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Teaching

Series consists of records documenting Morgan’s teaching activities within the Department of Philosophy and the Women’s Studies Programme at the U of T.

Teaching

Series consists of records documenting Prof. Fletcher’s teaching activities within the Department of Political Science at the UofT. Material included spans Prof. Fletcher’s first courses as a lecturer to his final year prior to retiring from the UofT. Classes include Quantitative Methods and Research Design, Political Participation, Political Psychology (both on campus and in Siena, Italy), Public opinion and Voting, Mass Political Participation, and Topics in Canadian Politics: The Politics of Hate Speech and Pornography Laws. Material includes syllabi, lecture notes, course readings, course evaluations, in-class surveys, correspondence, and press clippings related to topical news items.

Series also includes documentation of Prof. Fletcher’s 1993 Political Psychology class in which the white supremacist group, Heritage Front, and other groups were invited to speak. While the aim of the class was intended to expose racism and intolerance, the event triggered strong reactions across campus and the city, culminating in a review by the Toronto Mayor’s Committee on Community and Race Relations. Related material includes press clippings, course material, and substantial correspondence.

Student files

Records in this series reflect Professor Rayside’s role as a supervisor of graduate students and other ongoing relationships and correspondence between himself and his students. This series contains sample student work, comments, correspondence and application documents.

Teaching : Student Evaluations and Ph.D. Files

This series documents the evaluation of student work done by Clarkson throughout much of his career. It mainly consists of detailed feedback on term essay for courses POL 202, 211, 311, 323, 324, 325, 418 as well as graduate courses POL 2403 and 401/2111 and give evidence to Clarkson’s approach to teaching undergraduates. Files are arranged chronologically.

For most courses, Clarkson attached a questionnaire to feedback forms for each student that were completed at the beginning of the course. On this form, student filled in, not only their contact information, but also information on their grade point average, the high school they attended, their expectations for the course and their reason for having taken it. In the aggregate, these forms alone offer a glimpse of the student body in this time period, at least that portion that opted to take political science courses.

Of particular note are the questionnaires Clarkson had students fill in at the end of POL 324, Politics of Western Europe in which he ran an experimental teaching method - A Simulation in French Politics. Questionnaires were designed to get feedback on this Simulation Game method of delivering curriculum.

Also included are files that he kept on evaluations of, references for and advice to his Ph.D students and a few other post graduate students. These are arranged alphabetically by last name.

Digital files from B2019-0003 include further student evaluations and feedback, and files related to Ph.D students supervised by Clarkson (2002-2015).

Correspondence

The correspondence in this series consists mainly of Professor Callahan’s professional correspondence with his academic colleagues discussing publications, joint projects, addresses, and other industry events and gatherings. General correspondence has been arranged chronologically and correspondence specific to individuals has been alphabetized.

Theatrical performances

Series consists of material related theatrical performances that were directed or co-directed by Guido Pugliese, starring University of Toronto Mississauga students as part of the group Maschere Duomondi. Records include play programs and tickets, newspaper clippings, and unpublished papers on the use of theatre in teaching.

Concert planning documents

Series contains documents relating to the presentation of individual concerts (including correspondence and contracts); planning documents for each concert season; touring materials; documents relating to New Music Concerts' (NMC) commercially-released compact disc recordings; and records pertaining to the recording and broadcast of NMC concerts by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Correspondence

This series contains mainly professional correspondence covering most of Prof. Prentice’s career as a scholar of women’s history. Included is correspondence regarding research projects, informal reviews of scholarly works, involvement on committees and attendance at meetings and conferences. The correspondence strongly documents the exchange of information, ideas and sources among colleagues in the developing fields of women’s history, the history of education and women studies.

Correspondence is arranged by year with incoming correspondence filed separately from outgoing correspondence. After the chronological files, there are files arranged alphabetically by subject or name. These include correspondence files with many colleagues and past students throughout Canada, Australia and Japan.

