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Autobiography “All of Me”

Correspondence regarding the book, website pages, and press clippings. Book catalogues in which the book was featured is also included.

2008.007 accrual

This accession consists of 17 series, divided by production: ‘Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?’, ‘Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 & 2007’, ‘Canadian Idol: Season 4 & Season 5’, ‘Deal or No Deal Canada’, ‘Falcon Beach’, ‘Hatching, Matching and Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1’, ‘Icons and Rising Stars—Melissa and Rex: Let It Go!’, ‘Jon Dore Show, The Pilot & Jon Dore Show, Season 1’, ‘Juno Awards, 2006 & 2007’, ‘Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal’, ‘MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1’, ‘Project Runway Canada: Season 1’, ‘Star Racer’, ‘The Toronto Variety Show’.

The first series, ‘Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?’ includes Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, and DVD recordings pertaining to the five-episode game show hosted by Colin Mochrie.

The second series, ‘Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 & 2007’, includes Betacam SP, Betacam SX, CDR, Digital Betacam, DVD, MPEG IMX, and VHS recordings pertaining to the annual two-hour variety awards presentation paying tribute to Canadiancelebrities. Footage from live ceremonies is combined with interviews and historic still and moving images. These two editions feature inductees Wayne Gretzky, Paul Anka, The Tragically Hip, Arthur Hiller, Alex Colville, Daniel Lanois, Jim Carrey and others.

The third series, ‘Canadian Idol: Season 4 & Season 5’, includes Betacam SP, 2” tape, Betacam SX, CD, Digital Betacam, DPD113, DV Cam, DVD, Mini DV and VHS recordings pertaining to the television show hosted by Ben Mulroney. By the time these seasons aired on CTV, the series had become Canada’s highest rated television series in history.

The fourth series, ‘Deal or No Deal Canada’, includes Betacam SP, CDR, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV and VHS recordings pertaining to the game show hosted by Howie Mandel. The program, which consisted of five episodes, was aired on Global Television.

The fifth series, ‘Falcon Beach’, consists of textual records and DVD, CD and VHS recordings of the one-hour drama series featuring young people summering in the fictitious lakeside resort town of Falcon Beach. Shot in Gimli and Winnipeg Beach, Falcon Beach is a co-production between Insight and Manitoba-based Original Pictures.

The sixth series, ‘Hatching, Matching and Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1’, includes textual records and ¼ in. tape, Betacam SP, CD, DAT, Digital Betacam, DVD, Floppy disk and VHS recordings pertaining to a half-hour comedy series produced for CBC in 2005 and 2006. The program, which was set in Newfoundland, features Mary Walsh, Mark McKinney, Shaun Majumder, Rick Boland and Sherry White.

The seventh series, ‘Icons and Rising Stars—Melissa and Rex: Let It Go!’, includes Betacam SP, CD, Digital Betacam, DVD, Mini DV, and VHS recordings pertaining to the documentary about two Canadian singers (and ex-Canadian Idol competitors) Melissa O’Neil and Rex Goudie. The documentary includes footage from concerts in Brantford, ON, St. John’s, NF and Calgary.

The eighth series, ‘Jon Dore Show, The Pilot & Season 1’, features Betacam SP, CD, Mini DV, and DVD recordings of Canadian comedian Jon Dore’s 2007 show.

The ninth series, ‘Juno Awards, 2006 & 2007’, includes Betacam SP, CD, DA113, DA8, DAT, Digital Betacam, DPD113, DVC Pro HD, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV, VHS and XD Cam HD recordings of the 2006 and 2007 Juno Award ceremonies. The 2006 show was held in Halifax and was hosted by Pamela Anderson. Featured performers included Divine Brown, Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, Coldplay and the BlackEyed Peas. The 2007 show occurred in Saskatoon and was hosted by Nelly Furtado. Featured performers include Tragically Hip, Alexisonfire, Billy Talen, KOS, DJ Champion, City and Colour and Patrick Watson.

The tenth series, ‘Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal’, includes Digital Betacam and CD recordings pertaining to the program Mindtrip (hosted by Hugh Dillon). The 2005 production includes an overview of the paranormal and descriptions of paranormalrich Canadian locations.

The eleventh series, ‘MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1’ includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD, DVD, Mini DV, and VHS recordings pertaining to the 10-episode reality program hosted by Dina Pugliese. Produced in 2007, this program features judges comprised of industry insiders including Robin Black, Kardinal Offishall and Steve Anthony.

The twelfth series, ‘Project Runway Canada: Season 1’, includes textual records and CD, DVD and XD Cam HD recordings pertaining to the first season of Project Runway Canada. The series, hosted by model Iman, features Canadian fashion designers competing for the chance to be discovered as the ‘it’ Canadian.

The thirteenth series, ‘Star Racer’, includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD, Digital Betacam, DV Cam, DVD, HD Cam, Mini DV, and DA8
recordings. The program, hosted by Canadian actor Yannick Bisson, was a reality-based competition to find Canada’s best driver. It was shot at Le Circuit racetrack in Mont Tremblant, Quebec and aired on the Discovery Channel.

The fourteenth series, ‘The Toronto Variety Show’, includes textual records, Betacam SP, CD/CDR, DVC Pro HD, DV Cam, DVD/DVDR, Mini DV, and VHS recordings. This entertainment-focused program was shot on location in downtown Toronto in four fast-paced one-hour episodes. Hosted by opera singer Measha Brueggergosman, the series featured Jon Dore, Melanie Durrant, K’naan, DJ Zahra, the Doo Wops and Kenny Robinson.

The fifteenth series, ‘Alison Birk Archive’, consists of textual records created by and/or for Alison Birk.

The sixteenth series, ‘John Brunton Personal’, consists of textual records created by and/or for John Brunton.

The seventeenth series, ‘John Murray Development Files’, consists of records created by and/or for John Murray Development Files.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falcon Beach: Series 1 (Television, 2005)
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching : Pilot & Season 1 (Television, 2005)
Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal (Television, 2005)
The Toronto Variety Show (Television, 2005)
Icons and Rising Stars – Melissa and Rex: Let It Go! (Television, 2006)
Falcon Beach: Series 2 (Television, 2006)
Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2006 (Television, 2006)
Star Racer (Television, 2006)
Juno Awards: 2006 (Television, 2006)
Canadian Idol: Season 4 (Television, 2006)
Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5-th Grader? (Television, 2007)
Canada’s Walk of Fame: 2007 (Television, 2007)
Canadian Idol: Season 5 (Television, 2007)
Deal or No Deal Canada (Television, 2007)
The Jon Dore Show: The Pilot (Television, 2007)
The Jon Dore Show: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Juno Awards: 2007 (Television, 2007)
MuchMusic VJ Search: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Project Runway Canada: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Falcon Beach (Television, 2005)
Hatching, Matching, & Dispatching: Pilot & Season 1 (Television, 2005)
The Toronto Variety Show (Television, 2005)
Star Racer (Television, 2006)
Much Music VJ Search: Season 1 (Television, 2007)
Project Runway Canada: Season 1 (Television, 2007)

2006.003 accrual

The 2006 accrual consists of three banker’s boxes holding records from 2002 to 2004. They contain mostly copies of press clippings pertaining to the organization “Friends of Canadian Broadcasting” (FCB) along with a few related government publications and some comments from the general public regarding Canadian Broadcasting.

2024.001 acquisition

The fonds has been arranged by box number, according to the creator. The fonds contains materials relating to the following productions produced and directed by Michael Glassbourg:
Great Canadian Books.
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on XDCAM and master tapes on Digital Betacam. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a title search report, research briefs, lists of potential guests, correspondence, budgets, cost statements, insurance documents, invoices, funding applications, broadcaster agreements, CRTC, CAVCO and OMDC applications and certifications, series and episode synopses, call sheets, crew lists, and releases.
Presenters in this series include: Valerie Pringle, Lisa Ray, Molly Johnson, Justin Trudeau, Rex Harrington, Lorne Cardinal, Silken Laumann, Mary Walsh, Trish O’Callaghan and Amy Sky. Writers interviewed for this series include: Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Sally Cooper, Sheila Heti, Priscilla Uppal, Richard Scrimger, Anthony Desa, Sarah Sheard, Antanas Sileika, Kristen Den Hartog, Ania Szado, and Christine Portnoy.
In the Mind of Robert Sawyer
Records pertaining to this title include masters on Betacam SP, as well as one VHS episode screener.
Land of Plenty
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on XDCAM. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a one sheet proposal, notes, correspondence, a workshop feedback questionnaire, program proposal submission releases, invoices, appearance and location releases, call sheets, and research materials.
Policy Baby: The Journey of Rita/Bev
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM and MiniDV, as well as a Digital Betacam master. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a video release form, a documentary proposal, CRTC application, credits, and cost breakdown. There is one CD-R containing screen grabs from the production.
The Art of Barn Building
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM.
The Artist’s Life (also written as The Artist’s Life)
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM, as well as master tapes on Betacam SP and DVCAM. There are a small number of dubs of camera originals on MiniDV. Records pertaining to this title also include commercial DVDs of episodes for seasons 1-3.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: transcripts, final cost reports, CRTC, CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, budgets, invoices, broadcast and distribution agreements, production schedules, releases, and crew lists.
Subjects of this production include the following artists: Tim Whiten, Ken Danby, Shelly Reeves, Sarah-Jane Gorlitz, Holly Farrell, Susan Stewart, Dorothy Knowles, Eric Cator, Laura Hollick, Noel Harding, Ernestine Tahedl, Natalka Husar, Lui Liu, Claire Weissmann-Wilkes, Ian Lazarus, Peter Rotter, Andrew Danson, Snaige Sileika, Karen Azoulay, Margaret Vanderhaeghe, Jim Chambers, Jean-Pierre Schoss, Margaux Williamson, Shelly Reeves, David Blackwood, Greta Gibney, Badanna Zack, Jeff Winch, David Urban, Paul Roorda, Karen Azoulay, Harold Kulnder, Kathy Vatcher, Candida Girling, Heather Horton, Mara Korkola, Charlie Pachter, and various artists from Zoo Arts.
The Green Corridor
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM.
The Writing Life
Records pertaining to this title include master tapes of episodes on Betacam SP and DVCAM, and camera originals on DVCAM and DVCPRO. Also included are commercial DVDs of episodes, as well as VHS screeners of episodes.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, lists of episodes, transcripts, television license agreements, correspondence, and releases.
Subjects of this production include the following authors: Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Glover, Robert Priest, Cathy Stonehouse, Camilla Gibb, Tess Fragoulis, Jonathan Bennett, Kristen Den Hartog, George Murray, Tim Lilburn, Stephanie Bolster, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Michael Crummey, Miriam Toews, Paul Quarrington, Ronan Bennett, Ania Szado, Catherine Bush, Margaret Drabble, Peter Robinson, Susan Swan, Russell Banks, Alistair MacLeod, Alan Hollinghurst, Ian Rankin, John Sayles, Elizabeth Ruth, Robert Sawyer, Diane Baker-Mason, Antanas Sileika, Morley Torgov, Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Tim O’Brien, Cordelia Strube, Nadeem Aslam, Larry Beinhart, Francisco Goldman, Michael Helm, Jaspreet Singh, Pauline Holdstock, Wayson Choy, Ray Robertson, Sally Cooper, Clem Martini, Isabel Huggan, Colm Toibin, Greg Hollingshead, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Anita Desai, Richard Scrimger, D.M. Thomas, Nino Ricci, Joe Ketes, Erika de Vasconcelos, Bruce J. Friedman, Roddy Doyle, Olive Senior, Jane Urquhart, Mark Breslin, Kim Moritsugu, Lorne Frohman, Anne Michaels, Joseph Skibell, Timothy Findley, and Mordecai Richler.
Wayson Choy: Unfolding the Butterfly (Secrets & Memories)
Records pertaining to this title include master tapes on Betacam SP, screeners on VHS and DVD, camera originals and various archival footage on Betacam SP, and dubs of camera originals on Betacam SP and VHS. Records pertaining to this series also include text files on computer disks.
Writer’s Confessions
Records pertaining to this title include DVD screeners of episodes, camera originals on DVCAM and XDCAM, and masters of episodes on Betacam SP and DVCAM.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: CRTC, CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, production budgets, expense reports, cost reports, production insurance documents, broadcast license agreements, crew lists, deal memos, lists of writers per episode, and releases.
Subjects of this production include the following authors: Joseph Boyden, Alistair MacLeod, Robert Sawyer, Miriam Toews, Richard Ford, Sally Cooper, Diane Baker Mason, Antanas Sileika, Morley Torgov, Wayson Choy, Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Tim O’Brien, Cordelia Strube, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Glover, Camilla Gibb, Tim Lilburn, Kristen den Hartog, Michael Crummey, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Stephanie Bolster, Jonathan Bennett, Cathy Stonehouse, Tess Fragoulis, George Murray, Robert Priest, Ania Szado, Ian Rankin, Catherine Bush, Margaret Drabble, Ronan Bennett, Peter Robinson, Paul Quarrington, John Sayles, Alan Hollinghurst, Russell Banks, Ray Robertson, Elizabeth Ruth, Susan Swan, Nadeem Aslam, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Melissa Bank, Joan Barfoot, James Bartleman, Larry Beinhart, David Bergen, Tim Bowling, Stevie Camera, Barry Callaghan, Karen Connelly, Craig Davidson, Anita Desai, Emma Donoghue, Howard Engel, Judy Fong Bates, David Gilmour, Michael Glassbourg, Francisco Goldman, Steven Heighton, Sheila Heti, Paul Holdstock, Greg Hollingshead, Clem Martini, Robert McGill, Andrew Miller, Lisa Moore, Donna Morrissey, Kenneth Opel, Alison Pick, Edeet Ravel, Leon Rooke, Shyam Selvadurai, Jaspreet Singh, Colm Toibin, Janette Turner Hospital, John Wilson, Kate Grenville, Adrienne Clarkson, Devyani Saltzman, Michael Redhill, Anita Rau Badami, David Adams Richards, Ami McKay, Leah McLaren, Mary Lawson, Charlotte Gray, Gail Bowen, Noah Richler, Wayne Johnston, Jamie Hernandez, Caroline Adderson, Keith Mallard, Andrew Taylor, Diane Sutterfield, William Boyd, Kiran Desai, Patrick McCabe, Michael Collins, Rawi Hage, Marisha Pessl, Mark Billingham, Yasmin Crowther, Gautam Malkani, James Robertson, Jon McGregor, Ralph Steadman, Sarah Waters, Tom McCarthy, Adam Gopnik, Colson Whitehead, Jane Hamilton, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, Russell Smith, Charlotte Gill, Graham Gibson, Lawrence Hill, Francine Prose, Amy Bloom, Michael Winter, Junot Diaz, Linda Grant, Sarah Vowell, David Mitchell, David Benioff, Tracy Chevalier, Mariko Tamaki, Shalom Auslander, Elizabeth Hay, Jasper Fforde, Nam Le, Will Ferguson (and more).

