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Archival description
Artworks
F001/F · Series · [196-]-1994
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Series contains drawings, sketches, and paintings given to Irving Layton.

Personal papers
F001/I · Series · 1912-1997
Part of Irving Layton fonds

The series consists of bills, finances, invoices, personal papers including birth certificates and passports, certificates, awards, and travel itinerary.

Schedules
F001/M · Series · 1967 – 1995
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Series contains agendas, public reading schedules, calendars, invitations, and programs for different events.

Scrapbooks
F001/N · Series · 1943 – 1966
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Series contains scrapbooks relating to the Irving Layton fonds. Material consists of five scrapbooks. Scrapbook number one contains the complete run of the magazine Directions edited by R. Souster, W. Goodwin and D. Mullen. The second scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of interviews with Layton, poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton, and reviews and announcements of poetry readings. Scrapbook number three contains poems dedicated to Layton, poems by Layton, letters to the editors about and by Layton, and reviews of reading tours and conferences. The fourth scrapbook includes interviews with Layton, poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton, letters addressed to Layton, announcements and reviews of poetry readings, and profiles of Layton. The fifth scrapbook contains poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton and announcements and reviews of poetry readings.

Expenses
F011/H · Series · 1980-2011
Part of René Balcer archives

Series contains expenses and finances relating to René Balcer. Material consists of travel expenses for René Balcer and his wife Carolyn, invoices and receipts from various projects, and meetings with clients.

Photographs
P0023/D · Series · 1943-1988
Part of Alex Robertson fonds

This series includes photographs and negatives of Mr. Robertson with members of his family and George Martin.

It also includes photographs of the reception held in honor of Alex Robertson's memory at Concordia University Archives in 1988.

Correspondence
P0247/A · Series · 1951 - 1990
Part of Denis Diniacopoulos fonds

This series holds personal letters received by Denis Diniacopoulos through the course of his life.

Photography
P0247/D · Series · 1961 - 1975
Part of Denis Diniacopoulos fonds

This series is about the work of Denis Diniacopoulos as a professional photographer, mostly working under the name Denis Vincent.

Diniacopoulos, Denis
P0191/ A · Series · 1829-1940, 1973-1974, 2004
Part of Alan Hustak fonds

The material was collected by Alan Hustak for the writing of Sir William Hingston 1829-1907 : Montreal mayor, surgeon and banker, published in Montreal by Price-Patterson in 2004.
The series gives information about Sir William Hingston and his family. Besides, it illustrates the author’s research as part of the writing process.

The series includes without limitations reference documentation, newspaper clippings, images, manuscripts, booklets and correspondence. Most of the material are reproductions.

Correspondence
P0237/C · Series · 1954-1965, 1972-2008
Part of Ann Charney fonds

The series provides an insight into Ann Charney's personal and professional lives. The series contains materials documenting Ann Charney’s personal life, as well as that of the people around her, and contains correspondence sent to her by various family members and friends, including Melvin Charney and fellow artists like Morty Schiff, Joyce Ravid, Alison Strayer, Susan Kealey, Moyra Davey, Joan Micklin Silver, Geraldine Sherman, Elizabeth Spencer, Lionel Tiger, Christina McCall, George Szanto, and others. The series also illustrates Ann Charney’s professional life, by the means of correspondence with various literary agents, publishers and editors, the UNEQ (Union des écrivaines et écrivains Québécois), as well as granting agencies.

The series contains letters, mostly handwritten, postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

P0232/B · Series · 1997-2004
Part of Blue Metropolis Foundation fonds

The series provides information on the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival in Montreal, Quebec, from 1999 to 2004. It includes the planning and organization of the festival as well as publicity material used to promote the festival. The series also documents events organized by partner organizations within the festival.

The series contains financial documents, programs, flyers, pamphlets, photographs, newsletters, magazines, correspondence, reports, newspapers, a cotton bag and other material.

Writers
P0232/C · Series · 1999
Part of Blue Metropolis Foundation fonds

The series provides information on writers who participated in the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival.

The series contains photographs, biographies, and other materials.

Artwork
F012/B · Series · 1962
Part of Edith Mather fonds

Series contains a portrait of Irving Layton painted by Edith Mather in 1962.

P234/A · Series · [ca. 1900]-2017
Part of Sur Rodney (Sur) fonds

The series documents Sur Rodney (Sur)’s childhood in Montreal and his family background, illustrating the life of a black family in Montreal in the second half of the 20th century. Most of the documents have been collected by Jean [Gertrude Peters] Gordon.
The series contains correspondence between Sur Rodney (Sur) and his parents, Desmond Adams and Jean Adams, and documents related to family members, namely Desmond Rupert Adams, Sur Rodney (Sur)’s grandmother Hazel Irene Pierce, and Rodney’s brother David Adams. Several photo albums illustrate Sur Rodney’s childhood and his larger family. This series also contains documents related to the Negro Community Centre (NCC) and Union United Church, which both were frequented by family members, as well as Expo 67 and the Watchtower Society. Furthermore, the series informs about Sur Rodney (Sur)’s name change and his marriage to Geoffrey Hendricks.

The series includes, but is not limited to, correspondence, photographs, leaflets, programs, flyers, forms, diploma, passports and other pieces of identification, artwork, postcards, brochures, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook and an autograph book.

Professional Life
F025/ B · Series · 1973 - [2005?]
Part of Peter Madden fonds

The series provides information on the professional life of Peter Madden. The series contains work-related correspondence, contracts, notes and some magazines concerning North American literature and theater.

Photographic material
C020/B · Series · [ca. 1982]
Part of Monastère des Ursulines de Québec collection

Series contains photographs of the objects from the collection of the Monastère des Ursulines de Québec. It is composed of 465 slides, many of which were reproduced in the publication "Répertoire des gravures conservées au Monastère des ursulines de Québec."

External relations
F034/C · Series · [1940]-2014
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

This series provides information on the relationship between the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) and other cultural, political or social organizations. The series contains documentation pertaining to the relationships between the BTW and other organizations working within the Montreal Black community, including Union United Church. It is also composed of materials that provide insight into the relationships between the BTW and organizations and suppliers working within or supporting theater and the arts in Montreal. Among others, you will find information about other theater groups, including the Centaur Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, and a number of humanitarian organizations. Several documents in this series are related to the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission or Black History Month. One folder illustrates the history of Union United Church. The series also includes a brief about visible minorities’ art and culture, a report about subventions given to theatre companies, some issues of community newspapers like Community Contact, and a collection of newspaper clippings documenting not only the work of the Black Theatre Workshop, but Black life in Montreal and the theatre scene as well.

The series contains, among other documents, promotional material, photographs, correspondence, moving images, newsletters, newspapers and newspaper clippings, play scripts, sound recordings, study proposals, leases, permits, reports, programs, and briefs.

Administrative records
P0026/A · Series · 1863-1999
Part of Saint Patrick’s Society of Montreal fonds

The series provides information on the evolution, general organization and history of the St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal, mainly through official documents, minutes of meetings, and general correspondence.

The series contains constitutions and by-laws, minutes of meetings, committee files, annual reports, and general correspondence. Minutes of meetings include president’s reports from annual meetings, special meeting minutes such as from the grants committee or cultural committee, and some copies of financial reports. Some copies of annual financial records are also within the meeting files. The correspondence files document the activities and administration of the Society and its relations with individuals and organizations, such as the United Irish Societies of Montreal.