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This series contains a mixture of both personal and professional correspondence belonging to W.E. Gallie. Notable collections within this series include letters written to and from Colonel J.A. MacFarlane, Consulting Surgeon, Canadian Army Overseas, correspondence with Dr. W.G. Bigelow, and correspondence with well-known American Surgeon Dr. Rudolph Matas. The files in this series are arranged chronologically.

This series contains research notes and journals covering a range of W.E. Gallie’s medical work as well as a small collection of research papers written by other doctors and annotated by Gallie. Gallie’s journal documenting his experiments on animals – mainly dogs – is in this series. Some of the files contain correspondence regarding certain research projects. The files in this series are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of numerous talks, lectures and addresses which W.E. Gallie presented to various conferences, graduating class receptions, and medical lectures. The file titles in this series represent the content of the lecture as well as the audience, if one has been provided. The files in this series have been arranged in chronological order.

Also includes B1990-0046: Text of toast by Dr. W.E. Gallie to the "Sister Universities" at the formal opening of the Banting Institute, with covering letter and a copy of the program, 1930.

Series consists of W. E. Gallie’s writings, manuscripts and reports that eventually went to publication. The series consists of both typed and handwritten reports, drafts, some correspondence related to copying and publishing, and in some cases, medical photographs or images have been attached as figures. A bibliography of many of Gallie’s works is included. Some of the publications in this series are co-authored by Gallie and Dr.’s Robertson, LeMesurier, and Janes. The files in this series have been arranged in chronological order. The titles for the files in this series reflect the given title of each report, if one exists.

1 file of textual records

This series consists of student projects collected by van Ginkel over the years. Included are examples of theses, theses programs and drafts, technical reports, mounted exhibits. This is a multimedia series consisting of textual records, architectural drawings, photographs and slides. Along with Series VI, this series best documents what was taught within the Faculty, how it was taught and how this knowledge was interpreted and applied by individual students. Most of the records are from the late 1980s but there are some projects that date back to the early 1960s which were probably collected during the Centenary exhibit, Restatements and Realizations.

Included are lectures, assignments, student evaluations, project reviews, thesis statements and reports. Also found in these files are correspondence, memos and notes on the teaching of various courses within the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Arrangement is by course chronological.

This series consists of minutes, memorandum, correspondence, discussion papers and membership lists documenting van Ginkel's wider activities within her profession through various associations. Included are numerous files from the Ontario Association of Architects while she served on its Registration Board, and from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture of which she was president in 1986/87. Her activities in other associations noted here include the Congress of International Union of Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Records are grouped by association and are filed chronologically.

This series documents van Ginkel's administrative activities within the Faculty of Architecture. It consists of subject files arranged alphabetically by file title, containing, for the most part, notes, correspondence, memos, clippings, reports and minutes of meetings. Included are files relating to the planning of the Centenary Celebrations for the Faculty of Architecture, as well as records on the controversial recommendation to close the School of Architecture in 1986. Also included are files containing correspondence with the Dean, minutes of the Faculty Council and Programme Committee.

These "notes" are essentially daily journals of events, listed usually by the name of the person with whom van Ginkel had dealings. Listed are appointments, meetings, deadlines, decisions made, things needed to be done or followed up on. They serve as a good overview of van Ginkel's activities but do not provide much detail.

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically. Included is some personal correspondence but most is professional correspondence with colleagues on varied academic and administrative topics including exhibits, issues on teaching architecture, research and design philosophy. Also included is administrative correspondence within the Faculty.

This series consists of tapes given to Spencer by friend and journalist Gwynne Dyer to serve as a source for her research on the soviet dissident network and her work on Bears and Doves. They consist of taped interviews with soviet bureaucrats and politicians as well as taped events such as election meetings that Dyer did in September of 1989 and in January through March 1990. Their significance is that this was period of upheaval in the Soviet Union. In September of 1989 Hungary becomes independent, in Nov. 1989 the Berlin wall falls and in December 1989 the communists government of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Rumania fall marking the end of the Soviet Union. Spencer has made some brief notes on the tapes, some detailing the conversation between the interviewee and Dyer.

Records in this series include Spencer's course notes, course papers, notes on Ph.D. oral examination and a copy of her Ph.D. thesis. All these document her undergraduate and graduate education at University of California, Berkeley at a time when Berkeley was not only the top sociology department in the United States but was also the focus of the student and faculty movements for free speech, civil rights as well as anti-Vietnam protests.
Spencer took courses for example with sociologists Herbert Blumer, Wolfram Eberhard and Philip Selznick and Neil Smelser. Renown sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset was her thesis adviser. Other renown academics documented in Spencer's course notes include political scientist Peter Odegard, criminologist Jerome Skolnick, and philosopher John E. Searle.

