This accession contains administrative records of the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of the United States (CSUS). Records consist of several posters and correspondence surrounding events and guest speakers hosted by CSUS. Event types include the F. Ross Johnson (FRJ) Distinguished Speakers Series, book launches, film screenings, graduate student workshops, FRJ Distinguished Visitor sprint courses, election watch parties, and various other conferences, lectures, seminars, panel discussions, and events held at CSUS or co-sponsored with other entities.
Records also contain issues of the Undergraduate Journal of American Studies spanning 2005-2012, as well as some journal publication and events planning documents from this time period and up to 2019. Additionally, there is a selection of administrative records for grants and other funding, course lecturer hiring, past course materials including select sylllabi, programming committee minutes and correspondence, CSUS activity reports between 2005-2013, and employee individual files.
Digital files are comprised of a backup for the CSUS website between 2003-2007, 3 audiovisual recordings of guest lectures, and photographs from 15 different events hosted by CSUS. Events include classes or lectures given by visiting scholars, a book launch, and the CSUS 2008 US election party. Many of these digital records relate to speakers or events represented in the textual records. See file list for details. Digital formats are predominantly images (.jpg).
