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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

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation dance band collection

  • OTUFM 68
  • Collection
  • 1833-1980, predominantly 1926-1951

Collection consists of dance band arrangements of popular songs amassed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The arrangements are predominantly foxtrots, but other dance forms are also represented: beguine, bolero, bossa nova, calypso, cha cha, gavotte, guaguancó, guajira, guaracha, habanera, jig, jump dance, mambo, march, mazurka, one-step, paso doble, polka, rumba, samba, serenade, son, swing, tango, two-step, waltz, and more.

The majority of arrangements are American imprints, but the collection also includes publications from Europe, Mexico, Cuba, and Canada. Many items also include a copy of the sheet music for voice and piano, and some also include manuscript parts, created or copied by Louis Waizman, who worked as a staff arranger from 1933 to 1951 for the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC, renamed CBC in 1936).

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Herman Geiger-Torel collection

  • OTUFM 05
  • Collection
  • 1934-1976

Collection consists of Herman Geiger-Torel's library of piano-vocal scores, including his markings and notes for various opera productions, including performances that he directed in Troppau, Czechoslovakia; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; Montevideo, Uruguay; Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janiero; Canadian Opera Company; and the Royal Conservatory of Music Opera School.

Geiger-Torel, Herman

Ates Tanin collection

  • OTUFM 76
  • Collection
  • 1996-2002

Collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with Dr. Ates Tanin about recordings of pianists Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) and Emil Gilels (1916-1985). Tanin was a collector of piano recordings, with a focus on Richter and Gilels, and maintained a website discography of all known recordings of Richter, "Recorded Richter." Tanin also collaborated with Doremi (Willowdale, Ontario) to commercially release several recordings of Richter's live performances.

Collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with John Berrie and Falk Schwartz, administrators of the Friends of Sviatoslav Richter, and Dejan Sinadinovic, a member of the Friends of Sviatoslav Richter.

Tanin, Ates

Music Library collection of faculty events

  • OTUFM 51
  • Collection
  • 1946-present, 1965-present predominant

Collection consists of recordings and programs of performances by by faculty members, students, student ensembles, and guest artists, at one of the Faculty of Music theatres (Walter Hall and MacMillan Theatre), and at other University venues.

University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

Fisher flute collection

  • OTUFM 46
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1760 - ca. 1905]

Collection consists of late-eighteenth, nineteenth, and early-twentieth century flutes, predominantly made by various builders and companies in London, England, as well as two from Paris, one from France, and one from Bayreuth, Germany. The collection covers the mechanization and modernization of the flute, including the addition of holes and keys, and the move from wood to metal for the body of the flute.

Fisher, Sidney T.

School of Physical and Health Education Training Guides Collection

  • UTA 5007
  • Collection
  • 1944-1966

Training Guides written by 4th year students of the School of Physical and Health Education submitted in partial fulfillment of their degree. Topics cover a wide variety of sports and physical activities. They are original typescripts and some include original photographs.

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.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Artifacts Collection

  • CA ON00357 2188
  • Collection
  • 1832 - 2011

The Artifacts Collection consists of artifacts related to Victoria University and the Vic community. Categories of artifacts are: athletics, pins and medals, awards, jewelry, clothing, buildings, and miscellaneous items.

Horwood Collection

  • UTA 1390
  • Collection
  • 1853

Photographic copies of architectural drawings of floor plans, elevations, and sections of the Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, by the firm Cumberland and Storm and drawn by John Worthington, September 5, 1853.

Cumberland and Storm

[Collection of playbills and ephemera relating to panoramas]

  • CA OTUTF T-10 00121
  • Collection
  • 1810-1869

Collection of approximately 110 playbills and broadsides advertising dioramas and panoramas displayed in 22 different British theatres during the nineteenth century. Includes advertisements for the Cosmorama, Eidophusicon, Cyclorama, Panorama, Diorama, and Kineorama, as well as for traditional plays and pantomimes.

[Collection of culinary ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF cook ephemera
  • Collection
  • 1910-1990

A collection of 36 boxes of culinary ephemera, with approximately 1200 items. Consists chiefly of Canadian material.

Jack Gray collection

  • UTA 1330
  • Collection
  • 1919-1972

Consists of records collected by Gray while working on a history of Hart House Theatre and Robert Gill. Included are Hart House Theatre scrapbooks compiled by Gill containing programs, clippings and photographs; financial records of Hart House Theatre as well as some original correspondence; numerous photographs of Hart House Threatre, Hart House and its staff; scrapbook and minutes book of the Players Club. Included as well, is a manuscript on the history of Hart House Theatre (draft) written by Jack Gray as well as taped interviews conducted by Gray with Hart House Theatre staff including Robert Gill.

Gray, Jack

Eric Horwood oral history

  • UTA 1391
  • Collection
  • 9 Feb. 1984

Consists of a sound recording of an interview between architect E. C. Horwood and University Archivist David Rudkin.

University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS)

John A. Crosby collection

  • UTA 1203
  • Collection
  • [195-]-2005

Photographs, clippings and obituary document American geographer John A. Crosby.

