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File consists of programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs from various events celebrating John Beckwith's 80th birthday, including concerts at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and the Institute for Canadian Music (ICM).

File contains correspondence, programs, reviews, and photographs relating to various awards, honours, and other tributes given to John Beckwith.

File consists of a ink sketch of John Beckwith, drawn by Mary Lou Payzant.

File contains correspondence, lists of works, and promotional material.

File consists of a poster advertising the "Best performance of Canadian works" award from the Canadian Music Council for the Orford String Quartet's recording Beckwith and Schafer Quartets (Melbourne Records, 1980).

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at the University of Guelph (February 2, 1995), which was entitled "Will you have any musicke?".

File consists of correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at the University of Victoria (November 27, 1999), which was entitled "Lucky Star."

File consists of correspondence, programs, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at Queen's University (May 28, 1998), which was entitled "We blanks are proud people; or, the call to semi-greatness."

File includes colour photographs with Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé, correspondence, programs, and correspondence. John Beckwith was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 21, 1987.

File consists of a poster advertising the "Composer of the Year" award from the Canadian Music Council, which John Beckwith received in 1985.

File consists of correspondence regarding and photographs of the "Heavenly Music" sculptures created by Lutz Haufschild and Stephen Brathwaite, gifted to the University of Toronto Music Library by Kathleen McMorrow and John Beckwith. The sculptures were hung at the front entrance to the Music Library when the library moved to the Rupert E. Edwards Wing. Photographs show the artwork in progress and after installation.

File consists of John Beckwith's typescript talk, including overhead and digital illustrations, which he gave at the London Museum (November 5, 2016) as part of Words: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival. File also includes related correspondence with James Reaney and his family.

File consists of notes, correspondence, reviews, and photographs for Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works by James Reaney, edited and with an introduction by John Beckwith (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004).

File consists of correspondence regarding John Beckwith's book In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006). Correspondents include Luis Merino Montero, Juan Orrego-Salas, Ted Maroney, Richard Butler, Ray Dudley, Margaret Sheppard Privitello, Marilyn Brown, Kevin Bazzana, and William Aide. Correspondence includes discussions of Glenn Gould and Alberto Guerrero.

File also contains a program, photographs, and correspondence relating to the memorial concert for Alberto Guerrero in Walter Hall at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (October 25, 1990) and other photographs of Alberto Guerrero used in Beckwith's book. Two photographs, previously framed, are autographed by Guerrero: (1) signed for Gwen Duchemin (former student); (2) photograph (ca. 1947) taken by Margaret Sheppard Privitello (former student), and signed by Guerrero (not addressed).

File consists of John Beckwith's lecture notes, musical examples, and photographs for a talk entitled "Composing, Cycling: Two Harmless Pursuits" given at Fairlawn (February 3, 2014); Jubilee United (November 22, 2017); and to Sprint Senior Care (March 16, 2018).

File consists of correspondence and notes regarding the book Weinzweig: Essays on his Life and Music (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011), co-edited by Brian Cherney and John Beckwith. File includes digital photos from the book launch event. File includes correspondence with Elaine Keillor, John Weinzweig, Rebecca Sinnaeve (Toronto Musicians' Association), Cheryl Martin (Royal Conservatory of Music), Clark Ross, Robert Aitken, and Bruce Mather.

File contains research notes, correspondence, re-writes, editorial comments, press releases, and reviews for John Beckwith’s memoirs Unheard Of: Memoirs of a Canadian Composer (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012). Beckwith’s research notes include a list of important personal and professional events from 1937 to 1990, various copied correspondence, and some original correspondence from Nadia Boulanger and Beckwith’s father. File also includes correspondence from Ben Conway and William Toye and Beckwith's contract with Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the publication of the book.

A portion of Beckwith's source materials and research notes were originally stored in a vertical file folder, arranged alphabetically by subject matter. This arrangement is replicated in the folder storage of these records. Beckwith's source material included the following divisions and contents:

1. Beckwith [family] : a copy of Beckwith Notes: Number Six (Albert C. and Edward S. Beckwith, 1907) and other genealogical records and notes on the Beckwith family, including family photographs, correspondence, newspapers clippings, marriage certificate for John L. Beckwith and Agnes F. McLeod.
2. Children : photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and graduation programs relating to John Beckwith and Pamela Terry's children Jonathan, Robin Jane, Symon, and Lawrence.
3. Dunn : photographs, correspondence, and research notes pertaining to Mary and George Dunn.
4. Education : photographs, programs, and correspondence pertaining to John Beckwith's education prior to attending the University of Toronto, including programs from recitals of Gwendoline Harper's students.
5. Photograph of Marian Scott, Helmut Kallmann, and John Beckwith at the National Library of Canada (1997).
6. Grace [Dean McLeod White] : correspondence and notes pertaining to John Beckwith's paternal aunt.
7. Harold [Beckwith] : photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes, including an interview with Michael Hutcheon, pertaining to Harold Arthur Beckwith, John Beckwith's father.
8. Margaret [Alice Beckwith, nee Dunn] : photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from and about John Beckwith's mother.
9. Nuptials : photographs from weddings, anniversaries, and christenings in the Beckwith family.
10. Pamela [Terry Beckwith] : photographs of Pamela Terry Beckwith and a transcription of her Paris diaries (1950-1952).
11. Sisters : photographs of and correspondence with John Beckwith's sisters, Jean and Sheila, including their notes on portions of the manuscript for Unheard Of.
12. Tree : the Beckwith family tree [oversize]
13. Pictures and captions : two photographs and a program from the premiere performance of John Beckwith's Rhapsody for piano by Gene Gash (December 13, 1951).
14. Works : newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding reviews of John Beckwith's compositions.

