Fonds consists of Paul Grosney's handwritten and purchased musical arrangements of jazz and big band music for his bands. Also includes Grosney's arrangements of rock and pop songs for his bands. Some arrangements are organized by instrument and each arrangement is numbered to facilitate each musician's ability to pull the correct piece of music called out by Grosney. Other arrangements are organized by song title. Includes arrangements for classic big band pieces such as "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Moonlight Serenade," and "Air Mail Special". Also includes original compositions by Grosney for live performances and television programmes and commercials. There are also some professional correspondence and ephemera related to Grosney's career. The second accession contains audio recordings of radio shows (mostly from the 1950s and 1960s) that Grosney hosted or appeared on, commercials and Grosney's albums. Also contains photographs, some personal and family records, and newspaper clippings spanning Grosney's life and career.
UntitledThe fonds documents Ellen C. Adams' political activities at municipal level in the Toronto area for the period 1956-1975.
UntitledThe fonds consists of television and film scripts considered for ACTRA Awards, 1980-1983. It includes scripts from the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television programmes 'Seeing things,' 'For the record,' and 'The beachcombers,' as well as a National Film Board script, 'A choice of two,' (originally titled, 'Just above water,').
UntitledThe fonds consists of George Williams Brown's correspondence, speeches, research material, and papers of the Montebello Conference.
UntitledThe fonds consists of newspaper clippings, copies of speeches, reports, press releases, and related material issued by government bodies, public interest groups, politicians and others, which are utilized in the composition of the “Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs”, previously the “Canadian annual review”. The material is organized around the potential chapters in the review, and thus will have clippings on business and industry, reports from foreign affairs bodies (i.e. Canadian Institute for International Affairs), the editor's notes on political and economic matters gleaned from newspaper clippings, and coverage of elections at the federal and provincial levels. In addition, there are reports and newspaper clippings on specific government legislation of the day (National Energy Policy, the Meech Lake Accord, Québec Bill 101, etc), on specific foreign events (Vietnam War), and Canadian personalities (John Diefenbaker, Réne Lévesque, Pierre Trudeau), including copies of speeches delivered by politicians. The bulk of the material in the fonds covers the period, 1960-1977.
UntitledThe fonds consists typescripts of articles, with editorial corrections in red ink and pencil, galleys, artwork (maps, graphs, diagrams, etc.), correspondence, and related material for production and publication of the Cartographica journal. In addition, there are administrative records, including invoices, addresses of subscribers and editorial members, renewal notices and related material.
UntitledThe fonds consists of a typescript copy, with handwritten corrections, of 'Accommodation with Empire: Canadian American economic relations, 1945-1950,' by Robert D. Cuff and J.L. Granatstein which was published in 1978 by Samuel Stevens Hackkert & Co., under the title 'American dollars-Canadian prosperity: Canadian-American economic relations, 1945-1950,' and correspondence and readers reports relating to the book.
UntitledThe fonds consists of correspondence and papers (1928-1959), arranged chronologically, receipts for monies received from Maurice Duplessis and others, including receipts from organizations, associations and student awards. There are also the proceedings of the meetings of the Public Accounts Committee Inquiry (1936), through which Duplessis exposed the corruption of the Liberal government of the day. The fonds also contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to political and social developments in Quebec (1929-1949) with concentration on the period, 1934-1936, as well as newspaper clippings relating to the death and funeral of Duplessis. In addition, there is correspondence with and/or concerning several prominent Quebecois including Daniel Johnson, Thibaudeau Rinfret, Msgr. Ferdinand Vandry, Georges Vanier, and companies located in the province (Dominion Textiles, Noranda Mines), and related subjects.
UntitledThe fonds consists records of R.M. Fowler, including reports, correspondence, transcripts of hearing and related material from the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (Rowell-Sirois). This includes summary of the hearings (1937-1940), and transcripts of private sittings with the Manitoba and New Brunswick delegations (1938). In addition, there is material from Commission staff in the form of memoranda (1937-1938), precis of discussions (1938-1939), bibliographies and Orders-in-Council, tax forms and notes and estimates relating to unemployment in Canada (1938-1939). There are also copies of several reports issued by the Commission on the taxing power in Canada, debt adjustment, excise duties, and studies of federal systems in other countries.
UntitledThe fonds consists of records of Joseph O. Goodman.
UntitledFonds documents Christopher F. Beattie's administrative, teaching, research and publication activities as a sociology professor at York University for the period of 1959-1977. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Professorial files Personal papers Correspondence and Files Research Files Manuscripts and Typescripts
UntitledThe fonds consists of correspondence and papers, reports, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, tapes and films, related to Allan Grossman's political career, community work, and family life.
UntitledThe fonds consists of material from faculty bodies on which Michiel Horn sat. The largest volume of material concerns the York University Faculty Association, including minutes of the Executive, 1972-1973, Executive correspondence, 1973-1974, reports and correspondence relating to salaries, collective bargaining, negotiations, grievances, tenure and dismissal procedures, and related subjects. There is also material from the Joint Committee on Alternatives, 1972-1973, on which Horn represented York University Faculty Association (YUFA). There is also material from the Canadian Association of University Teachers, from the Committee on Faculty-Student Relations, the Committee on Canadianization of the University, and related material, 1972-1977. In addition, there is material from the Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), including executive minutes, 1975-1977, and briefs and reports relating to salaries and benefits from OCUFA, 1973-1979.
UntitledThe fonds consists of copies of 'Canadian student' (published by the Student Christian Movement), 'The student,' (Student League of Canada), 'Youth forum,' (Canadian Youth Congress), and 'The new commonwealth,' (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation), 1934-1936. In addition, there is material from the League for Social Reconstruction, including minutes of meetings of the National Executive (1936-1941), membership material, and reports from the National Convention (1936), as well as newspaper clippings and related material. For the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation there are minutes, campaign material, and newspaper clippings relating to the London (Ont.) Riding Association (1938-1946).
UntitledThe fonds consists of minutes of the Political Committee, the Central Executive Committee, and the Secretariat of the Workers' (Communist) Party of the United States, 1926-1929.
UntitledThe fonds documents Morris Katz activities related to environmental issues as a consultant for various organizations, as a researcher, author and editor. It also documents his teaching activities.
UntitledThe fonds consists of Margaret Laurence's records pertaining to her activities as a writer and to her personal life. The fonds includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, printed material, personal files, graphic materials, sound recordings and moving image records.
UntitledThe fonds consists of McInnis' publication files, including scholarly articles and correspondence, drafts, research notes, photographs, and other material for "The Long Cold Peace: Treaty Making after World War II", "The East", "Canada: A Political and Social History", "North American Nations", and other works. Fonds also includes professorial files documenting his teaching at the University of Toronto and York University; Canadian Institute of International Affairs files; research files; and other material reflecting his varied interests in history, current events and world politics.
UntitledThe fonds documents the activities of the Memorial Society Association of Canada for the promotion of dignity and simplicity in funeral rites for the period 1969-1992. It includes constitution records, minutes of meetings, correspondence and other papers, printed material and financial records. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Constitution and by-laws Minutes Correspondence and papers Printed material Financial records
UntitledThe fonds consists of records accumulated by Roy Merrens as a result of his activities as a geographer, professor, and member of various associations, authorities, and boards. The records have been physically arranged by the creator by subject; the original order has been maintained. They include maps, correspondence, minutes and agenda of meetings, mailing lists, reports, drafts, notes, press releases, proposals, copies of legislation, affidavits, telegrams, statistical data tables, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs, slides and a postcard. Also included is a file containing articles and reports about the geography, landscape and architecture of York University.
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