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Victoria University Archives Subseries
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Minutes and related records of the Board of Regents

Sub-series consists of the minutes and related records of the Board of Regents of Victoria University. In the earlier records, university federation is a dominant subject as well as the move from Cobourg to Toronto . Also included are the minutes of other committees, including the executive committee, and a building committee concerned with women's residences, and minutes of a special meeting concerning the University Bill.

Currently the Board of Regents meets four times a year, which includes a Strategy Day

Registers and Marks

Sub-series includes records of Union Theological College and consists of register of students marks, 1913-1931; student register, 1920-1929; record of probationers, [192-]; student examination records, 1927-1928; registration cards for the following students: Theology, 1927-1928 to 1929-1930, 1931-1932 to 1965-1966, 1967-1968 to 1970-1971; occasional/special 1928-1929 to 1968-1969 (incomplete); medical/missionary, 1928-1929 to 1931-1932; postgraduate, 1928-1929; Bachelor of Divinity graduate course, 1940-1941 to 1947-1948; Bachelor of Religious Education, 1954-1955 to 1965-1966, 1967-1968 to 1968-1969; Graduate Studies student cards 1951-1963; registration cards of Theology students; and student examination records from Knox College, 1922-1927.

Student registration cards include: name, address, course, home address, Presbytery, Conference, year of study, church attended in Toronto, courses taken (no marks), degree.

General papers

Sub-series consists of files containing predominantly correspondence, which reflects Dr. Love’s various activities as part of the Victoria University /University of Toronto community, including interaction with the administration, the English Department, the Writer-in-Residence program and the Margaret Ray and Florence Pratt Award committee.

Bible course

Sub-series consists of records relating to Johnston's teaching of the Bible course at Victoria College, 1961-2008, including course outlines, assignment descriptions, lecture notes, and some student work and information.

Minutes and other records of Victoria University bodies

Sub-series consists of minutes and other records, 1966-2005, of non-Library Victoria University bodies, including the Margaret Ray and Florence Pratt Committee, Archives Management Committee, Committees of Emmanuel College Council, President's Advisory Committee on Staff Relations, Victoria College Council, the Board of Regents, the Senate, and the President’s Office, 1966–1999.

Records related to the Chancellor and Chancellor's council of Victoria University

The sub-series consists of records related to the search and installation of chancellors as well as congratulatory messages from various institutions to Dr. Sang Chul Lee, Norman Jewison and Dr. Carole Sandra Taylor for being named Chancellors of Victoria University. Also contains records related to the Chancellor's Council and its committees.

Records relating to arbitration involving Victoria University and property at 131 and 151 Bloor Street West

Sub-series consists of the following records: reports, mortgages and deeds, purchase agreements, correspondence, appraisals, briefs, legal arguments, factum, application records, appeal books, motion records, witness statements, court transcripts and other records relating to arbitration proceedings involving Victoria University property at 131 Bloor Street West (Colonnade building) and 151 Bloor Street West (Britannica building), 1991–1993.

Records of the Planning Committee

Series includes minutes of meetings and reports of the Planning Committee as well as it's sub-committees, including the Women's Building Committee. Series also includes correspondence of the Chairman of the Committee (mainly with Fleury and Arthur Architects, Horwood & White Architects), correspondence with the Building Committee and correspondence of the Chairman of the Building Committee. Also includes records related to planning for growth of the university to accommodate growing enrollment and planning for buildings including Emmanuel College. as well as condition of housing, Wymilwood Student Union and Annesley Hall.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents Planning Committee

Records relating to Minto Development

Sub-series consists of lease/purchase agreements, reports, appeals and other legal records, correspondence and other records re Minto Development, 2003–2008; and four volumes titled “The Board of Regents Sale To Minto 2 St. Thomas Street Development Inc. of 2 St. Thomas Street, Toronto (formerly 100–108 Charles Street West) and Lease To Minto St Inc. of 4-6-8 St. Thomas Street, Toronto, Closing Date May 9, 2008” by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

Correspondence files of Principal Brown

Correspondents include: College faculty; Victoria and University of Toronto administrative staff; students; parents and ministers of students; alumni; staff of other academic institutions in Canada and the U.S.A.; United Church ministers and denominational officials; church members seeking advice or recommendations; magazine and journal editors; personal friends and family of Brown.

Subjects of the correspondence include: faculty hiring, promotion and salaries; student marks, appeals, discipline, financial support, and recommendations for graduate schools, scholarships, and jobs; searches for academic appointments; fundraising; requests for articles; requests for speaking and preaching; work on United Church boards and committees, especially relating to a report on "Christianizing the Social Order" and church publications. Many documents reflect Brown's personal philosophy of higher education.