Course outlines, reading lists, lectures and support materials document the Sociology courses taught by Spencer in the latter half of her career. Includes: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Peace and War (SOC 231), Political Sociology (SOC 324), Theories and Methods of Saving the World (SOC 410), Selected Topics and Methods (SOC 411), Non-Violence in Interpersonal Relationships (SOC 421), Pollution, Environment and Development (SOC 422), Negotiation and Non-Violence (SOC 431).

There are also some files relating to graduate students as well some early course lectures from the late 1960s and early 1970s when she lectured in several American colleges prior to her move to the University of Toronto.

Although Prof. Spencer held many administrative positions within the Department of Sociology, including several terms as associate chair for Erindale, this series mainly documents her successful efforts to establish and co-ordinate an interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Studies Programme at Erindale College. Included are the early proposals and background documentation, minutes of meeting, reports, course and program descriptions and correspondence.

This series contains addresses and speeches presented mainly at peace conferences, meetings and professional sociology associations. Most of them relate to the peace movement, advocacy and disarmament. There is also Spencer's speech on accepting the Jus Prize in Human Rights. Again these papers represent only a small fraction of addresses given throughout Spencer's career. Arrangement is chronological for specific titles with general speeches filed at the end.

This series contains mainly manuscripts and typescripts to both unpublished and published books. Included is the manuscripts, typescripts, notes, reviews and correspondence relating to Spencer's sociology textbook Foundations of Modern Sociology First published in 1976, this widely used textbook underwent four American editions and seven Canadian editions. Other early works include her contribution to Adolescent Prejudice which she co-authored (Harper and Row, 1975) as well as her unpublished work Shrinks, Gurus and Trainers: Making Sense of the Consciousness Culture. There is also notes, correspondence and a typescript of her most recently edited publication Lessons of Yugoslavia. Various typescripts document early versions of works in progress such as Soviet Agriculture and Bears and Doves. This latter work has evolved from the hundreds of interviews Spencer has conducted with western peace activists (Doves) and soviet dissidents ( Bears). It studies the relationship between the two groups prior to and after the fall of the Soviet Union. This work is still in progress.

Of the over 100 refereed and non-refereed articles, reviews and chapters in books only a few have survived and are found in at the end of this series. Most reflect her interest and work in peace especially in eastern Europe.

This series documents Spencer's work as editor of Peace Magazine, a responsibility she has had since 1985. Included is correspondence, grant applications, financial statements, as well as agenda and minutes for meetings of the Board of Directors. Correspondence files often have submissions attached or discuss possible articles for publication. There are also an alphabetical photo file documenting people and events in the peace movement and used in the publication.

Correspondence, notes, agenda, papers, itineraries document Spencer's attendance at conferences and meetings relating to her peace activities. These events were usually sponsored by government or non-governmental organizations. In the early 1990s, she made several trips to Russia and Eastern Europe to attend various organized conferences. She often combined these trips with research which mainly centred around papers she was writing at the time and her research on the Soviet dissident network. Notes relating to the specific trips have also been included in this series.

Some of the events that are documented include: the UNESCO conference in Dubrovnic in 1983; the Conference on the Foundation of the European University for Peace Studies in 1988 for which Spencer wrote the first curriculum; the Convention for European Nuclear Disarmament, 1990; Moscow Peace Conference 1997; NATO Nuclear Weapons Round Table, 2000.

This series documents the breadth of Spencer’s work as a peace activist, a role that most certainly defines her life. Her involvement ranges from government working groups, Canadian non-governmental organizations, international peace and disarmament groups as well as intimate contact and relationships with eastern dissidents and peace activist. While records in this series include correspondence, newsletters, reports, discussion papers, minutes of meetings, agendas, conference programs etc… they are not complete for any one organization. The records, do however, offer researchers a snapshot of the peace and non-violence network through the labours of one activist. They cover mainly the late 1980s and 1990s - a period in world history that saw the easing of the nuclear arms race, peristroika, the end of the cold war, the establishment of democracies in the former Soviet Bloc and the war in Yugoslavia.

The key groups in which Spencer was most actively involved and that are documented in this series are:

Helsinki Citizen Association: This group, established in 1990, aimed to bring together western peace, anti-nuclear and environmental activists with former soviet dissidents in order to influence the direction of the new democracies being established in eastern Europe. Spencer attended several meetings and as Chair of the structure committee (1992-1994) prepared a structure document (a type of constitution) for the HCA. She attended both the prepatory meeting in June 1990 and the founding meeting in October 1990. Records document both the background to the HCA, the structure document that Spencer prepared and the several meetings she attended throughout the early 1990s.

