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The series provides information about Guy Thouin’s personal life.

The series contains correspondence, a certificate of birth and baptism, a passport issued in India in 1974, curriculum vitae, biographical notes, and an optician license.

The series contains documentation about the administration and organization of the Black Community Resource Centre between 1994 and 2021.

The series contains agendas, meeting minutes, communiques, correspondence, bulletins, press releases, newsletters, annual reports, policies, organizational charts, job descriptions and job postings, memos, invitation letters, updates on programs, and group discussions, among other documents.

The series provides information about the financial management of the Black Community Resource Centre, including documentation about the BCRC’s budget and expenses.

The series includes, but is not limited to, financial reports, cost estimations, annual budgets, funding requests and proposals, financial statements, handwritten notes, correspondence, expenditure summaries, price quotes, travel expenses, cash balance, and presentation slides.

The series documents workshops, events, programs, and projects organized by the Black Community Resource Centre. It also documents those organized in partnership with community organizations, including the Quebec Community Groups Network, English Montreal School Board, Volunteer Bureau of Montreal, Centraide du Grand Montreal, and Batshaw Youth and Family Centres. Some of the projects covered in the series are the Holistic Project, the School Readiness Program, Mothers of Preschoolers (MOP), Mothers on the Move (MOM), Project Provigo, Volunteer Bureau, 1, 2, 3 Go!, House of King and Queens, Mini-Poste Project, Tim Hortons Camp, Hema Project, The New 3Rs, A Taste of the Caribbean festival, and the Living History project. The series also contains documentation concerning the renovation of the Union United Church.

The series includes, but is not limited to, contracts and partnership agreements with other community organizations, correspondence, agenda and meeting minutes, project descriptions and proposals, slide
presentations, photographs, and posters. This series also contains research documentation pertaining to projects and workshops organized by the BCRC (including those organized in partnership with other organizations), project evaluations, project reports, and promotional material. Finally, this series includes documentation prepared by the Black Advisory Committee concerning various programs and services, including that of the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres.

The series provides information on the research and reference documentation offered by the Black Community Resource to its members in their resource centre. Material in this series contains information pertaining to the demographics of Montreal’s Black communities. It also includes information on immigration to Quebec and Canada and refugees in Canada. The reference documentation preserved by the BCRC also contains materials on Black History more generally, among other topics. This series includes documents from several community organizations and government agencies on topics such as health, immigration, drug prevention, sex education, employment, education, family violence, volunteering, family wellness, and other topics.

The series contains clippings, government publications, business cards, pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, booklets, and bulletins. It also includes copies of newspapers such as Share and Community Contact.

This series documents the history of radio dramas in Vancouver, B.C. between 1925 and 1935, and Jack Gillmore’s involvement with the CNRV Players, Radio Artists Review, and the radio stations that broadcasted their programs. The fonds also includes photographs of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television’s 1983 conference and material relating to the deposit.

The series contains photocopies of essays, notes, production sheets, correspondence, and press clippings. It also includes a contact sheet and Gillmore's memoir.

This series consists of the radio drama scripts used by the CNRV Players and the Radio Artists Revue in Vancouver, B.C. dating between 1927 and 1935, for CKWX and CNRV (now Vancouver’s CBC station). Jack Gillmore began by adapting stage plays for the radio before going on to write original “Ideas” for the Radio Artists Revue in the 1930s.

The series contains photocopies of radio drama scripts which occasionally include cue lists, song lists, cast lists and other production notes. It also includes photocopies of published plays with handwritten edits.

Series contains the research materials used by John Gilmore for his two books: John Gilmore: Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (1988) and Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (1989). It contains research notes, sound recordings including interviews with musicians and others, photographs, posters and correspondence.

Series is divided into 7 subseries:
P0004/A1 Correspondence and research notes
P0004/A2 Interviews
P0004/A3 Photographs
P0004/A4 Musical recordings and films
P0004/A5 Papers and manuscripts
P0004/A6 Articles on jazz
P0004/A7 Miscellaneous primary material

Series contains the manuscript for Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (1989), as well as a copy of the book, correspondence, and notes concerning updates. Series also contains a copy of Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (1988).

Series is divided into 4 subseries:
P0004/B1 First draft of Swinging in Paradise
P0004/B2 Subsequent drafts of Swinging in Paradise
P0004/B3 Final publications
P0004/B4 Correspondence

Series contains reviews of Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (1988) and Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (1989).

Series is composed of materials related to lectures and interviews with John Gilmore.

The series reflects Herb Johnson's relationships with his extended family, friends, and fellow musicians.

The series contains letters and other correspondence received, and in a few cases sent, by Herb Johnson. It is arranged in the following sub-series:

P0088/1A Family and friends.
P0088/1B Music colleagues.
P0088/1C Personal business correspondents.

