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Malka Marom Papers

Collection of research notes, interviews, and manuscript drafts relating to her first novel, Sulha, (Toronto, Key Porter Books, 1999),; photographs, tapes, cassettes and other material regarding research for Sulha, and her work as a world musician; tapes, films, videos, notes and draft scripts of her work as a maker of documentary radio programmes and films, and the interviewer of celebrated world figures (Pablo Casals, Moshe Dayan); correspondence (Dennis Lee, Leonard Cohen, Jack McClelland, Eli Wiesel), mainly 1972-1999.

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 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

2018 acquisition

Scope and Content: The collection is comprised primarily of screener, master copies, and distribution copies of the various programs Octapixx distributed.

Octapixx Worldwide

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.

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 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

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

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

Art Museum at the University of Toronto

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

University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC)

Gordon Hirabayashi accession

Videos consist of recordings of television programs about Japanese American and Japanese Canadian internment. Many of these cassettes feature Hirabayashi as a subject. Audio cassettes are primarily recordings of interviews conducted by Hirabayashi on Japanese American and Japanese Canadian internment. Other recordings are from the Religious Society of Friends annual meetings. Some recordings are of Hirabayashi speaking on radio channels about his experience during WWII.

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)

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)

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)

Don Bailey Papers

This accession includes personal correspondence; audiovisual materials; and 160 floppy disks containing manuscript drafts, story drafts, journal entries, projects, notes, correspondence, foster children’s files, and other items relating to the life and work of Don Bailey.
Contains series:

-Correspondence
-Other Files
-Audiovisual Materials

Maureen Scott Harris Papers

This accession of Maureen Scott Harris’ papers includes a significant amount of personal correspondence from the 1960s to the present, along with professional correspondence, mainly from 2015. It also contains materials relating to the Renga 10 collaborative poetry project, and to the Abundance chapbook and event, in addition to a number of periodicals in which Scott Harris’ poetry has been published. The collection also includes Scott Harris’ notes from a course taught by Northrup Frye at the University of Toronto in 1982-1983, along with promotional material from Brick Books, and a variety of audio/visual material.

Contains Series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Literary Projects
  3. Published Works
  4. Early Writing & Education
  5. Brick Books Material
  6. Miscellaneous
  7. Audio / Visual Material
  8. Personal Journals (Restricted)

David Young Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00378 (Downsview Offsite)
  • Accession
  • [1968]-ongoing
  • Part of David Young Papers

Collection consists of manuscripts edited by David Young by others such as Michael Ondaatje (Anil's Ghost); Margaret Atwood (Alias Grace); Kathy Acker (Blood and Guts in High School); draft manuscripts for Young's books, television, film and theatre scripts; background material for projects; personal and business correspondence; schoolwork and other personal papers, audio cassettes, financial information, posters and other ephemera from various productions of Young's work.

David Young Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00529 (Downsview Offsite)
  • Accession
  • 1991-2007
  • Part of David Young Papers

This collection consists of material, including manuscript drafts and correspondence, for various projects David Young worked on between 2004 and 2007. It includes "Sold", a project he developed for CTV, as well as his work for the TV program ReGenesis. it also includes material from various productions of his plays, Glenn and Inexpressible Island, among other projects.

Pimlott 1978 accession

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, field notes, publications, brochures, maps and films relating to Douglas Pimlott's career as zoologist and professor at the University of Toronto. The records relate to provincial commissions and committees (Newfoundland and Ontario) of which he was a member, and includes files on areas of his major research interest: the environment (oil, pollution, Alaska pipeline, pesticides), water policy, provincial resources, and northern development. The field notes are from his study of the moose population in Newfoundland.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Officers Training Corps. University of Toronto Contingent

Service records and lists (1914-1950); financial records (1915-1965); histories and reports (1914-1964); war diaries (1939-1945); minutes of committees and officers' meetings (1921-1957); order books and manuals (1915- 1948); publications (1901-1937); photographs and one painting.

Hart House

16 mm. colour film of an interview with J. Burgon Bickersteth, former Warden of Hart House, prepared by Chetwynd Films for the 50th anniversary of Hart House.

University of Toronto. Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

The records document the Undergraduate Program in Women's Studies, the Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies, and the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies. There are also some records from the Women Studies Student Union (W.S.S.U.) . Records include Curriculum Committee, Program Committee, Core Committee, and Executive Committee agenda and minutes. There are also reports as well as internal program review, special events, and project files. The records also consist of posters, videos, and audio tapes documenting various IWSGS events, conferences, lectures, and workshops.

