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Planning
F034/A4 · Subseries · 1984-1990
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

This sub-series documents planning and development of the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW). It also provides insight into the search of a permanent location for the BTW in the 1980s, and the proposal for the establishment of a festival honoring Martin Luther King.

This sub-series contains, among other documents, 3-year-plans, action plans, newspaper articles, a proposal, and correspondence.

Accounting
F034/B1 · Subseries · 1973-1988, 1994-2008
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

This sub-series provides an overview of the Black Theatre Workshop's (BTW) financial situation from the early 1970s to 2008. It also provides insight into the resources required to produce plays and other programming at the BTW.

This sub-series contains financial statements, budgets, ledger pages, invoices, and other financial documents related to the activities of the BTW.

Funding
F034/B2 · Subseries · 1974-2014
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

This sub-series provides insight into the financial support received by the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) from the 1970s to 2013. It documents the BTW's two major sources of income: government support received by way of various grants and fundraising campaigns.

The sub-series contains, among other documents, agreements, grant applications, reports, correspondence, photographs, publicity, invitations, program descriptions, and financial records.

General audience
F034/D1 · Subseries · 1968-2014
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

The sub-series documents various plays produced by the Black Theatre Workshop from the 1970’s to 2013. It also illustrates other events organized by the Black Theatre Workshop, as, for example, festivals, workshops, conferences, poetry jams, and especially the workshop’s most important fundraiser, the annual Vision Celebration (or Vision Gala), which takes place since 1987 every year in January. At this event, each year an important member of the community is honoured with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award. The first of these awards was given to musician Oscar Peterson, followed by Oliver Jones, Daisy Peterson-Sweeney, Dorothy Wills, and others. The sub-series contains biographical information of all award recipients from 1987 to 2008. It also covers the nomination of the Victor A. Phillips Award and the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award, as part of the Vision Gala.
Furthermore, the sub-series documents the professional career of several actors involved with the Black Theatre Workshop

This sub-series contains photographs, programs, press releases, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drawings, floor plans, collages, flyers, mailing lists, project proposals, reports, invitations, entrance tickets, play scripts, meeting notes, box office records, correspondence, schedules, moving images, sound recordings, budgets, drafts, goboes, and the first issue of the Black Theatre Workshop News, among other documents.

F034/D2 · Subseries · 1985-2014
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

This sub-series provides insight into The Black Theatre Workshop’s (BTW) contribution to education at the primary and secondary levels and contains documentation pertaining to The Theater for Young Audiences Program, which was first implemented in 1983. A number of plays were produced exclusively for this program and were shown to both elementary and secondary school audiences. These were generally presented in schools in the Greater Montreal area, but also shown in Nova Scotia and the United States among other locations. The sub-series contains documents pertaining to school tours, which took place from 1986 to 2011. Many of these tours took place during Black History Month. Materials document the plays that were part of the series, necessary preparatory work, the schools that hosted the performances, and finances, along with feedback from teachers, students and actors.

The sub-series contains correspondence, photographs, drawings, promotional material, educational material (teachers’ guides), play scripts, project outlines, reports, financial records, contracts, booking sheets, schedules, performance evaluations, newspaper clippings, sound recordings, and sheet music, among other documents.

Youthworks
F034/D3 · Subseries · 1984, 2000-2014
Part of Black Theater Workshop fonds

The sub-series provides insight into the Black Theatre Workshop’s (BTW) many initiatives to support young performing artists. A first attempt to install a program to support young artists was the Beginners’ Workshop, which took place in January and February 1984, followed by an 11-week project known as the Summer Theatre, which took place during summer of the same year. The idea was revived with the installation of the Young Performers Initiative, later called Youthworks Program, which existed from 2000 to 2013. This workshop series offered free specialized theatre training for Montreal teenagers from 12 to 25 years old, who envisioned a career in the performing arts. Each spring the workshop series finished with the presentation of a play, as there were, among others, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery ; Death of the Bourgeois Dream ; What If?, and Urban Legends / The Procrastin8r.

The sub-series contains play scripts, brochures, meeting notes, reports, program outlines, communications, interviews, photographs, schedules, zines, moving images, and sound recordings, among other documents.

