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Logging report: "Report of the pulpwood logging operations in the Eagle District of the Canadian International Paper Company, December 1932", by W.E. Edwards, J.G.K. McEwan, A.L.K. Switzer and Mansiel Raymond Wilson

Accession consists of photo-negatives, photoprints and slides taken during Harold Innis' research trips to Fort Prince of Wales; Repulse Bay; Churchill, Manitoba; Newfoundland; Northern Bay; and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Account books, ledgers, and journals documenting financial matters, including the payment of student fees, for the School of Practical Science (1878 – 1906) and the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. Also included are lists of books and equipment purchased and a list of students (1884 – 1885).

Snapshots taken around the time of the opening of the Botany Building in 1932. There is one view of the procession and several views of professors and dignitaries visiting the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph and surrounding area. Identified is Professors A.C. Seward of the Botany School at Cambridge University who visited the University of Toronto for the opening. He was accompanied by Prof. A.P. Coleman, H.S. Jackson of Botany, J.E. Howitt of Guelph as well other botanists presumably from Guelph. There are also numerous views of "pot hole" formations at Elora taken presumably around the same time.

Views of Prof. Clarence Augustus Chant, Dept. of Astronomy, participating in sod-turning ceremony for the David Dunlap Observatory; construction of the Observatory; exterior and interior views of the Observatory shortly after its completion.

Graduating Class photograph, Faculty of Medicine 1933

Correspondence files of Robert Alexander Falconer (1906-1932), budget estimates (1910-1933), working records for the President's Reports (1910-1921), and sessional appointments (1906-1933).

Photoprints of classmates of Herbert Abraham Clark, BA 1895; graduating photos of his children William H. D. Clark, E. Ritchie Clark, and Martha (Mattie) Clark.

23 negatives of photos taken at the Opening of the David Dunlap Observatory, 31.5.1935

Accession consists of correspondence, briefs, reports and other material relating to the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Provincial Economic Enquiry (1934), assembled by Harold Adams Innis who was a member of the Commission.

Three black-and-white photographs of Frederick Coates working on his mural based on the characters and scenes from 'The Tempest' in the summer of 1935. It was 'carved from a solid piece of linoleum and painted to give an effect of combining the best qualities of stained glass windows and worked leather'. It was installed in the lobby of Hart House Theatre.

Proceedings, including papers and minutes, of the Conferences on social work and social welfare held in Toronto, 1931, 1933, and 1935

Manuals, blueprints and photographs relating to Central Steam Plant and its machinery

Biographies of honorary degree recipients, eulogies and miscellaneous speeches and publications of Robert Alexander Falconer.

Records documenting the fundraising for, construction, dedication and management of the colonnade containing the memorial tablets to the fallen of World War I and the Soldiers' Tower. Included are the correspondence files of and the lists of names compiled by the University of Toronto Veterans' War Memorial Tablet Committee (1920-1935) and the correspondence files, minutes, and memoranda of two committees of the Alumni Federation. The War Memorial (later Soldiers' Tower) Committee corresponded with the architect, Sproatt and Rolph, and the official photographer, Pringle & Booth; managed the sale of photographs, cards and etchings; arranged the ceremonies for the dedication of the Tower (5 June, 1924); and assumed responsibility for updating the Roll of Service. The Muniments Committee worked with the architects on the completion of the Muniments Room in the Tower. There is also a scrapbook containing memorabilia.

Records of the school including minutes and financial records of the Bursar; registers and address books of the Registrar; record books of the Masters relating to work done; records of the Cricket Club and of the Old Boys' Association; journals and ledgers of the Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of King's College University and Upper Canada College; also includes architectural drawings and photographs.

Records documenting the academic and extra-curricular activities of Herbert Abraham Clark (BA 1895) and his children, E. Ritchie Clark (BComm 1933) and Martha (Mattie) M. L. Clark (BA 1934, MA 1936) while students at the University of Toronto. Included are course notes, student handbooks, memorabilia, photoprints of several of Mattie's classmates from the Class of 1934 (University College) and of Edith Peake (UC 1929-1931), and a heavily annotated copy of "Select Poems...1908" edited by W. J. Alexander, that belonged to Herbert's brother-in-law, James Arthur MacNicol.

