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Date(s)
- 1963-2013 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1.6 m (4 boxes) of textual records including publications
0.17m (2 boxes) of photographs and 22 digital jpgs
11 reels of film and 9 dvds
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Name changed from the Department of Biology to the Department of Zoology in 1941. In 2006, the Department of Zoology (along with the Department of Botany) was reorganized to form the Department of Cell & Systems Biology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Name of creator
Administrative history
Establish in 2006 with the reorganization of the Department of Zoology and the Department of Botany
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains records reviewed from the Department of Cell & Systems Biology, formerly known as the Department of Zoology. Contains Undergraduate Affairs Committee records, annual department reports, copies of Zoonews, event files (UofT Day, ZooWoods material), curriculum development material.
Photographs document mainly the creation of Zoowoods, departmental events such as retirements, open houses for U of T Day and the 20th Anniversary of the Opening of the Ramsey Wright Zoological Laboratories in 1985.
Films show productions done by staff including two spoof vignettes from the 1960s and science films produced for BIO 110. There is also a tour of the Ramsey Wright Building filmed by CBC most likely from the 1960s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Access to University records is restricted under the Province of Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Personal information contained in these records is subject to certain conditions under the Act. Please speak with an Archivist for more information.