File consists of correspondence relating to John Beckwith book Music at Toronto: A Personal Account (1995) and the preceding talks that Beckwith gave at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in celebration of its 75th anniversary (1993). Correspondents include Helmut Kallmann, Rivi Frankle, Chan Ka Nin, Marnie Hare, David Beach, John Hamilton, Stephen Brathwaite, Bruce Minorgan, Paul Pedersen, Paul Green, Fred Clarke, Ezra Schabas, and Doreen Rao. File also includes a photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, Godfrey Ridout, Leo Smith, John Weinzweig, and Healey Willan (photo by Herb Nott, ca. 1942), which was used in Beckwith's book.

File consists of two speeches that John Beckwith gave at citizenship ceremonies (August 22-23, 2000 and November 22, 2000), as well as photographs from the ceremonies.

File consists of John Beckwith's notes and the program from a concert by the Festival Singers of Toronto with the Toronto Woodwind Quintet at Hart House (March 14, 1970). Beckwith provided introductory remarks for the concert.

File contains correspondence, book reviews, and three photographs by Peter Smith of the International Conference of Composers (Stratford, 1960). Included in the photographs are Murray Adaskin, John Beckwith, Luciano Berio, John Weinzweig, Oskar Morawetz, Jean-Marie Beaudet, Vagn Holmboe. The conference proceedings were published in 1961 under the title The Modern Composer and His World.

File consists of a program, photographs, and correspondence with James Reaney and Peter Auksi (UWO) regarding a series of performances, lectures, plays, and presentations in celebration of James C. Reaney (at the University of Western Ontario, January 23, 1992 - February 21, 1992).

File contains programs and a group photograph from the conference, which included performances of music by John Beckwith and other members of the Canadian League of Composers.

File consists of correspondence regarding the publication of John Beckwith's piece Beckett Songs with texts by Samuel Beckett, and sketches for a piece Quad based on Samuel Beckett's wordless scenario by the same name.

File also contains two programs from performances of John Beckwith’s “Beckett Songs” as performed by Peter Groom (baritone), and Peter Higham (guitar) at Mount Allison University (premiere performance on December 3, 2008) and, on May 24, 2011 by Doug McNaughton (voice and guitar) as part of the vocal series at the Canadian Opera Company. File also includes a photograph of Groom, Higham, and Danise Ferguson (cello) from the premiere performance.

File contains John Beckwith’s program notes, correspondence (predominantly with Vivienne Spiteri), programs, and other notes for three harpsichord pieces:

• Lines overlapping : for banjo and harpsichord
• On the other hand… : for solo harpsichord
• Blurred lines : violin and harpsichord.

File includes three drafts, and correspondence with James Reaney, Anna Wagner-Ott (including her sketches for puppets), and with Guelph Festival officers. File includes reviews, photographs, notes, and other performance records for productions in Banff, Guelph, and the Toronto Masque Theatre. File also includes a card from the costume designer Sue LePage with a reproduction of the costume designs for Agatha, as played by Kimberley Barber.

File also includes performance records for other operas and compositions by John Beckwith: "Let's Hear it from Beckwith" (New Music Concerts performance in Walter Hall on September 19, 2010); Taptoo (Toronto Operetta Theatre; February 22-26, 2012); and Night Blooming Cereus (Summer Opera Lyric Theatre; July 28-August 5, 2017).

File includes correspondence with and the text by Dennis Lee, programs, and other performance records. File includes two photographs from the 1967 performance by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Elmer Iseler and John Beckwith.

File includes working drafts of the libretto; correspondence with James Reaney (librettist) about changes; and letters from Istvan Anhalt, Donald Mitchell, John Barron, and Urjo Kareda. File also contains lecture notes and correspondence, including letters from Dorith Cooper and Herman Geiger-Torel, and other correspondence, photographs, programs, and reviews relating to the 1982 premiere, revisions, and later productions.

File includes correspondence, photographs, programs, and reviews relating to the 1979 premiere, other performances, and the Centrediscs recording (CMC-CD 5897).

File contains production records, draft libretti, correspondence, and records relating to performance of the opera, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio broadcast.

Production materials include correspondence with Peter Dwyer, Canada Council; budget drafts, contracts, and other financial documents for the 1959 Hart House production; reviews; letters from Jay [MacPherson]; "An evening with Babble & Doodle" by James Reaney (1961), which includes a history of the creation and production of the opera. File includes correspondence, the program, and a photograph from a performance of a scene from John Beckwith's Night Blooming Cereus as part of the Canadian Composers Festival at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford (November 15, 1959).