Crosby, John A.

The boxed Hollar etchings

  • CA OTUTF Hollar flat 00001
  • Collection
  • 1630-1660

Original Hollar etchings of biblical and religious scenes, mythology, history, allegory, plans and views, portraits, caricatures, flora and fauna, monuments, coats of arms, ornaments, coins and medals.

Hollar, Wenceslaus

Wolfeiana

  • CA OTUTF wolfe MSS 00003
  • Collection
  • 1761-1918

This volume, assembled by Dawson Turner for his projected biography of General Wolfe, is principally comprised of material extracted from the Henrietta Wolfe papers at Squerryes, from later Warde papers, and other material.

General Wolfe's letters to his parents

  • CA OTUTF wolfe MSS 00001
  • Collection
  • 1740-1760

A collection of holograph letters between General Wolfe and his parents, detailing recounts of his military operations.

Frank Harmantas collection

  • OTUFM 79
  • Collection
  • 1980-1984

Collection consists of unpublished and manuscript scores and parts of arrangements and transcriptions by Frank Harmantas, created for the University of Toronto Trombone Choir. Collection also includes two manuscript arrangements by a student member of the trombone choir, John Wilson.

Harmantas, Frank

Ontario Music Teachers' Association collection

  • OTUFM 82
  • Collection
  • 1936-1944

Collection consists of records from early conventions of the Ontario Music Teachers' Association (OMTA), primarily from the first convention, held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto (October 6-8, 1936). Papers include programs (1936-1944); correspondence; meeting minutes; lists of registrants; scripts for speeches, including an address by Sir Ernest MacMillan at the first convention; drafts of the OMTA constitution; and proceedings (1936, 1937).

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association

Collection of Canadian menus 1853-1967

  • CA OTUTF T-10 00100
  • Collection
  • 1853-1967

Collection of Canadian menus, predominantly from Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal restaurants and Hotels. Includes regular and special event menus, menus from Canadian Pacific Rail and Canadian National Railways trains as well as various ships

Music Pedagogy collection

  • OTUFM 56
  • Collection
  • 1906 - 2010

Collection consists of volumes of music instructional material, predominantly for piano instruction. The collection includes some ear training, theory, and sight reading material as well. Items published in Canada and internationally are included.

University of Toronto Music Library

Roy Lamont Smith collection

  • OTUFM 45
  • Collection
  • 1899-1946

Collection consists of a handwritten book of lyrics for songs written by the American composer Roy Lamont Smith, and a collection of his published and unpublished (manuscript) sheet music.

Smith, Roy Lamont

John Francis Johnstone collection

  • OTUFM 44
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1875] - 2013

Collection consists of reference materials relating to John Francis Johnstone's compositions for voice and piano, his family, and the performance of his songs after his death.

Johnstone, John Francis

Lee Bartel's musical stamp collection

  • OTUFM 42
  • Collection
  • 1927-1985

Collection consists of 27 pages of stamps featuring composers, musicians, musical instruments, scenes from operas and ballets, folk dances, theatres, opera houses, and music conservatories and academies. Each page of stamps was arranged by Lee Bartel.

Bartel, Lee

Víctor Viano Collection

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00333
  • Collection
  • 1958-1988

Collection of materials related to the life and work of Argentinian designer and illustrator Víctor Viano. Includes books, book covers, pre-print paste-ups and negatives, logos, drawings, paintings, posters, cards, brochures, cards, catalogues, and some additional ephemera including a photograph, a newspaper clipping, posters for exhibitions, a pamphlet featuring his work, and a mounted printing plate with one of his designs. The collection documents Viano’s design process from an initial drawing for a book cover or a logo to the finished product and his artistic production and work in commercial and editorial design in Argentina, Venezuela, and Spain between 1958 and 1988.

Viano, Víctor

H.G. Barton Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00192D
  • Collection

This collection contains correspondence between Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and H.G. Barton, as well as between Barton and others, including Robert Harborough Sherard (1861-1943), regarding Ezra Pound and Oscar Wilde. Also included are prospectuses for works by Pound and Sherard, clippings, and prose about Pound.

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

Andrew MacMillan collection

  • OTUFM 50
  • Collection
  • ca. 1930-1967

Collection consists of fifteen opera scores from the library of Andrew MacMillan, with stage directions for the Canadian Opera Company and other productions.

MacMillan, Andrew

Jerry G. Gray / The Travellers Collection

  • CA ON00349 2022.019
  • Collection
  • 1939 - 2021

Fonds consists of material related to the life and career of Jerry G. Gray. Records are predominantly related to his membership in The Travellers, but also include material related to his career as a lecturer on Folk and Protest Music and Yiddish Music. Records dealing with the Travellers include photographs, audio recordings, video, event listings, programmes, and newspaper and magazine clippings. There is a large collection of reference material related to Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and folk music in Canada and the United States, as well as reference material related to Jewish music. The fonds also includes records from Gray’s adolescence, including his early musical performances at Camp Naivelt and the University of Toronto, and his amateur athletic career in secondary school and at the University of Toronto.

