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The fonds documents an oral history project of the Irish of Montreal made by Patricia Burns on behalf of the St. Patrick's Society of Montreal between 1990 and 1992. The materials were used by Patricia Burns for her book The Shamrock and the Shield : an oral history of the Irish in Montreal.

The fonds is mainly composed of sound recordings and transcriptions of 54 interviews conducted by Patricia Burns and some by Kevin O'Donnell, with people of Irish origin living in Montreal, and many having grown up in Griffintown.

The collection documents the events which occurred in 1987 and 1988 in the Overdale neighbourhood. It witnesses to the efforts made not only by the local residents but also architects, planners, and others to influence the City of Montreal to avoid demolishing historic buildings and established neighborhoods, and to preserve the city’s built heritage.

The collection includes photographs, moving images, sound recordings, press releases, clippings, meeting notices, correspondence, reports, newsletters and statements on the Overdale resistance prepared by former residents.

The fonds documents the activities of the Oscar Peterson Hall from 1990 until 1999.

It contains event files, programs, posters and press clippings. The fonds is organized in the following series:
5160 - University Events
5420 - Media Relations
9200 - Archives, Libraries and Art Galleries Holdings

The fonds provides information on the teaching activities of Orson Shorey Wheeler and his work as sculptor. The fonds consists of clippings, term papers and exams, architectural sketches, invitations, correspondence, library addition listings, photographs, and minutes.

The purpose of the Oral History-Montreal Studies program is to document the history of the Montreal metropolitan area. Sponsored by Shell Canada, the program funds projects which make accessible the oral history of Greater Montreal, through systematic interviewing of leaders and witnesses of the labour, industrial, cultural, social, religious, and ethnic scene since World War II. The project is administered by the Concordia University Library.

The collection provides information on the history of Greater Montreal. It consists of recorded interviews of individuals as well as some transcripts and application forms for some of the projects. The projects are:

Little Burgundy / La Petite Bourgogne
A Comparison of the Influence of Anne Savage and Arthur Lismer
Hugh Percival Illsley, Architect: 1896-198-
Rabbi Lavy Becker: Social Worker, Businessman, and Father-in-law
Interviews with John Bland
The Dutch of Quebec
The Montreal Chinese Community
The Children's Theatre in Montreal
Women and War Work in Montreal
The Montreal Art Community
Omer Heroux: French Canadian Journalist
Norma Springford
Black Montrealers: A Piece of the Multicultural Mosaic
The Rise of Consulting Engineering in Montreal
Women Scientists in Montreal, 1920-1960
The Contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the Cultural and Social Institutions of Montreal
Véhicule Art (Montreal) Inc. 1972-1983
Alfred Pinsky: Analysis of Great Works of Art (ART 460 course)
Female Academics at Concordia University (Sir George Williams and Loyola College): The First Generation, 1940-1975.

The fonds provides information on the administration and activities of the Optica Gallery from its beginning in 1972 to 1996.

The fonds contains such documents as exhibition programs, artists' curricula vitae and portfolios, audiovisual works from exhibitions, personnel and financial records, grants applications, and correspondence.

The fonds is organized according to the following series :
P056/1 Finances
P056/2 Organization
P056/3 Human resources
P056/4 Programming
P056/5 Exhibitions and activities

The fonds documents the activities of the Office of the Vice-Rector at Concordia for the period of 1974 to 1984 and some file document the activities of the Office of the Vice-Principal, Administration and Finance at Sir George Williams University. The latter files include some documents relating to the SGWU Computer Centre incident of 1969. The fonds also includes some files of André-Jean Laprade, Assistant Vice-Rector Relations and Audit.Those files mainly relate to "Groupe de recherche et d’élaboration d’un système d’informatique de gestion universitaire (GRESIGU)," 1968-1975 (A. J. Laprade being the responsible for the « SIGU-Recherche » group). There are also some Stirling Dorrance’s files who was first at Loyola College and then at Concordia, Assistant to the Rector, Development (these files were probably mixed up in storage space at some points - by error - with the files from the Vice-Rector, Administration and Finance).

The fonds manily consists of reports, correspondence, and some photographs.

