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Interview conducted by Elizabeth Wilson, Director of the Department of Information Services, with C.M. Harding, former chairman of Governing Council.

The collection consists of 27 records (78 rpm), primarily made of shellac. Some of the records come with lyric sheets. Music is mostly popular Japanese songs from the 1950s. Artists include, but limited to:

Noriko Awaya (1907-1999)
Ikuma Dan (1924-2001)
Yoshi Eguchi (1903-1978)
Akiko Futaba (1915-2011)
Ichiro Fujiyama (1911-1993)
Rokuro Hara (1915-2001)
Ryoichi Hattori (1907-1993)
Tomiko Hattori (1917-1981)
Isao Hayahi (1912-1995)
Miyuki Ishimoto (1924-2009)
Tokiko Iwatani (1916-2013)
Masao Kato (1897-1977)
Matsutaro Kawaguchi (1899-1985)
Noburo Kirishima (1914-1984)
Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942)
Masao Koga (1904-1978)
Yukie Kubo (1924-2010)
Hachiro Matsui (1919-1976)
Mataichi Matsumura (1898-1992)
Hibari Misora (1937-1989)
Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952)
Michiko Namiki (1921-2001)
Toshio Nomura (1904-1966)
Atsuro Okamoto
Yoshiaki Omura
Naoyoshi Ozawa
Takao Saeki (1902-1981)
Aiko Saida
Yaso Saijo (1892-1970)
Shunichi Sasaki (1907-1957)
Hachiro Sato (1903-1973)
Sonosuke Sato (1890-1942)
Toroku Takagi (1904-2006)
Koji Truruta (1924-1987)
Gento Uehara (1914-1965)
Hamako Watanabe (1910-1999)
Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920-2014)
Tadashi Yoshida (1921-1998)

The collection consists of roughly 20,000 audio disc records, all in 78rpm format. The recordings span predominantly from 1917 to 1942, when the Musician’s strike took effect due to disagreements between musicians and recording companies over royalty payments. Starting July 31st 1942, union musicians could no longer record. This lasted roughly two years, with various recording companies settling with the union at varying points between 1943 and 1944. Healey deliberately collected records from before this important date in musical history. The records are largely Jazz recordings, representative of the first twenty-five years of Jazz music, with Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Dance Band music, entertainment personalities, Swing, and many other genres and sub-genres of the era represented within the collection. Healey started collecting 78s by the time he was ten years old, and by the time of his death in 2008, had amassed roughly 30,000 78s of this kind. Upon his death, many of the more valuable records were sold to collectors from around the world, and thus this collection contains about 20,000 from his original collection. The recordings from this collection were used by Jeff Healey for his first radio show on University of Toronto’s CUIT, and his show on CBC radio, My Kinda Jazz, which also aired on Toronto-based radio station, Jazz.FM91.

The majority of the records are from American record labels, though there are also a fair number from the Compo Company Ltd., based in Lachine, Quebec, and its various offshoots, and some other Canadian companies. There are also some records manufactured in England, France and even Germany, though all are by American recording artists, and often by American record labels with branches abroad.

Based on the period, the majority of the records are likely shellac, not vinyl, but exact materials likely vary by manufacturer. There are also a small number of “flexible” records made from Durium, a patented blend of paper and resin, manufactured during the depression era, as cheaper alternatives to the standard shellac records. The collection also includes a small number of Edison Discs, also referred to as “Diamond Discs”, which are recognized for their distinctive quarter-inch thickness. Most records are unique in the collection, but there are some duplicates.

Prior to his death, Healey began digitizing his collection of records to mp3 format, and inputting information via iTunes. These digital files have not yet been acquired.

