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This series documents membership on various professional and academic bodies, consulting and commercial work, participation on government committees and advisory boards, as well as his role as reviewer for programs or referee for grants or appointments.

This multidisciplinary research center was originally set up as one of the Ontario Centres of Excellence. Its principal investigators were all University of Toronto faculty. Prof Stoicheff was the founding executive director from 1987-1991. One of the Centre’s key goals was to bring together the academic community with the business community so as to further find application and markets for these new technologies.

Files can include original data, draft manuscript or typescript, correspondence with publisher or co-authors and an off-print. Files are numbered according to the publication number on Stoicheff’s CV and are therefore arranged chronologically.

Records relating Stoicheff participation in conferences and meetings. Files contain correspondence, itineraries, agenda, conference program, list of attendees, notes. On occasion, files will contain the paper given by Stoicheff but most often these are found in Series 3.

Series contains informal talks and remarks given at meetings, convocations, retirements and other public events as well as articles written for publications like encyclopedia. These talks or articles were usually non- academic in nature and discuss his research in laser physics in terms that his audience of non-physicists could understand. The last box in this series documents Stoicheff’s biography on Harry Welsh, a colleague in the Physics department.

Includes files on grants as well as research filed by topic. Files can contain notes, data, draft papers or lectures, photographs and correspondence .

Documents Stoicheff’s administrative role on various University committee or groups. Files can contain reports, agenda, minutes of meeting, correspondence.

This series documents some of the courses that Prof. Stoicheff taught at different time periods.

This series documents Stoicheff’s ongoing supervision and mentorship with graduate students. Files are arranged by students’ surname. There is one file of correspondence with Post-Doctoral students for the 1980s.

This series documents a few of the many organizations and conferences with which Professor Rapoport has been associated. The arrangement is alphabetically by name of organization or conference. The files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, press releases, and newsletters. Some of the files are largely in German.

In the 1960s, Professor Rapoport chaired the Study Committee on Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 1967 this Committee conducted a survey amongst AAAS members on the importance they placed on questions pertaining to the ethics and responsibilities of their professions.

There are substantial files on the Group of 78 (1987-1994) and smaller ones on the Canadian Pugwash Group, the committee for the Evolution of the World Order Conference held in Toronto in 1999, the Federation of American Scientists, the Oxford Research Group, and Science for Peace.

This series consists of correspondence, contracts, notes, readers’ comments, reviews, royalties, requests to reproduce, and other material relating to manuscripts for books, along with a file on the game, “Prisoner’s dilemma” that Professor Rapoport invented.
These documents often relate to more than one edition and to the translation into languages other than English or from German into English. Some of Rapoport’s books have been translated into any or all of the following languages: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The arrangement of the files is by title and chronologically.
Files on specific books include Science and the goals of man (1950), Operational philosophy (1953) and its German edition, Philosophie heute und morgen (1970), Fights, games and debates (1960), Strategy and conscience (1964), Prisoner’s dilemma: a study of conflict and cooperation (1965), Two-person
game theory (1966), On war /Carl von Clauswitz (1968), N-person game theory: concepts and applications (1970), The big two: Soviet-American perceptions of foreign policy (1971), Bedeutungslehre (1972), Conflict in man-made environment (1974) and its German translation (1976), Game theory as a theory of conflict resolution (1974), Semantics: the essential ideas (1975), Mathematische methoden in den sozialwissenschaften (1980), General system theory: essential concepts and applications (1986) and its German translation (1988), Nonantagonistic games by Yu B. Germeier, translated from the Russian and with a preface by Rapoport (1986), Decision theory and decision behaviour: normative and descriptive approaches (1989), The origins of violence (1989) and its German translation (1990), Peace: an idea whose time has come (1992), his autobiographies, Certainties and doubts: a philosophy of life (2000), and Skating on thin ice (2002). The English and Russian drafts of his book, Conversations with 3 Russians, are found in Series 5. Only the Russian version has been published; it appeared as Tri razgovora s russkini: ob istine, I ‘i’ ubvi, bor’be i mire in 2002.
The series ends with correspondence, primarily requests for permission to reprint material from books, articles, and radio talks. Some contracts are included.

This series consists of biographical information about Professor Rapoport, documents on his education and honours bestowed, files on his piano recitals and on the musical activities of his sons Alexander (pianist and composer) and Anthony (violist), and personal and family correspondence.

The first files contain information about Professor Rapoport, including his curriculum vitae, ‘Biographical sketches’ (which he compiled), and articles about him. These are followed by files on his high school education and appointments to the University of Toronto (1972-1973). The honours documented include nomination for the Nobel Prize in 1991 and honorary degrees from Western Michigan University (1971), University of Toronto (1986) and Royal Military College (1995). There are also a few examples of his poems, followed by the aforementioned musical activities. The major part of the correspondence deals with the problems arising from the purchase and renovation of a house when Professor Rapoport agreed to take a position at the University of Denmark. (As a result of these problems, he accepted a position at the University of Toronto instead). There are also several small files of personal correspondence with family and friends.

