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P128/A1 · Subseries · 1973-2010
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information on the establishment of La Centrale in 1973. It also contains documentation related to its development.

The subseries includes by-laws, organizational charts, mandates, audio and video recordings, and other documents related to the functioning of the gallery.

Meetings and committees
P128/A2 · Subseries · 1974-2014
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information about committees involved in the administration of the La Centrale.

The subseries includes meeting minutes of the general assembly, the board of directors, and various permanent and ad hoc committees. It also includes documents consulted during the meetings and recordings of meetings.

P128/E1 · Subseries · 1973-2015
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information on events organized by the gallery, as well as on participating artists. Events are not limited to exhibitions and performances, but also include conferences, workshops and fundraising activities like street sales and auctions. Artist files document not only the artist’s participation at La Centrale, but also include biographical information and documentation about projects that occurred outside the Gallery.

The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, CVs, flyers, résumés, exhibition contracts, artist’s statements, photographs, newspaper articles, posters, invitation cards, publications, moving images, sound recordings, objects, and other documents.

Photo albums
P128/E2 · Subseries · 1975-1999
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries documents events held at La Centrale from 1975 to 1999. In addition, it provides information about various Canadian women artists working around 1980.

In addition to slides and prints, the series also includes other graphic material, including posters and invitation cards. It also includes textual material, such as the exhibition catalog for ArtFemme ’75, promotional materials, press clippings, and CVs.

Guest books
P128/E3 · Subseries · 1980-2003
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information on the events held at the La Centrale from 1980 to 2003 by means of guestbook entries written by gallery visitors.

The subseries contains 10 guest books.

P128/E4 · Subseries · 1999-2004
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries documents the programming and events organized by La Centrale in form of a neutral presentation. The aim of these visual presentations is to convince granting agencies to provide funding for different projects or for the general functioning of the gallery.

The subseries contains grant applications, photographs, press releases, publications, financial statements and other material.

Information about membership
P128/J1 · Subseries · 1983-2003
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information on the membership and member recruitment at La Centrale.

The subseries contains flyers, membership bylaws, lists, drafts, notes, and meeting minutes.

Members
P128/J2 · Subseries · 1995-2014
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries provides information about the members of La Centrale throughout the years.

The subseries contains membership forms, membership applications, lists of members, correspondence, and a CV.

Members’ documents
P128/J3 · Subseries · 1973-1999
Part of La Centrale fonds

The subseries reflects the role of the gallery’s members as active part of the organization. It presents documents collected by various members, including founding members, from the gallery’s beginnings in 1973 to 1999.
The subseries includes documents donated by :

Celine Boucher
Gail Bourgeois
Sheena Gourlay
Margaret Griffin
Suzanne Harwood
Gail Lauzzana
Pauline Morier
Joanna Nash
Ann Pearson
Petronella (Nell) Tenhaaf

The subseries includes newsletters, posters, correspondence, meeting minutes, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs (mostly contact sheets), publications, a drawing, and an artist book.

Research material
P182/A1 · Subseries · [1909?], 1916, [1948, 1965], 1976-2005
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on a variety of subjects researched by Mark Abley during his work as a journalist. Recurring research topic are humanitarian and economical issues in developing countries, Human rights, minorities, animal protection, and English-Canadian Writers. The sub-series contains several documents related to the Armenian genocide and interviews that Abley conducted with writers, politicians, and other personalities such as Jane Goodall, Henry Kissinger, and more.

The sub-series contains, but s not limited to, business cards, essays, notes, newspaper articles, correspondence, publications, photographs, a press kit, reports, archival material (photocopies), sound recordings, and a seed package.

Articles
P182/A2 · Subseries · 1978-2010, 2014, 2015
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on a variety of subjects, such as racism, bilingualism, poverty, and English literature and writers, illustrating his career as journalist, especially for The Gazette, where he wrote, among others, the Watchword column.

The sub-series contains, but is not limited to, newspaper articles by Mark Abley and other writers, book reviews, drafts, and various publications.

Work at La Gazette
P182/A3 · Subseries · [1924], 1990-2004
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on Ableys work at The Gazette, including documentation on a trip to Hong Kong.

The sub-series contains ID-cards, articles, correspondence, a magazine, photographs, a proposal, a schedule, a staff policy manual, a style guide, and a memorandum of Agreement.

Poetry
P182/B1 · Subseries · 1979-2015
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on Abley’s poetry writings from his early days as a student in Oxford, to 2015. It includes unpublished works by Mark Abley, material about or by other Canadian poets, as well as material related to Abley’s published poetry collections, Blue Sand, Blue Moon, Glasburyon, The Silver Palace Restaurant, and The Tongues of Earth. The series also covers the poetry workshop groups that Abley was part of.