Guest register of visitors to the Toronto Conservatory of Music

Consists of research notes and correspondence relating to the writings of Ritchie Clark's Bachelor of Commerce thesis, 'Competition of railways with trucks and buses', and exam questions for his BCom course; graduation diplomas for Herbert Clark, (BA 1895), Ritchie Clark (BCom 1933), Harriet Clark (BA 1934), and Martha (Mattie) Clark (BA 1934, MA 1937). Also includes 30 engineering drawings done by W.H.D. Clark for courses taken at the School of Practical Science from 1919 to 1924.

Scrapbook documenting the Canadian Art Exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, 1938. Includes mainly reviews from various newspapers but these are extensive. It was prepared by the Press Office, Canada House.

Lantern slides re: vaccination for smallpox, etc.

Portfolio of photographs re: Norman Bethune.

Records of assays of international standards and other preparations conducted in the Insulin Committee laboratories between 1923 and 1939, many of them by Mr. A.C. Lacey.

Contains course outlines and lectures from various psychology courses put together by W.E. Blatz, E.D. MacPhee and K.M. Rogers. Courses include: Psychology of Learning; Syllabus Mental Tests; General Psychology (Arts); Psychology for Pupil Nurses; Short Course in Psychology - Third Year Medical Students; and Introductory Psychology 1a

Accession consists of manuscript of "Traugott Ochsner" by Hermann Boeschenstein, a novel written in the 1930s and based on his first visit to Canada in 1926. Edited by Ernst Gallati, it was republished as "Hermann Boeschenstein: Traugott Ochsner" in 1992.

Teaching slides used by Dr. Gilchrist, especially re: ancient medicine.

Photographs and glass plate negatives documenting the history of the University in the early 20th century. Includes views of buildings and grounds, portraits, group photos, and images of the Royal Flying Corps.

Once panoramic photograph: University of Toronto Schools - First Rugby Team 1939.

Ledgers recording the attendance (with some marks) of students enrolled in the thermodynamics laboratory in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, principally mining and electrical engineering students but also including students in mechanical, chemical, civil, and metallurgical engineering.

Files of James Brebner including draft minutes of the Senate; reports and minutes of Senate committees; petitions to the Senate; correspondence relating to calendar revisions and curriculum; examination results, examiners, and student records.

Group Portrait of the Students' Administrative Council, 1939-40.

This accession consists of approximately 2700 glass lantern slides used for teaching and publication in the Department of Botany. There are four distinct series: slides of plants arranged by plant family; slides of wilderness in Western Canada and North Western United States, including views of mountains, glaciers, settlements, infrastructure such as bridges, and vegetation; microscopes and views of plant specimens and vegetation taken from both original and published sources. Also in this accession are approximately 300 glass negatives of wild flowers. The photographer is amateur botanist R. S. Cassells and were used in Some Familiar Wild Flowers (1930) compiled by J.E. Jones. There are two index books listing illustrations. Their relationship to the slides remains unclear

Correspondence relating to Frank Hawkins Underhill (1939-1941); and correspondence and legal documents relating to James Alexander Craig's dispute with the university over mandatory retirement (1915-1923).

Contains H.L. Macklin's 3rd year field book from Gull Lake Camp.

"A Verbatim Report of the lectures and discussions in the Second University Extension Course on Real Estate Problems"; a course given at the University November 27th, 28th and 29th, 1940.

Report, guest list, speeches, articles and photographs of the opening of the Botany Building (1932); list of donors to the Robert Boyd Thomson Portrait Fund, with plates, screen prints for and photoprints of the portrait (1941); four blueprints for the proposed greenhouse for the Botany Building (1935).

Artwork for coat-of-arms of the University of Toronto, with a handwritten note, 'Property of Registrar University of Toronto' and, on the back, handwritten note by J. C. Evans, then assistant University registrar, 'Please return to Registrar, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada'.

Administrative, financial and legal files from the Bursars of King's College and University College, including Henry Boys, Joseph Wells, David Buchan, John Edward Berkeley Smith amd Ferdinand Albert Moure. Consists of accounts, advertised tender and sale, bank receipts, bonds, commission, correspondence, indenture, securities, and warrants. Includes publications (ca. 1822-1927), a plan of a subdidvision in the eastern part of Port Hope, original keys and an external view of University College before the fire of 1890..

