20 photographs of Lydia Dotto from all stages of her life. Includes images of her as a baby, at graduations, during work events, and candids.

Materials relating to the professional and personal life of Lydia Dotto.

Materials relating to Lydia Dotto's personal life.

Report cards from grades 1-8 for Lydia Dotto from the Edmonton Separate School board.

A satirical brief prepared for the fake "Royal Commission on Public Futilities."

Articles written by Lydia Dotto for the Edmonton Journal when she was a teenager. Includes articles on popular music, school, and the Edmonton entertainment scene.

Articles and short stories written by Lydia Dotto that were both published and unpublished.

Photocopy of a ticket for the Beatles' concert at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The was the band's first Canadian concert. Lydia won a ticket to it.

Transcripts for Lydia Dotto for high school from the Government of Alberta and for university from Carleton.

Correspondence to Lydia Dotto from colleagues, newspaper readers, academics, science organizations and other. Correspondents include: Ruth Buzzi, Patrick Watson, Alick Little, James Lees Cooper, B.D. Loncarevic, W.E. Taylor, Donald MacRae, W.G. Friend, D.A. Chant, Mike Steers, J.W. Locke, J.M. Bewers, B.R. Pelletier, Mike McBurney, C.W. Davey, George Gathercole, Richard Mittauer, Larry Clarke, B. Morin, Jim Lotz, John Heddle, Charles Childs, Terry waibel, C.H. Dugan, R.W. Nicholls, Lloyd Secord, Gwendolyn Landolt, F.D. Drake, James Polski, K.A. Innanen, Frank Kubota, Duncan Cruickshank, Mary Doan, J.W. Locke, William Mantle, John Jeffries, C.A. Mawson, Jim Tannian, P.D. McTaggart-Cowan, Alice Medcof, William Leiss, J.A. McPherson, William O'Donnell, J.W.S. Dalziel, C.A. Pope, R.G.S. Bidwell, R.S. Malone, Elizabeth Buchan-Kimmerly, Carl Sagan, Gabriel Leblanc, Robin Rowland, Farouk El-Baz, Joe Coldman, K.P. Beltzner, Lloyd Duckman, Steve Howe, Mary Davies, Diane Wilson Cox, John Hay, J. Tuzo Wilson, Geoff Perkins, W.R. Derrick Sewell, Mel Thistle, Ronald Behme, F. Kenneth Hare, Bob Whitton, Ross Campbell, James O'Neill, Roger Broughton.

High school diploma for Lydia Dotto from Austin O'Brien high school in Edmonton, Alberta.

One patch from the Apollo VIII mission.

Realia and artefacts collected by Lydia Dotto during the course of her professional life.

Essays by Lydia Dotto from her time as a student at the University of Alberta and Carleton.

Materials created or accumulated by Lydia Dotto as part of her professional life as a journalist. Includes Dotto's published articles, research materials, reports, and articles about Dotto and her work.

Also includes speeches given by Dotto at different events and related correspondence.

Media with Dotto's published articles are:

• University of Toronto Magazine
• National. The Canadian Bar Association magazine
• Content for Canadian Journalists
• Dimensions: Canada's Science Newsmagazine
• Business Journal
• Alternatives Journal
• Challenges. Ontario's business: issues & opportunities magazine
• Equinox: the magazine of Canadian discovery
• Canadian Aviation Magazine
• The Globe and Mail
• Science Forum
• Legion Magazine
• CIPS review
• Canadian Business
• en Route Magazine
• ComputerData
• Business Journal
• Airborne
• Canadian Geographic
• In search
• InfoAge
• Canadian Medical Association Journal
• High Technolog
• The Journal. Published by the Addiction Research Foundation
• Inside Information
• Health Watch
• News Canada
• The Graduate
• Doctor's Review
• Quest. Canada's Urban Magazine
• Information Technology
• City Woman
• Science Link
• Circle
• The DMR Letter
• Doctor's Access
• The Edmonton Journal
• The Carleton
• Toronto Daily Star
• The Globe and Mail Weekend Magazine
• @Biz
• Arthur Newspaper from Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong's independent student press
• Farewell to the 70s
• Spar Horizons
• Impact published by Ryerson University
• CBC News
• Wardar. The Magazine of Wardair Canada
• Engineering Dimensions

Materials created or accumulated by Lydia Dotto during her professional life. Includes published and draft articles and reports written by and about Dotto in different media; reviews of Dotto's books; research materials and interviews; video documentaries in which Dotto participated, collaborated, or accumulated for research purposes; drafts of speeches; awards and certificates received by Dotto throughout her career as a science and environmental journalist and writer; and related photographs and correspondence received by Dotto.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of early articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages. Media are The Edmonton Journal (1965-1968), The Carleton (1969-1970), Canadian Aviation Magazine (1971), and the Toronto Daily Star (1970-1971).