University of Alberta

This series contains records relating to Professor Peers’ relationship with the University of Alberta as an alumnus and donor. Included is general information that he received from the university; endowment fund reports; files relating to specific scholarships that he funded; and a file relating to funding that he provided for the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services. Files contain donor agreements between Peers and the university, thank you letters from scholarship recipients, endowment fund reports, correspondence with the university and information about the individuals that the scholarships were named after.

Research and subject files

Series consists of research material and correspondence with colleagues and scholars collected by Hacking in the course of his academic activity. Records included are predominantly reprints, though also include press clippings, emails, written correspondence, transparencies, and notebooks. Material is grouped by subject as well as author.

Subject matter encompasses a broad range of topics including the history of mathematics, physics (in particular, Bose-Einstein condensates), genetics, classification and taxonomies, porphyrian trees, medieval illustration, autism, body augmentation, suicide terrorism, and psychoanalysis. Authors represented include Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hilary Putnam, Saul Kripke, Willard Van Orman Quine, Michel Foucault, Lorraine Daston, Peter Galison, Bruno Latour, and Noam Chomsky. Correspondence included within the research files is noted in the file title within square brackets. Additional content such as partial manuscripts and correspondence can be found on the verso of records as Hacking frequently reused paper.

Manuscripts and publications

Series consists of records related to Prof. Safarian’s writing and publishing activity. The series begins with material documenting the publishing and copyright of his written work, followed by material related to shorter pieces such as book reviews and letters to the editor. The latter half of the series consists mostly of material used to produce more formal academic articles and monographs, including records on ideas for writing, unpublished writing, and published writing. A notable exception are the files related to The Eagle and the Bear, an unpublished memoir based on Prof. Safarian’s travels in Armenia and the former Soviet Union. Records in this series include correspondence, article annotations and notes, paper outlines and drafts, research data, travel journals and paraphernalia, contracts and press photos.

Professional activities

This series documents invitations, lectures and attendance to various conferences, meetings and symposiums as well as activities with regards to professional associations. Files contain mainly correspondence but some also include drafts of papers delivered by Hollander at various occasions. General files on conferences, which contain mainly correspondence, are filed at the beginning of the series followed by files on specific events, arranged chronologically.

Dying to Get In

2 one-hour documentary. First aired on CBC in 2001.
A critical look at the Canadian immigration system, its faults, and how many fleeing a cause of the mass migration crises are shut out and die due to government lack of support.

Cogent/Benger Productions

Addresses

This series consists of addresses given by Professor Nesselroth at various conferences and seminars throughout his academic career. They cover subjects such as semiotics, French literature, literary theory, Surrealism, Dadaism, and figures such as Isidore Ducasse (Lautréamont), Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Roman Jakobson, and Marshall McLuhan. Documents include drafts of addresses, some research material consulted, and conference programs and itineraries, some of which are in French.

Reviews

Throughout his career, Prof. Moggridge wrote over 100 reviews in such journals as Cambridge Review, Choice, Economic History Review, International Journal of Economic Literature, to list only a few. This small series contains some of these reviews, either as drafts or copies from the publication itself. It contains far more requests for reviews for which there is no further documentation.

Sketches

12 sketches (charcoal, pen, crayon, 9 x 12 inches)

Research

The series contains records related to the processes of Dr. Roots’ research experiments starting with funding applications and ending with publications. The material reflects Dr. Root’s research interests, her experimental findings, the interpretation of these findings, and the development of drafting these interpretations into academic articles and addresses.

Restoring the Spirit: The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890-1930

Series consists of material compiled for the publication of Prof. Friedland’s book, “Restoring the Spirit: The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890-1930”. Series includes a survey conducted for the book, proposal to publisher, draft typescripts, correspondence and reviewer feedback. Series also includes presentation material related to various aspects of the history of occupational therapy in Canada.