The sub-series contains a class paper, drafts, comments, contracts, correspondence, a grant application, magazines, manuscripts, newspapers, notes, poems, research material, reviews, and a report.

Non-fiction
P182/B2 · Subseries · 1922, 1940, 1984-1997, 2000-2015
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on non fiction books written by Mark Abley from 1986 to 2014, starting with Abley’s first book, Beyond Forget : Rediscovering the Prairies, which was published in 1986. Other books are Spoken Here : Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003), The Prodigal Tongue, published in 2008, and Conversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott (2013). The sub-series also includes material related to essays published in anthologies and draft proposals of unpublished books.

The sub-series includes a biography, book excerpts, business cards, agreements, mock-up covers, comments, a directory, drafts, essays, an invitation, publicity material, newspaper articles, notes, correspondence, periodicals, permissions, a poem, proposals, research material, reviews, sales reports, a score, a speech, and a work plan.

Young Audiences
P182/B3 · Subseries · 2000-2004, 2008-[2011?]
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on children's books written by Mark Abley between 2000 and 2011, as there is Ghost Cat and Camp Fossil Eyes. It also includes an unpublished novel, Time’s Necklace. The Ghost Cat, for which Abley received the Torgi Literary Award, was presented by Abley during reading at schools in Montreal and surroundings.

The sub-series contains, without limitations, an awards program, a contract, comments, correspondence, a draft, notes, an outline, proposals, proof prints, reviews, a newspaper article, a style guide, and a critique.

Editorial Work
P182/B4 · Subseries · 1999-2012
Part of Mark Abley fonds

The sub-series provides information on Ableys work as editor from 1999 to 2012. During this time, he edited several books, starting with "Stories From the Ice Storm" in 1999.
He was faculty editor at the Banff Centre for Arts in 2000, and contributing editor for the 75th anniversary issue of Canadian Geographic, “Canada : Global Citizen”, in 2004.
As literary executor of poet Anne Szumigalski, Abley assembled and edited three posthumous books of her work from 2006 to 2012.
Within his writer’s residency at the Point-Claire Public Library in 2011, Abley edited a collection of writings by local residents, "The City We Share = La Ville que nous partageons".
In 2007 Abley was 'guest creative editor’ of a special Canadian issue of "Review".
The sub-series contains biographies, a contract, correspondence, drafts, essays, newspaper articles, magazines, poems, and reviews.

Family
P0195/1B · Subseries · 1939-[200-]
Part of Bill Stewart fonds

Textual records and graphic material relating to the family.

Diairies
P0195/1D · Subseries · 1945-2000
Part of Bill Stewart fonds

Textual records relating to his diaries.

1933-1940
P195/3A · Subseries · 1932-1941, 1945
Part of Bill Stewart fonds

Textual and graphic material relating to the time 1932-1940.

Letters, photographs, speech, newspaper articles, identification cards, meeting minutes, newsletters, and more

P195/3F · Subseries · 1952-1974, 1983
Part of Bill Stewart fonds

Photographs, business cards, newspaper articles, correspondence, maps, a speech, sheet music, Canadian Press charter and by-laws

P234/ B1 · Subseries · [1960], 1972-2022
Part of Sur Rodney (Sur) fonds

The subseries illustrates Sur Rodney (Sur)’s career as an artist and his involvement in the art scene, from the beginning of his career in the 1960s to today. It documents Sur Rodney (Sur)’s various actions and implications not only as an artist, but also as spokesperson for artists from marginalized groups and especially those living with HIV/AIDS.
The subseries includes material on various of Sur Rodney’s projects, such as, among others, the video production The Scary truth About Cockroaches & Landlords, various exhibitions, Sur Rodney (Sur)’s contributions to numerous publications, his participation in various panels and talks, especially his presentation at the CCA Panel : Art Minus Hype : American Art in the 1980’s (1997), and the television shows Sur Rodney (Sur) Show (1980) and All New Sur Rodney (Sur) Show (1981), both moderated by Sur Rodney (Sur). In these shows Sur Rodney (Sur) presented artists from the Manhattan's Lower East Side art scene.
The subseries also includes interviews with Sur Rodney (Sur).

The subseries contains, but is not limited to, scripts, notebooks, calendars, a scrapbook, photographs, flyers, newspaper articles, magazines and other publications, moving images, a press kit, posters, and a sound recording.