Includes related correspondence about publishing Dotto's articles in Canadian Aviation Magazine and correspondence congratulating Dotto for her articles.

Five short stories by Lydia Dotto that were never published.

Apollo-Soyuz test project air-to-ground voice transcription 203-09/T-93 where Lydia Dotto asked a question to Commander Stafford. Lydia asked about how well the American astronauts felt they handled speaking Russian.

One patch from Vail, Colorado ski resort.

One press pass for Viking Press.

Digital photographs and digitized surrogates of photographs of Dotto in different research and work settings. Also contains a digital file with descriptions of the photographs provided by Dotto. Photographs are described as:

• 01. "Dotto Antarctica penguins" shows Dotto with thousands of king penguins in Gold Harbour, South Georgia Islands, Antarctica (December 23, 2015),
• 02. "Dotto_Arctic dive 1 - suiting up" shows Dotto suiting up when covering the Arctic IV underwater expedition, Resolute Bay (May 1974),
• 03. "Dotto_Arctic dive 2 - dive hole" shows Dotto entering the dive hole, Arctic IV underwater expedition, Resolute Bay (May 1974),
• 04. "Dotto_Arctic dive 3 - Sub-Igloo" shows Dotto underwater rest station; Arctic IV underwater expedition, Resolute Bay (May 1974),
• 05. "Dotto_Arctic dive 4 - dive hut" shows Dotto sitting suited up in the dive hut over the ice during the Arctic IV underwater expedition, Resolute Bay (May 1974),
• 06. "Dotto_Arctic dive 5 - scuba training" shows Dotto learning to dive and earning scuba certification in the Bahamas prior to diving in the Arctic in May 1974 (date uncertain but probably late 1973 or early 1974),
• 07. "Dotto_book launch London, England" shows Dotto in London (United Kingdom) for the launch of the book Planet Earth in Jeopardy: Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War (1980s),
• 08. "Dotto_flight training" shows Dotto training for private pilot’s license (1970s)
• 09. "Dotto_KC135" shows Dotto aboard NASA’s KC-135 aircraft (known as "The Vomit Comet") used to train astronauts for working in microgravity (late 1970s or early 1980s),
• 10. "Dotto NASA KSC press site 1" shows Dotto sitting at the Kennedy Space Center press site for spaceflight coverage, with Bjarni Tryggvason in the background with sunglasses (1970s or early 1980s),
• 11. "Dotto_NASA KSC press site 2" shows Dotto sitting at the Kennedy Space Center press site with Ken Money for coverage of space shuttle flight 41-G, the first flight of a Canadian astronaut, Marc Garneau (undated),
• 12. "Dotto_plane" shows Dotto after receiving her pilot’s license. She flew the plane in the photo (a Piper Cherokee) for a few years (undated),
• 13. "Dotto_Skylab recovery - Ticonderoga 1" shows Dotto on board the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga for coverage of the recovery of the Skylab 1 astronauts in the Pacific Ocean. Dotto was a member of the press pool and the first woman to be aboard a US aircraft carrier at sea (undated),
• 14. "Dotto_Skylab recovery Ticonderoga 2" shows Dotto on board the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga for coverage of the recovery of the Skylab 1 astronauts in the Pacific Ocean. The picture was taken at dawn in the morning the spacecraft was scheduled to enter earth’s atmosphere and splash down in the ocean (undated).

One name plaque for Lydia Dotto stating that she is a science correspondent for the Globe and Mail.

Newspaper clippings of articles by Lydia Dotto published in the Toronto Daily Star (1971) and The Globe and Mail (1973-1976).

University medal in journalism awarded to Lydia Dotto by Carleton University.

Materials created or accumulated by Lydia Dotto as part of her professional life as an author, public speaker, and journalist. Includes book reviews for Dotto's books in different media; articles about Dotto; speeches given by Dotto at different events; awards received by Dotto; and video documentaries in which Dotto participated, collaborated, or accumulated for research purposes.
Also contains related correspondence, photographs, and research notes.

Also includes Dotto's thesis for the Master's Degree Honours in Journalism from the School of Journalism at Carleton University. And a calendar for the year 1987 with the topic "Canada in Space."

