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Fonds consists of a record of the research Taras Grescoe conducted during the process of writing his books Sacré Blues, The Devil's Picnic, and The End of Elsewhere. They document Quebec Society, global tourism, and the prohibited food and substance business.

The records include sound recordings and transcripts of interviews, research materials, drafts of book chapters and articles, travel note books, and correspondence.

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 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.

Le fonds permet de suivre l’évolution de la carrière de Lucien Desmarais de ses débuts, avec sa formation à l’École de Beaux-Arts, jusqu’à sa mort en 1988, en passant par ses activités pour diverses pièces de théâtre ainsi que les voyages qu’il a effectués. Le fonds permet de connaître les intérêts de Lucien Desmarais pour les arts de la scène, les divertissements et la culture en général. Le fonds témoigne de l’art et de l’artisanat à Montréal et ailleurs, durant la période qui s’étend des années 1940 jusqu’aux années 1980. Il inclut une importante collection de documents sur l’histoire des textiles et des artistes et artisans qui les ont fabriqués. Le fonds porte sur les activités de Lucien Desmarais en tant que tisserand-concepteur et renseigne sur ses créations, tant pour la haute couture que pour la décoration intérieure, et sur les expositions auxquelles il a participé. Le fonds témoigne de son implication dans de nombreuses associations et organismes culturels en tant que fondateur, administrateur et membre de jury. Le fonds témoigne de ses activités d’enseignement et permet de connaître les cours qu’il a donnés dans de divers CÉGEPs, ainsi que les conférences qu’il a prononcées.

Le fonds contient de la correspondance, des échantillons de tissus, des notes de cours, des programmes de théâtre, des affiches, des invitations à des vernissages et à des expositions, des photographies, des coupures de presse, des dessins techniques, des albums et un spicilège qui contient des photographies de mode et des échantillons des tissus employés dans la confection des vêtements montrés.

Le fonds regroupe les séries suivantes:

P063/A Biographie
P063/B Formation
P063/C Administration
P063/D Finances
P063/E Accessoiriste
P063/F Tisserand, concepteur
P063/G Conseiller
P063/H Enseignement et conférences
P063/I Relations extérieures
P063/J Voyages
P063/K Prix et honneurs
P063/L Écrits et publications
P063/M Documentation
P063/N Spectacles
P063/O Documents iconographiques

The Peter K. Johnston fonds contains documentation pertaining to the American Jazz musician Harry James (1916-1983) and the Big band era. The fonds primarily documents the musical career of Harry James as bandleader and trumpeter. It also includes information on the Montreal Vintage Music Society (MVMS), and on other jazz musicians, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Metcalf, Oscar Peterson, and Glenn Miller, among many others.

The fonds contains memorabilia, correspondence, magazines, discographies, photographs, newspaper clippings, reference documentation, posters, moving images, and an audio recording, among other material. Some of the documents are arranged in scrapbooks.

The fonds is arranged in the following series :
P0199 / A Harry James
P0199 / B Other Jazz musicians
P0199 / C Peter Johnston as a collector