General records

Sub-series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, contact lists, and working records relating to obtaining permission to publish Frye material in the various volumes, 1994-2009; records re financial arrangements/funding, 1993-2011; articles, correspondence and other records relating to publicity, 1991-2009, and reviews from newspapers and literary/academic journals, 1996-2010.

Records of Francis Huston Wallace

Sub-series consists of correspondence re an appointment to Faculty, 1912; outgoing general correspondence arranged chronologically then alphabetically, 1913-1918; correspondence from Leipzig, 1903-1927; memoranda of rules, decisions and other matters, 1901-1919; sermon and address delivered at Victoria, 1920; agenda for incoming Dean August 1920; historical sketch of Faculty, [1920?]; list of books in personal library, prayers, and essay; and statement from students on his retirement, 1920

Wallace, Francis Huston

Files on teaching staff (general categories)

Sub-series consists of files labelled with a variety of general categories. Some of the older files (1944-1957) are organized alphabetically by the initial letter of staff surnames. The newer files (1957-1969) have their contents organized chronologically by date of item. The remaining staff files (1945-1959) are subtitled "Miscellaneous", "Retired or Resigned", and "Sessional". Many files in the sub-series contain confidential information on hiring, salaries and promotion. Other subjects include teaching assignments, sessional appointments, requests for academic leave, and support for study abroad.

General correspondence of Nathanael Burwash

This series consists of a copybook of Burwash's outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically and indexed by surname of correspondent at the beginning of the volume. The letters deal with a variety of financial and academic matters relating to Victoria University, most notably the raising of funds for the new Birge-Carnegie Library.

Records of the Task Force on the Charles Street Lands

Sub-series consists of minutes of the Task Force as well as memoranda regarding the development projects, correspondence, statements and briefs, reports re development strategy, and other records. Also includes minutes of the Property Sub-Committee (of the Steering Committee) discussing the development of the lands (prior to the establishment of the Task Force).

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents Task Force Committee

Records of the Campaign Committee

Sub-series consists of minutes of the first Campaign Committee, the Special Names Committee / Special Subscription Committee and joint meeting minutes of the two. Also consists of records relating to the Campaign Fund (including appeal letters by Margaret Addison. Sub-series also consists of records of the later Campaign Committee which oversaw the "Renewing the Heritage" Campaign which coincided with the Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1986.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents Campaign Committee

Records of the Commission on University Government, 1969-1972

Sub-series consists of records of the Chairman including minutes, notes, reports, and other records; subject binder containing correspondence, briefs, reports, memos, and other material; miscellaneous records; drafts of interim report and related material; and final reports ; and records of the Bursar including minutes (of the Mini-CUG Report Committee), reports, and correspondence and other records.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents Commission on University Government

Records related to the Centenary

Sub-series consists of reports, correspondence and notes of the Centenary Committee and it's sub-committees. Includes class lists, registration lists, clippings, pamphlets, and other material related to the Centenary, including records related to the Pilgrimage to Cobourg that was planned as a celebration of the Centenary. The sub-series also contains an Illuminated address given to King Edward VIII by the University on the occasion of its centennial that expresses gratitude for the Royal Charter granted in 1836 and renews a declaration of loyalty to the Crown; it is signed by the Chancellor and the Board of Regents. Also consists of a letter from the Board of Regents to King George V.

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centenary Committee

Student Files

Sub-series consists of files of individual students (Basic Degree and Advanced Degree) who attended Emmanuel College, 1928-2000. Files may include the following: transcripts of marks, student record cards (including marks), correspondence of the registrar, Principal and faculty members (including letters of recommendation), application forms, evaluation reports, obituaries, clippings, registration forms, examination results, and financial records re loans, bursaries and other matters.

Administration and General Files

Sub-series consists of ongoing subject and correspondence files for the activities and responsibilities of the Registrar's Office, including provision of services, creation of policies and procedures, office administration, participation in associations and discussions with University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science, campus, office and program planning, attendance at conferences and meetings, financial activities, and program reviews.

Records include reports, correspondence, planning documents, statistics, mail-outs, correspondence, forms, etc.

Sub-series also contains correspondence with the Department of Veteran Affairs about students who served in WWII.

Teaching material

Series consists of teaching/lecture notes, bibliographies, test/exam questions, class lists, marks, research material, class schedules, essay topics, letters of recommendation, student reports, evaluations, tutorials material, and PhD orals material, 1949–1994.

Records of Revision Committees, 1974–1975, 1979

Sub-series consists of records of the Revision Committee,1974: minutes, 1974–1975; reports; and correspondence of the Secretary, Chairman, and concerning Emmanuel College Council; and records of the Revision Committee, 1979: drafts of the Act, reports, and correspondence, 1979–1981

Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Regents Revision Committee

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