The Fonds consists of minute books, administrative and executive records, committee records, membership records, reports, bird sighting records, papers written by members, and T.O.C. publications, as well as photographic materials.
The minute books include some information on the club’s early history and their original charter, in addition to entries from each of the meetings. From meeting number 581 onward, the minutes and many committee reports are incorporated into the TOC Newsletter. Executive records include past president’s files, correspondence, and executive council records. Administrative records include financial documents and records on T.O.C. as a corporate entity and the achievement of charitable status in 2004. Committee records include records from the different committees functioning within the T.O.C. including the Bird Records Committee, Conservation Committee, Archives Committee, and Publications Committee. Membership records include membership lists and earlier meeting announcements.
The T.O.C.’s bird sightings records comprise various types of records dealing with the club members’ bird sightings as part of various events and outings. They mostly consist of members’ monthly reports. The Papers series contains the papers that were presented at T.O.C. meetings between 1934 and 1980 along with lists and catalogues of the papers. T.O.C. Publications contains various material produced by the T.O.C. including printed copies of Toronto Birds and the TOC Newsletters to 2007. Finally, the graphic materials include several photograph albums and one album of slides, as well as many loose photographs (both colour and black and white prints) and slides from members of the T.O.C. In addition there is an art print by John Crosby called Great Auk from 1992.
Toronto Ornithological Club