Michael Glassbourg

2015 acquisition

The collection covers all points of the band’s career, from the early years, and then a large emphasis with material from the early to mid 2000s. All aspects of the workings of the band are present, from raw footage captured for music video creation, master mixes for their albums, and touring information.

The acquisition includes recorded footage for their music video “Young Lions” and other videos, digital files with lyrics, various artifacts including promotional patches, 2010 Independent Music Award, commercial CDs and DVDs of their work, audio master reels of select albums, various newspaper clippings regarding the band, and many textual records on tour information and expenses, royalty statements, photographs and print material for promotional use, financial statements, some personal records, and a large collection of posters.

Constantines

2008.008 acquisition (Riverdale)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to three seasons of production of the 1hour television series Riverdale. The show ran from 1997 – 2000, and all 47 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 207 boxes of material spanning all three seasons of the show. The fonds is divided into two series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.
The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 49 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.
The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 158 boxes. These include raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, interview tapes and promo reels. There is also a complete set of both VHS and DVD screening copies of each episode. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.
The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Riverdale (Television, 1997 – 2000)
This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Riverdale (Television, 1997 – 2000)

2016 accrual

The Ian Thornley 2016 accession includes many unique textual records. Present in the collection are record agreements, press clippings, and many notes relating to his and Big Wreck’s many tours. There are also invoices and news reports. Many raw, rough mixes, and unmastered audio recordings of Big Wreck’s music is present as are recordings from Thornley himself. Moving image elements are present, capturing live performances and interviews of the band and Thornley. There is also a significant amount of photography documenting Thornley during his career.

Thornley, Ian

2009.008 acquisition (Liberty Street / X-Rated)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to the production of the television pilot film X-Rated and the subsequent 11-episode series Liberty Street. The show ran from 1993 – 1995, and all 11 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 157 boxes of material spanning all 11 episodes of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 36 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.

The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 121 boxes. These include film negative, film transfers, raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, interview tapes and promo reels. There is also a complete set of both VHS and DVD screening copies of each episode. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

X-Rated (Television movie, 1993)
Liberty Street (Television, 1994 – 1995)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

X-Rated (Television movie, 1993)
Liberty Street (Television, 1994 – 1995)

2018 acquisition

This acquisition is divided into twelve serieses based on production. The series are:
Series 01: Canada: A Magnificent Journey
Series 02: Canada: The Undiscovered Land
Series 03: Canadian Waterways
Series 04: Destination Parks with Peter Trueman
Series 05: Great Canadian Lakes
Series 06: HistoryLands
Series 07: Sacred Spaces
Series 08: Sports Down Under
Series 09: Top Ten Canadian Parks
Series 10: Top Ten Canadian Wildlife
Series 11: Ultimate Response
Series 12: Word Slingers

Good Earth Productions

2005.005 accrual

This accession is divided into 4 series according to format: ‘Textual’, ‘Audio’, ‘Video’, and ‘Cinefilms’.
The first series, ‘Textual’, includes a small amount of documents relating to various Galafilm productions. Much of the material (on floppy disks) consists of production and other records pertaining to the various films and Galafilm’s business activities.
The second series, ‘Audio’, includes audio elements in several formats for productions. Of particular interest are recorded testimonies of veterans who were interviewed for The Valour and the Horror.
The third series, ‘Video’, includes video elements in several formats for productions such as Fire & Ice and The Voyage of the St. Louis. The vast majority of the videos represent unused material from documentaries like The Valour and the Horror. There are also final masters for each of the episodes in the various television productions.
The fourth series, ‘Cinefilms’, includes 16mm, Super16mm and 35mm negative and positive cinefilms from a number of productions, including The Hanging Garden, Two Thousand and None, and Lilies. There are also film materials from documentary films Ted Allan and Fire & Ice.

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

The Valour and the Horror (Television, 1991)
Voodoo Taxi (Television, ca.1991)
The Last Train: Across Canada Journey (Television, 1991)
Americas 500 (Television, 1992)
Web of War (Television, 1995)
Icebreaker to the North Pole (Television, 1995)
War at Sea (Television, 1995)
Voyage of StLouis (Television, 1995)
Lilies (Film, 1996)
The Hanging Garden (Film, 1997)
Ladies of the 9th Floor (Film, 1998)
Worst Witch (Television, 1998)
Tale of Teeka (Television, 1998)
War of 1812 (Television, 1999)
After Darwin (Television, 1999)
Castro’s Gold (Film, 1999)
Road Stories for the Flesh Eating Future (Television, 1999)
2000 and None (Television, 2000)
Polar Bear Safari (Television, 2000)
Fire and Ice (Television, 2000)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20 th Century (Television, 2001)

Anne Murray Centre

Architectural designs, and exhibition space drawings of the Anne Murray Centre. An exhibition materials list and Murray timeline is also included. There is also a Anne Murray Centre Brochure and special postcard.

2013.007 acquisition (Degrassi Junior High)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to three seasons of production of the half-hour television series Degrassi Junior High. The show ran from 1987 – 1989, and all 42 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 148 of material spanning all 3 seasons of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 29 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, permits, legal documents, insurance documents, and music cue sheets.

The second series, Audiovisual Records, consists of 119 boxes. These include original negative, interpositive, A&B rolls, optical soundtrack, raw shoot tapes, raw audio tapes, audio stems, voiceovers, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, and promo reels. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Degrassi Junior High (Television, 1987-1989)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Degrassi Junior High (Television, 1987 – 1989)

2009.014 accrual

This accession is divided into 2 series according to format. These are: ‘Audiovisual Material’ and ‘Textual Material’
The first series, ‘Audiovisual Material’ includes raw footage/shoot tapes, stock/historical footage, soundtrack elements, various edits/mixes, openings/logos, digital production stills, and final masters.

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:
Country Gold (1992)
Juno Awards (1989-2009)
Radio Weiners (pilot) (2002)
Canadian Idol (2004 - 2008)
Kalan Porter (2005)
Muskoka Stoneman (pilot) (2005)
Mindtrip: Explorations of the Paranormal (2005)
In Essence (2005)
Deal or No Deal Canada (2007)
Project Runway (2007-2008)
Jon Dore Show (2007-2008)
Sabbatical (pilot) (2007)
The Nutcracker (2008)
CanWest Canspell (2009)
Tragically Hip Cinecast (2009)

The second series, ‘Textual Materals’, includes correspondence, production files, casting binders, tape logs, sound reports, scripts, contracts/agreements, budgets, still photos, episode summaries, credits, deal memos, schedules, judge’s comments, cast lists, release forms.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions,
including:
Canadian Idol – Season 3 (2005)
Canadian Idol – Season 5 (2007)
Canadian Idol – Season 6 (2008)
Deal or No Deal Canada (2007)
Jon Dore Show (2007)
Juno Awards – 31st Annual (2002)
Juno Awards – 33rd Annual (2004)
Juno Awards – 34th Annual (2005)
Muskoka Stonemen (2005)
Radio Weiners (2002)
Sonic Temple (2001)
Toronto Variety Show (2005)
Ready Or Not (1993 – 1997)
The Stone Angel (2006)
Wasaga Beach 2001 – 2003)

2015 acquisition

This fonds, which documents the activities of the Toronto-based promoter, is divided into ten series. These are:
Series 01: Film Festivals
Series 02: Specific Film Files
Series 03: Magazines
Series 04: Business Files
Series 05: Award Shows
Series 06: Promotional Materials
Series 07: Directories
Series 08: Video
Series 09: Photographs
Series 10: Graphic Material’.

The first series, Film Festivals, consists of press clippings, promotional materials, program books, and schedules from various film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Hot Docs, ImagineNative, and Reel Asian.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

  • Grey Owl (1999)
  • Harrison’s Flowers (2000)
  • Sound of Music Sing-along (2000)
  • The Fourth Angel (2001)
  • The Hole (2001)
  • Lost and Delirious (2001)
  • The Tunnel (2001)
  • 28 Days Later (2002)
  • Antwone Fisher (2002)
  • The Banger Sisters (2002)
  • Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
  • Brown Sugar (2002)
  • The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
  • The Good Girl (2002)
  • In America (2002)
  • One Hour Photo (2002)
  • Punch (2002)
  • Push (2002)
  • Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
  • Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
  • The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
  • Le Divorce (2003)
  • Dreamers (2003)
  • Lucía, Lucía (2003)
  • Nathalie (2003)
  • The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
  • Swimming Pool (2003)
  • Thirteen (2003)
  • 5 x 2 (2004)
  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
  • The Clearing (2004)
  • Club Dread (2004)
  • Continuous Journey (2004)
  • Don’t Move (2004)
  • Garden State (2004)
  • I Heart Huckabees (2004)
  • Kinsey (2004)
  • Moolaadé (2004)
  • Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
  • La Peau Blanche (White Skin) (2004)
  • Turtles Can Fly (2004)
  • Boys of Baraka (2005)
  • Cowboy Del Amor (2005)
  • Down in the Valley (2005)
  • Joyeaux Noel (2005)
  • The King (2005)
  • Liberia: An Uncivil War (2005)
  • Lie With Me (2005)
  • Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
  • Murderball (2005)
  • New York Doll (2005)
  • Strangers With Candy (2005)
  • These Girls (2005)
  • Whole New Thing (2005)
  • After the Wedding (2006)
  • Azur et Asmar (2006)
  • The Bridge (2006)
  • The Cats of Mirikitani (2006)
  • Czech Dream (2006)
  • Dallaire (2006)
  • Infamous (2006)
  • Kenny (2006)
  • Penelope (2006)
  • Refugee All Stars (2006)
  • Shameless (2006)
  • Shortbus (2006)
  • A State of Mind (2006)
  • A Sunday in Kigali (2006)
  • Torn Apart (2006)
  • The White Planet (2006)
  • 100 Films and a Funeral (2007)
  • Caramel (2007)
  • In the Name of the King (2007)
  • Emotional Arithmetic (2007)
  • Family Motel (2007)
  • Funny Games (2007)
  • Honeydripper (2007)
  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
  • Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
  • Jesus Camp (2007)
  • Jonestown (2007)
  • Manda Bala (2007)
  • Mob Stories II (2007)
  • My Brother is an Only Child (2007)
  • No End in Sight (2007)
  • Partition (2007)
  • A Promise to the Dead (2007)
  • P2 (2007)
  • Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
  • Shutka Book of Records (2007)
  • Sideways (2007)
  • Silent Light (2007)
  • Snake Goddess (2007)
  • Street Eats (2007)
  • A Table in Heaven (2007)
  • Up the Yangtze (2007)
  • Alice’s House (2008)
  • All Together Now (2008)
  • Anvil (2008)
  • Autism the Musical (2008)
  • Chris & Don (2008)
  • A Christmas Tale (2008)
  • Eleven Minutes (2008)
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
  • Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
  • For the Bible Tells Me So (2008)
  • Global Metal (2008)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2008)
  • Inside Disaster Haiti (2008)
  • Last Continent (2008)
  • Never Back Down (2008)
  • Order of Myths (2008)
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
  • Sex Drive (2008)
  • Song Sung Blue (2008)
  • Splice (2008)
  • Stuck (2008)
  • Sukiyaki (2008)
  • Summit (2008)
  • Tell No One (2008)
  • The Tiger’s Tale (2008)
  • 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2008)
  • Triage (2008)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • Voices Forward (2008)
  • Young@Heart (2008)
  • Astro Boy (2009)
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
  • Bitch Slap (2009)
  • Book of Negroes (2009)
  • Clubland (2009)
  • Collapse (2009)
  • Delta (2009)
  • Departures (2009)
  • La Donation (2009)
  • Empty Nest (2009)
  • Enlighten Up! (2009)
  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
  • Guest of Cindy Sherman (2009)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • Know Your Mushrooms (2009)
  • Last Train Home (2009)
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
  • LennonYC (2009)
  • Men Who Swim (2009)
  • Mouth of the Wolf (2009)
  • October Country (2009)
  • Police, Adjective (2009)
  • The Pool (2009)
  • Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)
  • Recipe for Disaster (2009)
  • Rhino (2009)
  • Rocksteady (2009)
  • Rough Aunties (2009)
  • The September Issue (2009)
  • A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
  • Solitary Man (2009)
  • Taqwacore (2009)
  • Three Blind Mice (2009)
  • Tibet in Song (2009)
  • Tiger Spirit (2009)
  • Toxic Baby (2009)
  • Twilight New Moon (2009)
  • Unmistaken Child (2009)
  • Vincere (2009)
  • Wild Grass (2009)
  • Winnegbago Man (2009)
  • Captain Abu Raed (2010)
  • Company Men (2010)
  • La Danse (2010)
  • Garbage Dreams (2010)
  • The Horse Boy (2010)
  • Hugh Hefner (2010)
  • The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2010)
  • The Infidel (2010)
  • I Wish I Knew (2010)
  • Marwencol (2010)
  • Mid-August Lunch (2010)
  • Passenger Side (2010)
  • Pax Americana (2010)
  • Pet Pharm (2010)
  • RAKASIA Vacation (2010)
  • The Real MASH (2010)
  • RUSH (2010)
  • Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
  • Sons of Perdition (2010)
  • Sounds like a Revolution (2010)
  • Sweetgrass (2010)
  • A Town Times Panic (2010)
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
  • Wake of the Flood (2010)
  • Water on the Table (2010)
  • Winnegbago Man (2010)
  • The Year of the Flood (2010)
  • You Don’t Like the Truth (2010)
  • Zooey + Adam (2010)
  • The Arbor (2011)
  • Attenberg (2011)
  • Disco Mastermind (2011)
  • Essential Killing (2011)
  • The Odds (2011)
  • Pearl Jam 20 (2011)
  • Tipping Point: The End of Oil (2011)
  • Topp Twins (2011)
  • Unauthorized (2011)
  • Whirligig (2011)
  • China Heavyweight (2012)
  • The Guantanamo Trap (2012)
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012)
  • The Perfect Runner (2012)
  • Sound it Out (2012)
  • Under African Skies (2012)
  • West-Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson (2012)

    This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

  • Super 8 Stories (2001)
  • Off the Record (2003)
  • Bhopal: The Search for Justice (2004)
  • The Newsroom (2004)
  • Just Buried (2008)
  • Taxi to the Darkside (2008)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
  • Push (2009)
  • Twilight: New Moon (2009)
  • The Secret Disco Revolution (2012)
  • Super 8 Stories (n.d.)

Kelly, Virginia

2017 acquisition

Documentary

  • Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
  • The Holier it Gets
  • The True Meaning of Pictures
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • Hockey Nomad

Drama

  • The Uncles

Performace

  • Teri Rickshaw
  • 40 on 40
  • Streetcar
  • Run The ROM

Other (co-productions, and other productions independent of Mercury)

  • Cold Feet (Canadian Film Centre)
  • Looking You in the Back of the Head (Requisite Productions Inc)
  • Flux (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Girl Named Johnny (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Risible Chick (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Fragments (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Mass Brass
  • AGO Pulsations II

Mercury Films Inc

2012 accrual

This fonds is divided into two series: ‘Textual Material’ and ‘Audiovisual Material’.

