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Leah Sherman fonds
P0229 · Fonds · 1980 - 1998

The fonds mainly provides information on Leah Sherman’s teaching activities.

The fonds includes research and teaching materials, visiting artist and lectures files, correspondence and exhibition catalogues

Sherman, Leah
I0006 · Fonds · 1957, 1965-1998

The fonds mainly documents the CIT and Concordia AV Department audio-visual productions and photographs made for the University community. There are also some textual administrative records, mostly composed of the documents of Gary Boyd, AV Assistant Director, Research & Development.

The fonds includes sound recordings (e.g. audio reels, compact cassettes) and moving images (e.g. film reels, video reels, videocassettes). For instance, the fonds contains most of the original audio reels of the SGWU Poetry series recorded for the English department between 1965 and 1974 (see the Concordia SpokenWeb project which uses this material). The fonds also includes photographs made by the AV Photographic section for the University community. This material is mainly composed of faculty and staff portraits and pictures of University events, dated between 1979 and 1994.

Concordia University. Audio-Visual Department
Eric Wesselow fonds
P201 · Fonds · [192-?]-1998

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

Wesselow, Eric
Dorothy Rath fonds
F007 · Fonds · 1957–1997

Dorothy Rath Fonds consist of records relating to Dorothy Rath as Layton’s friend. Records include correspondence between Rath and Layton, photographs of Dorothy Rath, Irving Layton, and friends, audio recordings of Layton’s public readings, video clips of Layton’s television appearances and book readings, newspaper clippings relating to Layton’s works, and promotional and publicity material regarding Layton’s appearances. The Dorothy Rath Fonds is part of the Irving Layton Collection.

The fonds is divided into 8 series:
F007/A Audio recordings
F007/B Clippings
F007/C Correspondence
F007/D Photographs
F007/E Poems
F007/F Promotional Material
F007/G Sculptures
F007/H Video recordings

Rath, Dorothy
Irving Layton fonds
F001 · Fonds · 1912-1997

Irving Layton fonds consists of records relating to Layton’s life and activities as a writer. Records include correspondence between family members, professionals, friends, newspapers and periodicals, colleges and universities, reviews of Layton’s works, fan letters, published material, offprints of poems, transcripts of interviews, publicity for public appearances and readings, reviews of his works, foreign language articles, manuscripts and drafts of monographs and poems, transcripts of interviews, newspaper clippings, notebooks, journals, calendars, schedules, agendas, personal papers including bills, invoices, finances, awards and certificates, and audio visual material.

The fonds is divided into 16 series:
F001/A Objects
F001/B Audio recordings
F001/C Clippings
F001/D Conferences and festivals
F001/E Correspondence
F001/F Art works
F001/G Manuscripts, poems, articles, and essays
F001/H Notebooks and journals
F001/I Personal papers
F001/J Photographs
F001/K Public appearances
F001/L Reviews
F001/M Schedules
F001/N Scrapbooks
F001/O Transcripts and interviews
F001/P Video recordings

Layton, Irving
Elizabeth K. Horwood fonds
P0127 · Fonds · 1992-1997

The fonds provides information on the events that occurred at Concordia University on the afternoon of August 24, 1992.

The fonds consists of the account of the events prepared by Elizabeth Horwood, transcripts from the 911 conversation, transcripts of the court hearings, and a pamphlet.

Horwood, Elizabeth K.
Wynne Francis fonds
P0043 · Fonds · 1941-1997

The fonds documents Wynne Francis' teaching activities and her writings on Canadian literature.

The fonds includes correspondence, notes, articles, and manuscripts.

Francis, Wynne
Jane Hackett fonds
P0278 · Fonds · 1972-1997, predominant 1972-1975

The fonds mainly provides information on the activities of Thé-Arts Loyola and general music and drama productions at Concordia University.

The fonds contains press clippings, theatre programs, small posters, and a souvenir book of the 25th anniversary of Thé-Arts’ reunion in 1997. It also contains slides of Thé-Arts productions Applause and Once Upon a Mattress which were donated by photographer Jeff Barber, former student and a member of Thé-Arts Loyola.

Hackett, Jane
Société du 5 avril fonds
P170 · Fonds · 1990-1997

The fonds relates to the management and activities of the Société du 5 avril of Montreal, from its inception in 1990 through the cessation of operations in 1997. It primarily documents the Société's efforts to launch a self-managed artist's centre and the plan to acquire a building for that purpose.

The fonds is composed of feasibility studies, working files, correspondence, and promotional documents.

The fonds is arranged in the following series:

P170/A Administration
P170/A,1 Founding documents and histories
P170/A,2 General meetings

P170/B Financial administration
P170/B,1 Fund-raising
P170/B,2 Accounting
P170/B,3 Banking
P170/B,4 Taxes
P170/B,5 Financial statements

P170/C Buildings, equipment and supplies
P170/C,1 Equipment and supplies
P170/C,2 Buildings

P170/D Communications and public relations

P170/E Feasibility studies
P170/E,1 Working documents
P170/E,2 Reference documentation
P170/E,3 Member files
P170/E,4 Lists of equipment required
P170/E,5 Reports

La Société du 5 avril
P0022 · Fonds · 1970-1997

The fonds provides information on activities of the Graduate Students' Association and the support it has given to other associations and individuals at Concordia.