Fonds includes the following Series:
Series 01: The Travellers
Series 02: Jerry Gray Adolescence
Series 03: Songbooks, Books, and Magazines
Series 04: Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Publications
Series 05: Jewish Music Publications
Series 06: Civil Rights Songbooks
Series 07: Recordings
Series 08: Lectures and Teaching Materials

Jerry G. Gray

Taipei Economic & Cultural Office (TECO) Collection

  • CA ON00349 2023.002
  • Collection
  • 1960 - 2008

Collection consists of film prints and video materials held by the Toronto TECO office.

Fonds includes the following Series:
Series 01: 16mm Movie Catalogue
Series 02: 16mm Documentary Catalogue
Series 03: Video

Taipei Economic & Cultural Office (TECO)

Eloísa Cartonera collection

  • CA OTUTF cartonera
  • Collection
  • 2003-2022

The collection consists primarily of examples of cartonera books, and a few books published and bound in paper covers by Eloísa Cartonera. The collection also includes a book assembly kit, stencils, archival and publicity materials pertaining to Eloísa Cartonera, as well as video and published materials related to the Prince Claus Award received by Eloísa Cartonera in 2012.

Eloísa Cartonera

Ukrainian People’s Home (Toronto) Records

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00611A
  • Collection
  • 1918-1975

Contains series: Photographs; posters; documents

The documents include photographs documenting the primary activities of the Ukrainian People’s Home, particularly its choir and executive. The posters promoted the various concerts and theatrical performances organized by the community. The miscellaneous documents relate to the Home and to the Prosvita (Enlightenment) and Ridna Shkola societies in Lviv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian People's Home (Toronto)

Andrij Makuch Collection of Photographs

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00382A
  • Collection
  • [1930]-[1940]

Photographs relating to Ukrainians in Ontario, Canada, primarily in St. Catherines.

Makuch, Andrij

G7/G8 Research Collection

  • CA OTTC 1
  • Collection
  • 1975-2003

The G7/G8 Research Collection is a unique resource consisting of materials (print, realia, and other media) collected from the summits of the major industrialized, democratic countries, ministerial meetings, and from individual summit countries; and descriptive and analytical material produced by the G7 Research Group at the University of Toronto. The majority of the material dates from 1988 onward, but a significant amount was collected from the earlier summits. The content is primarily textual records related to the political and economic relations of and between member countries

G7 Research Group

Faculty of Music collection

  • OTUFM 04
  • Collection
  • 1927-2024

Collection consists of promotional materials created and collected by the Faculty of Music, including newsletters, photographs, student publications, and other reference materials that reflect the activities of the faculty, staff, and students.

University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

The Solidarity [Solidarność] Collection

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00272A (2B Annex)
  • Collection
  • 1981-199-

This collection of Polish uncensored publications and Solidarity/[Solidarność] material includes non-periodical publications, graphics, photographs, cassettes, medals, stamps, artifacts, posters as well as other material generated by "Solidarność” and related organizations in Poland and internationally. Periodicals, books and pamphlets which initially constituted the largest part of the collection, have been catalogued separately.

Some of the collection highlights include bulletins and documents issued by the Coordinating Office Abroad of NSZZ “Solidarność” and by international groups organized in support of NSZZ “Solidarność.” Canadian organizations and initiatives are represented extensively. In 1983, the call to expand the collection was issued to private donors to donate Polish Solidarity material in their possession, and the collection has grown since then.

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labour organization)

John Adaskin Project collection

  • OTUFM 81
  • Collection
  • 1961-2011

Collection consists of records of the activities of the John Adaskin Project, formerly the Graded Educational Music Plan, started by John Adaskin in 1961 at the Canadian Music Centre. Records include notes and drafts of articles, lectures, presentations, and workshops on the project; records and correspondence relating to commissions by the project; correspondence with contributors and educators; guidelines for submissions; lists of publications; and records from the first three symposiums and seminars hosted by the project (1963, 1965, and 1967).

John Adaskin Project

[The Bilkstys-Richardson Collection of Maps].

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00536A
  • Collection
  • [1500]-[1899]

Collection of maps, landscapes and some portraits, printed between the sixteenth-early nineteenth centuries. The maps primarily document Europe and European countries, with a smaller selection of maps of Asia.

[Juvenile Drama Collection]

  • CA OTUTF juvdra
  • Collection
  • 1811-1956

Collection comprises more than six thousand sheets of engravings and lithographs illustrating the characters and scenery from British and some European plays between 1810 and 1940.

Jacques Israelievitch collection

  • OTUFM 66
  • Collection
  • 1881-2015

Collection consists of predominantly violin parts with Jacques Israelievitch's bowings, fingerings, and other annotations; correspondence with composers; various programs from his performances ; and select reviews and newspaper clippings.

Jacques Israelievitch

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Student Collection

  • CA ON00357 2190
  • Collection
  • 1859-2013

This collection contains various personal records donated by students, alumni, and their families. Most of these materials focus on the individuals' experiences as students, but some records also detail experiences during various wars and life after graduation. The records include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and more.

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