The first series, ‘Textual Material’, consists of nine subseries. ‘Press and Publicity’ consists primarily of published articles, profiles and reviews of the band between 1980 and 2003. ‘Correspondence’ consists of communications between members of the band and their management, and between management and record companies/promoters; this subseries contains numerous letters from celebrities, and spans the period between 1985 and 2001. ‘Legal’ consists of incorporation documents, contracts, and litigation; this subseries dates from 1984 to 2000. ‘Accounting’ consists of financial statements, royalty statements, invoices and receipts; this subseries dates from 1982 to 2000. ‘Creative’ consists of lyric sheets, poetry, string charts, scrapbooks, sheet music, and artwork; this subseries dates from 1975 to 1999. ‘Memorabilia’ consists of t-shirts, bandanas, displays, promotional postcards, and other items; this subseries dates from 1986 to 2002. ‘Posters’ consists of 67 posters advertising the band and particular concerts and recordings; this subseries dates from 1987 to 2002. ‘Photographs’ consists of photographs of the band and people associated with them; this subseries dates from 1981 to 2002. ‘Miscellaneous’ consists of 40 awards; this subseries dates from 1981 to 2002.

The second series, ‘Audiovisual Material’, consists of two subseries. ‘Audio Recordings’ consists of released and unreleased studio recordings and released and unreleased live recordings (including rough mixes, alternate takes and outtakes); this subseries dates from 1973 to 2003. ‘Video Recordings’ consists of footage of live concerts, interviews, award shows, EPKs (electronic press kids), videos, television advertisements and a documentary film about one of the band’s tours. This subseries dates from 1986 to 2003.

This fonds includes textual material and ephemera relating to the following productions:

Five Days in July (Album, 1993)
Rains Down on Me (Album, 1994)
Toronto Rocks benefit concert (2003)

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Outskirts (Album, 1987)
Diamond Mine (Album, 1989)
Casino (Album, 1990)
1991 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1991)
Intimate and Interactive (Television program, 1992)
Lost Together (Album, 1992)
Nowhere to Here (Album, 1995)
All in Time (Album, 1996)
Tremolo (Album, 1997)
Just Like a Vacation (Album, 1999)
Pine Ridge: An Open Letter to Allan Rock; Songs for Leonard Peltier (1996)
Blue Rodeo Live @ The Iron Horse Music Hall (Live musical performance recording, 2003)
Canada Reads (Radio program, 2004)
Blue Rodeo - ' Live At The Reharsal Hall' (Live musical performance recording, 2006)
Palace of Gold (Album, 2002)
The Canadian Music Vocal Project (concert recording, 2003)
Battle of The Bands 2001-2002 (Album, 2003)
Are you Ready (Album, 2004)
Much Music Big Ticket (Television program, 2004)
The Light That Guides You Home (Album, 2006)
Small Miracles (Album, 2007)
The Thing We Left Behind (Album, 2009)
Skyscraper Soul (Album, 2011)

S&S Productions Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2005.002
  • Fonds
  • 1985-2002

This fonds includes 6 series, divided by format. The series are: Textual Material, Photographic Material, Audio Material, Video Material, Cinefilm and Artifacts.

The first series, Textual Material, includes annotated scripts, press sheets, press clippings, continuity logs, audio cue sheets, handwritten editing notes, production reports and various other production-related printed materials.

The second series, Photographic Material, consists of studio photographs and production stills.

The third series, Audio Material, includes original sound elements from An American in Canada.

The fourth series, Video Material, includes Betacam and VHS tapes from the production and editing process, as well as viewing copies of completed films and final master-quality versions of each of the episodes in the various television series.

The fifth series, Cinefilm, consists of a 35mm print of the feature film Duct Tape Forever.

The sixth series, Artifacts, includes props from the Red Green Show (including a dart board, clothing, and a model of the Possum Lodge van), as well as fan art and merchandise.

This fonds includes textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

The Red Green Show (Television, 1990)
Supertown Challenge (Television, 1998)
An American in Canada (Television, 2002)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Smith & Smith (Television, 1979)
Me & Max (Television, 1986)
Comedy Mill (Television, 1987)
Red Green Show (Television, 1990)
Go Girl (Television, 1997)
Supertown Challenge (Television, 1998)
5-th Quadrant (Television, 2002)
An American in Canada (Television, 2002)
Duct Tape Forever (Film, 2002)
Steve Smith Playhouse (Television, 2004)
Mr. Happy (Television, 2006)

S&S Productions

2018 acquisition

Scope and Content: The collection is comprised primarily of screener, master copies, and distribution copies of the various programs Octapixx distributed.

Octapixx Worldwide

2006.009 accrual

This accession includes 13 series: ‘AudioVisual’, ‘Awards’, ‘Business Affairs’, ‘Development’, General’, ‘Legal’, Marketing and Distribution’, Photography’, Post-Production’, ‘Pre-Production’, ‘Production’, Publicity’, ‘Publicity-Posters’.

The first series, ‘AudioVisual’, includes 16mm film (including original camera negative from Ready or Not), sound elements, and video tapes (primarily Betacam SP broadcast quality tapes of preproduction material from Canadian Idol).

The second series, ‘Awards’, includes awards for a number of Insight productions.

The third series, ‘Business Affairs’, includes textual documents pertaining to several Insight productions.

The fourth series, ‘Development’, includes textual documents pertaining to several Insight productions.

The fifth series, ‘General’ includes correspondence, press clippings, and other textual records, related to general Insight company matters as well as specific Insight productions including Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Pumped, Quintuplets, Ready or Not, Stars on Ice, and Test Pattern. The series also includes artwork and posters from various Insight productions.

The sixth series, ‘Legal’, includes legal documents pertaining to the production of several Insight productions.

The seventh series, ‘Marketing and Distribution’, includes textual documents pertaining to the marketing and distribution of several Insight productions.

The eighth series, ‘Photography’, includes extensive photographic material (prints, negatives and slides of various formats) for most of the Insight productions.

The ninth, tenth and eleventh series, (‘Pre-Production’, ‘Production’, ‘Post-Production’) includes scripts, proposals, treatments, and outlines for various productions.

The twelfth series, ‘Publicity’, includes files pertaining to publicity for Insight productions.

The thirteenth series, ‘Publicity-Posters’, includes posters for various Insight productions.

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Heart of Gold (Television, 1982)
Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Ready or Not (Television, 1993)
Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (Television, 1998)
100 Years of Canadian Sports (Television, 1999)
Jann Arden: Live At Last (Television, 2000)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2004)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2004)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2005)
Falcon Beach (Television, 2005)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2005)
The Juno Awards (Television, 2006)
Comedy Gold (Television, 2006)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

Fellini and Me (Television, 1990)
Country Gold (Television, 1992)
Ready or Not (Television, 1993)
Ed’s Night Party (Television, 1995)
Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Television, 1997 – 2003)
Toller Cranston: A Tribute (Television, 1998)
Sonic Temple (Television, 2001)
The Goods (Television, 2001)
Sean Cullen Home For Christmas (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2003)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2004)
Canadian Idol (Television, 2005)

2017 acquisition

The collection is made up of both audio/visual elements and textual. The majority of the audio visual portion of the collection is consumer tapes/disc and screening dubs of the films shown at the festival. Other files include press kits for select films. Series 7 is comprised of audio cassette recordings of festival workshops, titled “Independent Filmmaking”. The textual material offers a detailed look at how the festival operated, with application forms, tracking forms, correspondence, film promotional materials, actor resumes, expense sheets, booking venue information, workshop summaries and panelist information, grant writing, festival lists, and a wealth of other textual material. The last series is a collection of mostly festival posters.
The collection is divided up into 10 series:

Series 01: VHS Tapes
Series 02: Betacam Tapes
Series 03: Digital Betacam Tapes
Series 04: Betacam SP Tapes
Series 05: MiniDV Tapes
Series 06: DVDs
Series 07: CDs
Series 08: Cassette Tapes
Series 09: Festival Files
Series 10: Posters

World of Comedy Film Festival

NOW Communications Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2002.002
  • Fonds
  • 1981-2002

This fonds is divided into 4 series: ‘NOW Communications Inc.’, ‘NOW Magazine Photo Archive’, ‘The ‘Photo’ Series’, ‘NOW Magazine Audiovisual’.

The first series, ‘NOW Communications Inc.’, consists mainly of textual material relating to the production of the magazine. It is divided into 14 sections: ‘Administration’, ‘Advertising’, ‘Contracts’, ‘Awards’, ‘Circulation’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Ephemera’, ‘Financial’, ‘Legal’, ‘Photography’, ‘Posters’, ‘Printing Subcontracts’, ‘Promotional’, ‘Publicity’, and ‘Research’. This series also includes 39 bound volumes of NOW Magazine (a complete run dating from Summer 1981 to August 2001).

The second series, ‘NOW Magazine Photo Archive’ consists of several thousand photographs related to the production of NOW Magazine (Vols. 1- 9). These photos document current events, personalities, buildings and businesses, streetscapes, conventions, demonstrations and rallies, theatre rehearsals and performances, film production stills, promotional portraits, and advertising and product shots used for advertising/illustrations/cover shots. This also includes 23 pieces of original artwork.

The third series, ‘The Photo Series’, consists of several thousand photographs related to the production of NOW Magazine (Vols. 10 - 13).
The photographs feature the same subject matter as those in the second series.

The fourth series, ‘NOW Magazine Audiovisual’, consists of audio and video items including production meetings, speeches, radio advertisements, interviews with Michael Hollet and Alice Klein, interviews with celebrities conducted by Michael Hollett, seminars, music compilations, and radio and television profiles of NOW Magazine.

NOW Communications

Balmur Ltd. Correspondence

Letters, memo, notes, contract drafts, handwritten ledger pages from and for various clients and organizations.

Cylla von Tiedemann Fonds

  • Accession
  • 1981-2009, 2019

The Cylla von Tiedemann Fonds is separated under series based on her works with various institutions:
Series 1 – 14
Series 1: Press Media Material
Series 2: National Ballet commissions
Series 3: Stratford Commissions
Series 4: Tale of a Mask
Series 5: India; 1998-2000
Series 6: Cambodia Margie Gillis
Series 7: Dance Company
Series 8: Rhombus Media
Series 9: Tarragon Theatre
Series 10: Toronto Dance Theatre
Series 11: Personal Earlier Negatives
Series 12: National Ballet Yearbook
Series 13: Early Photography

Series 1: Press Materials

The first series contains the collection of press materials that Von Tiedemann accumulated throughout her career, that her work was featured in. Her works have been featured in magazines such as the National Ballet of Canada magazines seasons and in programs and pamphlets (in English and French) such as the Ballet of British Columbia, Stratford Festivals, Danse-Cité and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. The Press Materials also includes her very own exhibition cards and invites. Lastly are the press clippings from Globe and Mail, and other newspaper publications.

Series 2: National Ballet commissions

Cylla von Tiedemann had many partnerships and collaborations with the Canada’s National Ballet, and this series features much of her work. The National Ballet of Canada was founded in 1951 with the goal of presenting the best of classical and contemporary ballet. Today the company is among the world’s finest, and Von Tiedemann has been involved in many of the earlier production photography portraits and stills. Within the collections contains commissions labeled and separated by job titles or Von Tiedemann’s original category labels. Various National Ballet negatives taken by Von Tiedemann includes productions from Married Widow, Les Sulphides-the four temperaments-elite synocopatrows, Arabian Nights, and Nutcracker. The series contains mostly negatives and black and white contact sheets of dancer performances and portraits. The second series is separated into three subseries from National Ballet commission and the second is the National Ballet Portraits (1990-1995), and lastly is the National Ballet Yearbook (1992-1995) various negatives of dancers performing on stage and some portraits of dancers.

Series 3: Stratford Commissions

Cylla von Tiedemann is renown for her performance photography, and she has done much at the Stratford Festival. In brief, the Stratford festival began when the railway industry pulled out of Stratford in the early 1950s, and journalist Tom Patterson had an idea for breathing new life into his native city’s economy: a festival of Shakespearean theatre. They did not have a venue, only a tent. From there it grew and is now the company has many venues and has a state-of-the-art technical systems and equipment, the theatre is a space in which the Festival and artists from across Canada can imagine and create. Within the collection the jobs are separated by titles and Von Tiedemann’s original category labels. Similar to the National Ballet series, most of the works are negatives with black and white contact sheet and prints. Plays and performances includes Equus the setup photos, Oedipis rex, and Filumere-on the run negatives, Richard III, Death of a Salesman, Romeo & Juliet, and more. There are also negatives from special events that includes a visit from the Queen. Cylla von Tidemann’s work has been used on Stratford’s website and in their seasonal programs.

Series 4: Tale of a Mask

In this series, it contains the screenplays and drafts of Terry Watada’s work. The titled play is on fiction retelling of immigration and crimes in Canada, focusing on a first-generation Japanese immigration family. Terry Watada is a Toronto writer with many productions and publications to his credit. His publications include Light at a Window (manga, HpF Press and the Greater Toronto National Association of Japanese Canadians 2015), and other works in poetry. Just like the focus of Tale of a Mask, his works primarily focuses on the Japanese Canadian history and their experience in Canada.

Series 5: India

This series features Von Tiedemann’s personal and work-related work on her trip in India. Also included in the series is the Peter Chan’s visit to India and Indonesia, and mostly slides of Lata Pada, founder, and artistic director of Sampradaya Dance Creations.

Series 6: Cambodia Margie Gillis

Includes mainly DVD-R data disks and videos of MiniDVD. The collection shows various clips and cuts from her travels and work in Cambodia, Norway, St John, and Vancouver. People included in the tapes are Margie Gillis, Martha, Holly Hocks, and Peter Chin. Lastly, it includes settings in Martha’s Vineyard and Cloud Piece and Wood dance Margie Robin in Wasser.

Series 7: Dance Company

The series includes commissions and works from various dance companies in Canada. Companies and works includes Denise Fujiwara’s Fujiwara Dance Inventions. Fujiawa is one of the founders of T.I.D.E. (Toronto Independent Dance Enterprise) and negatives of her dances are in this series. In 1991 she formed her own company, Fujiwara Dance Inventions, to house the development of her solo projects. The next company is Claude Moore. Claude’s Moonhorse Dance Company was founded in 1996 which specifically celebrates the work of senior dance artists, continues to develop meaningful relationships and programming that serve to connect senior dance artists and the public. This series includes her work in Children’s Dance and Subway-shot, portraits, mode test and wedding shots.
The third is the Canadian Stage company, founded by Dora Mavor Moore in 1938 first called the Village Players. Today Canadian Stage is one of Canada’s leading contemporary performing arts organizations. In the collection Von Tiedemann photograph their production on Midsummer nights dream, Les Belles Soeurs, and the Beauty Queen of Leename.
Lastly, are the job-related photography shots for Canadian Broadcast Corporation also known as the CBC. Production shots from the House of Martin Guerre, Hard Hearts, and dancers Jan Oddie and Maggie Gill.