File also contains publicity materials, programs, and reviews of other performances; French translation of Night Blooming Cereus; drafts and correspondence with librettist James Reaney; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioning documents; and other correspondence about the opera from Istvan Anhalt, Chester Duncan, Hugh Le Caine, John Roberts, and personal friends.

File also includes a set design for Night Blooming Cereus by Louis de Niverville (previously framed).

File contains correspondence, historical research notes, and a copy of John Beckwith's draft program notes for the piece. File also contains the program and photographs from the performance of this piece by Freda Antrobus, soprano and John Beckwith, piano as part of the "Toronto Concert" at the Second Annual American Music Students' Symposium at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. One of the photographs shows the Toronto delegation gathered around the piano. The group consisted of James Innes, Morry Kernerman, James Hunter, John Mair, Rowland Pack, Andrew Benac, Joseph Pach, James Pataki, Clermont Pépin, Harry Somers, Victor Feldbrill, John Coveart, Gordon Jocelyn, John Beckwith, and Freda Antrobus Ridout.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled for Derek Healey's 80th birthday, collected and compiled by Olive Healey with support from Jacqueline Healey. It consists contributions from family, friends, colleagues, and musicians, and includes an index of contributors and their relationship to Healey. Materials include a portrait of Derek Healey by Akwesi M. Asante in charcoal and chalk, photographs, correspondence, and other memorabilia.

File consists of a copy of the handout, photograph of performers with Derek Healey, and related correspondence for a concert by the choir of Church on the Hill, Flushing, New York, with organist Andrew Andela. Healey presented a paper at this concert for the American Guild of Organists, Queens Chapter. The concert took place at Christ Evangelical Church, Little Neck, Queens, New York, February 9, 2003.

File consists of an annotated score with a handwritten English libretto and photographs of the actors on stage with the set from a February-March 1954 Canadian Opera Company (COC) production that Herman Geiger-Torel directed with Ernesto Barbini, conductor; Hans Berends, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

Performers: Evelyn Gould, Joanne Ivey, Andrew MacMillan, Bernard Turgeon, Sylvia Grant, Patricia Rideout, Phyllis Mailing, Jon Vickers, Glenn Gardiner, Mary Morrison, James Milligan, Ernest Adams, Lesia Zubrack, Alexander Gray, William Copeland, Robert Goulet, Dolores Huck.

File consists of an annotated score with Herman Geiger-Torel's notes from a 1965 performance and three photographs of the set and one of the opera singers. Annotations include a handwritten cast list from another, likely earlier, performance. The 1965 production for the Canadian Opera Company (COC) was directed by Herman Geiger-Torel with Wolfgang Martin, conductor; Brian Jackson, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer.

Performers (1965): Garnet Brooks, Darlene Hirst, Donald Young, Maurice Brown, David Geary, Margaret Tynes, Roxolana Roslak, Joanna Myhal, Royce Reaves, Phil Stark, Arlene Meadows, Thomas Park, Danny Tait, Ian Garratt, Wallace Williamson, Tito Dean, Oskar Raulfs, Ermanno Mauro, Abbot Anderson.

File consists of an annotated score with production notes from the September-October 1969 production by the Canadian Opera Company (COC), including stage plans and a photograph of the set. The COC production was directed by Herman Geiger-Torel with Heinrich Bender, conductor; Lawrence Schäfer, set design; and Marie Day, costume design.

Performers: Joan Maxwell, Kathryn Newman, Leah Werman, Dodi Protero, Elsie Sawchuk, Stephanie Gerson, Astrid Varnay, Eileen Schauler, Mignon Dunn, Sonia Rohozynsky, Lorna Hearst, Paul Trépanier, Steven Henrikson, Richard Mundt, Heran Rombouts, Phil Stark.

File consists of a promotional photographs of Pat Shand, taken by photographer Walter Curtin.

File includes photographs of Derek Holman conducting various choirs, including the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, Croydon Parish Church Choir, the Cathedral Organists' Association at Westminster Abbey, St. Simon's Church Choir and with various friends and colleagues, including Robertson Davies, and photographs of the Truro School Prefectorial Staff (including Holman, 1948), and Holman from the University of Trinity College convocation (2000) when he received an honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters.

File consists of photographs of Derek Holman with the Concord Singers from a concert on March 1, 1975.

File contains programs, reviews, correspondence, paperwork, and a copy of the Ontario Choral Federation directory (as of June 1, 1976).

File contains programs, a photograph of the boys' choir, correspondence, lists of choir members, posters, reviews, and lists of church service music for St. Simon's. File also includes an autograph book from the end of his tenure as the organist-choirmaster at the church.

File contains papers, programs, photographs, and yearbooks.

File contains correspondence and a program from the University of Trinity College convocation (2000), when Derek Holman received an honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters.

File includes congratulatory correspondence, photographs and programs from the event, newspaper clippings, and the certificate.