University of Toronto. Faculty of Physical Education and Health

A2004-0020 represents a large accession of material from the Faculty of Physical Education and Health. The vast majority of the records in this accession are from co-curricular activities carried out by the Faculty. While not physically arranged according to function or subject, the records have been intellectually arranged according to their function as a curricular or co-curricular process, identified further by the specific activity they represent. The first series, entitled Faculty Administration, contains curricular materials which include admission files, records on faculty positions and Faculty Council/SPHE materials. Co-curricular series include; Intramurals, which contains both men's and women's intramural records; Intercollegiate Athletics, which holds records from all men's and women's Varsity sports teams; Facilities, Events and Athletics and Recreation Programs, which includes records for the management of the University's sports stadiums, fields, and arenas; and a series for Alumni, which contains a large amount of records on fundraising and awards. Finally, the Graphic Material series contains photographs and negatives of students, student identification cards and faculty and sporting events. Finally, there are approximately 250 videos of football games (1981-2000).

University of Toronto. Department of Public Affairs

Sound recordings, film and slides documenting fundraising drives at the University of Toronto, 1966-1976. Audio lift from program "Universities Tomorrow" part of the "Where To From Here" series produced by the Media Centre and Global Television (see Media Centre Collection A96-0008 tape V-7113-C). Photographs of students from various departments - each is identified. Photos were possibly taken for a publicity brochure.

University of Toronto. Department of Public Affairs

Sound cassettes and videos collected by the Department of Public Affairs in the course of their promotion of the University. Both sound and video tapes document speeches, convocations, special events, fundraising and research. There are also video productions promoting the University of Toronto in particular as well as specific areas of higher education. Such is the case in Discovering Science produced by Media Centre to encourage young women to enter the fields of science and engineering and which features many prominent University of Toronto scientists. There is a promotional tape for the Division of Occupational Therapy and one promoting research in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

University of Toronto. Department of Public Affairs

VHS and CD copies of two promotions produced to celebrate the 175th anniversary. "175th Anniversary" and "Alumni Video 2003" feature clipped interviews with well known academics and alumni including architect Raymond Moriyama, activist Craig Keilburger, medical scientist Lap-Chee Tsui, filmaker David Cronenberg, politician Paul Martin, ballet dancer Karen Kain, judge Roseli Abella, artist Doris McCarthy, activist Zana Acanda and many more. The "175th Anniversary" was probably used during a gala and has an introduction by Lorne Michaels, producer of Saturday Night Live.

Skilling 1988 accession

Records documenting Skilling's expertise relating to East European studies with particular emphasis on Czechoslovakia and his role in the the Centre for Russian and East European Studies. Contains addresses and speeches; manuscripts and publications including related correspondence and reviews (books included are "Czechoslovakia's Interruped Revolution", "Charter 77 and Human Rights in Czechoslovakia", and "The Czech Renaissance in the Nineteenth Century"); lecture notes; subject files, mainly of associations; sound recording, video and photographs; University of Toronto administrative files including the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, the Department of Polical Economy, Committee on International Studies as well as the Centre for International Studies.

Skilling 2001 accession

Records documenting the history of the family of Harold Gordon Skilling, including his father, William Watt Skilling; his uncle, Ernest John Skilling; his brothers, William John, Andrew Douglas and Edward Donald; and his wife, Sara (Sally) Bright Skilling.

Sous-fonds I: Skilling family. The emphasis is on William Watt, a shoemaker who emigrated from England to Canada in 1907; on Ernest, who was a very active member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; on Donald, who was killed in action during World War I, and on his brother, William, who was wounded but survived.

Sous-fonds II: Sara (Sally) Bright Skilling. The records focus on Sally’s education in the United States, her travels with Gordon in Eastern Europe in the 1960s, and on her love of entertaining. They document the crucial support, intellectual and otherwise, that she provided to Gordon as he pursued his career.

Sous-fonds III: Harold Gordon Skilling. The documentation here is primarily on Gordon’s education and early career and his later years as an expert on Russian and East European politics and on Czechoslovakia, in particular. An extensive combination of correspondence, journals, lectures, writings and photographs reveal much about Skilling’s ideas and his relationships with the principal figures in recent Czech history.

University of Toronto. Human Resources Department

Video cassettes (3/4" format) used by the Human Resources Department to orient new staff. Included are : "Campus Tour" 1977, "Welcome to New Staff" from variou Presidents, "This is the University of Toronto" 1980. There are also a number of videos that show role playing during various workshops including "Developing Supervisory Skills" and "The Media and You".