Series 8: Rhombus Media

Rhombus Media is a Toronto-based production company and has produced a number of theatrical feature films, TV drama, documentaries and performing arts programmes the over the past 44 years. The collection includes works that Cylla von Tidemann took under Rhombus Media. Most of the formats are negatives of Sheena MacDonald Portrait, director shot, and headshots of Barbara Sweet.

Series 9: Tarragon Theatre

The ninth series is based on Cylla’s work with the Tarragon Theatre. The Tarragon Theatre is one of Canada’s main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country. The theatre was founded by Bill and Jane Glassco in 1970. The series contains mostly negatives and prints of various performers. Including production shots of King Fisher Days headshots, and Little Mercy’s fist murder. This also includes various headshots, and an email correspondence from Kirk Thomson to von Tiedemann on the prints.

Series 10: Toronto Dance Theatre

The Tenth series includes the negatives and prints of various dancers from the Toronto Dance Theatre. The Toronto Dance Theatre was founded in 1968 by dancer and choreographers Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty, and David Earle. The company quickly became popular with their charismatic dancers and a repertoire of original work created in collaboration with Canadian composers and designers. The series also contains work from NY Times and from Christopher House.

Series 11: Personal Earlier Negatives

The eleventh series contains the personal and earlier works of Von Tiedemann. Most of the formats in the collections are negatives and a few black and white prints of various dancers, actors and landscapes from her work and personal travels. People in these sections includes Yseult & Robert, Nicholas & Graeme, Graham McKelvie, Maxine Heppner, Margie Gillis, Marie Josée Chartier, and Eryn Trudell. As noted in the finding aid, many of the performers in the series shows nudity. Travels includes Indonesia, Italy, South France, and Vancouver. Production companies also included in the series are Mirvish Production, ARMS, Deaf Planet show, Destination foundation, and Nightwood Theatre.

Series 12: Early Photography
This series spans the years of the late 1980s to early 1990s. It contains the early photography of Von Tiedemann, which includes dancers, performers, personal peers, and trips. Mainly includes works on portraits and photo shots for Danny Grossman. Danny Grossman is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and activist. His performance in the series are Devine Air, Age of Darkness, Memento Mori, Ces Plaisirs and more. He created the Danny Grossman Dance Company which produced his political dances James Harcourt, San Miguel de Alleude, Roshar-show, David Arthur, and others.

Series 13: Miscellaneous

The Miscellaneous section includes a variety of CDs that contain her collection of digital files. The disks contains the digital version of her photographs, which includes her commissions for dancers and performers. They also contain the commissions from Koresh Dance Company, Dance Boom festival, and Dance Advance; productions such as Touching Wild Horses, Child star, and the Producers.

Cylla von Tiedemann

Cinemavault Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2021.004
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 2014

This fonds consists of 15 series, divided by the company’s functional activities, by format, and where possible, alphabetically by title, based in part on Cinemavault’s original organization records. The series are as follows:

  1. Distribution - AV Deliverables
  2. Distribution Master Tape Library
  3. Distribution – Trailers, Logos, EPKs and Shorts
  4. Distribution – Commercial DVDs and VHS
  5. Distribution – Deliverable Documents
  6. Distribution – Business and Legal Affairs Files
  7. Distribution – Theatrical Releases
  8. Distribution – Films Festivals and Markets
  9. Press and Publicity Materials
  10. Promotional Materials
  11. Key Art & Stills
  12. Educational and Industrial Films
  13. Reference Material
  14. Office Files and Data Backups
  15. Nick Stiliadis’ Personal Films
    The first series, Distribution – AV Deliverables represents the audio-visual elements of Cinemavault’s distribution catalog, and includes audio-visual elements received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes, as well as materials from the SC Entertainment back catalog. These materials include camera originals, raw footage, raw audio, final audio mixes, and release prints. These materials were received on a wide variety of formats, but 16mm and 35mm moving image and magnetic audio film predominate.
    The second series, Distribution – Master Tape Library represents Cinemavault’s library of distribution titles mastered to video tape. Some tapes are labeled with an identifier originated by the creator, which has been indicated in the description. There are a wide variety of tape formats within this series, with Digital Betacam predominating.
    The third series, Distribution – Trailers, Logos, EPKs and Shorts includes audio-visual elements received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes, including film trailers, company logos on film and video, electronic press kits, and promotional film shorts. Most of this material is on video cassette.
    The fourth series, Distribution – Commercial DVDs and VHS includes commercial copies of Cinemavault’s library of distribution titles on DVD and VHS. This series includes North American English and French versions, as well as international and foreign language versions of Cinemavault titles.
    The fifth series, Distribution – Deliverable Documents includes records received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes. It also includes production files related to the SC Entertainment back catalog. Textual materials predominate in this series, which includes distribution deal memos and contracts, chain of title documents, copyright and clearance documents, copies of crew agreements and other film production-related documents, music licenses, MPAA film rating certificates, Errors and Omissions insurance certificates, lab access letters, head and tail credits and credit obligations statements, billing blocks, and scripts. There are also some press and publicity-related items in this series, including promotional one-sheets, production stills, and slide kits.
    Please note that this series contains personally identifying information found in crew deal memos, including crew names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers, social security and social insurance numbers, therefore, due to privacy concerns, those records are restricted.
    The sixth series, Distribution – Business and Legal Affairs Files includes business and legal affairs records related to the international distribution of Cinemavault’s catalog of titles. These include lists of sales territories by individual international distributor, distribution and assignment agreements, distribution deal memos, sales reports, development agreements, various other contracts, and correspondence.
    The seventh series, Distribution – Theatrical Releases includes records related to the Canadian theatrical releases of a limited number of Cinemvault titles. This includes film distribution agreements, box office and sales reports, publicity and marketing materials and strategies, and distribution licenses.
    The eighth series, Distribution – Films Festivals and Markets consists of records related to attending and taking part in film festivals and international sales markets. This series includes festival programs, catalogues and guidebooks, as well as general textual records related to film festivals such as entry forms, screening invite lists, press clippings, and correspondence.
    The ninth series, Press and Publicity Materials includes general files pertaining to press and publicity efforts undertaken at festivals and international sales markets, as well as press kits for individual titles within Cinemavault’s distribution catalog. Materials in this series include press clippings, film reviews, film synopses, cast and crew bios, production stills, promotional postcards and flyers, as well as key art for each title. There is also a small number of video recordings of televised publicity efforts pertaining to a few SC Entertainment titles.
    The tenth series, Promotional Materials consists of promotional posters, carboard standees, flyers, promotional one-sheets, and postcards related to Cinemavault’s distribution catalog titles. There are also a small number of product reels and promos on DVD.
    The eleventh series, Key Art & Stills consists of a library of key promotional artwork and stills related to Cinemavault’s catalog of distribution titles. This includes key art samples and proofs, sample printouts of key art originally contained in reference binders, promotional art and stills received on data disc, and sample VHS and DVD artwork.
    The twelfth series, Educational and Industrial Films represents early titles written and produced by Nicholas Stiliadis and SC Entertainment. These films were not made for theatrical release and instead were aimed at the educational market. They center on themes of health, wellness, self-esteem, and skill-building. This series consists of the films themselves, as well as some marketing materials related to the films such as posters, sell-sheets, and activity workbooks.
    The thirteenth series, Reference Material consists of various film and television industry reference guides and catalogues, as well as various trade publications. It also consists of web clippings from the Internet Movie Database, pertaining to various Cinemavault titles.
    The fourteenth series, Office Files and Data Backups consists of various Cinemavault staff member computer and email account backups, as well as office database backups on data disc.
    The fifteenth series, Nick Stiliadis’ Personal Films consists of various audio-visual material belonging to CEO Nicholas Stiliadis, including some commercial work, as well as student films from his time at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
    This fonds includes textual and audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 16 to Life
    • 1-900
    • 2 By 4
    • 2001: A Space Travesty
    • 24 Hour Woman, The
    • 30 Days (aka Cross the Line aka Full Court Press)
    • 4 Jacks (aka Four Jacks)
    • A Beautiful Secret
    • A Fool and His Money
    • A Previous Engagement
    • A Tale of a Naughty Girl
    • A Touch of Spice
    • Adrenaline Drive
    • Afrika Unite (aka Africa Unite)
    • Aging of North America, The
    • Alarm
    • Alzheimer Case, The
    • And She Was
    • Another Day in Paradise
    • Apart
    • Art Killer (aka Still Life, aka A.K.)
    • Artefacts
    • At the End of the Day (aka War Games)
    • Atanarjuat (aka Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner)
    • Bad Money
    • Ballad of Sexual Dependency (aka Sexual Dependency aka Dependica Sexual)
    • Ballad of the Nightingale
    • Barber, The
    • Beyond Retirement
    • Big Slice, The
    • Blackout, The
    • Blind Date (original)
    • Blind Date (remake)
    • Blood Relations
    • Blue Blood
    • Boca
    • Brand New World
    • Breakout
    • Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (aka The Bumblebee Flies Away)
    • Canvas
    • Capital Punishment
    • Career Planning
    • Caribe
    • Carolina
    • Central Park Story (aka Harlem Aria)
    • Channel 1 (aka True Rights)
    • Chatham (aka Golden Boys)
    • Cherish
    • Cinderella (aka Cinderella 3D)
    • Circle, The
    • City of the Dead
    • Clandestine Marriage
    • Clash
    • Cognac (aka Secret Ingredient)
    • Collector, The
    • Comfortably Numb
    • Coney Island Baby
    • Confessions of a Superhero
    • Copper Mountain
    • Cornered
    • Crazy Horse (aka Friends, Lovers & Lunatics aka Fous a Lier)
    • Crime Guys (aka Shark Skin 6)
    • Crooked Lines
    • Crop, The
    • Crossing (aka Dress to Kill)
    • Dangerous People (aka Les Dangereux)
    • Dark Blood
    • Dark Descent
    • Dark Rising 2
    • Dark Warrior
    • Dead Meat
    • Dead Stop
    • Deadly Attraction
    • Deadly Engagement
    • Deception
    • Delivery
    • Depraved, The
    • Diamond Cut Diamond
    • Dinosaur Hunter, The
    • Disturbed, The
    • Dixie Lanes (aka Relative Secrets aka La Guerre en Famille)
    • Dominic's Castle
    • Donkey
    • Dope
    • Dragon Fighter
    • Duska
    • Dust
    • Edelweiss Pirates (aka Eidelweiss Piraten)
    • Employee Fitness: Fact or Fantasy
    • Equinox
    • Erik (aka One Man Out)
    • Eve
    • Exit 67 (aka Sortie 67, aka Gangsterland)
    • Expecting Mercy
    • Exposure
    • Extreme Days
    • Family Flaw
    • Fat Head
    • Fight Night (aka Rigged)
    • Finding Lenny (aka Les Deux Sont Tombes Sur le Foot)
    • Firecracker
    • First Saturday in May, The
    • Follow Me Outside
    • For the Bible Tells Me So
    • Foreign Bodies
    • Framed
    • Frogs for Snakes
    • From Within
    • Galaxies are Colliding (aka Galaxies, aka Planet of Love)
    • Gangster Exchange
    • Gas Hole
    • Getting to Know You
    • Girl in 3D
    • Gladiator 2000
    • Gladiator Cop (aka The Swordsman II)
    • Global Heresy (aka Rock My World)
    • Going Back
    • Gold Medal Years, The
    • Gospel of John
    • Graveyard Shift
    • Gruesome (aka Savage)
    • One Day Remains
    • Hammer, The
    • Harrison Montgomery
    • Health Fitness Professionals, The (aka Health Fitness Pro)
    • Heart Disease
    • Heist, The
    • Hell Cab (aka Hellcab)
    • Hidden, The
    • Hide & Seek
    • High Adventure
    • Hochelaga
    • Hockey Mom
    • Home
    • Hope & A Little Sugar
    • Hotshot (aka Coup de Verité)
    • How Streetproof Are You? (aka Street Proofing)
    • How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
    • I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
    • I.O.U.S.A
    • Ignition
    • Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, The
    • Innocence
    • Inside (aka Histoire de Pen)
    • Interceptor Force
    • Interview (remake)
    • Into the Fire (aka The Legend of Wolf Lodge)
    • Julie Johnson
    • Kevin of the North (aka Chilly Dogs)
    • Kids World
    • Kill Me Tomorrow
    • Kinta
    • Komodo
    • LA Run
    • Lady of the Lake
    • Last Lovecraft, The
    • Last Night at Eddie's
    • Last Rites
    • Late Last Night
    • Lawman (aka The Mountie)
    • Leaving Barstow
    • Legionnaire
    • Level, The
    • Lifestyle Workout
    • Like Water
    • Limit, The (aka Gone Dark)
    • Listening, The
    • Loins of Punjab
    • Loons, The
    • Lost Lake
    • Lost Things
    • Love & Savagery
    • Love Thy Neighbor
    • Love.com
    • Lovely, Still
    • Low Down, The
    • Luck of the Draw
    • Lymelife
    • Made in Jamaica
    • Making It Young (aka Makin' It Young)
    • Making of Films, The
    • Mallory Effect, The
    • Marcus
    • Mario's Wedding (aka The Undertaker's Wedding)
    • Meet the Deedles
    • Merchant(s) of War
    • Midnight Clear
    • Mile Zero
    • Mirage Man (aka Mirageman)
    • Murder One
    • Murder Set Pieces
    • Must Love Death
    • My Dog Tulip
    • Newsmakers (aka News Makers)
    • No One Can Hear You
    • Nothing Man, The
    • Offscreen (aka Off Screen)
    • Office Party (aka Hostile Takeover)
    • Once in the Life
    • Orient Express (aka Death, Deceit & Destiny on the Orient Express)
    • Outcast, The
    • Outsourced
    • Paris
    • Parsley Days
    • Paul Shore is Dead
    • Payback
    • Perfect Happiness
    • Perfect Lover (aka The Woman Every Man Wants)
    • Picking Up the Pieces
    • Pink Chiquitas, The
    • Plan Bart
    • Plato's Breaking Point
    • Poker Run
    • Primal Instinct
    • Productivity and Performance by Alex K.
    • Psycho Beach Party
    • Puck Hogs, The
    • Puffy Chair, The
    • Pump Up the Volume
    • Quantum Hoops
    • Queen's Messenger, The
    • Reason for Living
    • Red Blooded American Girl (aka Red Blooded)
    • Red Blooded American Girl 2 (aka Red Blooded II)
    • Red Hot
    • Return to Hansala
    • Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, The
    • Ringmaster
    • Ripper (aka Ripper, Letter from Hell, aka Letter from Hell)
    • Road Rage
    • Rockaway
    • Savage Messiah
    • Savage Tales (of Summervale)
    • Scar (aka Scar 3D)
    • Sea Wolf
    • Search for Intimacy, The
    • Seven of Daran, The
    • Sex, Dogz & Rock N Roll
    • Sexiest Animal, The
    • Shattered
    • She Who Must Be Obeyed (aka She)
    • Shergar
    • Side by Side
    • Silence of Fear, The
    • Silent Partner, The
    • Silver Man
    • Silver Wolf
    • Sister Blue
    • Slow Burn
    • So Goes the Nation
    • South Beach Dreams
    • Spinning Into Butter
    • Spirit Trap
    • State of Emergency
    • Steal a Pencil For Me
    • Stepping Razor - Red X (aka Stepping Razor)
    • Stoneraft, The
    • Stranded
    • Strange Culture
    • Strangeland (aka Dee Snider's Strangeland)
    • Survivors of the Titanic
    • Susan's Plan
    • Suspect
    • Tale of the Dog
    • Teknolust
    • Terror Island
    • Terror Lodge (aka Tryst)
    • That's Entertainment
    • The Body Ages, The
    • Thirsting, The
    • Thirteenth Sign, The
    • This Filthy World
    • Thou Gilds't the Even
    • Threads
    • Three
    • Ticking Man, The
    • To Kill a Killer
    • Tom White
    • Touch and Go
    • Trail of Passion
    • Travelling Trio, The
    • Twilight Time
    • Under the Influence
    • Understanding Adolescence
    • Used Parts (aka Partes Usadas)
    • Vita Cane (aka Johnny Nitrate)
    • Vivid (aka Luscious: The Art of Eroticism)
    • Wannabes, The
    • Water Under the Bridge
    • Wellness in the Workplace
    • West of Here
    • When Brendan Met Trudy
    • When Harry Tries to Marry
    • Where God Left His Shoes
    • White Heat (aka Blow Torch)
    • Willful
    • Wind Man
    • You Can Count on Me
    • Youth Stress
    • Zemanovaload
    • Zombie King
    This fonds includes textual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 3D Chef
    • A Taxing Woman
    • Ballistic
    • Blind Justice
    • Blood Rising
    • Bloodlust
    • Brasserie Romantek
    • Capture
    • Chained Vengeance
    • Citizen Marc
    • Corner Shop
    • Corridor, The
    • Crash Fans
    • Cries of Innocence
    • Crypt
    • Dakota
    • Dark
    • Dark Secrets
    • Dark Side
    • Dark Waters
    • Daybreak
    • Dead End
    • Dead on the Beach
    • Deep Core 2000
    • Dirty Minds
    • Distanz
    • Flying High
    • Forbidden Rage
    • Freak City
    • Freeway
    • Friends & Lovers
    • Geld
    • Girl Camp
    • Heartland
    • Illtown
    • In Search of Alexander
    • In the Flesh
    • Killer
    • Killing Moon
    • Interview (original)
    • Last Call
    • Layin' Low
    • Legionnaire 2
    • Lockout
    • Lost Lullaby
    • Lost Valley, The
    • Meffi
    • Minus Man, The
    • Moment, The
    • Movie Entertainment
    • My Brother the Pig
    • Niagara, Niagara
    • Once in a Lifetime
    • One
    • One Day Removals
    • Peaches
    • Pythons 2
    • Recreator
    • Red Robin
    • Rub & Tug
    • Sentenced to Death
    • She Likes Me
    • She's My Baby
    • Sinners Need Company
    • Skills Like This
    • Spreading Ground, The
    • Strange Creature
    • Sumuru
    • Suriyothai
    • Sweet Angel Mine
    • Tangerines
    • Te Amo Ana Elisa (aka I Love You Ana Elisa)
    • Tears at Dawn
    • The Colour of the Chameleon
    • Truck
    • Vir (aka Whirlpool)
    • Water Damage
    • When
    • Who Do You Love
    • Wicked Minds
    • XL
    • Young Alexander
    This fonds includes audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 3 Ninjas et L'invention du Siecle
    • 48 Weeks Later
    • A Time for Drunken Horses
    • Always, But Not Forever
    • Antibody
    • As It Is In Heaven
    • At Sundance
    • Baby Blue
    • Baby Fever
    • Banged Up
    • Barenaked in America
    • Best Friends Forever
    • Blue Hour, The
    • Body & Earth
    • Bollywood Idol
    • Boy Ages, The
    • Braineater
    • Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker, The
    • Can She Bake a Cherry Pie
    • Candy Rush
    • Car Hole
    • Charley
    • Christmas Evil
    • Coach Lenny
    • Colpo Grasse
    • Cool
    • Crazy World
    • Croupier
    • Dark Rising
    • Day I Became a Woman, The
    • Daylight
    • Dead
    • Dead Leaves
    • Dead Time
    • Deep Cove
    • Deep Force
    • déjà vu
    • De Pijnbank
    • Drunks
    • Edge of Darkness
    • een dagje narr Let Stand
    • End of an Empire: Making of Red Hot
    • Epoch Evolution
    • Escape Under Pressure
    • Eureka
    • Extraordinary Egg, The (aka Eggs Please)
    • Eye of Silence, The
    • Family Man
    • Fighting Tiger
    • Fin de Siecle
    • Fitness Formula
    • Four Dragons
    • Fraternity, The
    • Free Tibet
    • Furida Omicida
    • G2 (aka G-2, aka G2: Time Warrior aka Time Warrior)
    • Garmento
    • Genius: Life of a Drug Dealer
    • Get Going
    • Good Rockin' Tonight
    • Guard Dog
    • Hit and Run
    • Hot Blooded
    • How to Make a Stone Raft
    • Human Resources
    • Hypersonic
    • I Went Down
    • If I Didn't Care
    • Interceptor
    • Interceptor Force 2 (aka Alpha Force)
    • Judy Berlin
    • Landspeed
    • Last Lullaby, The
    • Last Resort
    • Last Summer in the Hamptons
    • Lilith
    • Loos
    • Lost Voyage
    • Love
    • Loving Jezebel
    • Luger
    • Mad Cows and Zombies
    • Making of the Circle
    • Many Secrets of the Universe
    • Maximum Velocity
    • Memory of a Killer
    • Middle of Nowhere
    • Music For Film
    • New Alcatraz
    • New Interceptor Force
    • New Joy of Sex
    • Non-Stop
    • Orphans
    • Patriot, The
    • Pig
    • Python
    • Raindrops
    • Ranch Trap
    • Rapid Exchange
    • Rough Shot
    • Run for Your Life
    • Salvage
    • Saves
    • Season's Beatings!
    • Shark Hunter
    • Skills Training
    • Someone to Love
    • Somewhere Tonight
    • South Paw
    • Stress Management
    • Such a Long Journey
    • Sure Hand of God
    • Survival of the Fittest
    • Survival Island
    • Swordsman, The
    • Tevgnaar Oegstgeest
    • Titanic Town
    • Too Much Sleep
    • Treasure Island
    • Trucker
    • Under Heavy Fire
    • Vals Licht
    • What I Like About You
    • Why We Love
    • Woundings
    • Yesterday

