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Oak Bay High School

File consists of an autographed yearbook and newspaper clippings relating to John Beckwith's high school (Oak Bay High School in Victoria, British Columbia) and a reunion of the graduating classes.

Memorandums and correspondence regarding Faculty of Music activities

File consists of John Beckwith's general correspondence with the Faculty of Music and the University of Toronto. Correspondents include: Gustav Ciamaga, John Hawkins, John Aitken (editor of The Graduate), Robert Falck, Carl Morey, Andrew Hughes, Colin Eatock, Stephen E. Young, Jo Nunan, Louise Hirbour, Jennifer Waring, Peter Letkemann, Beverley Cavanagh, Madeline Hsu, Glenn Buhr, Elaine Keillor, Patricia Williamson, Robin Harris, John Kruspe, and Paul Pedersen. File includes outgoing and incoming correspondence.

Critical correspondence

Subseries contains unpublished and published letters-to-the editor, including submissions and responses to articles in The Beaver, Bravo, University of Toronto Bulletin, The Globe and Mail, Musicanada (Myra Grimley), Musicworks, National Geographic, Saturday Night, SoundNotes, TSO News, The Torch (University of Victoria), Toronto Star, The Varsity, and Words and Music.

Subseries also contains incoming and outgoing correspondence that John Beckwith designated as "diatribes" or "critical correspondence" with Murray Adaskin, Michael Albano (University of Toronto), Wray Armstrong (Toronto Symphony Orchestra), Bank of Nova Scotia, Elaine Calder (Canadian Opera Company), June Callwood, Care Canada, Adrienne Clarkson (CBC), COC Marketing, COC Publicity, Robertson Cochran (Globe and Mail), James Craig (University of Toronto), Gloria Dent (Guelph Spring Festival), Bronwyn Drainie, Howard Dyck (CBC), Edmonton Opera Guild, Esprit Orchestra, Michael Finlayson (University of Toronto), Fodor's Travel Publications, Jessica Fraser (Toronto Theatre Alliance), Jim Garrard (Toronto Arts Council Foundation), Wayne Gooding (Opera Canada), Michael Goodwin, Joanne Gradzinski (Guelph Spring Festival), Barbara Hall (Toronto City Hall), Dan Heap MP, Linda Hutcheon, William Kilbourn, Alison Latham (Oxford University Press), Murdo Mackinnon, Rick MacMillan (SOCAN), Lynn McDonald MP, Joanne Morrow (Canada Council), Ontario Court, Orchestras Canada, Robert Pritchard (University of Toronto), Doreen Rao (University of Toronto), John Reid (Canadian Music Centre, Calgary), Jeffrey Richards (Lancaster University), Robert Rosevear, St. James Press, Rodney Sharman, Georg and Tanya Tintner, William Toye, (Oxford University Press Canada), University of Toronto Parking Office, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Hazel Walker (Toronto Musicians' Association), and Tara Wilson (University of Toronto President's Circle).

Biographical ephemera

Series consists of records from John Beckwith's student years; scrapbooks of concerts Beckwith attended and participated in during this time; awards, tributes, and honours that he received later in his career in recognition of his many contributions to Canadian music; and other general biographical material that Beckwith collected throughout his life.

University of Toronto Faculty of Music correspondence

Subseries consists of correspondence and memorandums between John Beckwith and various individuals at the University of Toronto during Beckwith's tenure at the Faculty of Music. Subseries includes materials relating to one of his early teaching contracts with the Royal Conservatory of Music as well as his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Music and subsequent correspondence and memorandums as Dean (1970-1977).

Factory of muzak

File consists of correspondence regarding the governance and curriculum of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

Other publishers : [correspondence]

File consists of correspondence with various publishers, including Centaur Records, Inc.; Clifford Ford Publications, Schott, Naxos, Boosey and Hawkes, Sonante Publications, Novello & Company Limited, the Western Board of Music, G. Ricordi & Co., and RCA Victor Co. Ltd.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra : [correspondence]

File consists of correspondence with Loie Fallis, artistic administrator for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), Jukka-Pekka Saraste, music director of the TSO; and Adrian Fung, vice president of the TSO.

Canadian League of Composers : [correspondence]

File consists of correspondence with Harry Freedman, secretary of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC), and other related correspondence about various issues. File includes a copy of the CLC's Memorandum of Agreement (1951).

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