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

George Swede Papers

Comprised of material related to the life and work of Professor and poet George Swede including poetry, haiku, tanka, renka, prose, fiction, editorial, fan mail, personal, Ryerson-related (including RUN program, Chair of Psychology and Justice Studies, teaching and committees), psychology, education, awards, correspondence and other material. Some material by wife and partner Anita Krumins. Specific material for Swede’s popular children’s haiku book Time is Flies; International haiku organizations and events; The Mexican Haiku: origins and current directions by George Swede and Anita Krumins; research material on Mexican haiku poets and poetry; Global Haiku anthology of world haiku poets; extensive haiku and haiku-related publications and appearances, both Canadian and international; drafts, notes and research ideas for various short stories for children and adults; The Case of the Moonlit Golddust, ‘The Cliff’, ‘Fractals’, novel drafts, ‘The Pain-Giver’, ‘To See Again The Stars’/‘Nev’; PhD material; ‘Magic Eyes’ young adult novel draft; children’s short stories; complete appearances in print publications; books reviewed; submissions; fan mail; early family photographs; unpublished haiku drafts; awards and other material related to the life and work of George Swede

Select correspondents include: Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Al Purdy, Ted Plantos, Douglas Lochhead, Francis Sparshott, Marshall Hryciuk, Bill Bissett, Susan Ioannou, b.p. Nichol, Robert Kroetsch, Joe Blades, jw curry, Bill Keith, Patsy Aldana

University of Toronto. Department of Athletics and Recreation

Graphic records documenting men's and women's athletic teams including football, water polo, english rugby, squash, boxing, fencing, curling, basketball, volleyball, hockey and gymnastics.
Film: Game or match footage of University of Toronto intercollegiate sports teams including basketball (men and women), fencing, football, hockey and soccer (men only) 1972-1980.
Textual: Game reports for rugger, skiing, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball and wrestling (1970s)

Howarth 1996, 1997 and 2000 accessions

Records of Thomas Howarth, relating primarily to his activities as an architecture student at the University of Manchester, and as a professor and administrator there and at the Universities of Glasgow and Toronto, as a professional architect, and as an authority on Charles Rennie Macintosh. Included are correspondence, notes, minutes, course and lecture notes from the British universities; course material, student assignments, term projects, class reports, and theses for the Department/School/Faculty of Architecture in the University of Toronto; files on conferences, seminars, professional and other organizations of interest to Dr. Howarth; sketches for and other material relating to the building of Laurentian University and York University (including Glendon College); records of the University of Toronto Architecture Club (1919-1929, 1943-1948); drawings, plans, photographs, glass-plate negatives, slides, posters, audiotapes, film, and printing blocks.

2018.019 acquisition

The collection consists of material created during and for Thompson’s career. The material reflects his professional skills, can capture stages from across his time on radio and as a sound producer. Material from 104.5 CHUM, 1050 CHUM, audio recordings from various Juno Awards, audio from interviews with celebrities, CHUM Chart pamphlets, audio recordings of CHUM DJs announcing community events, CHUM jingles, Audio recordings of the program Evolution of Rock, commercial work, video DVD’s of HiFi Salutes, audio for the Music Express Radio Show, the Rock Express Show, Rock 30, and The Producers. The material is in a variety of formats including vinyl records, ¼” audio reels, CDs and other formats.

Thompson, Doug

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

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

Dennis Lee Papers

Includes manuscripts, correspondence, books, and other material for Yesno [other titles ‘Fiat’, ‘Testament’, ‘Is’, ]; Alligator Stew: favourite poems by Dennis Lee; The Bard of the Universe [other title ‘The Lunatic Muse’]; essays; in-progress work; jacket blurbs; audio and video material; extensive editing material; about Dennis Lee; Jelly Belly; ‘Cadence, Country, Silence’(later title Body Music); extensive editorial and mentorship work; original holograph notebooks containing early poem drafts; blurbs, correspondence and other material related to the work of Dennis Lee on the Toronto Legacy Project and Plaques Programme with Heritage Toronto; Fraggle Rock cue sheets and payments; La dimora del cuore/Heart Residence (Longo translation); about Civil Elegies; board books for children, including drafts of text, correspondence and drawings by illustrator; works based on Dennis Lee material, including music and plays; other correspondence and material by and about Dennis Lee.

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)

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)

Beverley Slopen Papers

This accession for Beverley Slopen’s papers consists of administrative records, working files,correspondence, manuscripts (bound and unbound) and other material related to the activities of the Beverley Slopen Literary Agency. It includes material from her current, past and prospective clients.

Slopen, Beverley

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