CinemaVault

2016 acquisition

Fonds consists of the professional records of filmmaker, producer, and media consultant Midi Onodera. Including film shorts and feature films that consist of raw footage, outs, and masters, director’s reel, music cues, sound files, waivers, contracts, scripts, production binders, press kits, budgets, copyright information, funding applications, distribution information, cast & crew lists, CV’s, and biographical information. The MAC series includes production and promotional videos for fundraising events and yearly trends. Also includes Film Festival catalogues, Art & Film magazines, zines, newspapers, press clippings, promotional photographs and posters, film stills, publicity photographs, continuity photographs, negatives, and slides.

Onodera, Midi

Interviews

Schedules and correspondence to arrange interviews with Anne Murray.

Barna-Alper Productions

  • CA ON00349 2004.003
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2004

This fonds consists of two series: ‘Textual’ and ‘AudioVisual’.

The first series, ‘Textual’, is divided into 27 subseries, each pertaining to a specific production or project.

Each of these subseries is further subdivided into 8 subsubseries: ‘Development’, ‘Production’, ‘Photography’, ‘PostProduction’,
‘Distribution’,‘Marketing’, ‘Business Affairs’, ‘Press and Publicity’.

The second series, ‘AudioVisual’, is also subdivided by production.

These are in turn divided into 3 subsubseries: Cinefilm (consisting of 16mm colour negative), Video Recordings (consisting of ¾ in. cassettes, Digital Betacam cassettes, BetacamSP cassettes, DVC Pro cassettes, DVCam cassettes, PAL cassettes, VHS cassettes, Hi8 cassettes, DVDs, Mini DV cassettes, CDROMs and a Zip Disc), and Audio Recordings (consisting of multitrack magnetic reels, ¼ in. magnetic reels, digital cassettes, DA88 cassettes, CDs, and Zip Discs.)

This fonds includes graphic and textual material relating to a number of productions,
including:

The Negotiator (Television, 1994)
Life and Times (Television, 1996)
The Tenure of Dr. Fabrikant (Television, 1996)
The Conjuror (Television, 1997)
Diana Kilmury: Teamster (Television, 1997)
Turning Points of History (Television, 1997)
Gambling: A Risky Business (Television, 1997)
Workweek: In Pursuit of Tomorrow (Television, 1997)
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (Television, 1998)
Da Vinci’s Inquest (Television, 1998)
The Body: Inside Stories (Television, 1998)
Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story (Television, 1999)
Frontiers of Construction (Television, 1999)
The Sexual Century (Television, 1999)
Scorn (Television, 2000)
Blue Murder (Television, 2000)
Offspring (Television, 2000)
Betrayed (Television, 2001)
Human Wildlife (Television, 2002)
Unholy Water (Television, 2002)
Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Television, 2003)
Ten Days in March (Television, 2003)
Open Hearts: The Cradle Will Fall (Television, 2003)
Show Me Yours (Television, 2004)
Whiskey Echo (Television, 2005)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:

The Negotiator (Television, 1994)
Life and Times (Television, 1996)
The Tenure of Dr. Fabrikant (Television, 1996)
The Conjuror (Television, 1997)
Diana Kilmury: Teamster (Television, 1997)
Turning Points of History (Television, 1997)
Gambling: A Risky Business (Television, 1997)
Workweek: In Pursuit of Tomorrow (Television, 1997)
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (Television, 1998)
Da Vinci’s Inquest (Television, 1998)
The Body: Inside Stories (Television, 1998)
Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story (Television, 1999)
Frontiers of Construction (Television, 1999)
The Sexual Century (Television, 1999)
Scorn (Television, 2000)
Blue Murder (Television, 2000)
Offspring (Television, 2000)
Betrayed (Television, 2001)
Human Wildlife (Television, 2002)
Unholy Water (Television, 2002)
Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Television, 2003)
Ten Days in March (Television, 2003)
Open Hearts: The Cradle Will Fall (Television, 2003)
Show Me Yours (Television, 2004)
Whiskey Echo (Television, 2005)

Barna-Alper Productions

2017 accrual

The collection spans a wide variety of material, including multiple hard drives and textual material. The textual material offers excellent insight into the production process, as it includes track listings, mixing instructions, and other information needed for each session.
Both Canadian and International artists are represented in this collection, as there are audio and visual elements for artists like Anne Murray, Nelly Furtado, Rita McNeil, and the Weeknd. There are also commercial recordings for multiple companies including Disney World, Fisher Price Toys, and Ontario Tourism.

Metalworks Studio

Jeffrey Crelinsten

  • CA ON00349 1986.001
  • Fonds
  • 1979 - 1989

This fonds was acquired in three separate accessions in 1986, 1987, and 1989. The fonds includes a collection of taped interviews and transcripts for a commemorative radio biography on the centenary of Albert Einstein’s birth (made between 1978 and 1979); two radio documentary programs, “Space Exploration” and “Eyes in the Sky” made between 1983 and 1985; and a two-part radio series for CBC’s Ideas, “Reflections in the Mind of the Machine” on the early history of artificial intelligence, made in 1987.

The 1986 Accession includes records related to the Albert Einstein commemoration. The accession includes 94 reel to reel audio tapes and 17 magnetic audio tapes containing relevant interviews, and one box containing typed transcripts for some of the interviews, and related textual materials.

The 1987 Accession is divided into 2 series based on subject matter. These are: ‘Space Exploration: The Dream and the Reality’, and ‘Eyes in the Sky’.

The First series, ‘Space Exploration: The Dream and the Reality’, includes 45 magnetic audio tapes and one magnetic audio reel to reel tape containing relevant interviews, and one box containing typed transcripts and notes on the interviews.

The Second series, ‘Eyes in the Sky’, includes 33 magnetic audio tapes and two magnetic audio reel to reel tapes containing relevant interviews, and one box containing typed transcripts and notes on the interviews.

The 1989 Accession includes records documenting the early history of artificial intelligence used in the preparation of the two-part CBC radio series ‘Reflections in the Mind of the Machine’. The accession includes 41 magnetic audio tapes containing relevant interviews, and one box containing descriptive notes and transcripts, and summaries of interviews with biographical notes about interviewees for all the interviews contained within the fonds.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Albert Einstein Biography (radio program, 1978)
Space Exploration (radio program, 1984)
Eyes in the Sky (radio program, 1985)
Reflections in the Mind of the Machine (radio program, 1987)
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Albert Einstein Biography (radio program, 1978)
Space Exploration (radio program, 1984)
Eyes in the Sky (radio program, 1985)
Reflections in the Mind of the Machine (radio program, 1987)

Crelinsten, Jeffrey

2012.003 acquisition (the Kids of Degrassi Street)

Fonds consists of material pertaining to first four short films that grew into the series and the subsequent season of production of the half-hour television series The Kids of Degrassi Street. The show ran from 1979 – 1984, and all 4 short films and 22 episodes were broadcast on CBC television. The collection consists of 121 boxes of material spanning all episodes of the show. The fonds is divided into 2 series: Corporate Records and Post-Production Records.

The first series, Corporate Records, consists of 15 boxes. These include correspondence/memos, resumes and bios, fan mail, budgets, scripts, promotional materials, teaching aids, financial and banking records, sponsor files, production and continuity stills, character files, legal documents, insurance documents, music cue sheets, and architectural drawings.

The second series, Post-Production Records, consists of 20 boxes. These include 16 mm original negative, interpositive, A&B rolls, optical soundtrack, music, master mix audio, edits, various masters, and promo reels. Textual documents include sound notes/charts, editing/mix notes and credits.

The material has retained its original arrangement.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

The Kids of Degrassi Street (Television, 1979-1984)

This fonds also includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

The Kids of Degrassi Street (Television, 1979 - 1984)

Show Tickets

Tickets for shows Murray headlined, and tickets for shows and ceremonies she was either featured in or attended.

