Fonds 025 - John Fox fonds

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Reference code

UTSC 025

Title

John Fox fonds

Date(s)

  • 1979-1982; 2017 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

739 photographs: b&w negatives
4 photographs: b&w prints
5 textual records
700 MB of digital records

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Biographical history

John Fox was a Bachelors of Art in Social Sciences student at UTSC from [ca. 1979] – 1982. As a student he was a part of many different activities such as the Scarborough College ‘B’ Hockey team and the Scarborough College Cricket team. Most notably he was a student newspaper photographer and journalist with the "Balcony Square" team from 1979 until 1982. On March 3rd 1982 the "Balcony Square" was closed by the Scarborough College Student Council (SCSC). The core group of student journalists, whom John was apart of, created a petition, and John stood on the cafeteria tables every hour on the hour acting a town crier about the events occurring between the newspaper and student council. From this event, they created "The Underground", a student run newspaper, with the first publication circulating on March 9, 1982. Through John’s time as a student journalist, he wrote and photographed many different student events, though he mainly focused on sports and the hockey teams at Scarborough College.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Materials were donated by John Fox to the UTSC Library and were then transferred to the Digital Scholarship Unit and were uploaded to the UTSC Memories website. The materials were then transferred to the University of Toronto Scarborough Library Archive.

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Scope and content

The fonds consists mainly of photographic images of student life, events, sports and student journalism at UTSC that were created by John Fox. A bulk of the material are photos of Scarborough College’s Hockey teams playing various games. Many of these photos were taken with the intent to use them in the UTSC student newspapers, the "Balcony Square" and the "Underground." Images of different students involved in the newspaper are documented, and images of the first "Underground" newspaper team are among images in this fonds. Textual records included in this fonds also highlight John Fox’s experience of being a student journalist when the "Balcony Square" was closed by the Scarborough College Student Council (SCSC) and the creation of the "Underground" in response to this action.

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Materials were arranged based on order received by the Archive.

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      Some of the photo negatives have suffered damage, specific damaged is detailed with file descriptions.

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      Created by KL - June 20, 2025

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