The fonds mainly documents the financial management of Loyola College from the 1920s to 1974. There are also files on properties and physical resources management. The fonds is mainly composed of the records of Mr. Ferrari’s office, as Comptroller (1961-1968) and as Vice-President, Administration (1968-1974), and the records of the Loyola Bursar and Procurator (Treasurer).

The fonds mainly contains general ledgers (1950-1974), financial statements (1916-1974), and various administrative records relating to budget, investment, insurance and payroll. There are also files relating to college properties, such as accounting records for the construction of the Administration building in the 1920s and file copies of annual reports (1898-1929) to Quebec government which give detailed statistical information for the first years of Loyola.

This fonds documents the administrative activities of the Office of the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies. Included in this fonds are documents related to the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funding program between 1997 to 2015. The following RCRP categories are contained within this fonds:

1210 Academic Co-operation - Agreements
1220 Student Exchange Programs
3110 Funding Programs for Research
3210 Research Chairs
3211 Research Projects Registry
3220 Research Co-operation
3310 Research Projects - Description
3410 Declaration of Invention
4120 Governing Bodies - Committees
4140 Official Strategic Plans
5111 Meetings of Units
5112 Reports, Studies & Analyses
5113 Statistics
5160 University Events
5170 External Relations
5171 Conferences & Seminars - External
5172 Public Relations Activities
5430 Media Coverage
5450 University Publications
5460 Marketing Campaigns
5461 Promotional Material

The fonds documents the financial management of Sir George Williams University during its last decade, before its merger with Loyola College to form Concordia University.

The fonds is mainly composed of financial reports and statements, and general ledgers.

The fonds is organized into the following series:

I0198/4120 Governing Bodies Committees
I0198/7200 Budget
I0198/7220
Financial Statements and Reports
I0198/7320
Accounting Registers

This fonds documents the administrative activities of the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs. The following RCRP categories are contained within this fonds:

• 1110 Academic Planning
• 1130 Program Feasibility & Development - APC Committee
• 1131 Curriculum Development
• 1140 Academic Program Management
• 1141 Program Accreditation & Certifications
• 1160 Academic Program Appraisal
• 1210 Academic Co-operation Agreements
• 1220 Student Exchange Programs
• 1320 Support for Teeaching
• 1410 Recruitment Academic Appointment
• 1430 CUPFA - Academic and Professional Dossier
• 1450 Academic Visitors
• 1470 Recognition Awards & Prizes to Professors
• 2120 Enrolment Statistics
• 2420 Support Services for Students
• 2430 Awards & Scholarships Programs
• 3210 Research Chairs
• 4120 Governing Bodies - Committees
• 4131 Delegation of Authority
• 4150 Honorary Distinctions - Selection Process
• 5110 Administrative Planning
• 5111 Meetings of Units
• 5112 Reports, Studies & Analyses
• 5160 University Events
• 5170 External Relations
• 5171 Conferences & Seminars - External
• 5172 Public Relations Activities
• 5220 Litigation
• 6110 Staff & Position Management
• 6120 Advisory Search Committees & Evaluation
• 6530 Negotiations
• 6551 Complaints & Grievances
• 9110 Fundraising Campaigns & Projects

The fonds provides information on the evolution of Sir George Williams University and on the beginning of Concordia University. This fonds is mainly composed Dr. John W. O’Brien’s files as Principal of SGWU until 1974 and as Concordia University’s first Rector until May 1984. There are also some Michael Sheldon's files as Assistant to Principal of SGWU.

The fonds includes such textual records as correspondence, minutes, financial and other reports, clippings, and procedures and policies. It includes photographs, cartographic items, artifacts, and sound recordings. The fonds is divided into the following series:

I010/01 Associations
I010/02 Budget
I010/03 Budget control and accounting
I010/04 Buildings and properties
I010/05 Committees
I010/06 Computer facilities and operations
I010/07 Conferences, seminars, and special activities
I010/08 Cooperation and exchange activities
I010/09 Curriculum and programs
I010/10 Financing
I010/11 General correspondence
I010/12 Insurance
I010/13 Legal affairs and contracts
I010/14 Libraries and documentation centres
I010/15 Publications
I010/16 Publicity and public relations
I010/17 Relations /services, external
I010/18 Relations /services, internal
I010/19 Research activities
I010/20 Scholarships, awards and prizes
I010/21 Staff, general
I010/22 Staff, administrative and support
I010/23 Staff, teaching
I010/24 Statistics
I010/25 Student life
I010/26 Student records
I010/27 Teaching activities
I010/28 University organizations, policy and planning
I010/29 Photographs

The fonds consists of records generated by the Rector/President of Loyola College and other Loyola College administrative officers and organizations between 1899 and 1976.