2017.011 Accrual

The Blue Rodeo Accrual is separated under these series:
Series 1 – 7
Series 1: Video and Music Production
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
Series 4: Audio Visuals
Series 5: Press clippings
Series 6: Merchandise and advertisement
Series 7: Awards

Series 1: Video and Music Production
The Blue Rodeo accrual’s first series is based on video and music production. This series deals with the business side of music production, music video requests and music sheets. It contains handwritten drafts of music sheets for their songs Sad Nights, It Could Happen to You, and Blew it away. It also includes correspondences to various production studios, video/film production ideas, and talks on video treatment for Blue Rodeo Music Videos. Lisa Mann and Christopher Mills created music treatments, and Anne Lindsay arranged the music score.
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
The second series contains the collections of gig contracts for Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo acts. The venues include both public and private performances. The documents in the series are the engagement contract forms from the Toronto Musician’s Association for Blue Rodeo tours and contracts from the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. It also includes correspondence, catering, and memos from various venues. The contracts are from their tours in Canada and various international tours in Europe, the United States, and South America.
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
The third series retains Blue Rodeo tour itineraries both for Canadian and international tours. Itineraries include the scheduling for Lost Together, Tremolo, and the Diamond Mine tours in Canada and the United States from 1988 to 1997. The folders contain not only the tour itineraries but also contacts from various entertainment management companies, performance schedules, invoices for advertisement, press clippings about the tour, and correspondences. The series also includes Jim Cuddy and his solo band’s performance tours.
Series 4: Audio Visuals
The fourth series includes the videos and audio tapes from their concerts and songs. Videos include events such as the 40th Juno Awards red carpet, their shows at Horseshoe Tavern, Blue Rodeo in Banff, and Massey Hall. Audio from this collection includes songs Is it You, Moon and Tree, The Undiscovered Country, Walk like you Don’t Mind, Blue Rodeo in Stereovision, and other songs. It also includes vinyl records I don’t know why (You Love Me)/ Look what you've done, their songs from Hi-Fi.
Series 5: Press clippings
The fifth series contains a collection of press collections, magazines, and online articles that follow the journey of Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo performance written in in English, French, and German. Blue Rodeo press clippings publishers are from Canada, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Press clippings include their various tours, album reviews, interviews with Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy, NHL sports competitions, and lastly, the press featuring Blue Rodeo merchandise and marketing for concerts and albums.
Series 6: Merchandise and Advertisement
The sixth series includes the merchandise materials, objects, and proofs. Merchandise materials include business cards of various media companies proposing their works to Blue Rodeo by giving samples of their security access passes, patches, stickers, and langers. Media companies that submitted their work to Blue Rodeo also worked with musicians such as Snoop Dog, Eagles, Blink 182, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, KISS, and other music festival companies. Other merchandise materials include the Blue Rodeo’s tour apparel, which includes t-shirts, sweaters, and jackets. The advertisement consists of correspondence to Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s managers, music producers, and flyers to their earlier events. The last piece in the series is the personal apparel from Jim Cuddy, which includes his JUNO Cup hockey jerseys and business suits.
Series 7: Awards
The final series includes all the awards and recognition that Blue Rodeo and Jum Cuddy received during their careers. Awards include plaques, programs for award shows, and guides for the inductees. The numerous industry awards consist of the JUNOs, SOCANs, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the 2014 CBC Music Awards, and Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts – the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Lastly, it includes correspondence for participation in charity work.

Blue Rodeo

Atom Egoyan Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2014.001
  • Fonds
  • 1977 - 2008

This fond consists of 2 series, divided by format. They are: Textual and Print Materials.

The first series, Film Materials, includes release prints of films in colour. They come in one of two formats: 35mm and 16mm. The films themselves range from Egoyan’s feature length films to his short films which were made earlier in his career.

The second series, Print Materials, includes posters for Egoyan’s films, press releases, programs, press clippings, audition signs, complete magazines, newspaper articles, an award, and newspaper reviews written by Egoyan.

This fond consists of Film Materials relating to the following productions:

● The Adjuster (1991)
● Adoration (2008)
● After Grad with Dad (1980)
● Ararat (2002)
● Calendar (1997)
● Exotica (1994)
● Family Viewing (1987)
● Felicia’s Journey (1999)
● Howard in Particular (1979)
● Men: A Passion Playground (1985)
● Next of Kin (1984)
● Open House (1982)
● Peep Show (1981)
● Speaking Parts (1989)
● The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

This fond consists of Paper Materials relating to the following productions

● Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (1980)
● After Grad With Dad (1980)
● Beach Heads (1980)
● Howard in Particular (1979)
● Lusts of a Eunuch (1977)
● Next of Kin (1984)
● Open House (1982)
● Peep Show (1981)
● Stumps (1981)

Egoyan, Atom

2003.004 accrual

Accession 2003.004 is divided into 2 series according to format. These are: Textual Materials and AudioVisual Records.

The first series, Textual Materials, relates to Hirsh’s activities as CEO of Nelvana Ltd. It is divided into 7 subseries: Development, Legal, Business Affairs, Accounting, Production, Publicity & Distribution, and Photographs. This section also includes 117 pieces of original production artwork (storyboards, animation cels, backgrounds, etc.)

The second series, AudioVisual Records, includes 456 videocassettes and 10 audio documents related to the donor and Nelvana Ltd. Productions. The videos are primarily screening copies, though some document the various stages of production (producer’s cuts, alternative edits, demo reels) and others reflect Hirsh’s interest in animation from outside Canada.

2016 acquisition

The material present in this acquisition reflects more of the latter half of Curran’s career. Many stages of the music creation processes are present, with textual material reflecting the legal side, while the audio material reflects the recording side. Textual and photographic material capture life on tour, and material related to music videos is found in video material. This acquisition is divided into seven series by format:
Series 01: Audio
Series 02: Textual
Series 03: Photographic
Series 04: Graphic
Series 05: Ephemera
Series 06: Video
Series 07: Electronic Records

Curran, Andy

Robert Sandler Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2022.015
  • Fonds
  • 1976 - 2003

The Robert Sandler Fonds is separated under series based on the production of various TV series and movies.

Series 1: Northrop Frye Lectures (Frye) Collection
As noted, as the ‘Fyre Collection’ by Sandler in his writings. The collection includes Professor Northrop Frye’s writings and Sandler’s own lectures note from his time as student under Professor Northrop Frye in English literature. The textual in series contains lecture notes on Shakespeare, a collection of William Shakespeare’s various plays. Which was the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. The series contains Sandler’s audiotape collection of Professor Frye’s undergraduate classes Introduction to Shakespeare for two plus years. Frye’s lectures were transcribed, and Professor Northrop Frye’s edited them into a book, which Sandler sold to publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside. The documents and audiotapes lead to the publishing of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare: Edited by Robert Sandler won Professor Northrop Frye his only Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction.

Sandler worked on multiple projects with Professor Northrop Frye, such as the Bible and Literature and Story of Us. Professor Northrop Frye and Sandler had a good student and teacher relationship, to the point that Professor Northrop Frye wrote a letter of recommendation for Sandler’s CBC application. Sandler was able to work with Professor Northrop Frye when Sandler worked with the University of Toronto’s Media Centre to record the professor’s lectures. Formats within the series includes video and audio copies of the original 25-hour long lectures, used in Bible and Literature, Sandler’s notes to edit the hour-long lectures into 30 ½ hour programs, notes for the 30 roundtable discussions, promotional material are Sandler’s contribution to initiating the Frye project.

Series 2: Fraggle Rock
The second series holds mostly screenplays and script for the children’s program Fraggle Rock. Fraggle Rock is the first series HBO commissioned and created by Jim Henson and his team. It was nominated and won various awards. Sandler was a writer brought on in Season 2 and wrote six episodes and one of his shows was nominated for an International Emmy. Documents included in the series includes episode script proposals, correspondence with Jim Henson and other producers, cast and crew. Also includes the first, second, and third readthrough drafts, written by Robert Sandler and other writers on the show such as Jerry Juhl, Laura Philips, David Young, bq Nichol and Jocelyn Stevenson. The series also includes photographs of cast and crew members on the production set of Fraggle Rock; Fraggle Rock Christmas CDs and an award with a piece of Fraggle Rock presented to Sandler for his years of achievement on the show. Lastly are the lawsuit documents involving the series’ writers not being proper financially compensated.

Series 3: Eric’s World
The third series contains the documents and items from the children’s sitcom series that aired from 1991-1996. The show was a 30-minute program broadcasted on TVO, Knowledge Network, SCN, Access and Family Channel. Sandler was hired to create a children’s series featuring Eric Nagler as a children’s performer and his manager, CJ, a puppet manipulated by John Pattison. Robert Sandler and Allen Booth were the co-creator, co-creative producers, Writer, and co-story editors of the series. They also had various writers also contribute to the series as well.

Documents include both the failed and successful documents to pilot the series, drafts, script notes and final drafts of my 30 plus scripts, the remaining scripts from five seasons, writer’s guides, organization papers. Digital and DVD copies.

Series 4: Traders - Street Legal
The fourth series contains the textual files and video from the Canadian prime-time drama set in a Toronto investment firm. The show is about the professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in Toronto. The series was broadcasted on Global TV from 1987-1994. Robert Sandler and Allen Booth are the Co-Story Editors, Episode Co-writers. The documents contained in the series are various drafts of scripts such as the first and second draft written by Robert Sandler, production script, outline of scripts, contract between CBC and Robert Sandler; and correspondences from various production and broadcasting companies like CBC.

Series 5: Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
The Fifth series contains the documentation and episodes of the award-winning and nominated TV Series that pioneered the true crime genre. This series features interesting crimes stories where forensic science played critical role in solving. This program re-enacts cases in which forensic scientists have used their expertise to find and examine evidence that would have previously been undetectable. 30 minutes TV docudrama series, where Sandler was the Creative Producer, Co-Creator, and Episode Writer. The files included in the series, contains the scripts that Sandler wrote and co-wrote in the first season and important episodes in later seasons. It also includes drafts of the script as well as a VHS and digital copies of the show, plus PR material, documents that pertain to the production of the series, screenplays, court orders, and transcripts of interviews from various scientists, police investigators and comments on the case.

Series 6: 72 Hour - True Crime
The Sixth series contains the textual files and videos a half- hour true TV crime docudrama follow up that focused on the investigators. The series ran three seasons, 45 episodes which Sandler had a hand in writing many of the episodes. The series contains the pitch documents, scripts written by Sandler, scripts he was credited, and script notes on the other 43 episodes, and rewritten scripts. Documents also include production photographs, research documents, crew resume, press clippings, tape interviews and notes.

Series 7: Extreme Clergy
The Seventh series are from the ½ hour TV documentary series where Sandler was the creator, writer, and an episode co-writer. The TV series documented the story of one or a team of clergy in social hot spots around the world. Some people in religious orders were surfing the waves, fighting in warzones, artic, and more amazing places outside a place of worship. The collection documents from Sandler includes the pitch documents for the TV series, drafts of the scripts Sandler wrote or co-wrote, DVDs of various steps in the edit, DVDs of the final episode and various tapes and digital copies of the episodes.

Series 8: EXC Finance
The Eight series in the Sandler collection, include the financial documents for various productions. Textual materials obtained from various production companies such as Two Sands Productions and Creative Anarchy. Also includes the applications and forms to fund various film projects; such as the Canadian Television Fund Agreement, Ontario Declaration of Residency/Consent Form 2008, letter from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Heritage letter. Financial papers included in the collection contains various bank statements, audits, notices from banks, authorization form, Tax documents; T2 Corporation Income Tax Return form, claim forms and Invoices.

Series 9: Sex and Religion
The Ninth series in the collection are documents based on the TV documentary series Sex & Religion. Robert Sandler was the co-creator, and episode writer. A documentary series that travels the world looking for the line between sex and sin. Robert Sandler noted that, “in conjunction with Riddle Films, I was wholly responsible for 5 of the 13 episodes about how major religions viewed various aspects of sex.” Textual documents in this series includes Sandler’s involvement in the writing of the scripts and includes DVDs and edits of these episodes.

Series 10: Real Voodoo
The Tenth series in the collection formats features textual, data, video, and photographs. Short tv-movie that includes financial records of various forms from the Canadian Revenue Agency, notice of (RE)Assessment and form of Claiming a Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit. Correspondences, proposals, and draft of scripts.

Series 11: My Pet’s Gone Viral (MPGV)
The Eleventh series in the collection features textual, data, video, and photographs of production. Holds eight episodes ½ hour documentary series starring the cats and dogs in YouTube pet videos that went viral. In the collection include script drafts and final scripts written by Sandler. In the collection also include the DVDs of the final episodes. Financial documents include cost report spreadsheet from various budget, MPGV Banking Summary Notes (2014), breakdown of Canadian costs, and eSubmission Summary. Correspondence to and from Animal Planet on distribution and production of the series.

Series 12: Brebeuf and the Huron Carol
The Twelve series in the collection of the A 1-hour TV musical biography, produced by Creative Anarchy and CBC Radio Canada. The TV special was written by Robert Sandler on the dramatization on the life of Father Brebeuf and his time among the Wendat (Hurons) and his The Huron Carole, the first Christmas Carole in the New World. In this series the various versions of the script and drafts are written by Sandler with his corrections. It also includes research notes and articles on Brebeuf. Video copies are in VHS and digital formats of the show, which also includes photos from the filming, flyer, and episodes.

Series 13: Assholes *A Documentary
The Thirteenth series is about novels by Aaron James turn TV documentary. The TV adaptation was written by Robert Sandler and John Walker with the broadcasting channels NFB and CBC Documentary Channel. It is a feature length documentary based on the New York Times’ best seller of the same name. The TV documentary is inspired by the NYT bestselling book, this lively philosophical investigation into the rise of asshole behaviour across the world asks: What does it mean to be an asshole, and more importantly, how do we stop their proliferation. The show has been nominated for a Writer’s Award and a Gemini Award.

With in the collection includes the research journals/notes, drafts and final editions of the script, invoices, email correspondence between Sandler and his co-writer/director John Walker. Majority of the formats in the collection are data floppy disk drives.

Series 14: Make Me Read
The Fourteenth series short internet films, co-written by Robert Sandler and long-time partner Allen Booth. Make Me Read is a series of YouTube videos with young comedians interviewing popular Canadian authors. However, there are no videos of the short films within the collection, instead the collection holds an array of drafts and final editions of the YouTube videos. The series also includes the novels of the Canadian authors that Sandler interviewed. Most of the authors were a part of the Toronto festival ‘The Word on the Street Festival’.

Series 15: Music
The Fifteenth series contains the audio recordings of various artists that Sandler either produced or had some influence in. Textual documentation contains contracts and agreements for BMI Canada - the Music Scene and SOCAN, song lyrics and correspondences between Sandler and artists. Audio holds recordings from vinyl records and audio reels – such as the album for the movie Foxy Lady and the album for Tony Kosinec.