Lydia Dotto's thesis for the Master's Degree Honours in Journalism from the School of Journalism at Carleton University. Thesis had the title "Mass media coverage of the American manned space program," and was presented in September 1971.

Three articles by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail on plane safety. Articles are titled "Airlines have strict rules: pilot must be in perfect health," jumbo jet's flight record proves that planes are safer than ever," and "how safe is safe? still question as planes get faster and bigger." Also includes one item of correspondence from the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, Inc.

One small photo flipbook from RCA of the lunar module lifting off from the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.

Three articles by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail on the Apollo programme. They are titled "Apollo finale: a look under the moon's crust," "legacy from the moon," and "analyzing Apollo's anti-climax finale."

One pin from the Apollo 16 mission.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1972-1973). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

On medallion from the Apollo XVII mission.

Newspaper clippings of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are The Globe and Mail (1972-2004), The Toronto Star (2005), @Biz (2004), Arthur Newspaper from Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong's independent student press (1978), and The Journal published by the Addiction Research Foundation (1990).

One patch from the Apollo XVII mission.

On press pass from the Apollo XVII mission.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1972-1973). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1973-1984) and The Globe and Mail Weekend Magazine (1977).

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are The Globe and Mail (1975-2004), Canadian Business (1978-1986), InfoAge (1985), Canadian Aviation (1978), content Magazine (1986), Legion Magazine (1980), University of Toronto Magazine (1989), Science Forum (1973-1975), Access Magazine (n.d.).

Includes drafts for articles with corrections written by Dotto possibly related to Dotto's book The astronauts: Canada's voyageurs in space (1993).

One press pass for the Pioneer Io Jupiter Encounter.

Materials relating to the decommissioning of the USS Ticonderoga. Includes an invitation and ticket to the decommissioning ceremony, a programme for the ceremony, and a memorial book outlining the history of the ship. Lydia Dotto was onboard the USS Ticonderoga when it was the recovery ship for the Skylab II mission.

Scrapbook documenting Lydia Dotto's time aboard the USS Ticonderoga during the time is was commissioned to retrieve the Skylab 2 capsule. Includes primary captioned photographs.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1973). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

One small plaque about the Pioneer-Jupiter space exploration project from TRW Systems Group. The plaque shows a miniature version of the Pioneer plaque with information about the mission.

Scrapbook documenting Lydia's time diving in the Arctic circle and her experience covering the Pioneer 10 space mission in San Francisco.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1973-1974). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

One press pass for the George C. Marshall Space Flight Centre for a briefing on the Skylab 2 mission.

One press pass for the George C. Marshall Space Flight Centre for the Skylab 2 mission.

One medallion from the USS Ticonderoga aircraft carrier. Lydia Dotto likely received this when she was aboard the Ticonderoga for the recovery of the Skylab II capsule.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Science Forum (1974-1976, 1978), Canadian Business (1981), and The Globe and Mail (1977, 1994, 2004).

Canadian Science Writers' Association science journalism award given to Lydia Dotto. Also includes items of correspondence congratulating her and an article on her achievement.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1974-2003) and Science Digest (1979).

Research and interviews conducted by Lydia Dotto for her work.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of published articles by Lydia Dotto in The Globe and Mail (1974). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Programme, correspondence relating to, and reviews of a talk given by Lydia Dotto at the Deep River Science Association titled "Social implications of nuclear energy."

Information on Lydia Dotto's diving in the Arctic Circle in 1974. Includes photographs, diver's log, articles that she wrote about the experience, and letters of congratulations.

Photographs of Lydia Dotto diving in Resolute Bay in the Arctic.

Materials relating to Lydia Dotto

National Newspaper Awards citation for Lydia Dotto for feature writing.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1975-1976). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Canadian Meteorological Society citation given to Lydia Dotto for her science writing at the Globe and Mail.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Canadian Aviation Magazine (1980), The Globe and Mail (1975, 1987), Science Forum (1976, 1979), Legion Magazine (1978, 1980), CIPS review (1980), Canadian Business (1980, 1983), en Route Magazine (1980, 1982), ComputerData (1980, 1981), Business Journal (1982), Airborne (1980), Canadian Geographic (1980), In search (1980), University of Toronto Magazine (1981, 1993), InfoAge (1985), and others unidentified and undated.

Includes an article about Dotto and the publishing of her book Canada in Space in Maclean's: Canada's weekly newsmagazine.

