The fonds provides information on Clarence S. Bayne’s professional life as a teacher at Sir George Williams University and Concordia University, an administrator in the department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems as well as in the DIA/DSA program, a researcher in the field of community development, a lecturer in many conferences and colloquiums around the world, a published author, poet, activist and important member of the Black English-speaking community of Montreal. The fonds also provides some information on his personal life.
The TEACHING subseries is comprised of records related to Bayne’s work as a teacher of quantitative methods, forecasting, economics and management. It includes course materials, course outlines, coursepacks (textbooks), lecture notes, course evaluations, notebooks, some statistics and a sample of student assignments from class such as ‘Business Forecasting’, ‘Quantitative Methods in Managerial Economics’, 'Managerial Economics for Sport and Leisure’, ‘Marketing the Arts’ and ‘Quantitative Techniques Applied to Economics of Nonprofit Organizations’ to name a few.
The ADMINISTRATION subseries contains records (minutes of meetings, correspondence, notes) related to Bayne’s role as an administrator of the Diploma in Administration and Sport Administration (DIA/DSA) , the Cree-Concordia University Training Program and the Entrepreneurship Institute for the Development of Minority Communities (EIDMC), as well as his work on different committees and task forces at Concordia University most notably the Task Force on Multiculturalism (ca. 1990-1999), the Concordia Council on First Nations Education and the Council of the School of Graduate Studies.
The CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, TALKS subseries includes presentation notes, conference programs, promotional material and some press clippings related to Bayne’s participation to difference conferences and colloquiums: the Canadian Association of Administrative Sciences (CAAS) 1976 Conference at Université Laval, the Northeast AIDS Meeting in Bostin in April 1981, the International Caribbean Carnival Association (ICCA) Conference in Boston in 1994, the Multiple Lenses, Voices from the Diaspora Conference at Dalhousie University in October 2005, the 8th International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) in Barcelona in 2008 and the Informing Science + It Conference held in Tampa in 2015, to only name a few.
The WRITINGS subseries is comprised of manuscripts, correspondence and notes related to the articles and papers Bayne has published in different academic publications as well as his literary works in essays, theatre and poetry as early as the end of the 1950s.
The RESEARCH AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION subseries includes miscellaneous copies of articles, papers, press clippings and some notes on subjects such as management of non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurship, health and sports economics, oil economics in Trinidad and Tobago and ethnical minorities in Montreal, among others. It also includes records related to the management of the Institute for Community Entrepreneurship and Development (ICED): reports, some correspondence and meeting minutes.
The COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT subseries testifies of Bayne’s active involvement in other organizations outside of Concordia University. It includes minutes of meetings, correspondence and some reference documentation (reports, statistics, etc.) related to his role with most notably the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) of Montreal and the Centre-West Community Health Corporation, the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC), the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), the Comité aviseur sur les relations interculturelles de Montréal (CARIM), the Conseil des arts de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (CACUM), the Foundation for Minority Arts and Culture (FMAC), the Protestant School Board of Montreal and the Quebec Board of Black Educators Inc. (QBBE).
The DISTINCTIONS subseries is comprised of records related to the distinctions Bayne has received throughout his career: the Achievement in Education Award from the Quebec Board of Black Educators Inc., he Community Builder Award from the House of Commons and the 30, 35 and 40 years Long Service Awards from Concordia University.
The PROFESSIONAL LIFE series also includes curriculum vitae, agendas and notebooks as well as some media coverage (press clippings, copies of articles) on Bayne, as well as photographs of his Promotion to professor party as well as some convocation photos.
The PERSONAL LIFE series is comprised of records related to Bayne’s EDUCATION: course notes, diplomas and some correspondence related to his studies at the Sir George Williams High School, the University of British Columbia and most notably McGill University where he completed his graduate studies. The series also includes records related to Bayne’s immigration to Canada as well as photographs of family and friends, including those of Norma Smith's costumes worn at different carnivals in Montreal as well as slides of different travels in the United States and Canada, including those of a visit to Expo 67 ‘Man and His World’ in Montreal.