History and constitution
F035/A1 · Subseries · 1966-1998, 2005-2007
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries illustrates the historical development of the Black Studies Center from its beginnings as National Black Coalition Quebec Institute of Research, to 2007.
The subseries contains, among other documents, an overview of the history of the Black Studies Centre, a case study, meeting agendas and minutes, letters patent, a constitution, an organizational chart, statistics, a brief, correspondence, an incorporation agreement, a video of the opening reception of the institute, a brochure, proposals, lists, programs, registered charity information returns, a photograph, descriptive texts of the BSC, a letterhead, two logos, the Black Studies Center Newsletter vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1974), and working documents related to its production.

Meetings and committees
F035/A2 · Subseries · 1966-1996, 2006-2007
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides insight into the administration and organizational structure of the Black Studies Center, as well as into the decision-making process, programming and other issues discussed at meetings of the Black Studies Center. The subseries includes documents related to the Board of directors, the Library Committee, staff meetings, and others.

The subseries contains, among other documents, meeting minutes, agendas, mandates, reports, policies, correspondence, and memos.

Facilities Management
F035/A3 · Subseries · 1946, 1966-1988, 1998 -2006
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries contains records documenting the building occupied by the Black Studies Center, located at 1968 De Maisonneuve West in Montreal.

The subseries contains, among other documents, deeds of sale, a certificate of location, lease agreements, insurance policies, permits, correspondence, insurance claims, funding requests, and documentation about mobile equipment and renovation works.

Human Resources
F035/A4 · Subseries · 1972-2000
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries documents employment practices at the Black Studies Center from its beginnings to 2000.

The subseries contains, among other documents, contracts, agreements, organizational charts, resumes, work schedules, job descriptions, attendance register, lists, correspondence, and personal documents of staff members.

Legal Affairs
F035/A5 · Subseries · 1974-1993, 2003
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries documents legal procedures followed by the Black Studies Center.

The subseries contains, among other documents, legal documents and correspondence.

Accounting
F035/B1 · Subseries · 1966, 1970-2007
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides an overview of the Black Studies Center’s financial situation between 1966 to 2007.

The subseries contains, among other documents, financial statements, budgets, tax accounts, by-laws, invoices, ledgers, journals, loans, balance sheets, and correspondence.

Funding
F035/B2 · Subseries · 1971-2002
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides an overview of the Black Studies Center’s funding through grants, investments, fund raising campaigns and donations. By the means of grant applications and reports, the series also informs about projects conducted by the Black Studies Center.
The subseries contains, among other documents, grant applications, correspondence, bank statements, balance sheets, receipts, brochures, project reports, and an address.

F035/E1 · Subseries · [19--], 1969-1978, 1990, 1996
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides an overview of the research conducted or supported by the Black Studies Center, predominantly in the 1970s. It provides information on various subjects, including international student enrolment, African arts and crafts, Black identity, Black history, the Montreal music scene, visible minorities in Montreal schools, and research about several countries.

The series contains, among other documents, questionnaires, notes, research papers, studies, correspondence, statistics, address lists, reports, biographical sketches, and meeting minutes.

F035/E2 · Subseries · 1928, 1960-1984, 1992
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides an overview of the research conducted in the field of Black Studies in the second half of the twentieth century, predominantly in the 1970s, outside of the Black Studies Centre. It contains information on the history, contributions, and social issues experienced by Black populations in Montreal, America, and Africa. In includes a reproduction of a thesis published in 1928 about the Montreal Black community.

The series contains research papers and related documents.

BSC Library collection
F035/F1 · Subseries · 1926, 1928, 1938, 1946-2006
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries documents the Black Studies Centre’s endeavors to make information about Black history, culture, and contributions available to the community through a vast collection of books and other textual material, slides, audio recordings and films. This documentation is represented not only through the original card catalog, lists and bibliographies, but also through a wide array of publications collected by the Center that are available as part of the fonds. In addition, the series contains documents pertaining to the organization of the Black Studies Centre library and the work of its employees.
The subseries contains, among other documents, bibliographies, reviews, notes, poems, essays, speeches, lists, leaflets, brochures, newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, studies, accession records, photographs, thesis, reports, periodicals, magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence, subscriptions, a poster, and a map.