Administrative records

Series consists of records relating to the administrative operations of New Music Concerts (NMC), including board meeting minutes, and general correspondence with composers, performers, concert venues, and music publishers. Series also includes records relating to the Toronto Coalition of New Music Presenters (TCNMP) or Toronto New Music Alliance, a coalition of ensembles and performing arts organizations in Toronto dedicated to New Music.

Personal and Biographical

Series consists of files documenting the life of Harvey Moldofsky, including his curriculum vitae, some personal and professional correspondence, certificates and awards, various press clippings about him, photographs, and artifacts. Photographs include a young Moldofsky in Medical School with classmates in the anatomy lab; son David and wife Zelda; group photographs from conferences attended; and of staff and the laboratory at the Centre for Sleep Chronobiology.

Concert programs

Series consists of programs and other ephemera collected by Carl Morey, predominantly from performances that he attended in Canada, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Some programs also include ticket stubs, newspaper clippings, annotations by Morey, or program notes written by Morey. Several early programs are autographed by the performers.

2014-2015 concert season

Series consists of programs and recordings of events hosted by the Faculty of Music during the 2014-2015 concert season including faculty, student, and guest artists as well as ongoing concert series and faculty ensembles.

Government Committees and Other Government Work

The records in this series document Professor Friedland’s participation in a number of workshops and conferences in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto relating to terrorism, and a critical analysis he prepared on the federal government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-36, in the wake of 9/11. There are also files as a consultant on policy aspects of the mandate of the Arar Commission, the federal Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission, the Ontario Legal Aid Advisory Committee, a review of the legal studies program at Capliano University, and several projects he did not undertake.

Related files in this accession are those in Series 5 on earlier book projects, Detention Before Trial and Double Jeopardy. Professor Friedland drew on his The Trials of Israel Lipski (1994) for an entry on Lipski for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

The files contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, and drafts of and some final copies of reports.

Personal and biographical

Files in accession B2005-0001 contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues received by Prof. Russell over more than four decades. Unlike the other series of correspondence described below, the contents of letters, cards and notes is more familiar and personal in nature and generally deals with non-professional activities such as trips, seasonal greetings, family matters, neighborhood and church activities, activities of friends and colleagues. Early correspondence discusses his appointment to the University of Toronto as lecturer (1958) correspondence with Oxford University regarding the M.A. exams, and appointment as assistant professor (1965). Some copies of Prof. Russell’s replies are included with incoming letters. Topics among the subject files include the Bathurst/St. Clair Task Force, Hillcrest Neighborhood Resources, Ontario Liberal Association, University Settlement, and Wychwood Park.

Files in accessions B2017-0006 and B2019-0008 contain records related to the personal life of Prof. Russell. Material covers awards received, family vacation property (Minnicog Company of Jarvises), family reunions, memorial addresses and services for colleagues, personal essays, and a convocation address.

Guest books

Series contains seven guest books with signatures and messages written by guests upon visitation to the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite.

Publishing projects

This series includes records created and collected while editing and/or writing literary works. Files contain correspondence with publishers and often with the authors of the original work. There is also correspondence relating to primary sources and with other academics or people familiar with the work being edited as well as with contributors. Files also contain research notes, bibliographies, reviews, publishing contracts and draft manuscripts.

Of particular note is correspondence with poet James Reaney along with his originally designed Christmas cards from him and his wife Colleen Thibaudeau. Early correspondence relates to his book Poems edited by Germaine Warkentin in 1972 but continues well into the 1990s and is often of a personal nature. Photographs of James Reaney at John Warkentin’s retirement party can be found in B2002-0006/001P (01).

In 1976 Uof T Press reprinted The White Savannahs by W.E. Collin as part of the series Literature in Canada: Poetry and Prose in Reprint. Warkentin wrote the introduction and in doing so corresponded with Collin as well as with poets Al Purdy, Leo Kennedy, A.J.M Smith, Frank Scott and Dorothy Livesay.