The series consists of materials related to Herb Johnson's ongoing professional development as a musician and his work in the music industry, as well as his other personal interests and his personal affairs.

The series includes articles on music and musicians and clippings of music scores and technical exercises clipped from Down Beat magazine and other sources, photographs, correspondence, price lists, concert and souvenir programs, notebooks, advertising sheets, contracts, lists of musicians, pamphlets, business and visiting cards, and publicity materials, as well as financial, tax, legal and other documents.

The series is arranged in the following sub-series:

P0088/2A Personal affairs and interests.
P0088/2B Music industry.
P0088/2C Music theory and technique.
P0088/2D Photographs.

The Musicians' Guild of Montreal was Local 406 of the American Federation of Musicians (A.F. of M.). The Senior Musicians' Association of the Montreal Guild was officially formed in 1975.

The series consists of the print and manuscript music library accumulated from various sources by Herb Johnson, as well as the hundreds of pieces of music he arranged and transcribed. The series documents Herb Johnson's professional activity as an instrumentalist; as a leader of quartets, nonettes, and other combos, as well as orchestras including the Herb Johnson Orchestra and the Senior Musicians' Orchestra; as an arranger and transcriber; and as a teacher.

The series includes lead sheets, chord charts, scores, sheet music, song books, song collections, and music folios, as well as play lists and notes. In addition to published music, the series includes manuscript music transcribed by Herb Johnson for the Louis Metcalfe International Band and other orchestras and combos, including his bebop arrangements. There are also signed manuscript arrangements by other arrangers.

In this series are music technique books, tutors, methods, and manuals. Topics covered include saxophone and clarinet performance, as well as arranging, harmony, chords, scoring, ad-libbing and improvising, sight-reading, ear training, conducting, recording and mixing, and performance of various genres such as blues and rock and roll, and others.

The series includes a variety of publications assembled by Herb Johnson.

The series consists of sound recordings that were collected or made by Herb Johnson. Most are commercial recordings. There is a small number of privately maderecordings. There is a record carrying case that he used for carrying 78 rpm audio discs.

The series is arranged in two sub-series:

P0088/7A Privately recorded sound recordings
P0088/7B Commercial sound recordings.

The material was collected by Alan Hustak for the writing of Sir William Hingston 1829-1907 : Montreal mayor, surgeon and banker, published in Montreal by Price-Patterson in 2004.
The series gives information about Sir William Hingston and his family. Besides, it illustrates the author’s research as part of the writing process.

The series includes without limitations reference documentation, newspaper clippings, images, manuscripts, booklets and correspondence. Most of the material are reproductions.

The series illustrates Alan Hustak’s work as a journalist. It includes articles and texts written by Alan Hustak on various subjects, like broadcaster Jimmy Tapp, Titanic survivor Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, and a boating accident of the Negro Community Centre in 1954. The series also includes research material on Albert Mah and Norma Hutton.

The series consists without limitations of newspaper articles, book chapters, papers, photographs, correspondence and personal documents. Some documents are reproductions.

Mr. Robertson corresponded with several people to exchange information about records, entertainers and numericals. Some of his correspondents really helped him in his research while he helped others in their own field. He also received several newsletters which he filed with his correspondence. These newsletters were used to establish contacts with other collectors or sent by correspondents.

Mr. Robertson established a file for each correspondent. The system remains the same; the files were classified in alphabetical order and the letters in chronological order.

Series A includes Don Cleary's collectors directory - 1977. Some of the addresses of Mr. Robertson's correspondents were taken from that directory.

Some miscellaneous notes and photocopies were grouped together but not organized by subject. These refer to a variety of subjects discussed in the correspondence but cannot be associated with any particular letter or correspondent. Since Mr. Robertson filed these material with his correspondence, it has been left in that series.

Some letters which had only the correspondent's first name or no name at all were found in the collection. These could not be placed with any other letters and have been grouped together in an "Anonymous" file.

Mr. Robertson did extensive research on record labels pressed in Lachine by the Compo Company Limited. His objectives were to correct the inaccuracies often found in the record catalogues and to find out which musicians recorded under more than one name, either in Canada or another country. He achieved three lists of numericals: (1) The Apex 8000 Numerical, (2) Canadian Compo Numericals, and (3) Canadian Gennett and Starr-Gennett 9000 Numerical. Some of this work was done with the help of George Humble and many of his other correspondents. Mr. Robertson's work on numericals was partly published in The Record Research, a periodical, in 1983 and 1986. This series includes Mr. Robertson's documentation, research notes and lists.

Mr. Robertson used various materials to complete his research; record catalogues and pamphlets, periodicals and books. These have been filed in alphabetical order and are described in the following categories: (1) Record Catalogs and Brochures, (2) Periodicals, and (3) Annotated Books.