BSC Newspaper collection
F035/F2 · Subseries · 1947, 1952, 1967-2012
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries documents Black life, culture and contributions in Canada, the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean by the means of community newspapers and magazines published mostly by Black organizations.
The collection includes, among others, issues of the following newspapers:

• A pleine voix (1992-1993, 3 issues)
• The African (1 issue, 1947)
• African Affairs (2005-2006, 7 issues)
• African Times (2004) (5 issues)
• Afrikan Awakener (1974, 4 issues)
• AFRO-CAN (1981-1987)
• The Afro News 92003-2005, 9 issues)
• Black Enterprise (1972-1976, 5 issues)
• The Black I (1972-1973, 2 issues)
• Black Liberation News (1969) (2 issues)
• Black News (1970-1973, 10 issues)
• The Black Panther (1969-1972),
• Black Reflections (1969),
• The Black Scholar (1973, 1 issue)
• Black Thoughts (1975), (2 issues)
• The Black Voice (1972-1974, 20 issues)
• Black World (1970-1976, 18 issues)
• Caribbean Camera (2001-2005, 5 issues)
• Caribbean Dialogue (1975-1978, 8 issues)
• Caribbean Quarterly (1952, 1 issue)
• Cible Carrières et Professions (1978) (5 issues)
• Co-Action Montreal (1982) (3 issues)
• Contrast (1969-1981, 1989-1990)
• Cotopaxi (Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1968))
• Dialogue (1973-1978, 15 issues),
• Direction One ([1969?]) (1 issue)
• Montreal Downtowner (1983-1984), 4 issues
• Ebony (1974, 1 issue)
• Ebony Jr. (1976-1977) (10 issues)
• Expression (1966-1969, 7 issues),
• Flambeau (September 1967)
• Festival (1975-1976) (5 issues)
• Focus (1982-1983) (4 issues)
• Focus Umoja (1974-1978) (23 issues)
• Georgian (1969-1975) (6 issues)
• Golden Legacy (1967-1972) (10 issues)
• Grasp (1971-1974, 13 issues)
• Il Ponte (1978) (6 issues)
• The Internationalist (1971-1972, 5 issues)
• The Islander (1974-1977), (43 issues)
• Jamaica News (1981-1983)(5 issues)
• JET (1971, 1974, 1995-1997) (29 issues)
• Kola (2004-2010, 7 issues)
• Link (1981-1993) (4 issues)
• Le Militant (1970) (9 issues)
• Montreal Camera (2005, 9 issues)
• Montreal Community Contact (1998-2012)
• Montreal Oracle (1976-1978) (8 issues)
• Muhammad Speaks (1969-1973) (37 issues)
• NBESEE (April 1979)
• New World Quarterly (1963-1968, 6 issues)
• The Paper (1969) (6 issues)
• People's Canada Daily News (1974-1975, 21 issues)
• Sechaba (1970-1971, 8 issues)
• Share (1979-1986, 2007-2009),
• Spark (1973-1974) (4 issues)
• Speak Out (April 1968)
• Spear (1971-1976, 17 issues)
• Spektrum (1981) (4 issues)
• Statement (1969) (5 issues)
• Tapia (1970-1973) (7 issues)
• Uhuru (1969-1970) (27 issues)
• Umoja (1969-1971) (4 issues)
• The Vanguard (February – April 1970) (3 issues)
• West Africa (1982-1983, 11 issues)
• Women's Collective Press (1975) (2 issues)
• The Zimbabwe Review (1973-1979)

F035/F3 · Subseries · 1912-2007, 2014
Part of Black Studies Centre fonds

The subseries provides information on various subjects related to Black history, culture, contributions, and experiences. It also includes documents pertaining to activism, racism, and other topics. The geographic coverage of materials in this series extends across Canada and the United States. The series also includes documents concerning significant events. Several folders in this series document the Sir George Williams Affair, also sometimes referred to as the Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident, the Anderson Affair, and the Sir George Williams University Computer Riot. The subseries also covers significant political and cultural events, occurring both in Canada and across the world.
The subseries contains, among other documents, bibliographic records, bibliographies, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, flyers, leaflets, educational material, class papers, photographs, booklets, biographies, catalogues, correspondence, interview transcripts, newspaper clippings, reproductions of historical documents, speeches, summaries of newspaper articles, reports, poems, song texts, short stories, play scripts, drawings, notes, postal stamps, and press releases.

F036/A1 · Subseries · 1980-2014
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information on the establishment and administrative development of articule from 1980 to 2014.

The subseries includes by-laws, copies of letters patent, annual reports, registered charity forms, mandates, drafts, historical overviews, policies, and other documents related to the functioning of the gallery.

Meetings and committees
F036/A2 · Subseries · 1979-2015
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information about committees involved in the administration of Articule, from the gallery’s beginnings in 1979 to 2015.