This series also includes a few photographs of Prof. Rapoport as well as a radio interview on CBC’s National Arts Friday Night that discusses Rapoport’s background, career and ideas and how they relate to music. A video production done in the 1979 by the University of Louisville provides a second discussion with Rapoport on his career and ideas, this time with a emphasis on mathematical systems.

This series contains files documenting over 700 of Professor Rapoport’s scholarly works. The range of topics for these works documents his scholarly contributions to mathematics, his main field of study, as well as his expertise in music, psychology and later, peace studies. It includes manuscripts for both published and unpublished articles, chapters in books, reviews, reports, addresses and comments. Manuscripts for two books only (out of some 30 recorded on his bibliography) are found in this series: Conversations with three Russians, published in 2002 and Decision theory and decision behavior (revised edition 1998) Included is a copy of his doctoral dissertation published by the University of Chicago (1941) (Box 039), articles on game theory and the prisoner’s dilemma as well as peace studies (Boxes 039 to 049). Also included are files on ten “Russian lectures” delivered in the mid 1970s. The majority of manuscripts are in English, but Russian and German language works will also be found. Also there is a video recorded lecture on General Systems Theory given at the University of Houston in 1990.

Files described as “Comments” contain mainly manuscripts of written commentary, and correspondence on other scholars’ papers at conferences, in articles and books, or proposed research produced at the request of a granting foundation or scholarly journal. Grant foundations include, among others, the National Science Foundation and the Canada Council.

Additional files contain correspondence and manuscripts for issues of Mathematical Reviews, the journal of the American Mathematical Society. Many of the manuscripts are undated, but appear to have been created from 1961 to 1983. (Correspondence relating to these and later submissions are found in Series 2). In 1960s, Rapoport was one of 1500 mathematicians contributing short reviews of works published in mathematical journals around the world.

The arrangement of files in boxes 039 to 056 of this series reflects the order originally imposed by Professor Rapoport. He assigned a number to most of these works and arranged them in numerical order (gaps exist in the numbering system). File list is based on his bibliography which was provided to the University Archives in electronic form.

It is arranged by type of publication (i.e. books, followed by articles) and then chronologically within each type of publication. The numbers assigned to each manuscript have been retained. Following these files is a second grouping of manuscripts of works for which publication status is not identified. Professor Rapoport assigned consecutive numbers to each manuscript (gaps in the numbers exist) and provided alphabetical access by a card index ( see Box 057) A few manuscripts remained unnumbered and are filed at the beginning of this section.

Posters for addresses, ‘What is semantics?’ (21 March 1952), ‘Semantics and ethics’ (20 July 1955), and ‘New currents in the physical and behavioral sciences’ (10 November 1962), have been removed from box /049(46) to /066(03).

The reports in this series were written or co-authored by Professor Rapoport. All but the last are internal publications of the Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, though some were prepared for the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories of the United States Air Force. The arrangement is chronological.

This series documents Marsden's activities as a consultant and reviewer both within the University of Toronto and external to the University community. Included for example are project reviews for SHRCC, manuscript reviews for the U of T Press, (she served on the Manuscript Review Committee from 1985-91), reviews of various University of Toronto academic departments/faculties/programs and similar such reviews for other universities.

Includes files from the Department of Sociology including records on the Structural Analysis Program, Area Committee for the Sociology of Work and Occupation, as well as one file on the Graduate Program. Also included are files on Research Projects and Grants, tenure cases, and Chairperson Search Committee.

Other administrative positions somewhat documented in this series are Marsden's term as Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies and as Chair, Women's Studies Program. Copies of Marsden's CVs are filed at the beginning of this series.

Includes professional and some personal correspondence both incoming and outgoing. Documents Dr. Marsden's career as a sociologist and as well as her role in the Canadian women's movement. Most of the correspondence is an exchange between Marsden and other Canadian academics/sociologists who discuss various research interests in the field of sociology and women's issues. Arrangement is chronological at the file level.

This is the largest series in this accession and contains files on committees outside the University of Toronto, conferences, symposiums attended, papers delivered, published reviews, manuscripts and publication files. It also contains files on professional associations to which Marsden was affiliated.

Series consists of correspondence, lectures notes, course outlines and notes related to courses and lectures. It arranged by course or lecture chronologically.

Student files kept by Dr. Marsden which document the progress of her students (mainly graduate students). Files vary in content but usually contain correspondence, thesis proposals, critiques and analysis, letters of reference, marks, and Ph.D. oral comprehensive exam questions.

Reference letters by Marsden on behalf of students and colleagues.

