Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- ca.1920-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
62 boxes (8.9 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor of psychology and supervisor in Institute of Child Studies, University of Toronto.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bequeathed to the University of Toronto by the estate of Mary Louise Northway in 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of Mary Northway's personal and professional papers. These include her work as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto 1933-1958, but mainly relate to her career as a lecturer and eventually director of research of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, 1938-1968; and her work as director of Brora Institute, 1969-1978. Included are research notes and charts relating to her work in sociometry, and drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of many of her writings, as well as copies of her published works. Related collections are the W.E. Blatz collection in the Fisher Library and the Northway papers at Trent University.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
*Some files restricted. Requests to use the restricted research material may be forwarded to an Advisory Committee on the
W.E. Blatz Research Documents which will meet to consider the request.
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca. Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English