The collection consists of roughly 20,000 audio disc records, all in 78rpm format. The recordings span predominantly from 1917 to 1942, when the Musician’s strike took effect due to disagreements between musicians and recording companies over royalty payments. Starting July 31st 1942, union musicians could no longer record. This lasted roughly two years, with various recording companies settling with the union at varying points between 1943 and 1944. Healey deliberately collected records from before this important date in musical history. The records are largely Jazz recordings, representative of the first twenty-five years of Jazz music, with Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Dance Band music, entertainment personalities, Swing, and many other genres and sub-genres of the era represented within the collection. Healey started collecting 78s by the time he was ten years old, and by the time of his death in 2008, had amassed roughly 30,000 78s of this kind. Upon his death, many of the more valuable records were sold to collectors from around the world, and thus this collection contains about 20,000 from his original collection. The recordings from this collection were used by Jeff Healey for his first radio show on University of Toronto’s CUIT, and his show on CBC radio, My Kinda Jazz, which also aired on Toronto-based radio station, Jazz.FM91.

The majority of the records are from American record labels, though there are also a fair number from the Compo Company Ltd., based in Lachine, Quebec, and its various offshoots, and some other Canadian companies. There are also some records manufactured in England, France and even Germany, though all are by American recording artists, and often by American record labels with branches abroad.

Based on the period, the majority of the records are likely shellac, not vinyl, but exact materials likely vary by manufacturer. There are also a small number of “flexible” records made from Durium, a patented blend of paper and resin, manufactured during the depression era, as cheaper alternatives to the standard shellac records. The collection also includes a small number of Edison Discs, also referred to as “Diamond Discs”, which are recognized for their distinctive quarter-inch thickness. Most records are unique in the collection, but there are some duplicates.

Prior to his death, Healey began digitizing his collection of records to mp3 format, and inputting information via iTunes. These digital files have not yet been acquired.

APPENDIX A: A Non-exhaustive list of record Labels represented within the collection
 American Records (US)
 Ammor Record Corp (US)
 Apex Records (Canada)
 Arto
 Asch Recording (US)
 Banner records (US)
 Bell Records (US)
 Biltmore (US)
 Blue Ace Records (US)
 Blue Note (US)
 Bluebird (US)
 Broadway Records (US)
 Brunswick (US)
 Bullet (US)
 Cameo Record Corporation (US)
 Capitol (US)
 Cardinal (US)
 Challenge Records (US)
 Champion (US)
 Clarion (US)
 Claxtonola (US)
 Cleartone (US)
 Clover (US)
 Columbia Gramophone Company (UK)
 Columbia Records (US)
 Commodore (US)
 Conqueror (US)
 Coral (US)
 Cosmo (US)
 Crown (Canada)
 D&S
 Davis (US)
 Decatur
 Decca records (UK and US)
 Disque Gramphone (France)
 Diva Records (US)
 Dominion Records (UK)
 Domino records (US)
 Duophone (UK)
 Edison (US)
 Electric Perfect
 Emerson Phonograph Company (US)
 Famous (US)
 Federal (US)
 General (US)
 Gennett (US)
 Globe (US)
 Grey Gull (US)
 Guardsman Records (US)
 Harmony Records (US)
 His Masters Voice (UK)
 Hit of the Week (US)
 Hot Jazz Club of America (US)
 Imperial Records (UK)
 Jazz Man (US)
 Jewel Records (US)
 King (US)
 Liberty Music Shop (US)
 Lincoln Records (US) Lindstrom American Records (US)
 London (UK)
 Lucky (Japan)
 Lucky Strike (Canada)
 Lyric Records (US)
 Madison (US)
 Majestic (US)
 Master (US)
 May-fair (Owned by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.)(UK)
 Medallion (US)
 Melotone(US)
 Mercury (US)
 MGM (US)
 Microphone (Canada)
 Montgomery Ward (US)
 Muse Phonograph Record (US)
 Musicraft (US)
 Nadsco (US)
 National Music Lover’s Inc. (US)
 Odeon(USA)
 Okeh records (US)
 Olympic (UK)
 Operaphone Co. Inc. (US)
 Oriole Records (US)
 Panachord (UK)
 Paramount (US)
 Parlophone (UK)
 Pathe Records (France)
 Pathe Actuelle (US)
 Perfect Records (US)
 Phantasie
 Philharmonic Records (UK)
 Phonola Company (Canada)
 Publix (US)
 Puritan records (US)
 Puretone (US)
 Qualiton (South Wales)
 Quality (Canada)
 Radiex Records (US)
 RCA Victor (US)
 Regal Records (UK)
 Resona (US)
 Rex (US)
 Rich-Tone (US)
 Romeo Records (US)
 Royal (Canada)
 Royale (US)
 Sacred (US)
 Signature (US)
 Silvertone (UK)
 Special Editions (US)
 Starr (and Starr-Gennett)(Canada)
 Sterling (Canada)
 Sun Record Company (Canada)
 Supertone (US)
 Swing (France)
 The Hit Record (US)
 Triangle records (US)
 Van Dyke (US)
 Variety (US)
 Varsity (US)
 Velvet Tone (US)
 Victor Recording Company (US)
 Victrola (US)
 Viking
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 The Winner (US)
 World Record (US)