Canadian Pugwash Group: First known as the Pugwash Movement this group was established at a meeting of individual scientists in 1957 in Pugwash Nova Scotia to discuss the nuclear arms race. Since then it has spread to over 30 countries of which Canada is one. A member since 1985, Spencer has served as secretary 1988-90 and was on its Executive Committee, 1991-93 and on its Board of Directors since 1993. Records document these responsibilities and include agenda, minutes, financial statements, notes and correspondence.

Science for Peace: This University of Toronto affiliated group is a Canadian organization that brings together academics of all disciplines, students and lay people who are concerned with world peace, justice and a sustainable environment. Spencer has been active in Science For Peace (SfP) since 1983 serving on many executive positions. Of particular note in these papers, was her role in organizing the SfP sponsored conference Lessons of Yugoslavia: An International Conference in Memory of Alison and George Ignatieff. Papers from this conference formed the basis of the book Separatism, edited by Spencer.

This series contains a mixture of personal and professional correspondence with friends, colleagues, government departments, publishers and non-governmental organizations relating to all aspects of Metta Spencer's career. The correspondence, in the form of letters, faxes and e-mail, document her network of friendships especially throughout the international peace community as well with other North American sociologists.

This small series contains personal items relating to Spencer including awards, documents, promotions file, diplomas, personal notes and memorabilia.

In addition to his duties as a professor in the Physics Department, including being acting head following the resignation of Professor Burton, Ireton was secretary of the Advisory Committee on Scientific Research and an assistant to President Bissell in various capacities.

While an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, Ireton was registered in the four-year BA Honours programme, Honours Mathematics and Physics. He defended his PhD thesis in 1934.

This series consists of 4 files including recording of interviews with social workers.

This series partially documents Allan Irving’s addresses and public lectures given between 1989 and 1997.

This series consists of 10 files including address and lecture notes, correspondence and press clippings.

This series partially documents Allan Irving’s other scholarly and professional activities in social work between 1982 and 1993. This includes his involvement into the “long rage planning project” of the City of London and County of Middlesex (Ontario) Coalition for Seniors in 1982 ; researches carried out for the account of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services’ Committee on the Ontario social assistance review, in 1986 and 1987, that lead to the publication of From no poor law to the social assistance review: A history of social assistance in Ontario, 1791-1987 ; his contribution to scholarly publishing in social work as a reviewer and/or referee for BC Studies, Canadian Journal on Aging, Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Review of Social Policy, Canadian Social Work Review, Journal of Canadian Studies, Ontario Historical Studies Series, University of Toronto Press and Wilfrid Laurier Press, between 1985 and 1993. The series also documents Irving’s appointment to the position of chairperson during the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) selection panel ; his appointment as member of the Board of directors of the Toronto Metropolitan Social Planning Council in 1990.

This series consists of 5 files including drafts report, working notes, correspondence and press clippings. It also includes the sound recording of an interview with Mr. John Haddad regarding the history of St. Christopher House on December 18, 1988 (B2000-0022/005S) ; and the video recording of the TV program Spirit Connexion, broadcasted on February 17, 1992, whose first part was devoted to St. Christopher House history and in which Allan Irving was interviewed (B2000-0022/001M).

This series partially documents Allan Irving’s writing and publishing activities generally relating to social work in Canada from 1978 to 1999. This includes articles, chapter of books, books and/or book reviews published. It also partially documents his work being cited in others’ publications.

The series consists of 28 files including draft (some handwritten) of published and unpublished papers, correspondence and press clippings. It also includes a sound recording of Irving lecturing the paper he prepared for a job interview at the FSW (B2000-0022/004S).

This series partially documents Allan Irving’s research activities and interest in the field of history of social work from 1978 to 1998. Irving used these thematic files in preparing courses and/or publications. It also partially documents his interest in current affairs.

The series consists of 25 files including articles, bibliographies, Irving’s notes and press clippings. It also includes photographs of Toronto disadvantaged neighbourhoods at the beginning of the 20th century ; photographs (slides) of Toronto in the 1940s and 1950s including streets, news papers headlines and advertisements, women at work in war factories, TTC subways and streetcars.