Also contains a lecture delivered by Dotto at the Public Symposium "You and the Universe" (Carleton University, Ottawa, June 30, 1990) titled "Planet Earth as a life support system."

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1975). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

One press pin from the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

One mission patch from the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

Biographical information on Lydia Dotto including her education, personal life, books, awards, employment history and more.

Invitation to the National Newspaper Awards dinner held April 5, 1975 at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel.

One press pass from the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Science Forum (1973, 1974), Canadian Medical Association Journal (1996), University of Toronto Magazine (1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, ), Challenges Magazine (1987, 1989, 1990), Legion Magazine (1980), High Technology (1984), The Journal. Published by the Addiction Research Foundation (1990), Inside Information (n.d.), Health Watch (1990), News Canada (1994), en Route Magazine (1983, 1984), and others unidentified and undated.

One press pass for the Space Shuttle Enterprise free flight.

Lydia Dotto's private pilot's licence for single engine day flying, a certificate of her first solo flight, her licence validation certificate, and her restricted radiotelephone operator's certificate. All documents are in a small private pilot's licence case.

Lydia Dotto's pilot's log book. It recounts her flights in a C-150, a C-172, a PA-24 and a Citabria.

One temporary news media badge from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centre giving Lydia Dotto access to buildings 1, 2, 4, 5, 29 and 37.

One press site vehicle permit for a test flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Canadian Aviation (1978), Canadian Business (1978, 1979), Legion Magazine (1978, 1979), Science Forum (1978), en Route Magazine (1979), Canadian Geographic (1979), and others unidentified and undated.

Published copies of Science Forum Magazine for the year 1978. Copies include articles by Lydia Dotto. Titles of articles are:

• "Made-to-order weather" (Vol. 11, No. 1, May-June 1978),
• "Science confronts 'pseudo-science'" (Vol. 11, No. 2, July-August, 1978),
• "The Ozone War: dispatch from the front" (Vol. 11, No. 2, July-August, 1978),
• "Satellites" (Vol. 11, No. 3, September-October, 1978),
• "The great nuclear debate" (Vol. 11, No. 4, November-December, 1978).

Also contains articles by journalist Joan Hollobon.

Articles by Lydia Dotto on the ozone layer, as well as reviews and correspondence relating to her book of the same name.

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's books and publications. Includes newspaper clippings by and about Dotto from different media, book reviews, related correspondence.

Media are The Citizen (1978), Canadian Geographic (1988), The Prince George Citizen (1993), The Globe and Mail (1999), The Winnipeg Sun (1999), The Edmonton Journal (1999), The Toronto Star (1999), Canadian Space Gazette (1996), Publishers Weekly (1991), Kirkus Reviews (1990), Update (1993), and other unidentified and undated.

Books reviewed are:

• The Ozone War (1978),
• Thinking the unthinkable: civilization and rapid climate change (1988),
• The astronauts: Canada's voyageurs in space (1993),
• Storm warning: gambling with the climate of our planet (1999),
• Losing sleep: how your sleeping habits affect your life (1990),
• Blue Planet: a portrait of Earth (1991),
• Asleep in the fast lane: the impact of sleep on work (1990),
• Ethical choices and global climate warming (1993).

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's and Harold Schiff's book The Ozone War (1978). Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings by and about the book in different media, book reviews, press releases.

Media are Palo Alto Times (1979), American Meteorological Society (1979), Nature (1979), Family Focus (1978), The Ottawa Citizen (1978), New Scientist (1978), The Morning Call (1978), The Futurist (1980), The Toronto Star (1993), Peterborough Examiner (1990-1993), The New York Times (1990), Waterloo Chronicle (1990), Nuclear Journal of Canada (1988), The Daily Mercury (1990), London Free Press (1990), Ottawa Journal (1978), The Chronicle Review (1978), The Vancouver Sun (1978), Yorkgazette (n.d.), Washington Post (1978), Sunday Charleston (1978), Macon Telegraph & News (1978), South Bend Tribune (1978), and others unidentified and undated.

Includes a press release for Storm warning: gambling with the climate of our planet (1999) in the News from Doubleday (1999).

Article by Lydia Dotto for an untitled publication titled "Oil gusher beneath Arctic ice sends chill up drillers' spines."

Published copies of publications with articles written by Lydia Dotto. Titles of articles are:

• "Scientific problems" in Farewell to the 70s (1979),
• "Canadian flexes Canadarm muscles" in Spar Horizons (1995),
• "Commercialization poses ethical challenges" in Impact, published by Ryerson University (2006),
• "Canada and U.S. got warmer and wetter during the 20th Century" in CBC News (2000).