B1992-0031/001P: Exhibit - Ukrainian Refugees after WWII, 1984
B1992-0031/002P: Prof. Hughes and Magill, [197-]

Series consists mainly of correspondence of Anne Lancashire. Correspondence relates to her position as a faculty member of the University of Toronto throughout her career, including job postings, courses and TA positions. The series also includes a list of all the courses Anne Lancashire taught at the University of Toronto as well as questionnaires from the university about her experience as a female faculty member. The series also includes applications for, and correspondence relating to, grants for research, correspondence on staff benefits and notes and press clippings on Action Line, a talk program she was a guest for.

Series consists of correspondence and documents (memos, reports, meeting minutes) relating to various administration positions held by Anne Lancashire throughout her career at the University of Toronto. The series is subdivided by administration files that are University-wide, from University College, the English Department, University College English Department, Graduate Drama Centre, and Cinema Studies.

Series consists of notes, syllabi and class schedules for courses Anne Lancashire taught in English, Drama and Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. The series is subdivided by subject and between graduate courses and undergraduate courses taught. Series also includes records relating to course tests, exams and essay topics as well as notes for course material on English literature and drama authors, and works and genres from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Series also contains correspondence with Norman Jewison, Canadian film actor and director. Contains one audio cassette used in M.A.T. course “Shakespeare in the Classroom”.

Series consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to conferences, seminars and committees for professional associations of which Anne Lancashire was part. Series consists of records relating to the Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) for which she was President (1988-1989), Modern Language Association (MLA), Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE), and Editorial Problems Conference Committee for which Lancashire was Chair (1975-1976), Treasurer (1976-1977), and Conference Convenor (1975).

Series consists of Anne Lancashire’s research and editing work on Clifford Leech’s Christopher Marlowe: Poet for the Stage, which was finished in 1979 and published in 1986 by AMS Press, New York. Clifford Leech (1909-1977), a professor of English at University College at the University of Toronto (1963-1974), became the Chair of the University College Department of English in 1964. Leech had nearly finished this book in the 1970s and asked Lancashire to complete it and see it published if he was unable to himself. Leech gave Lancashire the original unfinished typescript, which she finished writing, editing and finding a publisher for after his death in 1977. Series consists of the original typescript given to Lancashire, subsequent copies of the manuscript, page proofs, and notes and other of Leech’s publications Lancashire acquired to complete the work.

Series consists of research of Anne Lancashire. The series is subdivided into research that was published, unfinished, for talks and lectures, and research for her 1969 edition of John Lyly’s Gallathea and Midas for the University of Nebraska Press. The series also consists of article notes and drafts, book reviews, articles written for talks at conferences and seminars at the University of Toronto and various professional organizations, including the Shakespeare Association of America (SAA).

This series begins with a folder of reports prepared by Dr. Till on his research and intended primarily for internal administrative use, for notation in academic journals, for entries in volumes such as Canadian Who’s Who and, latterly, online sources. The years covered are 1987-2001.
The remaining files contain correspondence, notes, drafts of reports and support material for the following areas of research: growth models, ‘stochastic models of population growth’, repression genetics, and Iceland and privacy legislation, associated with which is a copy Evangeline Racha’s master’s thesis for Stanford University, “Iceland’s decode genetics: bellwether for population genomics research” (2001). The ‘stochastic models’ file relates to the early famous paper by Drs. Till, McCulloch and Siminovitch and contains correspond-ence and notes, with related papers, between Drs. Till and W. A. O’N. Waugh for the years 1963 to1967.

This series focuses on Dr. Till’s professional duties at the University of Toronto, primarily within the Centre (later Joint Centre) for Bioethics, but also includes files on committees with which he was involved, such as the Presidential Commission on the Health Sciences (Leyerle, chair). There are also files on the Department of Medical Biophysics, the Institute of Medical Science, and the School of Graduate Studies, especially its feasibility committee on a graduate program in bioethics which Dr. Till chaired (1985-1987), and the courses that he taught.

The first files document Dr. Till’s employment at the University of Toronto, primarily from 1981 when he was appointed associate dean of Division 4, School of Graduate Studies. The files also cover his receiving tenure, his position as University Professor, and his retirement. These are followed by files on computer use, systems, and websites, about which he wrote extensively (see Series 7) from the late 1990s.

The files on the Centre for Bioethics are extensive and detailed, beginning with the recommendations in 1987-1988 of the ‘Lowy Committee’, and include, of particular significance, Dr. Till’s files on seminars held there from 1988 to 1995. The Centre evolved into the Joint Centre on Bioethics in December 1995, with Dr. Till playing a significant role in the process and subsequently as a member of its advisory committee and in the creating of new courses and seminars.