APPENDIX B: An non-exhaustive list of musicians well represented within the collection:
 Al Donahue
 Andrews Sisters
 Andy Kirk
 Art Gilham
 Art Kassel
 Art Tatum
 Artie Shaw
 Bailey’s Lucky Seven
 Ben Selvin
 Bennie Krueger
 Benny Goodman
 Bessie Smith
 Bing Crosby
 Bob Chester
 Bob Crosby
 Bunny Berigan
 Cab Calloway
 Charlie Barnet
 Check Webb
 Clarence Williams
 Coleman Hawkins
 Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven
 Count Basie and his Orchestra
 Dick Jurgens
 Dick Robertson
 Dixieland Swingers
 Duke Ellington
 Earl Hines
 Eddy Duchin
 Ella Fitzgerald
 Erskine Hawkins
 Fats Waller
 Fletcher Henderson
 Frankie Masters
 Freddy Martin
 Gene Krupa
 George Olsen
 Glen Gray
 Glenn Miller
 Gray Gordon
 Guy Lombardo
 Hal Kemp
 Harry James
 Harry James
 Henry Busse
 Henry King
 Horace Heidt
 Ipana Troubadours
 Jan Garber
 Jay McShann
 Jean Goldkette
 Jimmie Lunceford
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Joe Turner
 John Kirby
 Johnny Johnson
 Johnny Long
 Kay Kyser
 Larry Clinton
 Lena Horne
 Leo Reisman
 Lou Gold
 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
 Marion Harris
 Mills Brothers
 Milt Herth
 Mitchell Ayres
 Nat Shilkret
 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
 Nick LaRocca
 Ozzie Nelson
 Paul Ash
 Paul Whiteman
 Philip Spitalny
 Ray Miller
 Ray Noble
 Red Nichols
 Red Norvo
 Richard Himber
 Roy Eldridge
 Rudy Vallee
 Russ Morgan
 Russ Morgan
 Ruth Etting
 Sammy Kaye
 Shep Fields
 Sidney Bechet
 Ted Weems
 Teddy Powell
 Tempo Kings
 Tommy Dorsey
 Tommy Tucker
 Vincent Lopez
 Wayne King
 Will Bradley
 Will Osborne
 Wingie Mahone
 Woody Herman
 Xavier Cugat
 Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra

Panoramic view of the Canadian General Hospital No. 4 taken in England.

Administrative files (1890-1893); minutes relating to course committees and boards (1909-1929) and mobilization notices (1942-1943).

Guest book for the Department of History when it was housed in Baldwin (now Cumberland) House.

Personal copies of books belonging to Dr. Henry John Cody:

• Hardie, Martin and Warner Allen. "Our Italian Front", with the following material tipped in: a letter from Charles Hamilton Mitchell, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, who was associated with the authors in Italy with British military intelligence during World War I, with a black and white photoprint of himself.

• Pepper, George Wharton. "Philadephia Lawyer: an autobiography", with scattered paragraphs marked for special attention and the following material tipped in: Convocation programme for the conferring by the U of T of the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on Senator Pepper, and a press clipping reviewing a similar autobiography, "Confessions of an Un-common Attorney", by Reginald L. Hines.