: James Gang
Series 08: Law
Series 09: Lisa Dal Bello
Series 10: Mandala
Series 11: Mud
Series 12: Night Heat
Series 13: Roy Kenner
Series 14: The Royals
Series 15: Troiano
Series 16: Unknown
Series 17: Voice over & Advertisement

Kenner, Roy

2017 acquisition

The collection is made up of both audio/visual elements and textual. The majority of the audio visual portion of the collection is consumer tapes/disc and screening dubs of the films shown at the festival. Other files include press kits for select films. Series 7 is comprised of audio cassette recordings of festival workshops, titled “Independent Filmmaking”. The textual material offers a detailed look at how the festival operated, with application forms, tracking forms, correspondence, film promotional materials, actor resumes, expense sheets, booking venue information, workshop summaries and panelist information, grant writing, festival lists, and a wealth of other textual material. The last series is a collection of mostly festival posters.
The collection is divided up into 10 series:

Series 01: VHS Tapes
Series 02: Betacam Tapes
Series 03: Digital Betacam Tapes
Series 04: Betacam SP Tapes
Series 05: MiniDV Tapes
Series 06: DVDs
Series 07: CDs
Series 08: Cassette Tapes
Series 09: Festival Files
Series 10: Posters

World of Comedy Film Festival

2017 acquisition

The majority of the collection is made of movie posters. These posters where those used to advertise the selection of films being shown at the Aron Cinema. The posters represent a large array of films, from the 1950’s to 2011. Most of the film are popular Hollywood titles. There is a small collection of prints, used as promotional material, and a few reels of 35mm theatrical trailers.

Imperial, Paul & Lynn

2017 acquisition

This acquisition is made up of seven series:
Series 1: Animal Magnetism
Series 2: My Parents' House
Series 3: Love it or List it
Series 4: Love it or List it Vancouver
Series 5: I Don't Have Time for This
Series 7: Chef Worthy
Series 8: Paranormal Home Inspectors.

Big Coat Media

2017 acquisition

Films cover a wide variety of subjects and genres. Notables include Charlie Chaplin, Disney shorts, news reels including royal coronations, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Marx Brothers, animated shorts from NFB, and a documentary on The Beatles.

2017 acquisition

Documentary

  • Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
  • The Holier it Gets
  • The True Meaning of Pictures
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • Hockey Nomad

Drama

  • The Uncles

Performace

  • Teri Rickshaw
  • 40 on 40
  • Streetcar
  • Run The ROM

Other (co-productions, and other productions independent of Mercury)

  • Cold Feet (Canadian Film Centre)
  • Looking You in the Back of the Head (Requisite Productions Inc)
  • Flux (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Girl Named Johnny (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Risible Chick (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Fragments (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Mass Brass
  • AGO Pulsations II

Mercury Films Inc

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