APPENDIX A: A Non-exhaustive list of record Labels represented within the collection
 American Records (US)
 Ammor Record Corp (US)
 Apex Records (Canada)
 Arto
 Asch Recording (US)
 Banner records (US)
 Bell Records (US)
 Biltmore (US)
 Blue Ace Records (US)
 Blue Note (US)
 Bluebird (US)
 Broadway Records (US)
 Brunswick (US)
 Bullet (US)
 Cameo Record Corporation (US)
 Capitol (US)
 Cardinal (US)
 Challenge Records (US)
 Champion (US)
 Clarion (US)
 Claxtonola (US)
 Cleartone (US)
 Clover (US)
 Columbia Gramophone Company (UK)
 Columbia Records (US)
 Commodore (US)
 Conqueror (US)
 Coral (US)
 Cosmo (US)
 Crown (Canada)
 D&S
 Davis (US)
 Decatur
 Decca records (UK and US)
 Disque Gramphone (France)
 Diva Records (US)
 Dominion Records (UK)
 Domino records (US)
 Duophone (UK)
 Edison (US)
 Electric Perfect
 Emerson Phonograph Company (US)
 Famous (US)
 Federal (US)
 General (US)
 Gennett (US)
 Globe (US)
 Grey Gull (US)
 Guardsman Records (US)
 Harmony Records (US)
 His Masters Voice (UK)
 Hit of the Week (US)
 Hot Jazz Club of America (US)
 Imperial Records (UK)
 Jazz Man (US)
 Jewel Records (US)
 King (US)
 Liberty Music Shop (US)
 Lincoln Records (US) Lindstrom American Records (US)
 London (UK)
 Lucky (Japan)
 Lucky Strike (Canada)
 Lyric Records (US)
 Madison (US)
 Majestic (US)
 Master (US)
 May-fair (Owned by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.)(UK)
 Medallion (US)
 Melotone(US)
 Mercury (US)
 MGM (US)
 Microphone (Canada)
 Montgomery Ward (US)
 Muse Phonograph Record (US)
 Musicraft (US)
 Nadsco (US)
 National Music Lover’s Inc. (US)
 Odeon(USA)
 Okeh records (US)
 Olympic (UK)
 Operaphone Co. Inc. (US)
 Oriole Records (US)
 Panachord (UK)
 Paramount (US)
 Parlophone (UK)
 Pathe Records (France)
 Pathe Actuelle (US)
 Perfect Records (US)
 Phantasie
 Philharmonic Records (UK)
 Phonola Company (Canada)
 Publix (US)
 Puritan records (US)
 Puretone (US)
 Qualiton (South Wales)
 Quality (Canada)
 Radiex Records (US)
 RCA Victor (US)
 Regal Records (UK)
 Resona (US)
 Rex (US)
 Rich-Tone (US)
 Romeo Records (US)
 Royal (Canada)
 Royale (US)
 Sacred (US)
 Signature (US)
 Silvertone (UK)
 Special Editions (US)
 Starr (and Starr-Gennett)(Canada)
 Sterling (Canada)
 Sun Record Company (Canada)
 Supertone (US)
 Swing (France)
 The Hit Record (US)
 Triangle records (US)
 Van Dyke (US)
 Variety (US)
 Varsity (US)
 Velvet Tone (US)
 Victor Recording Company (US)
 Victrola (US)
 Viking
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 The Winner (US)
 World Record (US)

APPENDIX B: An non-exhaustive list of musicians well represented within the collection:
 Al Donahue
 Andrews Sisters
 Andy Kirk
 Art Gilham
 Art Kassel
 Art Tatum
 Artie Shaw
 Bailey’s Lucky Seven
 Ben Selvin
 Bennie Krueger
 Benny Goodman
 Bessie Smith
 Bing Crosby
 Bob Chester
 Bob Crosby
 Bunny Berigan
 Cab Calloway
 Charlie Barnet
 Check Webb
 Clarence Williams
 Coleman Hawkins
 Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven
 Count Basie and his Orchestra
 Dick Jurgens
 Dick Robertson
 Dixieland Swingers
 Duke Ellington
 Earl Hines
 Eddy Duchin
 Ella Fitzgerald
 Erskine Hawkins
 Fats Waller
 Fletcher Henderson
 Frankie Masters
 Freddy Martin
 Gene Krupa
 George Olsen
 Glen Gray
 Glenn Miller
 Gray Gordon
 Guy Lombardo
 Hal Kemp
 Harry James
 Harry James
 Henry Busse
 Henry King
 Horace Heidt
 Ipana Troubadours
 Jan Garber
 Jay McShann
 Jean Goldkette
 Jimmie Lunceford
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Joe Turner
 John Kirby
 Johnny Johnson
 Johnny Long
 Kay Kyser
 Larry Clinton
 Lena Horne
 Leo Reisman
 Lou Gold
 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
 Marion Harris
 Mills Brothers
 Milt Herth
 Mitchell Ayres
 Nat Shilkret
 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
 Nick LaRocca
 Ozzie Nelson
 Paul Ash
 Paul Whiteman
 Philip Spitalny
 Ray Miller
 Ray Noble
 Red Nichols
 Red Norvo
 Richard Himber
 Roy Eldridge
 Rudy Vallee
 Russ Morgan
 Russ Morgan
 Ruth Etting
 Sammy Kaye
 Shep Fields
 Sidney Bechet
 Ted Weems
 Teddy Powell
 Tempo Kings
 Tommy Dorsey
 Tommy Tucker
 Vincent Lopez
 Wayne King
 Will Bradley
 Will Osborne
 Wingie Mahone
 Woody Herman
 Xavier Cugat
 Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra

Sound Recording of Gen. Eisenhower at Convocation Hall, recorded by CFRB. Gen. Eisenhower received an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1946. Aluminum base, 16 inch discs.

Audio tape re: Charles Best Day, 1947.

Posters for All Varsity Review productions that played at Hart House Theatre: "Christopher Jones", 1960 and Ti-Bo, 1961.
Vinyl disc sound recording of original recording of "Christopher Jones".

Music for Blue and White Society's annual winter carnival.

Canadian Talent Library (1962): The first set of music (10 disc LPs) published in 1962 by the Canadian Talent Library. The idea was created by radio managers at CFRB and CJAD so that Canadian artists could be easily accessible to radio stations. Other stations could purchase the set and be able to showcase Canadian talent using the high quality pressings. Though the set was expressly made for radio stations, select copies were given to notable Canadians. This copy, is noteworthy as it is embossed “Dr. Mabel G. Connell”.
The set includes LPs by Johnny Burt (solo), Howard Cable & His Orchestra, Vic Centro Sextet, Johnny Burt & His Orchestra, Rust Davis & His Orchestra, Bill Butler, Paul Grosney Group, Roger Pilon & His Orchestra, Alexander ‘Ragtime’ Read, and Howard Cable ‘Conducting’.

Canadian Adventure 1867-1967 (1967): Produced by J. Frank Willis and issued by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation. A one disc audio-drama depicting Canadian history. Track titles include “Confederation”, “Classroom Scene”, “Ernest Thompson Seton”, “Louis Riel”, “Almighty Voice”, “Edmonton Grads”, “Calixa Lavalee”, and “O Canada”. Voiced by Bruno Gerussi and Gordon Pinsent.

Sound discs of the Hart House Glee Club.

Reel to Reel sound recordings of the first four International Teach-ins held at Varsity Stadium beginning with the Teach-in on Vietnam in 1965. They include: "Revolution and Response" (1st:1965); "China: Co-existence or Containment" (2nd : 1966), "Religion and International Affairs" (3rd : 1967) and "Exploding Humanity - the crisis in numbers" ( 4th : 1968). These recordings were originally produced by CJRT, Radio Service at Ryerson Polytechnical and broadcast on CBC FM over each of the three day teach-ins.

One sound sheet: Title side 1 is "Sounds to recapture the Varsity Years". Title side 2 "Varsity Fund, Committee of One Thousand dinner Hart House, April 28 1969. (2 copies)

Sound recordings, minutes, briefs, research files, drafts of the report, correspondence; background material relating to universities and faculty and student discipline; letters and clippings relating to the committee.

Sound recordings of the sessions; minutes of the meetings; articles, papers and reports distributed; briefs submitted from within the university and form the general public; position papers by members of the Commission; results of research projects on the Faculty of Arts and Science, the professional faculties, schools and institutes, on senior administrators and on provicial affairs; drafts and proofs of final report; financial records.

Constitution and by-laws (1931, 1960); minutes of the council and committees (1890-1894, 1908-1965); notebooks including rough drafts of minutes (1965-1970); office files (1947-1970) and correspondence files (ca. 1927-1967).

Minutes of the Steering Committee; procedures, forms, ballots and mailings relating to Committee elections; committee mailings; list of speakers, resolutions, voting results and summary of proceedings; transcript and sound recordings of the proceedings. This committee was part of the Commission on University Government.