Also includes two published copies of The Capsule (1991 and 1992) published by Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute with articles about Dotto.

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's participation in conferences and events. Includes scripts for the "Couchiching Conference on the Social Impact of Microcomputers" (July 30, 1983), the "Canadian Global Change Program" (August 1, 1990), "Space Business" (April 30, 1984), and one unidentified.

Contains a photograph of a media visit to the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM), and two photographs of Katheleen Campbell presenting the Ministry of State for Science and Technology Award to Dotto.

Also includes the RBW Award for Science and Technology from the National Magazine Awards Foundation to Lydia Dotto in 1979.

Published reports written by Lydia Dotto. Titles of reports are:

• "The industrialization of space. A report by Lydia Dotto for Allenvest Group Limited" (1995),
• "Science communications framework for Environment Canada. Prepared for Environment Canada S&T Advisory Board Working Group on Science Communications" (2000),
• "The microelectronics revolution. A study for Housser & Co. Limited by Lydia Dotto" (1980).
• "Canada and the European Space Agency Three Decades of Cooperation" (2002).

Cassette tape labeled McElroy and Sagan.

Cassette tape with Lydia Dotto's interviews on CBC shows including on space, sleep, climate and nuclear winter.

National Magazine Awards honourable mention for RBW Awards for Science and Technology given to Lydia Dotto.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Legion Magazine (1980), Canadian Business (1980), Canadian Geographic (1980), ComputerData (1980), en Route Magazine (1980), In Search (1980), and others unidentified and undated.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Legion Magazine (1980), Canadian Business (1980), Canadian Geographic (1980), ComputerData (1980), en Route Magazine (1980), In Search (1980), and others unidentified and undated.

One news media pass from NASA for the first mission of the Space Shuttle.

Science journalism award given to Lydia Dotto by the Canadian Science Writers' Association. Also includes a photograph of Lydia Dotto receiving the award.

Appreciation award given to Lydia Dotto by the Canadian Science Writers' Association on their tenth anniversary year.

Unknown patch showing a pair of wings with a maple leaf flag in the middle.

National Magazine Awards RBW Awards for Science and Technology awarded to Lydia Dotto.

Photocopies of published editions of Science Weekly (1981) and Canadian Science (1985-1992) of which Lydia Dotto was executive editor along with Harold Schiff. Some editions contain articles by Dotto.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are The Graduate (1982), Equinox: the magazine of Canadian discovery (1982), en Route Magazine (1982), Canadian Business (1982), Business Journal (1982), CIPS Review (1982), Quest (1982), and others unidentified and undated.

Published copies of Challenges. Ontario's business: issues & opportunities magazine with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "Smart systems" (Winter 1982),
• "Climate change put the heat on Ontario" (Spring 1989),
• "Terminal illnesses" (Spring 1990),
• "Anytime, anywhere" (Fall 1989).

Published copies of magazines with Lydia Dotto's articles. Magazines and titles of articles are:

• "Coping with journalists after mastering space" in Content for Canadian Journalists (November/December 1986),
• "Living in space" in Dimensions: Canada's Science Newsmagazine (January 1987),
• Annonymous articles about Canada in Space in Canadian Science & Technology (Fall 1994),
• "Deep Sea geological excitement" in Graduate. The University of Toronto Alumni Magazine (Volume XI, No. 3, January/February 1984),
• "Coming down to Earth" in Business Journal (April 1982),
• Annonymous articles in Exploring the human dimension. Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Fall 1994),
• "Proof of consequences" in Alternatives Journal (Volume 26, Number 2, Spring 2000).

Transcript of an interview with Dr. Joseph Kerwin, Senior Vice President, Wyle Laboratories.

Sandford Fleming medal awarded to Lydia Dotto by the Royal Canadian Institute for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media in the year 1983. Media are Canadian Business, Doctor's Review, Quest, Canadian Geographic, en Route Magazine, Information Technology, City Woman, and Science Link.

Includes a program and printed speech delivered by Dotto at "A microcomputer conference for women" (Toronto, September 26 to 28, 1983) in which Lydia Dotto participated as a Luncheon Speaker. And program for "The age of microchips: the next five years" (Toronto, July 28 to August 1, 1983) where Dotto participated in the panel "Moral issues - who controls "progress"? Who pays the social cost?"