Only significantly annotated published material have been kept as a whole; in all other cases, only the first page and/or the bibliographical reference have been preserved

This series documents Allan Irving’s administrative activities at King’s College (University of Western Ontario) as a member of the Department of Social Work in 1983 and 1984. It also documents his teaching activities at King’s College, when he co-taught the course Social work 190: Selected topics in the history of Canadian social welfare with Professor G. Killan. The series also documents his teaching activities at Nipissing University College (Laurentian University in North Bay) as a guest lecturer in Marge Reitsma-Street course Social welfare in social policy in 1988 ; as co-teacher for the course Law and social welfare (SWLF 3705) with Professor John Gandy during the spring session of 1989 ; and as instructor for the course Law and social welfare (SWLF 3707) during the spring-summer session of 1994. It also documents Irving’s activities at Wilfrid Laurier University when he taught Study in social policy (SK 521), during fall term of 1992.

The series consists of 6 files including course outlines, bibliographies, exams and assignments’ instructions; lectures and working notes; course evaluations; students’ papers; minutes of King’s College Social Work Department council; correspondence and press clippings.

This series documents Allan Irving’s teaching activities at the Faculty of Social Work from 1984 to 1999: undergraduate and graduate courses taught, supervision of MSW students and doctoral candidates. It also documents his exchanges with Faculty colleagues about teaching issues and with students ; his lecture given in the University of Toronto Department of Behavioral Science in 1994 ; his activities as instructor for the Massey lectures (School of Continuing Studies), during the fall term of 1996.

The series consists of 76 files including course outlines, bibliographies and course evaluations; lectures notes and working notes; student lists, assignments and grades; correspondence; articles and press clippings. It also includes sound recordings of interviews with Bessie Touzel regarding her years with the Toronto Welfare Council (1940-1948), by Linda Patton-Cowie on March 11 and 18, 1985 (B2000-0022/002S) ; sound recording of an interview with Reverend W. Robert Lacey, by Iris Anna Enkurs on April 4, 1986, regarding the period he was Chief Social Worker at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre (formerly known as Ontario Hospital, Toronto) from the mid-1950s to 1978 (B2000-0022/003S).

This series documents Allan Irving’s appointment at the University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work (FWS), his promotions, workload and salary progression from 1985 to 1999; his participation into administrative activities at the FWS as a member of various committees and groups. It also partially documents his exchanges with Faculty colleagues ; his participation into a debate on Faculty fundraising campaign in the corporate sector and over the adoption of the FSW strategic plan ; his participation to some Faculty social events such as retirement reception for Donald Bellamy, Elspeth Latimer and Dot Ross, and other events like graduation parties. This series also documents his participation into activities of the Office of the Governing Council’s Academic board in 1992 and 1994 ; his participation into activities of the University of Toronto Faculty Association as chairperson for the Academic freedom committee in 1996 and 1997, and as FSW’s representatives on the Grievance committee in 1998 ; his participation into activities of the selection committee for the Quality student experience award of the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1994 ; his participation into activities of various Ph.D. examination committees from 1989 to 1997 ; his participation into activities of the School of Graduate Studies’ committee to examine the SGS leave policy in 1990 and 1991.

The series consists of 41 files including minutes of meetings, diaries, reports, addresses, correspondence and press clippings. It also includes a photograph of a canvas sent by Terence Stone, MSW student ; a photograph of FSW 80th anniversary committee members ; the sound recording of Irving’s address given at the authors’ reception of the 80th anniversary celebration of the Faculty of Social Work (B2000-0022/001S).

The series documents Allan Irving’s activities as a doctoral candidates at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work, between 1976 and 1983 : his application and registration; the fellowship he received from the department of National Health and Welfare of Canada; lecturer position at the Faculty for Professor Albert Rose; doctoral seminars he attended, papers he prepared during his graduates years and academic results. The series also documents his membership with historical associations such as the Ontario Historical Society and the University of Tennessee’s Social Welfare History Group. The series documents Allan Irving’s applications for teaching positions in Canadian universities, from 1982 to 1994 ; his nomination for the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association’s Teaching Award in 1994, nomination prepared by Marion Bogo, associate professor and acting dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work, and Mary Lee. This series also partially documents Irving’s friendship with professors and/or colleagues.

The series consists of 37 files including application for fellowship and report on his doctoral work at the intention of the department of National Health and Welfare of Canada ; statements of academic records ; library card; seminar notes; working notes, bibliographies, drafts and final version of papers (some annotated) ; curriculum vitae ; letters of support ; personal correspondence and press clippings. The series also includes one photograph of Allan Irving with James Gripton’s son, Stuart, at the age of 6 in Calgary (Alberta) ; one photograph of Ernie Lightman’s daughter, Naomi.