The fonds consists of minutes, funding requests, correspondence, financial records, activity reports, representative listings, and election documentation.

Concordia University. Graduate Students’ Association
F013 · Fonds · [1929-1997]

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.

Negro Community Centre
P0130 · Fonds · 1994-1996

The fonds provides information on the Concordia Graduate History Students' Association annual conferences.

The fonds consists of schedules, expense records, correspondence, and conference proceedings.

Concordia University. Graduate History Students Association
Nancy Marrelli fonds
P0100 · Fonds · 1970-1996

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.

Marrelli, Nancy
Computing Services fonds
I0026 · Fonds · 1974 - 1996

The fonds provides information on the activities and management of the Computer Centre/Computing Services at Concordia between 1974 and 1996 and during its period at Sir George between 1970 and 1974. There are also some files which document the activities of the Loyola College Computing Centre (1970-1971) and its Data Processing Department (1971-1974). The fonds also includes the research material for the History of Computing Services Project, realized in 1995-1996, which include recorded interviews with employees of the unit and its four directors: Graham Martin, Ivan Fuchs, Jack Fearnley, and John Woodrow.

The fonds mainly consists of reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings, handbooks, computer program files, photographs and videos of employee social events, and sound recordings.

Concordia University. Computing Services
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
John Laffey fonds
P0143 · Fonds · 1959-1996

The fonds mainly documents the professional activities of John F. Laffey as a History Department faculty member at Sir George Williams University and Concordia University.

The fonds consists of correspondence, course and lecture notes, clippings, and a few personal documents.

Laffey, John
François Brault fonds
P0110 · Fonds · 1961-1995

The fonds consists primarily of slides on liturgical art in Quebec. It includes slides on the production of films and books on art.

Brault, François
P0104 · Fonds · 1967-1995

The fonds provides information on the activities, evolution, and social involvement of the Caribbean Students' Union.

The fonds consists of programs, reports, and other documentation on activities held by the Caribbean Students' Union; expense reports and budgets; lists of members; correspondence with internal and external bodies, and policies and procedures.

Concordia University. Caribbean Students' Union
P0144 · Fonds · 1971-1995

The fonds provides information on Véhicule Art (Montréal) Inc. Gallery activities and on some of the artists who exhibited or performed at the gallery. The fonds also provides information on the management of the Investigation of the Activities of Véhicule Art (Montréal) Inc., 1972-1983 project.

The fonds consists of exhibition and artist files, including photographs of artworks. There are also publicity materials of various kinds including clippings, and a research report on Véhicule Art.

Véhicule Art Research Group
McCorkill Family fonds
P0188 · Fonds · 1821-1928, 1995

The fonds illustrates life of an Irish immigrant family in the eastern Townships in the 19th century, and gives information on the decendants of John McCorkill.

The fonds consists of letters, accounting records, legal documents, and genealogical information on the McCorkill family.

McCorkill Family
Susan Drysdale fonds
P0219 · Fonds · 1972 - 1995

The fonds mainly provides information on teaching activities and her administrative career at Concordia University.

The fonds includes minutes, reports and correspondence. The fonds also includes her research files on GEMA (Committee on Gender Equity in Matter Academic), Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Planning Committee, Status of Women at Concordia University (Committee), Women’s Studies, Oral History Project, Pay Equity Committee, Ph. D in Humanities Program and CUFA (Concordia University Faculty Association).

Drysdale, Susan
CUTV fonds
P0024 · Fonds · 1975 - 1995

The fonds is mainly composed of CUTV member’s productions which amounts to approximately 250 titles.
The textual records are organized in 3 series:

  • PRODUCTIONS
  • ADMINISTRATION
  • COMMUNICATION

The PRODUCTIONS series includes records on different shows produced by CUTV and include scripts, release forms, crew lists, inventories. The ADMINISTRATION series includes membership forms, budget files, some minutes from the CUTV Executive and correspondence. The COMMUNICATION series includes some press clippings, promotional material and photos.

Concordia University. Television
P0116 · Fonds · 1898-1995

The fonds provides information on alumni activities. There are also records related to the Loyola Hall of Fame and the Loyola Medal.

The fonds consists of by-laws, correspondence, accounting records, lists of nominations, honours presentations documentation, reference documentation on various social activities organised for the alumni members, minutes, fund raising literature, and membership lists, as well as photographs and audiovisual records of activities, publications and memorabilia. There are also four reels of microfilmed press clippings.

Loyola College. Loyola Alumni Association Inc.
Hingston Family fonds
P0134 · Fonds · 1848-1994

The fonds consists mainly of correspondence received by Sir William Hales Hingston and a few letters received by Mrs. Hingston and their sons William, Donald, and Harold.

There are also photographs, press clippings, brochures, invitations, manuscripts of Sir William's writings, business cards, maps and objects. The fonds includes a scrapbook of press clippings relating to Sir William Hingston's political and professional life, an official document appointing him to the Ottawa Improvement Commission in 1902, the original letters patent related to Sir William's knighthood, and a circa 1889 photograph of Sir William. Also included is an album containing 92 wedding and travel photographs of the Hingston family.