These files are followed immediately by several on the Department of Medical Biophysics and in the Institute of Medical Science. There are also files on a course leading to a BSc in radiation sciences and a medicinal chemistry course offered to pharmacy students. Most of the remaining files in this series relate to the School of Graduate Studies as described above. The courses (arranged by course number) are primarily those offered in the medical biophysics program: human genetics, radiobiology, mathematical biophysics, quantitative biology, oncology, health economics, and bioethics. They date from 1962 to 2005. The series concludes with a file on the Medical Biophysics Student Day (12 May 1995).

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and detailed (latterly typed) notes for lectures, with accompanying course outlines and related material. Except for the course material, the files largely date from 1975.

The correspondence in this series consists is primarily professional, with a number of personal letters scattered throughout. Though the outside dates are given as 1962 to 2005, the bulk of the correspondence dates from the mid-1970s. The arrangement is alphabetical
by name of the author, with a ‘miscellaneous” file at the beginning of many letters. Included are substantial files on individuals who were closely connected with the University of Toronto and/or the Ontario Cancer Institute, including Ronald Buick, Alastair J. Cunningham, Norman Iscove, Harold E. Johns, Dorothy Lamont, Tak Mak, Ernest A. McCulloch and David Tritchler. Non-University of Toronto people, with whom there is extensive correspondence, include Sam Lan and William J. McKillop.

The correspondence covers a wide range of Dr. Till’s activities during the period covered.

Some of it relates to honours bestowed on his colleagues, including the recognition of those who had died with accompanying eulogies and obituaries. There is much correspondence on issues relating to research, including the writing of papers and the delivering of public addresses, and including drafts of some of the latter. There are also letters of reference, correspondence and memoranda relating to the defence of theses and to visiting professors and researchers. Also accompanying the correspondence is notes, biographical sketches, programmes, articles, photographs and a few slides.

When giving public addresses, Dr. Till often made liberal use of slides, overheads and, latterly, “powerpoint”. Some of his presentations consist solely of slides or the paper originals of overheads (the acetate overheads have, for the most part, been disposed of), which served as illustrations for his remarks. Where identified, these have been retained.

The series begins with a number of folders containing a mixture of correspondence about, notes and background information for, and occasional press coverage of, addresses for the years 1965-1982. These are followed by files for approximately 90 addresses (and a few interviews) arranged chronologically, with accompanying correspondence and drafts. Between 1986 and 1994 many of these consist predominantly of slides. While most addresses were given at conferences, seminars, and workshops dealing with various aspects of his research, Dr. Till also gave freely of his time to speak to the broader public. Included is his address to the Royal Society of London, into which he was inducted in 2000.

This series consists of biographical information about James Till, primarily in the form of press clippings, biographical sketches he penned, university diplomas for BA (1952) and MA (1954) from University of Saskatchewan, curriculum vitae, and two full length articles about him and his work. Records documenting honours and awards include the original certificates, correspondence, and photographs documenting recognition in his field of expertise, honorary degrees from University of Lethbridge, the University of Saskatchewan, as well as the University of Toronto (see also Series 3) as well as civic honours such as the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. Also included are files relating to the induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (2004), including a video, and the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2005) both received jointly with Dr. Ernest McCulloch. Manuscripts of some speeches may be found in some files, as well as Series 8.

Dr. Till was associated both with the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC, a granting agency) and the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI, a research institute), where he was a salaried employee. The OCI is an affiliate of Princess Margaret Hospital, a teaching hospital at the University of Toronto and part of the University Health Network.

This series begins with Dr. Till’s files documenting his involvement with the NCIC, in particular his membership in a number of committees and centres. He chaired the NCIC’s Advisory Committee on Research (ACOR) from 1993 to 1995, and the Selection Committee for Executive Director (1996). Other committees documented here are the Committee on Planning and Priorities (1995), the External International Review Committee (1991), the National Task Force on Personnel (1992), and the Joint Task Force on Behavioural Research and the centre that arose from its recommendations, the Centre Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation (CBRPE). The NCIC files conclude with a review of its policies on workshops, its eighth course on oncology (1992), its 1995 annual meeting and Dr. Till’s presentation, ‘An ethics of research priorities’ (1994).

The files of the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital document Dr. Till’s involvement with its Board and committee activities, centring around the relocation of the Princess Margaret Hospital to University Avenue in 1995 and the reappraisal of its research and teaching programs and related issues such as intellectual property rights. The most substantial files are on Board retreats, the committee to review clinical research, the intellectual property committee, the planning committee’s sub-committee on governance, and the health status group. Other committees and reports focus on aspects of structural reorganization, space requirements, ‘visioning’, and aspects of planning such as patient care.

The series ends with files on the quality of life assessment project (1993-1994) and a site visit to the OCI’s Division of Biological Research in November 1986.

The material in this series consists of correspondence, notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, press coverage, cartoons and architectural drawings. The arrangement is by descending order of authority within each organization and alphabetically by name of committee.