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Magnus Isacsson fonds
F038 · Fonds · 1969 - 2017

The Magnus Isacsson fonds documents the life and work of Magnus Isacsson from 1971 to 2017. It contains materials covering his early career as a TV producer, his experience as a freelance journalist and educator, and the many years he spent working as an independent filmmaker. The fonds provides insight into Isacsson’s projects, including completed, unfinished, and unreleased works. The fond also includes documentation on the release, screening, and critical reception of his films.

The Magnus Isacsson fonds contains records in a variety of media and formats that detail the administrative and creative processes behind his work in radio, television and film. Among other types of documents, the fonds contains Isacsson’s research and notes; shooting tapes, raw footage, and master tapes in several formats; sound recordings; photographs; promotional material; contracts; correspondence; project proposals; articles and newspaper clippings; financial records; and teaching material.

The Magnus Isacsson fonds is divided into 3 series:
• F037/A Documentary Projects
• F037/B Journalism and writing
• F037/C Personal papers
• F038/D Television Work

Isacsson, Magnus
C036 · Collection · 1941-1994, predominant 1944-1958

The collection provides information on the careers of Peter McDonald and Frances Belfrage. It is focused on McDonald’s work as a writer, producer, and director for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between 1942 and 1958. It includes scripts written and/or produced by Peter McDonald, and scripts written by Frances Belfrage for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Peter McDonald and Frances B. McDonald (Belfrage) collection contains photographs, scripts, newspaper clippings, correspondence, press releases, one audio cassette, and one VHS tape.

The Peter McDonald and Frances B. McDonald (Belfrage) collection is divided into two series:

• C036/A Peter McDonald Career
• C036/B Frances Belfrage Scripts

McDonald, Peter
Johnny Holmes fonds
P0016 · Fonds · [194-]-1989

The fonds provides information on jazz in Montreal, particularly on radio, during the 1950s and 1960s.

The fonds contains music that Johnny Holmes arranged and conducted, audiotapes of CBC radio broadcasts, photographs of performers, and press clippings.

Holmes, Johnny
Jack Tietolman fonds
P113 · Fonds · 1902-1998

The fonds is witness to the management and growth of a Montreal AM and FM radio station from the 1930s to the 1990s, and to the professional and community activities of owner Jack Tietolman.

The fonds consists mainly of administrative and financial records, advertising sales records, broadcasting records, and personal records and memorabilia.

The fonds is organized into the following series:

P0113/A Personal records
P0113/B Radio stations management

Tietolman, Jack
Jack Gillmore fonds
F052 · Fonds · [19--] ; 1927-1991, predominant 1927-1935

The fonds is related to Jack Gillmore’s work as an actor, writer, and director of Canada’s first radio plays in Vancouver, B.C. between 1925-1935. Gillmore was a member of the CNRV Players and performed over a hundred plays on the radio including but not limited to, “Peg O’ My Heart”, “R.U.R.”, and “The Zepplin’s Passenger” (Zeppelin's Passenger). Gillmore’s memoir includes his reminiscences on his career on the radio, his experiences as a car salesman in the 1920s, his marine equipment businesses in the 1930s and 1940s, and events he lived through between 1902 and 1977. The fonds also includes material relating to the deposit.

The fonds consists of photocopies of annotated scripts, essays, notes, production sheets, correspondence, and press clippings. It also includes a contact sheet, and Gillmore's memoirs.

The fonds is organized into the following series:

  • F052/A Historical Information
  • F052/B Scripts
Gillmore, Jack