The fonds is organized into the following series:

P0134/A Sir William Hales Hingston
P0134/B Family correspondence
P0134/C Family history

Hingston Family
P0003 · Fonds · 1984 - 1994

The fonds provides detailed information on major issues, such as globalization, the effects of new technology on the workplace and the transition to a knowledge economy, and their impact on education at the post-secondary level in Canada. It contains materials documenting the pressures faced by post-secondary institutions in Canada due to increasing enrollment and decreasing funding from the federal government.

The fonds consists of reports, studies, research materials, questionnaires and survey results stemming from the work of the Task Forces and resulting in the C-HEF’s publications
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The fonds contains material related to C-HEF symposia on such topics as private sector investment in research & development and Canadian K-12 education reform. It also contains correspondence with members and associates of the C-HEF, related associations and Canadian federal government departments, as well as newsletters sent to members updating them on the C-HEF’s activities.

The fonds includes meeting notices, agendas, minutes and supporting documentation for monthly Board of Director meetings and annual general meetings. It contains press clippings documenting the coverage of C-HEF and its members’ activities and the response to the C-HEF’s publications. The fonds also contains photographic material from events such as annual general meetings and publication launches, and 117 slides from presentations, primarily given at the 1985 C-HEF Annual Meeting in Toronto.

C-HEF Publications:

  • Partnership for Growth: Corporate-University Collaboration in Canada / Ensemble vers l’avenir: La collaboration entreprises-universités au Canada (1984) commissioned by the Forum and prepared by Judith Maxwell and Stephanie Currie of Currie, Coopers & Lybrand
  • Addresses to the Forum / Allocutions au Forum (1984)
  • Spending Smarter: Corporate-University Cooperation in Research and Development / Investir plus sagement: La collaboration entreprises-universités en Recherche et development (1985) by the Task Force on Research and Development.
  • Making the Match: Canada’s University Graduates and Corporate Employers (1986) by the Task Force on Human Resource Management and the Status of Higher Education
  • From Patrons to Partners / Du mécénat au partenariat (1987) by the Task Force on Funding Higher Education: Corporate Support for Universities
  • Going Global: Meeting the Need for International Business Expertise in Canada (1988) by the Task Force on International Business Education and Partnership for International Development
  • To Be Our Best: Learning for the Future (1990), and Learning Goals for K-12 Education / Objectifs d’apprentissage de la maternelle au secondaire: Nous accomplir (1992) by the Standing Committee on Education
  • Directory to International Business Education in Canada (1991)
Corporate-Higher Education Forum
Merrily Weisbord fonds
P240 · Fonds · 1941-1994

Fonds consists of research material and oral history interviews conducted by Merrily Weisbord for the writing of The Strangest Dream. The interviews cover various aspects of the evolution of the Communist Party of Canada (renamed the Labour Progressive Party in 1943) and the life of some of its Quebec members.

Fonds includes more than 20 hours of sound recordings consisting of interviews with about fifteen individuals who were members of the party between the 1930s and the 1950s, such as Lea Roback, Irene Kon, Gilles Hénault and Fred Taylor. All the players, from the upper middle class intellectual Stanley Ryerson to the working class lumber camp labour organizer, Gérard Fortin, are included. There is also a 15 minute recorded message by Paul Robeson urging Montreal voters to reelect Fred Rose in 1945. Fonds also includes interview notes and transcriptions, correspondence, and printed materials.

Weisbord, Merrily
Russell Breen fonds
P0210 · Fonds · 1970 - 1993

The fonds consists of Russell Breen’s personal records (mainly correspondence with individuals and organizations) between 1970 and 1991 and some administrative documents related to Saint-Patrick Basilica. The fonds also includes texts of speeches, homilies, and sermons delivered by Russell Breen, between 1973 and 1993.

Breen, Russell
P0092 · Fonds · 1987-1993

The fonds provides information on the executive and administration of the Commerce and Administration Students' Association and its activities.

The fonds consists of minutes, executive lists, memoranda, the association's policies and constitution, and the presidents' annual reports. It also contains copies of a student profile book and CASA publications, including its newsletter, as well as photographs, posters, and objects related to CASA activities.

Concordia University. Commerce and Administration Students' Association
Dorothy Davis fonds
P098 · Fonds · 1919-1993

The fonds provides information on Montreal Children's Theatre and its founders.

The fonds consists of five scrapbooks including press clippings and articles, as well as photographs, a video cassette of a media interviews with Dorothy Davis [ca. 1983, 1984] and of a report on her death in 1993, and the honourary degrees conferred by Concordia University on Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters in 1984.

Davis, Dorothy
P0107 · Fonds · 1987-1993

The fonds provides information on the administration of the LSCC and the involvement of the LSCC in events and classes at Concordia University.

The fonds consists of correspondence, lesbian studies documentation, advertising for events, clippings, minutes, budgets, subsidy applications, a panel proposal, conference documentation, and buttons.

Concordia University. Lesbian Studies Coalition