Mr. Robertson collected many record catalogs and brochures to work on his lists of numericals. In them he found a lot of inaccuracies and tried to correct them in his final lists. This category includes all the catalogues and brochures collected by Mr. Robertson. They have been organized into 7 sections: (1) Record Companies, (2) Independent Companies, (3) Independent Dealers, (4) Public Bodies, (5) Radio Stations, (6) Record Clubs, and (7) Sheetmusic Catalogues. Within each of these sections, the material is organized alphabetically by company and then, chronologically.

Mr. Robertson collected many music periodicals. Some of them are specifically about jazz. This category includes all the periodicals kept in the Archives. They are classified chronologically. A list of the discarded periodicals is also available.

Mr. Robertson collected many books to help him in his research. Those which he annotated have been kept in the Archives. This category includes a listing of these books.

The collection contains about 1000 78 rpm records, most of which were pressed in Montreal by Berliner and Compo. Berliner was the first canadian record production company and Compo was the first one to produce black musician's records. A database was established to list and provide access to the records. The data can be accessed by: Item number, Company, Label, Catalog number, Title, Type of music, Recording artist, and Composer.

The Alex Robertson collection contains about 3000 pieces of sheet music, which include various kinds of music, such as jazz, popular, country, contemporary and classical. About 1000 of them have a canadian content; i.e. the music was written by a canadian author, published in Canada, or the sheet music was sold by a canadian store or had an insert that would confirm it was originally performed by a canadian artist. The computer program was established to list and provide access to the sheet music. The data can be accessed by: Item number, Title, Composer, Lyricist, Names in comments, Publisher, Place of publication, Type of music, Copyright date, and Photo on cover.

Mr. Robertson had many research subjects. Among them was one regarding musical activities in Montreal. He worked extensively on a list of all the performers, Canadian or not, who appeared in Montreal between 1913 and 1970. To achieve this task, he went through newspapers covering that period, including: La Presse, The Montreal Gazette, The Montreal Star, The Montreal Herald, The Montreal Standard, and La Patrie, The Montreal Daily. He compiled two lists, one alphabetical and the other chronological, both of which include the dates and places of performance. A database has been established to enter this data in the computer. It is accessible by: Entertainer's Name, Date of Performance, and Venue.

In addition to Montreal music activity, Mr. Robertson investigated other show business areas, such as: American vaudeville artists, Vaudeville artists, Rock n'roll bands, Montreal's musicians and bands, American comedy, Country music, Dance music, Dixieland jazz band, Quebec's burlesque theater, and Who's who in jazz.

This series also includes Mr. Robertson's research notes on all those subjects and the lists that he established.

This series includes photographs and negatives of Mr. Robertson with members of his family and George Martin.

It also includes photographs of the reception held in honor of Alex Robertson's memory at Concordia University Archives in 1988.

The series provides information on the administrative structure of the Blue Metropolis Foundation. It includes information on different committees and their meetings. It also provides information on the funding of the foundation.

The series contains meeting minutes, financial records, mandates, correspondence, flyers, job applications, contracts and other materials.

The series provides information on the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival in Montreal, Quebec, from 1999 to 2004. It includes the planning and organization of the festival as well as publicity material used to promote the festival. The series also documents events organized by partner organizations within the festival.

The series contains financial documents, programs, flyers, pamphlets, photographs, newsletters, magazines, correspondence, reports, newspapers, a cotton bag and other material.

The series provides information on writers who participated in the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival.

The series contains photographs, biographies, and other materials.

The series provides information on literacy activities organized by the Blue Metropolis Foundation in Montreal from 2000 to 2003, but not directly related to the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival.

The series contains programs, grant applications, correspondence and a poster.

The series relates to Ann Charney’s work as an author. It presents her literary work in form of novels and short stories, and illustrates her life as a writer. The series includes material on Dobryd, Rousseau’s Garden, Distantly Related to Freud and several short stories, as well as unpublished works. In addition, the series documents Charney's interactions with small Canadian and international publishing houses, with which she was corresponding. Publishing houses include, among others, Vehicule Press and Permanent Press.

The series contains novels and short stories written by Ann Charney, correspondence with literary agents and publishers, as well as publicity material, magazines, and catalogs.

The series relates to Ann Charney’s work as a journalist for Canadian newspapers and magazines like Toronto Daily Star, Chatelaine, Macleans, Saturday Night, and others. It gives an overview of Ann Charney’s articles in the context with the publications in which they were published, and illustrates the author’s collaboration with various editors.

The series also includes Ann Charney’s thesis on Marcel Proulx, a film proposal, and documentation on Ann Charney’s book Defiance In Their Eyes : True Stories From The Margins, which is a collection of several articles previously published in magazines.

The series contains newspaper articles, magazines, scripts, correspondence, contracts, and the book Defiance In Their Eyes : True Stories From The Margins, among other documents.