Minutes of the Programming Committee; minutes and sound recordings of the public meetings; briefs; computer print-out of results; sampling of the questionnaire, and clippings.

Recordings of: installation of Pauline McGibbon as Chancellor; lecture by Dr. G.E. Wodehouse entitle "Health After Retirement"; lecture by Sr. St. Michael entitled "Creative Retirement"; 1971 dinner in honour of the Committee of 1000; lecture by Northrop Frye at York University, 1971; Lady Jackson (Barbara Ward) delivering Falconer Lecture, 1963; and news material for radio news, September 20, 1970.

Minutes of staff, committee and council meetings; administrative files; records relating to Rockefeller Foundation funding; teaching files and notebooks; student records; course outlines, timetables, assignments, class lists; alumnae files; reports, proposals, speeches and articles; examination questions (1920-1969); publications; scrapbooks, clippings, memorabilia and photographs.

A collection representing film, television, and radio from across many eras in each media. With a focus on the Golden Age of Radio and the American film industry’s early years if the 1930’s and 1940’s the collection captures what early mass entertainment looked like. This acquisition is divided into seven series:
Series 01: SUPER 8MM films
Series 02: Regular 8MM films
Series 03: 1/4" Audio Radio Programs
Series 04: Television Programs
Series 05: Feature Films
Series 06: Textual Material
Series 07: Music

Film and sound elements for the production of the filming of the Installation of President John R. Evans, 28 September 1972.

Hart House records: Warden's Office files including committee and club files, the Warden's personal records, staff files, and Vincent Massey records (1919-1973); administrative files of the Comptroller's Office (1929-1955); membership, activity, committee and club files of the Graduate/Undergraduate Office (1955-1973); administrative files of the Reservations Office; architectural drawings; photographs; film and sound recordings.

Includes minutes of the Division (1907-1963) and Staff Committees (1955-1968); correspondence and subject files (1947-1973); printed material, notably lists of Extension Lectures (1914-1946), calendars and circulars; and two sound recordings of the Senate Committee on Extension (1971). Annual reports (1955-56, 1967-68)

2 reel to reel - Dr. John Evans on the Betty Kennedy show, one of which is a discussion on China, 1973
1 Video (3/4") - Sesquecentennial Birthday Cake Ceremony: off air recordings from various newscasts in the Toronto Area, 1976
2 slides - Resident Staff, Hospital for Sick Kids, 1936-37

These are taped lectures from a lecture series sponsored by New College entitled: "The Fine Art of Choosing: Theory and Practice" that discuss various approaches and theories on decision making. Speakers included University of Toronto professors Robert Lockhart, Douglas Creelman, Michael Dixon, John Sender, Anatol Rapoport and Andrew Cunningham as well as James Radford of the University of Waterloo, Malcom Taylor of York University, Ward Edwards of the University of Southern California and David Gustavsen of the University of Wisconsin.

Recording of the re-dedication of the Soldiers' Tower Carillon, May 7, 1976.

Interview conducted by Robin Harris with Jean Gordon and John H. Sword re: School of Graduate Studies.

Videos: "Sesquecentennial Celebrations : Presentation of Honorary Degrees, 15 March 1977"; "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (1976); "University of Toronto Alumni Association" (1973).
Sound recording: "Dr. Evan's Address for Sesquecentennial Dinners", (1977).

Tape-recorded interviews and transcripts of interviews conducted by Elizabeth Wilson, Director of Information Services, with persons active in the University of Toronto Faculty Association, the Governing Council, and the Update Campaign; also a tape-recording and transcript of Professor Kenneth Hare's lecture in the Sesquecentennial Series.

ubject files of the chairman of the Board of Governors, Col. W.E. Phillips; President Council files, including minutes of meetings; insurance records; patent records for the inventions of James Guillet and V. Riley; research grants; publications; and reports.

Copy of the proceedings of the Conference and tapes of all the sessions. Includes both plenary and discussion groups.