The fonds includes correspondence; minutes; membership lists; news releases, clippings; leases; curricula vitae; organization charts; financial reports, annual reports; internal publications, pamphlets, booklets, bulletins; event schedules, conference programs, posters; business cards, invitations, membership cards; staff contracts; constitutive documents, legislative bills, act of incorporation, by-laws, policy and procedure statements, petitions for university status, terms of reference, briefs; advertising sheets, press releases; construction permits, specifications, tenders, architectural drawings; photographs; sound recordings.

The fonds is divided into the following series:

I0147/01 Alumni association
I0147/02 Assistant to the President
I0147/03 Associations and organizations
I0147/04 Budget
I0147/05 Buildings
I0147/06 Campaigns
I0147/07 Canadian Officers Training Corps
I0147/08 Charter
I0147/09 Commissions
I0147/10 Committees
I0147/11 Concordia University and merger
I0147/12 Conferences, seminars and special activities
I0147/13 Convocation
I0147/14 Correspondence
I0147/15 Departmental affairs
I0147/16 Internal relations
I0147/17 External relations
I0147/18 Publications
I0147/19 Publicity and public relations
I0147/20 Religious affairs
I0147/21 Scholarships
I0147/22 Staff
I0147/23 Students

The fonds documents the activities of the Office of the Dean and some academic departments, mainly for the period of 1975 to 1995. The fonds includes the administrative records of the Council of the Faculty. It also includes the records (4 boxes) of the Permanent Review Committee on the Status of Women of the Faculty Council which existed between 1984 and 1994.

The fonds consists of reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings (such as Deans and Chairs meetings and Council committee meetings) and some photographs and audio visual materials mainly on University events.

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The following RCRP categories are contained within this fonds:

1110 Academic Planning (1964-1998)
1120 Program Financial Evaluation (1979-1980)
1130 Program Feasibility & Development (1980-1981)
1131 Curriculum Development (1967-2007)
1140 Academic Program Management (1963-1997)
1141 Program Accreditations & Certifications (1976-1977)
1160 Academic Program Appraisals (1970-1996)
1210 Academic Co-operation - Agreements (1977-1978)
1310 Academic Session Organization (1973-1974)
1312 Course Files (1978-1982)
1410 Recruitment - Academic Appointments (1962-2010)
1421 CUFA - Academic Dossier (1961-2013)
1470 Recognition Awards & Prizes to Professors (2006-2008)
2120 Enrolment Statistics (1973-1984)
2430 Awards & Scholarships - Programs (1965-1973)
3110 Funding Programs for Research (1976-2012)
3210 Research Chairs (2006-2010)
4120 Governing Bodies - Committees (1965-2010)
4123 Elections (1966-1967)
4210 University Policies (1971-1982)
5110 Administrative Planning (1996-1997)
5111 Meetings of Units (1968-1985)
5112 Reports, Studies & analyses (1973-2010)
5113 Statistics (1981-1995)
5160 University Events (1970-2011)
5161 Promotional Material (1979-2009)
5170 External Relations (1972-2010)
5172 Public Relations Activities (1985)
5430 Media Coverage (1978-1982)
5450 University Publications (1986-2008)
6110 Staff & Position Management (1978-1982)
6120 Advisory Search Committees & Evaluations (1969-2012)
7210 Official Budget (1980-1985)
9211 Archival Holdings Management (1972-1973)

The O'Farrell Family fonds documents the professional and private life of the O'Farrell Family between 1877 and 1899. The fonds includes 2 ledgers outlining purchases made at the general store owned by the O'Farrell Family in Saint-Malachie, Quebec (1890-1896); 4 diaries written by Mary Bridget O'Farrell concerning the private life of the family (1898-1899); and 1 ledger (tax roll) (1877-1883) documenting taxation in the town of Saint-Malachie. Notes, correspondence, and additional pages can be found throughout the ledgers.