Series 16: Miscellaneous Produced
The Sixteenth series holds various files of various smaller rolls in TV series throughout his carrier. They include drafts of scripts, proposals, resumes, correspondence between networks, writers' contracts, and miscellaneous documents. TV series included in the series are Under the Umbrella Tree, The Biggest Little Ticket, Sesame Street, Dudley the Dragon, and more. Most of the textual documents are transcripts, various versions (drafts) of script & screenplays, correspondences, and financial files. Within the collection also include his personal academic essays from his time in University of Toronto. Most of the produced series and files are labeled as such in the notes.

Sandler, Robert

2003.02 accrual

This fonds is divided into two series: ‘Textual Material’ and ‘Audiovisual Material’.
The first series, ‘Textual Material’, consists of nine subseries. ‘Press and Publicity’ consists primarily of published articles, profiles and reviews of the band between 1980 and 2003. ‘Correspondence’ consists of communications between members of the band and their management, and between management and record companies/promoters; this subseries contains numerous letters from celebrities, and spans the period between 1985 and 2001. ‘Legal’ consists of incorporation documents, contracts, and litigation; this subseries dates from 1984 to 2000. ‘Accounting’ consists of financial statements, royalty statements, invoices and receipts; this subseries dates from 1982 to 2000. ‘Creative’ consists of lyric sheets, poetry, string charts, scrapbooks, sheet music, and artwork; this subseries dates from 1975 to 1999. ‘Memorabilia’ consists of t-shirts, bandanas, displays, promotional postcards, and other items; this subseries dates from 1986 to 2002. ‘Posters’ consists of 67 posters advertising the band and particular concerts and recordings; this subseries dates from 1987 to 2002. ‘Photographs’ consists of photographs of the band and people associated with them; this subseries dates from 1981 to 2002. ‘Miscellaneous’ consists of 40 awards; this subseries dates from 1981 to 2002.
The second series, ‘Audiovisual Material’, consists of two subseries. ‘Audio Recordings’ consists of released and unreleased studio recordings and released and unreleased live recordings (including rough mixes, alternate takes and outtakes); this subseries dates from 1973 to 2003. ‘Video Recordings’ consists of footage of live concerts, interviews, award shows, EPKs (electronic press kids), videos, television advertisements and a documentary film about one of the band’s tours. This subseries dates from 1986 to 2003.

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following productions:

Outskirts (Album, 1987)
Montreaux Jazz Festival (Live musical performance, 1989)
Diamond Mine (Album, 1989)
1989 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1989)
Casino (Album, 1990)
Postcards from the Edge (Film, 1990)
1991 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1991)
Lost Together (Album, 1992)
Five Days in July (Album, 1993)
Maple Leaf Gardens (Live musical performance, 1996)
Tremolo (Album, 1997)
1998 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1998)
Just Like a Vacation (Album, 1999)
1999 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1999)
2000 Juno Awards (Awards Show, 2000)
Palace of Gold (Album, 2002)
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Album, 2003)

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to the following productions:

Outskirts (Album, 1987)
Montreaux Jazz Festival (Live musical performance, 1989)
Diamond Mine (Album, 1989)
1989 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1989)
Casino (Album, 1990)
Lost Together (Album, 1992)
1992 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1992)
Five Days in July (Album, 1993)
Maple Leaf Gardens (Live musical performance, 1996)
Tremolo (Album, 1997)
Just Like a Vacation (Album, 1999)
1999 Juno Awards (Awards show, 1999)
Greatest Hits Live (Album, 2000)
Palace of Gold (Album, 2002)
2003 Juno Awards (Awards show, 2003)
Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (Album, 2003)
Daze in America (Album, n.d.)

Balmur Ltd.: Corporate Contracts/Agreements

Correspondence, agreements, and contracts for various work Murray did outside of recording music. This includes performances, promotions, licensing agreements, and books. Includes records with Trident gum, Hudson’s Bay Company, 7-Eleven, Hallmark Cards, Ford Motor Company, and Warner Bros.

Kessler-Colero

  • CA ON00349 2004.001
  • Fonds
  • 1975-2002

This fonds is divided into 4 series according to format. These are: Textual Material, Audio Material, Video Material and Cinefilms.
The first series, Textual Material, includes sheet music, diaries, contracts, correspondence, and a number of production-related records. This series also includes legal documents pertaining to performance arrangements, royalty statements, expenditures on various projects, arrangements with musicians, and press clippings.
The second series, Audio Material, consists of tapes of many of Kessler’s productions (these tapes include originals, masters, dubs, premixes, and final mixes).
The third series, Video Material, includes a large range of productions in which Kessler has been involved. Virtually every television advertisement on which he has worked is represented here, often in a high-quality format. Perhaps most remarkable are the more than 1,000 ¾-in. tapes featuring numerous well-known Canadian and international performers (John Candy, Colm Feore, Paul Gross, Dinah Christie, Dan Hill, Moe Koffman and others).
The fourth series, Cinefilms, consists of 4 16mm film featuring special projects for the Progressive Conservative Party.

Clients/Products that Kessler and Colero have promoted include:

a. Government

Bahamas Tourism
Barbados Tourism Board
Bermuda Tourism
Canada – Canada Post Corporation
Canada – CBC
Canada – Department of Health & Welfare
Canada – Department of Tourism
Canada – Environment Canada
Canada-Export Development Corporation
Canada – Ministry of State for Youth
Canada – RRSP Bonds
Canada – Statistics Canada
Canada – Transport Canada
City of Toronto
Israel Bonds
Israel Tourism
L.C.B.O.
Lottario
Metro Toronto Zoo
Ontario Film Development Corporation
Ontario GO Transit
Ontario Ministry of Attorney General
Ontario Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Recreation
Ontario – Ministry of Health & Long term Care
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Ontario Hydro
Ontario Tourism
P.E.I. Tourism
Royal Ontario Museum
SaskTel
Saskatchewan Tourism
Toronto Harbourfront
Toronto Hydro
Toronto Metro Zoo
Travel Manitoba
TVO
b. Political

Liberal Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party (Ontario)
Progressive Conservative Party (Saskatchewan)
c. Commercial

Accura
Adidas
AGF Mutual Funds
Agfa
Air Canada
Air Ontario
Akamai
Alias Wavefront
Allegra
Alliance Communications
Alliance To Save Energy
Allstate Insurance
Altamira
AMC Jeep
A&M Records
American Express
Ameritech
Amstell
Apollo Shoes
Aspen Cleaners
Astral Photo
Arctic Cat
Arctic Power
Arm & Hammer
Association of American Railroads
AT&T
Atlantis Films
Ault Foods
Aurora Imports
Avadex
Avery Labels
Bacardi
Bahai World Conference
Bailey’s Irish Cream
Banana Boat
Bank of Bermuda
Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Baskin Robbins
The Bay
BC Tel
Beatrice Dairies
Beaver Lumber
Becel
Beef Information Centre
Beepwear
Bell Canada
Benson & Hedges
B.F. Goodrich
Bick’s Pickles
Bimini Clothing
Bi-Way
Black & Decker
Black’s Camera
Blockbuster Video
Blue Cross
BMG Music
BMW
Body Shop
Bovril
Braun
Brewers of Canada
Brewers Ontario
Breyers Ice Cream
Bridgestone
Brita
Brunswick Sardines
Buckley’s
Burger King
Business Depot
Cadbury
Cadet Cleaners
Cadillac Fairview
Calona Wines
Campbell’s Soup
Calgary Sun
Canada 125
Canada Committee (Referendum)
Canada Dry
Canada Games
Canada Investment & Savings
Canada’s Wonderland
Canada Savings Bonds
Canadian Aboriginal Awards
Canadian Advertising Foundation
Canadian Airlines
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Gas Association
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canadian National Exhibition
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railways/Hotels
Canadian Stage Company
Canadian Tire
Canon
CanTel
Captain Highliner
Cara Foods
Carling O’Keefe
Carlsberg Beer
Casino Windsor
Catelli
Centra Gas
CFCF
CFGM
CFTR
Chestnut Hill Homes
Children’s Network
Christie Brown
Chrysler
CHUM-FM
Church’s Chicken
C.I.L.
Cineplex Odeon
CISS-FM
CJCL
CJEZ
CKFM
ClaricaClub Med
Club Monaco
Coca Cola
Coffee Council of Canada
Colgate-Palmolive
Compaq Computers
Compucare
Consumers Distributing
Consumers Gas
Coors
Corus Radio
Country Style Donuts
Cover Girl
Crayola
Crisco
CTV
Dad’s Cookies
Deerhurst Inn
Del Monte
Delta Faucet
Delta Radio Network
Dempsters
Den For Men
Dimetapp
Direct Trust
Discovery Channel
Dow Chemical
Dr. Ballards
Dr. Pepper
Duncan Hines
Dunlop Tires
Dupont
Duracell
Durex
Easter Seal Society
Eastside Mario’s
Eatons
Eaton Centre
Enbridge
Enterprise Car Rental
Elan Entertainment
Epitome Pictures
Eversoft Skin Care
Excel
Exploracom
Famous People Players
Fantastik
Fashion Shoe Company
Financial Times
Firestone
First Seneca Bank
Fleecy
Fleischman’s
Ford
Fram Oil Filters
Frigidaire
Friskies Pet Foods
FTD (flowers)
Fuji
Fun City
FX Corporation
Gatorade
Gaviscon
General Electric
General Mills
General Motors
GEO
Girl Guides
Golden Bank of Colorado
Good Humour
Goodyear
Grand & Toy
Green Giant
Granada
Guardian Drugs
Guinness Breweries
GWG
H&R Block
Haagen Dazs
Hakim Optical
Hamilton Tiger Cats
Hamilton Spectator
Harvey’s
Heineken Beer
Heintz
Hershey Canada
Hewlett Packard
Hilton hotels
Hires Root Beer
Hismanol
HMV Records
Hockey Hall of Fame
Hogg Radio
Holt Renfrew
Hollywood Cigarettes
Home Furniture
Home Hardware
Homemade Theatre
Honda Canada
Hospital for Sick Children
Hostess/FritoLay
HQ Warehouse
IBM Canada
IDA
Ikea
Imax
Imodium
Imperial Margarine
Imperial Oil
Inglis
Interac
International Clothiers
Irving Oil
Ivory Soap
Jack Fraser
Jacuzzi Centre
Japan Camera
Jello
Jim Beam
John Labatt Ltd.
Johnson & Johnson
Kawasaki
The Keg
Keith’s Beer
Kellog’s
Kentucky Fried Chicken
KIA Canada
Kinder Surprise
Kinney Shoes
Kimberly Clark
Knorr Foods
Kodak
KoolAid
Kraft
Krazy Glue
Lactaid
Lady Footlocker
Laura Secord
Lean Cuisine
Leon’s
Levi Strauss
Lexus
LG Electronics
Life Network
Lifesavers
Lillehammer Sales
Lime-Away
Lipton Soup
Liz Claiborne
Loblaws
Lotto 649
Lowenbrau
Maalox
Macy’s
Maclean Hunter
Macs (Silcorp)
Mad Films
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)
Marineland
Marketplace Bank
Mary Brown Fried Chicken
Mastercraft
Mattel
Maxair
Maxwell House
Mazda
McCain Foods
McDonalds
Mennon
Mercedes Benz
Metro Grocers
Metropolitan Life
Michelin
Microsoft
Milk Marketing Board
Miller High Life
Minute Maid
Molson Breweries
Monsanto
Moosehead Ale
Mother’s Pizza
Mr. Submarine
Much Music
NASCAR Racing
National Basketball Association
National Post
National Sea Products
National Ski Industries Association
Neilson
Nestle Foods
Neo Citran
Neutrogena
The New VR (broadcaster)
Nicoderm
Nike
Nintendo
Nissan
Nivea
Nogales Productions
Nokia
Northbound Leather
North Toronto Cellular
Northwest Tel
Northwest Territories Airlines
Novahistex
Novartis
Noxema
Nutrigrain
NYCE
Omni Clothing
Old El Paso
Ontario Canada Day Committee
Ontario Dental Association
Ontario Jockey Club
Ontario Lottery Corporation
Ontario Medical Association
Ontario Place
Ontario Teachers Federation
Ontario Wine Council
Oreo Cookies
Oxydol
Panasonic
Parmalat
Pasta Pals
Pat & Mario’s
Peerless Carpets
Penzoil
People’s Jewellers
Pepperidge Farms
Pepsi
Pharma Plus
Pharmasave
PharMor
Pilsbury
PineSol
Pizza Hut
Pizza Nova
Playdium
Playtex
Polident
Pontiac
Post Cereals
Power Brokers International Inc.
President’s Choice Foods
Prime Restaurants
Printing House
Proctor & Gamble
Proctor Silex
Purolater Courier
Quaker Oats
Quality Records
Raid
Radenska Sparkling Water
Radio Bureau of Canada
RCA
Ralston Purina
Randy River
Reactine
Readers Digest
Red Leaf
Red Lobster
Red Rose Tea
Regency Furs
Reveen the Impossiblist
Reynolds Tobacco
Rideau Centre
Robaxacet
Robin Hood Flour
Rogers
Rolling Rock
Roots
Rowntree
Royal Bank
Royal Lepage
Rubbermaid
Salvation Army
Sanka
Saturn Cars
Schneiders Meats
Scudder Mutual Funds
Seagrams
Sears
Second City
Second Cup
Seven Up
Shaw Cable/Communications
Shaw Festival
Shell Oil
The Shoe Co.
Shoppers Drug Mart
Shopping Channel
Short Film Festival
Showcase Network
Skydome
Sleemans
Sobeys
Sony
Speedy Mufflers/Autoglass
Spumonte Bambino
Square One (Mississauga)
St. Elizabeth Health Centre
St. John Ambulance
St. Joseph Health Centre
Steeler Beer
Stelco
Stouffer’s Foods
Subaru
Sudafed
Sunkist
SunLife
Sunoco
Suzy Shier
Swatch
Swissair
Swiss Chalet
Taco Bell
Tampax
Telus
Tempo Topaz
Tetley Tea
Thrifty’s
Tide
Tilden
Tim Horton’s
Tip Top Tailers
Tischer Auto
Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Dominion Bank
Toronto Raptors
Toronto Sun
Toshiba
Toyota
Toys R Us
TransAlta Utilities
Trimark
TSN
Tsuburaya Productions
Turtles
Tylenol
Uncle Ben’s Rice
UNICEF
United Parcel Service
United Way
Unitel
Universal Studios
University of Toronto
University Hospitals of Cleveland
University of Western Ontario (R. Ivey School)
Upper Canada Brewing
Vaseline
Vickers & Benson
Vicks
VISA
WalMart
Wardair
Warner Bros.
Warner Lambert
Wendy’s
W.H. Smith
Windex
Winners
Wintario
Woolco
Wonderbread
Woodie’s (U.S. department store)
World Wildlife Fund
Wrigleys
Xerox
Yamaha
Yellow Pages
Young People’s Theatre
YMCA
YTV
YukYuks
Zellers
d. Long Format Audio Design