In 2001 Warkentin’s edited work Decentring the Renaissance: Canada and Europe in multidisciplinary perspective, 1500-1700 was published. This book was based on papers presented at a conference in 1976, organized by Warkentin and sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria College. Records in this series document the conference along with the subsequent publication and include files on funding, correspondence with contributors, readers and the publisher.

Warkentin was also involved in the publishing project, The History of the Book in Canada. Included is correspondence, reports, drafts and planning documents.

Correspondence

Series consists of Laurel MacDowell's correspondence which primarily documents MacDowell's professional activities within universities (the majority of the records pertain to the University of Toronto, however there is also correspondence regarding York and McMaster universities as well). The correspondence documents other aspects of MacDowell's life as well, such as her role as editor of the Ontario History journal and as a publishing academic. Additional correspondence can be found throughout other series within this accession as they pertain directly to the content of those files.

Photographs

This series includes photographs of Stephen Clarkson at conferences and professional events, as well as social events and family photos. There are several publicity photos for books, including those with Christina McCall for Trudeau and Our Times, and photographs received as part of research for Canada and the Reagan Challenge (1982) and Trudeau and Our Times (1990, 1994), including photos of Stephen Clarkson with P. E. Trudeau and Uncle Sam and US (2002). Publicity photos of Christina McCall are also included. There are also a few early group portraits from Clarkson’s time at Upper Canada College and Trinity College.

Material by Nouwen

Series consists of materials by Nouwen that was collected after his death. Series includes journal articles; transcripts of Nouwen's talks, homilies, and presentations; interviews; and manuscripts.

The series is divided in the following subseries:

  1. Works by Nouwen
  2. Transcripts of Nouwen's talks

Teaching

B2008-0023 consists almost entirely of electronic documents arranged by course number. Most folders contain, course syllabus giving outlines, bibliography, tests, assignments. There is also related correspondence and memos. Only Course Pol 103 contains original lectures. It also contains one box of textual records relating to Pol 315 which does contain original lecture notes as well as documents relating to the course’s development. Also included is one file of notes for a course Rayside took in 1977 with C.B. MacPherson - Pol. 200. Taking such a course as a new professor was preparatory to his teaching role.

B2013-0015 contains almost exclusively original lecture notes, with some syllabi and handouts, for the courses listed below.

B2017-0024 contains lecture notes as well as course outlines and syllabus for Pol 315 Sexual Diversity Politics (2010-2011) and lectures for Pol 364 Religion and Politics (2008-2012).

Courses documented include:
-Pol 100 [can’t find title]
-Pol 103 - Canada in Comparative Context
-Pol 222 - Elites & Political Leadership
-Pol 302 - Western European Politics
-Pol 311 - Canadian Political Parties
-Pol 315 - Sexual Diversity Politics
-Pol 344 - Social Movements in Europe and North America
-Pol 364 - Religion and Politics
-Pol 435 - [can’t find title]
-Pol 2100 - Canadian Politics
-Pol 2300 - Comparative Politics
-Pol 2810 - The Politics of Diversity: A Research Seminar

Series 32: Museum Secrets (2010-2014)

This series was filmed with rare access to behind-the-scenes curatorial work and the collections of 22 of the greatest museums in the world during three seasons. It was a global hit, narrated by Colm Feore, distributed by BBC and broadcast in over 70 countries worldwide.

The History Channel commissioned a fourth season Museum Secrets, which was set to feature the British Museum, Rijksmuseum, Danish Museum and others. But the channel had just decided to pivot their brand into less history and more 'scripted reality' shows, and Museum Secrets was not renewed. This series includes research, development, and planning records for season four.

This series includes shoot tapes for all episodes on Professional Disk (XDCAM); rough and fine cuts, preview versions, and audio elements on DVD; and various broadcast versions of episodes on HDCAM and DVD.

Textual records include extensive research, location and appearance releases, correspondence with curators and historians, funding applications, tax credit applications, development documents, travel information, budgets and financial statements, cast & crew agreements, and scripts and transcripts.

