Series 1 - Personal and university education

0.52 m of textual records

The series contains two groups of files: the first, relating to Prof. Richardson’s personal employment history, and the second, relating to his university education. Records relating to academic employment include Loyola College (later Concordia University) and the University of Toronto, as well as a file containing correspondence concerning employment opportunities at other institutions. The files relate mostly to his employment with the University of Toronto and include curriculum vitae, annual activity reports, salary, appointment to Scarborough College as well as his appointment as Principal of University College. Files relating to honours include his nomination by the Department of Religious Studies for the 1996 Northrop Frye Award, and the publication Text and artifact in the religions of Mediterranean Antiquity: essays in honour of Peter Richardson (Wilfrid Laurier University, 2000).

The remaining files document, in part, his undergraduate education in architecture at the University of Toronto, and in divinity at Knox College (an affiliated college at the University of Toronto), followed by graduate study at Cambridge. There is just one file relating to his undergraduate architecture degree containing an essay on “Architecture engineering education” written during the 1956-1957 academic year. This is followed by files containing essays written during his 3 years at Knox College. A file of correspondence (1958-1964) documents his application to various graduate schools following completion of his undergraduate degrees. In April, 1962 he was accepted to the graduate programme in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Files relating to his doctoral studies include class notes, correspondence, papers leading to his dissertation, draft of his dissertation and a final copy entitled The Israel of God in early Christianity.

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