Positive microfiche reproductions of the field notebooks and trench reports associated with the excavations carried out at Kommos, Crete by the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, during 1976 and 1977. Cassette copy of tape-recorded interviews with six village elders from Pitsidia, Greece, concerning early archaeological explorations in the area and the history of the area from approximately 1920 to the present (1977); conducted in conjunction with the Kommos Excavations in Crete by Joseph W. Shaw, Professor of Fine Art, in May and June, 1977; together with a transcript (34 p.) of the above interviews, translated into English by Maria Coutroubakis (June, 1977).

Lecture by Dr. Lloyd Stevenson of John Hopkins University entitled "Malaria: Prototype of Fever".

Tape-recordings of an interview with Alan Hill, Assistant Director of Admissions conducted by Elizabeth Wilson, Director of Information Services 3 February 1978; the proceedings of the Council of the Faculty of Arts and Science, 6 March 1978 at which admission policy was subject of discussion; and the proceedings of the Academic Affairs Committee of Governing Council 6 March 1978 at which admission standards were discussed.

Accession consists of a letter to 'The Times' re "rights of man" (1939), and a file on the proposed Canadian Bill of Rights (1947), and 11 audio-cassette tapes of lectures delivered by Professor Macpherson to his Political Science 200 course, 'Political Theory', in 1977-1978.

Contains correspondence, grants, journal editors meeting, rejected articles, and books ordered

Consists of administrative files of J.H. Sword, Special Assistant to the President (Institutional Relations) and administrative files of the Office of the President including correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to university organization and administration, centres, colleges, faculties, institutes, programs, educational associations, governments and Ontario universities.

Administrative files relating to courses, conferences, lecture series such as Walter Wright Lectureship, Wallace Graham Memorial Lecture, Fotheringam Lecture, etc., students, committees, and associations. Audio tapes of lectures relating to postgraduate and continuing education in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology.

Used in library orientation sessions to introduce library reference and microcatalogue services; includes a brief history of the University Library system.

Consists of records relating to the following: Trinity College and funding, Temple Centenary Conference (1964-1981); Department of Political Economy administrative records relating to graduate programme, etc (1963-1974); Publications: manuscript for "Canada's Trade with Communist Countries", "Diefenbabble", "Tripartite Conversations and the Management of the Exchanges..."; Research materials on South Africa; Colloquia: papers presented at the Colloquium on Financial crises and the Lender of Last resort, 1979; Donald C. McGregor papers on H.A. Innis' Economic geography course, 1924-1925 with maps and notes by D.C. McGregor; Tape recording of Drummond manuscript re Edwin Banfield Affair, 1974.

35 reel-to-reel audiotapes of addresses by members of the University Lunch and Learn Club, a joint project of the School of Continuing Studies and Innis College from October, 1976 to 1979. Included are texts of the addresses and all of the audiotapes for the first series, 'A new economic order in Canada?'; three lectures of 'Genetics and Man', and audiotapes of all of the lectures for 'Deprogramming: Documenting the issues'. There are also four audiotapes for the series, 'Women at noon'.

Files of Daniel G.Hill relating to visible minorities, Human Rights and Civil Liberties Institute, Transitional Year Programme, and Li'l Beavers programme.

Consists of subject files of E.A. Robinson, J.T. Wilson, and R.Ross, regarding committees, councils, budget, academic, administrative and student issues, buildings and facilities.

Interview with Albert Fisher, who had been second executive secretary of the Insulin Committee of the Board of Governors. The interview was conducted by David Rudkin, University Archivist and was done in conjunction with the transfer of records of the Committee in 1981 (See A82-0001). The origins and activities of the Insulin Committee are discussed as well as the history of the records found in A82-0001.

Administrative files of the Warden's Office (1983-1984); photoprints of Caledon Farm, International Poetry Meeting (1975), and Festival Toke (1977); sound recording of Festival Quebecois - Soiree

University Tribunal recorded proceedings and transcripts of the Trial Division hearings. Includes 0.4m of textual records and 56 cassette recordings.

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)

Convocation files, including addresses, media releases and photographs (1975-1985); files relating to sesquicentennial celebrations, Bovey Commission, Art Walk 1984, establishment of the Women's Studies scholarship. Apart from department files, there are also miscellaneous items collected by the Department i.e., New Songs of the U. of T.; invitations, programs and dance cards (1911-1915); class of 1915 directory.