The subseries includes meeting minutes of the General Assembly, the Board of Directors, and various committees, as well as documents discussed during these meetings (calendars, contracts, forms, press releases, reports, budgets), notes, a strategic plan, photographs taken during a General Assembly, and a proposal.

Facilities Management
F036/A3 · Subseries · 1979-2015
Part of articule fonds

The sub-series provides information on various locations of Articule’s gallery space from its beginnings in 1979 to 2015. In 1979, Articule first rented a space at 1012, de la Montagne Street, Montreal. Since then, the organization moved several times. In 1982, the gallery moved to 4060, boulevard St-Laurent, where it stayed many years. From 1988 to 1991, it shared the building with six other artistic enterprises, forming together the “Société du 5 avril” in 1990. In 1992, the gallery moved to 15, Mont-Royal West. Since 2006, articule is situated in the Mile End neighbourhood.

The sub-series contains floorplans, meeting notes, photographs of exhibition spaces, correspondence, lease agreements, drafts, and insurance policies.

Membership
F036/A4 · Subseries · 1983-2002
Part of articule fonds

The subseries gives an insight into the galleries life and functioning by providing information on membership, member recruitment, daily communication among members, and subscriptions to articule from 1983 to 2002.

The subseries contains leaflets, subscriptions, member lists, four notebooks, general correspondence send to members by articule, and biographical information of some artists.

Human Resources
F036/A5 · Subseries · 1982-2016
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information on the management of personnel at Articule from 1982 to 2016. It informs about different job positions, recruitment, and internships as well as working conditions at the gallery, but also about staff members themselves.

The subseries contains a notice of assessment, a greeting card, salary declarations, job descriptions, contracts, job postings, correspondence, subvention requests, a photograph, and other documents.

Accounting
F036/B1 · Subseries · 1985-2014
Part of articule fonds

The sub-series provides an overview of Articule’s financial situation from the mid 1980s to 2014.

The sub-series contains bank statements, invoices, general ledgers, financial reports, journals, tax forms, and other financial documents, as well as correspondence.

Financial Reports
F036/B2 · Subseries · [1980], 1984-2014
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides an insight in articule’s financial situation by the means of financial reports.

The subseries contains financial statements, budgets, annual financial forms submitted to the Quebec and Canada government, ledger pages, statistics, and audit reports.

Funding
F036/B3 · Subseries · 1982-2017
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information on Articule’s funding, including grants, and the organization of fundraising events, from 1982 to 2017. The subseries also provides information on funding programs offered by various organi¬zations.

The subseries includes grant applications, contact lists, CVs, budgets, reference documentation, communiqués, correspondence, drafts, notes, lists of artists and sold works, promotional material, a publication, questionnaires, over 300 photographs, a strategic plan, and reports.

Artist files
F036/E1 · Subseries · 1973-2015, 2020
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information on artists who are members of articule or who participated in events organized by the gallery. Artist files document not only the artist’s participation at articule, but also projects not related to the gallery. They also include biographical information about the artists.

The subseries contains agreements, artist books, art works, 2 calendars, correspondence, brochures, CVs, exhibition contracts, financial records, flyers, booklets, exhibition catalogs, photographs, newspaper articles, notebooks, posters, collector’s cards, invitation cards, portfolios, postcards, project descriptions, publications, and other documents

Event files
F036/E2 · Subseries · 1977-2018
Part of articule fonds

The subseries documents events organized by Articule, such as exhibitions, performances, conferences, workshops, video screenings, poetry readings, and fundraising activities, from the gallery’s beginnings in 1977 to 2018.

The subseries contains agreements, artist books, artworks, biographies, brochures, buttons, catalogs, contracts, correspondence, CVs, financial records, flyers, a guest book, invitations, newspaper articles, notes, leaflets, photographs, plans, greeting cards, information cards, postcards, posters, printing plates, templates, press releases, project descriptions, programs, publications, statements, T-shirts, visitor logs, and other material.

Guest books
F036/E3 · Subseries · 1979-2010
Part of articule fonds

The subseries provides information about the events held at articule from 1979 to 2010 by means of guestbook entries written by gallery visitors.

The subseries contains 18 guest books, including invitation cards, posters, press releases, and flyers.

National Film Board
F038/A1 · Subseries · 1973-1986
Part of Magnus Isacsson fonds

The subseries provides information on the 6-part documentary series about the National Film Board.

The subseries includes project proposal, clippings, communiqués, outlines for each episode, correspondence, press releases, handwritten notes.