“The Raven’s Cry” – television program 1986
“Johnny Monaco’s Mystery Club” – television program 1986
“Dynaman” – television special” 1988
“Life: The Program” CBC television series 1990-1992
“Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle” Owl Communications television series 1996
“Due South” Alliance Communications television series 1993-1995
“Eerie Indiana” Power Pictures television series 1996-1998
“Liberty Street” CBC television series 1994-1995
“Shadows of War” television series 1990-1993
“Heart of Courage” Sony/AXN television series 1992
“Theodore Tugboat” television series 1994-1995
“Broken Lullaby” CBS television series 1994
“Another Woman” CBS television series 1994
“Goosebumps” Protocol Productions television series 1995
“Kabbalah” documentary & album 1992
e. PSAs

Aids Walk
Alzheimers
Assaulted Women’s Hotline
Bereaved Families of Ontario
Canada Day
Canada Reads
Concerned Children’s Advertisers
Hot Docs Film Festival
Kid’s Help Phone
Ontario Games for the Disabled
Parkinson’s
Trees Canada
f. Studio Musical Recordings/Demos (apart from advertising)

Alta Moda 1990
Michael Burgess (of “Phantom of the Opera”) 1995
Doug Cameron 1988
Placido Domingo/Ofra Harnoy/London Philharmonic/Doug Riley n.d.
Neil Donell (a.k.a. Don Neilson) 1992
Dr. Music/Motherlode 1990
Earl Haig Choir 1992
Gregory Hoskins (of the Stick People) 1988
Jack Lenz 2001
Eugene Levy/Rick Moranis (for their album Wanker’s Guide to Canada) 1985
Lisa Lougheed [1992]
Dan McVicker n.d.
Rick Moranis (for his unreleased LP) 1988
Nancy Nash [1992]
Mary Margaret O’Hara 1989, 1990, 1991
Doug Riley/Dr. Music 1983, 1988, 1992
Craig Russell (for his album “Outrageous”) 1987
Sharon, Lois & Bram n.d.
Speed Kings n.d.
Lorienne Swales 1996
Tim Thorney 1992, 1993
Tim Tickner n.d.
Cassandra Vasik 1992

Kessler-Colero

2016 acquisition

The collection focuses on Mendelson Joe’s musical career. Video and audio material capture many songs written and performed by Joe. Master demos, commercial releases, and some worksheets are present.

Mendelson Joe

Lorraine Segato Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2023.024
  • Fonds
  • 1974 - 2015

This fonds has been arranged in two different ways. The first is an arrangement scheme based on the creator’s order by box number. The second arrangement divides the fonds into a series of functional classifications based on the creator’s career and work. Those series, and subseries are as follows:
Series One: Early Recording Career
This series includes audio recordings made by Segato in 1977 while she was attending Sheridan College. It also includes two recordings by the No Frills Band (which included members of Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II).

Series Two: Mama Quilla II
This series includes records related to Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries includes press materials pertaining to Mama Quilla II, including press kits, newspaper and magazine clippings, and a softcover book featuring Mama Quilla II.
Subseries Two: Photos and Posters
This subseries includes posters for various Mama Quilla II gigs, as well as photographs of the band.
Subseries Three: Recordings
This subseries includes a commercial 12” record released by Mama Quilla II, as well as outtakes and songs on ¼ in. audio tape.
Series Three: V
This series includes records related to Segato’s band with Mojah, Jeffrey Holdip, Terry Wilkins and Billy Bryans. This series includes posters for various V gigs.
Series Four: Parachute Club
This series includes records related to The Parachute Club. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of The Parachute Club. This includes correspondence, various contracts, music licensing and sync agreements, royalty statements, budgets, financial details and expense reports, tour riders, tour itineraries, management company proposals and strategies, and merchandising reports. This subseries also contains records related to a lawsuit launched by members of The Parachute Club against EMI for use of the song “Rise Up” in advertising.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to The Parachute Club.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to The Parachute Club, including invitations, flyers, guests lists and other planning documents related to their self-titled album release party at the Bamboo Club. It includes various programmes, flyers, photographs, and backstage passes relating to Parachute Club gigs. It also includes notebooks belonging to Segato, containing song lyrics and journal entries. Finally, this subseries includes promotional items such as a branded folder for “At the Feet of the Moon” as well as a Parachute Club t-shirt.

Subseries Four: Awards and Honours
This subseries includes records related to awards and honours received by The Parachute Club. This includes Juno nomination certificates, a Northern Lights for Africa Society certificate and correspondence from various dignitaries. It also includes a Juno Award for Best Video, “Love is Fire,” a CASBY Award for Album of the Year, “Small Victories”, and two CFNY U-Know Awards, 1983 Most Promising Female, Lorraine Segato and 1984 Female Vocal of the Year, Lorraine Segato. This subseries also includes the Juno Awards Official 1984 Program, the year The Parachute Club won the Juno for Single of the Year, “Rise Up.”
Subseries Five: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of The Parachute Club’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video, as well as some finished, final music videos on VHS. This subseries also includes music video budgets, treatments, proposals, crew lists, shoot schedules, and set designs (particularly for the U.S. version of “Rise Up”).
Subseries Six: Performances & Appearances
This subseries includes records related to The Parachute Club’s performances and appearances. It includes set lists from various shows, videos of live performances, as well as videos of interviews and appearances on television.
Subseries Seven: Photos
This subseries includes photographs, negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets related to The Parachute Club. This includes candid snapshots of tours, performances, events, and studio recording sessions, as well as promotional and press photographs.
Subseries Eight: Posters
This subseries includes posters and flyers for various Parachute Club gigs.
Subseries Nine: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to recordings by The Parachute Club. This includes original recordings on ¼” audio tape, as well as commercial LPs, 45s and cassettes of The Parachute Club’s singles and albums. This subseries also includes liner notes and sample album artwork for a demo recording.
Subseries Ten: Billy Bryans’ Materials
This subseries includes records created by and related to Billy Bryans of The Parachute Club and Mama Quilla II. This includes press clippings, flyers, posters, photos, and ephemera related to his time in Mama Quilla II and The Parachute Club. This subseries also includes photographs and press kit materials related to his first band, MG & The Escorts. Finally, this subseries includes records related to Billy Bryans’ music promotion and DJ-ing work, post-Parachute Club – which consists of photographs, flyers, press clippings, album charts, and ephemera.

Series Five: Solo Career
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. This includes correspondence, various contracts and agreements, album budgets, loan applications and loan agreements, album investor reports, royalties and publishing statements, press releases, performance agreements and gig riders.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to Segato’s solo music career, and consists of festival, concert, and theatre performance programmes and 1 t-shirt.
Subseries Four: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of Lorraine Segato’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video tape as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video tape, as well as some finished, final music videos on video tape. This subseries also includes music video scripts, treatments, director notes, storyboards, budgets, crew lists, call sheets, and location scouting photographs.
Subseries Five: Performances and Appearances
This subseries includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo performances and appearances. It includes performance agreements, guest lists, ticket stubs, and set lists. It also includes photographs of performances, as well as video tapes of performances and interviews.
Subseries Seven: Posters
This series includes posters and flyers related to various Lorraine Segato solo performances.
Subseries Eight: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to solo recordings by Lorraine Segato. Included in this are original recordings on 2” audio tape, as well as track sheets and cue lists, and commercial 45s, cassette and compact discs of Segato’s singles and albums. This series also includes reference tapes and demo tapes on cassette.
Series Six: Filmmaking
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s filmmaking work. It is arranged in the following subseries:
Subseries One: Early Work
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s early filmmaking work, particularly work done at Sheridan College. This includes original negatives, prints of rushes and films, and magnetic audio. It also includes a small amount of correspondence, a film festival participation certificate and programme, and a broadcast acceptance sheet pertaining to Segato’s short film “Larking.”
Subseries Two: “Good Medicine”
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s directorial work on “Good Medicine,” a music video for the single of the same name and campaign video for CAW, produced with Barna-Alper productions. This includes work tapes and rushes on video cassette. It also includes auditions on video cassette. This series also includes finished copies of the campaign video on VHS and Betacam. Note that other materials pertaining to “Good Medicine” can also be found in Series Five, Subseries Four: Music Videos. For other records pertaining to the CAW campaign, see also Series Twelve: Issues & Activism.
Subseries Three: Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s research, producing, and directorial work on the documentary film “Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone” as well as the film’s soundtrack. This includes an extensive number of research documents pertaining to the Toronto film music and art scene in the 1970s and 1980s. It also includes correspondence, press clippings, documentary treatments and outlines, budgets, funding applications, shot lists, scripts, lists of interview subjects, credits, and supers lists. This subseries also includes raw interview footage, work tapes, archival and research footage, and final copies of the completed production on video cassette. Finally, this subseries includes records related to the film’s soundtrack, including license agreements, soundtrack production budgets, liner notes, and album artwork proofs.
Subseries Four: Poetry Film
This subseries includes a video tape labeled “Poetry Film,” directed by Lorraine Segato.
Subseries Five: Worth Every Minute
This subseries includes a copy of the final mix version of “Worth Every Minute,” a film co-directed by Lorraine Segato, on video cassette. This subseries also includes a Mayworks Film Festival, at which this film was shown.
Subseries Six: Keep the Tribe Alive
This subseries consists of records related to a series of PSAs directed by Lorraine Segato. Included in this subseries are work tapes and dubs of these PSAs on video cassette.
Subseries Seven: Proposals
This subseries includes a music video proposal and budget for a Lillian Allen music video, to be directed by Lorraine Segato. It also includes a proposal for a television series created by Lorraine Segato and Rita Davies, as well as related correspondence.
Subseries Eight: Miscellaneous
This subseries includes film and video records that could not be ascribed to a particular production. It includes several reels of Super 8 film, as well as VHS tapes.
Series Seven: Acting
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s acting career. This includes a copy of the film “Heart Songs” on Betacam and VHS, as well as press clippings and a flyer related to that film. It also includes a copy of the film “The pINCO Triangle”, as well as a flyer for that film.
Series Eight: Composing
This series includes related to Lorraine Segato’s composing work and original scores for film and television productions. Included are records related to “Apples and Oranges”, a film by Lynne Fernie with original music by Lorraine Segato. These consist of music cue sheets and lists, correspondence, invoices, music commission contracts, song lyrics, storyboards, work tapes, rough cuts, and finished versions of the production. It also includes records related “The National Drug Test”, a documentary with original music by Segato. These consist of documentary scripts, treatments, proposals, and a finished copy of the production on VHS. Finally, this series contains records related to documentary film “Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada,” with music by Lorraine Segato. These include correspondence, various contracts and agreements, correspondence and notes.
Series Nine: Event Management and Coordination
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s event management and coordination work. It is arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
This subseries includes records to Segato’s event production work on the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2003 and 2004. Records included in this series include correspondence, event schedules and show running orders, invoices and estimates, show budgets, award nomination forms, lists of nominees and winners, seating charts, performer bios and releases, photographs of nominees and winners, performer itinerary and travel details, stage plots and technical requirements, scripts, speeches, media and press reports, show programmes, and backstage passes. This subseries also includes a substantial number of audio recordings on compact disc, submitted by potential nominees and performers for evaluation by the Awards. It also includes some video elements from the 2003 awards show, including nominee packs and a sponsor reel on Betacam SP cassettes.
Subseries Two: Peter Gzowski Event
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “An Evening With Peter's Friends: A Celebration in Support of Peter Gzowski College", at Trent University. This includes the show script and programme, as well as the event schedule, correspondence, theatre rental contract, insurance documents, venue technical specifications and requirements, and performer technical riders. It also includes a compact disc of songs played at the event.

Subseries Three: House Party
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “House Party”, a benefit concert for the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. These records consist of correspondence, event project management reports, budgets, receipts and invoices, press releases, press clippings and media relations summaries, venue rental information, poster and art proofs, and photographs from the event. It also includes audio recordings by artists participating in the concert, as well as recordings of the concert on VHS.
Subseries Four: Jack it Up
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Jack it Up”, a fundraiser for Jack Layton. These records include and event proposal and budgets, a production meeting agenda, press releases, press clippings, media sign-in sheets, ticket stubs, riders, performance contracts, stage plots, as well as an all-access pass to the event.
Subseries Five: Hope Rising
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Hope Rising”, a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Records in this subseries include correspondence, event schedules, show running orders, budgets, tech requirements, performer itineraries, and stage plots. It also includes original drawings of stage show artwork.
Subseries Six: Events – General
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s event production company “It’s a Wrap,” including a promotional mailer and art proofs for company logos.
Series Ten: Public Speaking
This series consists of an audio tape of Lorraine Segato and others speaking at the 71st Annual Couchiching Conference: Urban Diversity and Cultural Expression.”
Series Eleven: Writing
This series consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s writing work. This includes a speech written for the 2004 Junos. It also includes an author’s agreement for a chapter in the anthology book “Shakin’ All Over,” as well as drafts of said chapter and a copy of the book. It also includes articles for various publications, including Xtra and NOW, written by Segato. Finally, this series includes a folder of general correspondence.
Series Twelve: Issues & Activism
This series consists of records related to various issues and causes supported by Segato. This includes records related to Segato’s involvement with efforts to prevent clear cutting in the Stein Valley in British Columbia, including correspondence, press clippings, petitions, proposals, reports, and a thank you card from Chief Leonard Andrew, and Chief Ruby Dunstan. This series also includes a video tape of a performance by Lorraine Segato and others to benefit the Stein Valley conservation effort.

This series also includes records related to Segato’s involvement with the Kumbaya Festival, to benefit charities doing work around HIV and AIDS. This includes two Kumbaya Festival calendars.
This series also includes records related to the CAW “Good Medicine Substance Abuse Campaign”, consisting of correspondence, program brochures, a press kit and press clippings.
This series also includes the music and lyrics for a song written by Lorraine Segato and Lynne Fernie for Jack Layton’s 2003 federal NDP leadership campaign.
This series also includes records related to Segato’s research into women in music, for a Status of Women Report.
Finally this series includes two books about people experiencing homelessness in Toronto.
Series Thirteen: General Career
This series includes records related to Segato’s career in general, not easily ascribed to particular musical groups or events. It is arranged into the following subseries:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries consists of press clippings pertaining to Segato’s career in general, as well as flyers and photographs.
Subseries Two: Ephemera and Miscellaneous
This subseries consists of ephemera and other miscellaneous materials related to Segato’s career. Included in this series are an event pass, Segato’s bio and resume, and a Juno Awards Tenth Anniversary Special Issue book. There are also four video cassettes of various programs.
Subseries Three: Posters
This subseries includes posters with artwork by Barbara Klunder.
Series Fourteen: Box Inventory Lists
This series consists of original box inventory lists.

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