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P078-11-008 · Item · [19--]
Part of Concordia University Archives Jazz collection

On the Continental label - Side A: "(She's) He's Funny That Way" from the MGM Picture "The Postman Rings Twice" by Mary Osborne with Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars. Mary Lou Williams - piano; Bridget O'Flynn - vibraharp; Bea Taylor - bass. Composed by Rich A. Whiting and Neil Moret. Side B: "D.D.T" by Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars. Mary Lou Williams - piano; Bridget O'Flynn - vibraharp; Mary Osborne - guitar; Marjory Hyams - drums; Bea Taylor - bass. Composed by Leonard Feather.

P078-11-007 · Item · [19--]
Part of Concordia University Archives Jazz collection

On the Continental label - Clyde Hart's All Stars. Trummie Young - trombone; Don Byas - tenor sax; Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet; Charlie Parker - alto sax; Clyde Hart - piano; Mike Bryan - guitar; All Hall - bass; Spec's Powell - drums; vocals by Rubberlegs Williams. "What's The Matter Now" arranged by Clyde Hart. "That's The Blues" composed by Rubberlegs Williams and Morty Shad.

Midnite Mood / Mickey Finn
P078-11-004 · Item · [19--]
Part of Concordia University Archives Jazz collection

On the Swan label - Don Redman's Orchestra. Featuring Hot Lips Page, Dick Vance, Harold Johnson - trumpets; Henderson Chambers - trombone; Don Byas - tenor sax; Burnie Peacock - alto sax; Bob Wyatt - piano; Cozy Cole - drums. "Midnite Mood" composed/arranged by Henry Glover. "Mickey Finn" composed by Don Redman.

Daddy-Daddy / All Alone
P078-11-003 · Item · [19--]
Part of Concordia University Archives Jazz collection

On the Manor label - Savannah Churchill and her All Star Orchestra. "Daddy-Daddy" composed by Savannah Churchill and Irving Berman, with trombone solo by Jay Jay. "All Alone" composed by Irving Berlin with tenor sax solo by Don Byas.

Henry Beissel fonds
P0287 · Fonds · 1941 - 2022

The fonds is organized in 2 series: PROFESSIONAL LIFE and PRIVATE LIFE.

The PROFESSIONAL LIFE series is comprised of 8 sub-series. The CORRESPONDENCE sub-series consists of letters, postcards and greeting cards from peers (artists, writers, professors, humanists, publishers) of Beissel including Angelika Arend, Werner Berchem, Werner Berg, Per Brask, Ronnie Brown, Anthony Cassils, Patrick Drysdale, Leo Enright, Heide Fruth-Sachs, Keith Garebian, Gary Geddes, Albert-Reiner Glaap, Amanda Hale, Jack Herbert, Jürgen Jankofsky, Anne Kulling, Renée Makino, Helmut Markus, Rob McLennan, Najwa Nasr, Anja Oppermann, Bruno Petrenko, Andrew Proctor, Uta Regoli, Walter Riedell, Gillian Rimington, Gerd Rohmann, Fruma Rothberg Sanders, Desmond Scott, John Smith, Richard Thain, Axel Vieregg and Norman Yates, to name a few. There is also an extended correspondence with Edward Lacey, Walter Bauer and Wolfgang Bottenberg.

The WRITINGS sub-series includes notebooks, manuscript and some correspondence related to Beissel's works in poetry (What If Zen Gardens, Season of Blood suite, Cantos North, The Dragon and the Pearl, Feel with your Eyes, etc.) and theatre (Inuk in the Sun, Under Coyote's Eye, For Crying Out Loud, Goya, The Noose and Improvisations for Mr. X., etc.) mostly but also essays (On the High Wires of the Imagination, Recovering the Child Inside or How to Write for Sarah and Jason, The Second Humanist Revolution: Eco-Humanism, Epic in Transition: A Challenge to the Contemporary Poet, etc.) and prose (The Sniper, As Flies to Wanton Boys, etc.). The sub-series also contains records related to the Irving Layton Festschrift published by Concordia that Beissel edited with Joy Bennett in the beginning of the 1990's.

The TRANSLATION sub-series includes notes and manuscripts of translations of works by Pablo Neruda, Tor Age Bringsvaerd, François Charron, Tankred Dorst, Shie Min, André Simard, Helmut Markus and Henrik Ibsen among others, but most notably Walter Bauer and Peter Huchel.

The CONFERENCES, TOURS AND RESEARCH TRIPS sub-series is comprised of correspondence, promotional material, speaking notes and travel reports related to Beissel's participation in many conferences, talks, festivals around the world including Peru, Kenya, China, Japan and Mexico but mostly in Canada and Germany where he often toured extensively. This sub-series includes a number of audio recordings created during his attendance at the Cultural Congress of Havana which took place January 4-11, 1968. It also contains records one the Face-to-Face National Conference on Contemporary English-Canadian Theatre Beissel helped organize at Concordia University in 1975.

The TEACHING sub-series includes records related to Beissel's work at the University of the West Indies, the University of Alberta and the Munich University in Germany, but mostly at Concordia University as a full professor at the Department of English and as a coordinator of the Creative Writing Program he was instrumental in establishing and coordinating. The sub-series is comprised of correspondence, evaluations, some meeting minutes and course notes on modern European literature, Canadian literature and modern drama.

The COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT sub-series testifies of Beissel's involvement with different organizations and associations (the League of Canadian Poets, the Humanist Association of Ottawa, the Universities Faculty Committee for Peace in Vietnam, the Canadian Humanists Publications, the Book and Periodical Development Council, the Writers' Union of Canada, the International Theatre Institute, the Playwrights Guild of Canada and more) and his work as an editor of the magazines Humanist Perspectives and Edge. It is comprised mostly of correspondence but also includes some meeting agendas, minutes and notes.

The DISTINCTIONS sub-series is comprised of records related to the prizes and awards Beissel either won or was nominated for, including a Literary Award in Honour of Walter Bauer, an Ottawa Book Award and a Concordia University Alumni Associations Honorary Life Membership.

The MEDIA COVERAGE sub-series includes miscellaneous press clippings, reviews of Beissel's prose, poetry and plays as well as promotional material related to his publications, correspondence with poetry magazines as well as an extensive interview with Per Brask.

The PRIVATE LIFE series is comprised of 3 sub-series. The EDUCATION sub-series includes records related to Beissel's studies at University of Toronto: course notes, correspondence and syllabi of the courses he attended to. The sub-series also includes earlier course notes and writings [ca.1943-1950].

The JOURNALS sub-series includes the many diaries Beissel held between 1941 and 2015, including travel diaries written in Cuba, Kenya, Japan, England and China and a German war camp journal.

The CORRESPONDENCE sub-series consists of letters, greeting cards and postcards from friends and family members, including Beissel's parents and his daughters.

Beissel, Henry
I0069 · Fonds

PROCESSING IN PROGRESS

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)

Concordia University. Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science
P0287-11-0007 · Item · 1968
Part of Henry Beissel fonds

Henry Beissel interviews American author, poet and playwright Susan Sherman and writer and journalist Rodolfo Walsh in the context of the Cultural Congress of Havana which took place January 4-11, 1968. Interviews took place in the Hotel Havana Libre. Tape 14.
Side A interview with Susan Sherman, Side B interview with Rodolfo Walsh.

P0287-11-0006 · Item · 1968
Part of Henry Beissel fonds

Henry Beissel interviews poet, translator and editor Hans Magnus Enzensberger in the context of the Cultural Congress of Havana which took place January 4-11, 1968. Tape 13.

Interview with John La Rose
P0287-11-0004 · Item · 1968
Part of Henry Beissel fonds

Henry Beissel interviews poet and activist John La Rose in the context of the Cultural Congress of Havana which took place January 4-11, 1968. Tape 13

Bruce Le Dain fonds
P0294 · Fonds · 1941 - 1999

The fonds provides information on the professional life of Canadian artist Bruce Le Dain.

It is comprised of journals held more or less regularly by Le Dain between 1963 and 1999. They include records of personal accounting and painting income summaries as well as some correspondence and press clippings.

The CORRESPONDENCE subseries includes letters exchanged with fellow Canadian artist John Little between 1974 and 1992. It also includes a binder of miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia as well as some reference documentation on the subject of art.

The DISTINCTIONS subseries includes framed honours granted to Le Dain: an Honorary Life Membership to the Arts Club of Montreal in 1994 as well as a recognition from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) for his contribution in the arts of painting in 1985.

The fonds also includes a wooden box custom-made by Le Dain, a box he used to store his tools when he was painting.

Le Dain, Bruce
C036 · Collection · 1941-1994, predominant 1944-1958

The collection provides information on the careers of Peter McDonald and Frances Belfrage. It is focused on McDonald’s work as a writer, producer, and director for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between 1942 and 1958. It includes scripts written and/or produced by Peter McDonald, and scripts written by Frances Belfrage for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Peter McDonald and Frances B. McDonald (Belfrage) collection contains photographs, scripts, newspaper clippings, correspondence, press releases, one audio cassette, and one VHS tape.

The Peter McDonald and Frances B. McDonald (Belfrage) collection is divided into two series:

• C036/A Peter McDonald Career
• C036/B Frances Belfrage Scripts

McDonald, Peter
P103 · Collection · [1910]-[195-]

The collection consists mainly of musical sound recordings in form of discs by various production companies, produced in the first half of the 20th century. Most are jazz, but other styles of music are also represented. The collection is completed by some sheet music, literature, photographs, especially showing John Wilson McConnell, and a microphone.

McConnell, Wilson Griffith
Patricia Morley fonds
P0141 · Fonds · 1985-1988

The fonds provides information on the evolution of Patricia Morley's relationship with Canadian critic / journalist Kenneth Shorey. Shorey knew the artist William Kurelek, subject of a biography by Patricia Morley published in 1986, and some of the letters give details about Kurelek.

The fonds consists of approximately 250 pieces of outgoing and incoming correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Morley, Patricia
Cantos North
P0287-11-0016 · Item
Part of Henry Beissel fonds

Henry Beissel reading Cantos North. Recorded at AV Studios of Concordia (Loyola Campus).

Human resources
P056/3 · Series · 1976-1990
Part of Optica Art Gallery fonds

The series relates to Optica Gallery's personnel management.

The series contains payroll books, job offers, members' and directors' lists, employee files, financial statements, and correspondence.

Optica Art Gallery fonds
P056 · Fonds · 1971-1996

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

Optica Art Gallery