File contains the manuscript score and parts for Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six.
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File contains the manuscript score and parts for Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six.
File contains a photocopied score and parts for the concerto. Most of the parts are incomplete. Nimmons' concerto was commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, directed by Raffi Armenian, and premiered in 1988 by Dan Warren, trumpet.
Series consists of music written or arranged by Phil Nimmons for ensembles, including the 1957 overtures for the "Music for a Summer Day" festival at Stratford Festival and music for the duo Pendulum, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Ted Kemar Band, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Music at Sharon, and Esprit Orchestra.
File consists of the manuscript original score for a piece written for the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra as part of the SOCAN/IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) Established Composer Award, of which Phil Nimmons was the inaugural recipient. Nimmons finished and signed the score on December 27, 2005 and made revisions in August 2006. The file includes Nimmons' typeset program notes and other notes on the score.
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.
Northway, Mary LouiseThe Administration Series consists of the records of Rev. George Daly, CSsR, spiritual and financial director (1922-1956), the elected leadership of Sisters General, council members and later directors, (1937-2011), the changing governance through the Circle Meetings (1998-2011) and the preparation for the Sponsorship Agreement with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto.
Correspondence documents the writing of the rules [of the congregation], approved in 1934 and the process of the rewriting the constitution and statutes between 1978 and its approval in 1983. The spiritual life is documented though community prayers, conferences, and liturgies while correspondence and reports of the original apostolates of the immigration, residences, hospitals, and teaching depict the success and challenges of the missions.
Changes in customs, rules, personnel and missions, as well as deaths and spiritual reflections were relayed through the circular letters of Sisters General and Father Daly. In response to Second Vatican Council’s call for renewal through participation by all members, sisters were kept abreast of the sisters at university and the opening/closing of missions from newsletters, From Headquarters and Council Notes.
Financial correspondence and reports document Fr. Daly’s financial management through bond issues and varied fund-raising options. Records show the early close collaboration and financial support of the Catholic Women’s League, the major contributor for 30 years, and the more than 500 benefactors. Financial statements of the SOS corporation and the Daly Foundation are included, as well as correspondence and documents of real estate purchases and sales.
The correspondence and reports, which are arranged alphabetically and chronologically, consist of the requests to establish missions, and annual reports to archdioceses and dioceses, where the sisters’ missions were located. Correspondence, reports and meeting minutes document the Circle meetings (1998-2011); the developments leading to the sponsorship agreement. At the signing of the agreement on 26 January 2011, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto assumed the administration of the Sisters of Service.
The series is divided into the following subseries:
Subseries consists of materials relating to benefactors of the SOS including correspondence, tributes, reports, scans of newsclippings, financial agreements, bank receipts, and other reference material regarding donations, annuities, and bequests. This includes the Catholic Women's League (CWL), Theresa Small, and donor lists, as well as correspondence and other supplementals regarding specific individual donors.
File contains event programmes and talks given by members of the SOS at various CWL events.
File contains newsclippings, articles from the Catholic [Canadian] League, reports, and correspondence relating to the SOS-CWL relationship.
Subseries contains records relating to the general finances of the Sisters of Service, particularly in their early year. These include: bonds, financial correspondence, financial reports, ledgers, and other fundraising endeavours.