The O’Farrell Family fonds is divided into 2 series:
• F026/A Business records
• F026/B Personal records

The Norman Marshall Villeneuve fonds documents Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s career as a jazz musician. It also contains records relating to other Canadian as well as American jazz musicians. Materials in this fonds are dated between 1946 and 2016, with the majority of the documents dating from 1960s to the1980s. Most of the material was created in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec.

The fonds includes newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, programs, magazines, drawings and notes.

The fonds is organized into the following series:
F022/A Newspaper clippings and magazines
F022/B Photographs
F022/C Posters
F022/D Correspondence
F022/E Notes

The fonds provides information on activities of the Guinea Pig Graduating class. It also provides information on the foundation of the Alumni Association of Sir George Williams College and the Society of the Order of the Guinea Pig.

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, and clippings.

The fonds provides information on the history of ideological Anti-Semitism.

The fonds consists of the text of lectures on the history of ideological anti-Semitism given by Norman Cohn during his stay at Concordia University.

The fonds relates to Montreal Nightlife and Nick Morara’s career as a chef in Montreal clubs. It illustrates the Montreal clubs and nightlife from the point of view of a non-musician working in the club scene. It also includes information on the Old Lantern Inn.

The fonds includes photographs, newspaper clippings, a club menu, a business card and a fee receipt card.

The Negro Community Centre/Charles H. Este Cultural Centre fonds contains records relating to the operation of the Negro Community Centre/Charles H. Este Cultural Centre. It contains textual records and other materials documenting the mission; structure; administration; building and facilities; and programs and services offered at the Centre, dating from its founding in the late 1920s until it ceased its operations. The fonds also contains materials dating to after the closure of the Centre.

The fonds documents the history of the Negro Community Centre/Charles H. Este Cultural Centre, its role in Little Burgundy and the greater Montreal area, and its relationships to other organizations, including but not limited to the Coloured Women's Club of Montreal; Union United Church; Red Feather Services; Federated Appeal of Greater Montreal; and Centraide. The fonds also includes documentation related to the Walker Credit Union and Afro-Can. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is also mentioned in the documentation.

The Negro Community Centre/Charles H. Este Cultural Centre fonds includes a wide variety of textual records, including but not limited to administrative records; ledgers and other financial records; correspondence; board and committee meeting minutes and related records; reports; calendars, flyers, posters, descriptions and other documentation relating to programs, services, and events taking place at the Centre; photographic materials, including prints and negatives; architectural drawings and plans; clothing; and ephemera.

The fonds provides information on the activities of the committee.

The fonds contains correspondence and other records on help given to Hungarian refugee students and statistics on the attendance of Hungarian refugee students at Canadian universities and colleges.

The Nat Raider fonds documents the Montreal music scene from the 1950s until the 1970s, mostly by means of sheet music used in performances of the Nat Raider orchestra.

The fonds consists of materials used by the Nat Raider Orchestra, including sheet music and hand-written arrangements. Among these documents you will find “Le Caf’ Conc' Opening Theme” composed by Nat Raiser. Also included are song lyrics, performance notes, correspondence, and documents related to the performance of comedy.

The fonds provides information on union activity. It gives complete information on a 1973 strike of members of the Sir George Williams University library staff. It also provides information on Nancy Marrelli's service as director of the Concordia University Archives, primarily long-service awards.

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of negotiation, correspondence, clippings, copies of a collective agreement, publicity and pamphlets, a mailing list, and long service awards from Concordia University.

The fonds provides an overview of Myron Sutton's musical career in the United States and Canada, particularly Montreal. It documents the careers of the various bands with which Myron Sutton was affiliated, and those he led, including the Royal Ambassadors and the Canadian Ambassadors. It also provides general information on the jazz music scene and Montreal night life during the 1930s.

The fonds consists of sound recordings and a scrapbook containing correspondence, contracts, programs, press clippings, and photographs.

The fonds provides information on the events which preceded the Computer Centre Incident at Sir George Williams University in 1969.

The fonds mainly consists of reports, articles, and letters. It includes a typed copy of “Chronicle of Events” happening at Sir George, which was published in the “Statement” first issue (January 28, 1969).

The description of this fonds is not yet available. Please contact Concordia University Records Management and Archives for more information: archives@concordia.ca.

The description of this fonds is not available. Please contact Concordia University Libraries Special Collections for more information.