Records related to the Museum Secrets interactive website and ROM iPhone app include development documents, marketing plans, correspondence and agreements with vendors, mock-ups, and web-exclusive content on DVD.

Kensington Communications Inc.

Administration

This series contains records related to the administrative processes of Blissymbolics Communication Institute - Canada. It includes a variety of files including annual reports, affiliate reports, and correspondence; files related to donors and finances; as well as other miscellaneous administrative files such as the personal files of BCIC and OCCC staff.

Professional activity

Series consists of records related to Mr. Ezrin’s professional roles. These focus primarily on his time in government, both federal and provincial. Records cover his work in diplomatic roles in New Delhi, Los Angeles and New York, as well as publicity surrounding the Constitution. Three files document Ezrin’s involvement on the Debate Committee preparing Liberal leader John Turner for the federal debate in 1988. Series includes one file of meeting minutes, correspondence, and remunerations from Ezrin’s period on Torstar board of directors.

Wardens' gatherings and meeting minutes

The individual files of Series 3 include correspondence, memoranda and various addenda in addition to the typed minutes of both Corporate and Camp Wardens. The series also contains files regarding a meeting in 1930 of the Wardens with Kipling and special “Gatherings” of the Camp Wardens in the 1940s and 1950s. Accession B1982-0023 records in this series cover the period between 1923 and 1960, with particular depth of coverage in the 1940s and 1950s. The series includes two photographs of Camp Wardens from a Gathering in April 1946.

While B1995-0040 also includes several files of reports on meetings of special subcommittees, such as the Ad Hoc Committee on the Wording of the Ritual and the Admissions Committee, other meeting minutes will be found in the general correspondence files of Series 5. The records from B1995-0040/001 in this series range between 1960 and 1994, with significant gaps in the late 1960s and early 1990s. Accession B2009-0029 contains nearly complete Camp One meeting minutes from 1950-2008. Files in this series have been arranged in chronological order.

Articles and clippings

Series contains articles, clippings, magazines, and interviews that feature or mention David C. Onley as Lieutenant Governor. Also includes “Articles of Interest” material collected for David C. Onley about current events and issues.

Series has been kept in its original order, arranged chronologically.

Lecture notes and course materials

This series consists of course notes and readings for a number of undergraduate courses in Portuguese Studies taught by Professor Sternberg at the University of Toronto. The majority of the courses are on literary subjects, including Portuguese and Brazilian literature and literary figures, such as Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós, and José Saramago. Documents relating to the courses include annotated course readings, lecture notes, tests and assignments and syllabi.

University of Toronto Blues men's baseball team

This series documents Professor Lang’s years of service to the University of Toronto Blues Men’s Baseball team which he coached from 1994 to 2011. The files contain information on team lists, coaches, financing and fundraising, equipment, rosters and players, and statistical records. There is also some press coverage. There is documentation of tournaments in Columbus, Ohio (1998) and Durham College in Oshawa (1999). Photographs and digital images document the team from 1999-2007, including many images and graphics used to boost the website for the team Also included is an Ontario University Athletics medal for 2001.

Digital files in B2018-0001 include email correspondence with players, university officials, and sponsors; rosters and team photographs; and files related to the construction of a new baseball diamond on the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, which opened in 2006. In 2011, it was renamed the “Dan Lang field” in honour of his many years of service to the Varsity Blues baseball program.

Professional Association

Records in this series mainly document Prof. Rayside’s activities in the American Political Science Association (1989-2006) including its council, the Gay and Lesbian caucus, and to the greatest extent his activities on the committee on the Status of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession. Includes questionnaires for surveys, results, reports, and correspondence.

Records in B2008-0023 span 1982-2006 and also include one file each on the Canadian Political Science Association (1982-83) and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (1993).

The records in B2013-0015 document only his involvement in the American Political Science Association and the Canadian Political Science Association between 1999 and 2012.

One file on the CPSA Diversity Task Force (2104) was acquired in accession B2017-0024.

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