File consists of five items of correspondence between James Downey and Valentine O'Donovan. Also includes correspondence relating to O'Donovan and his death, and a written tribute.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence between James Downey and Cyril F. Poole for the years 2000-2009.

File consists of three weekly calendars: one desk size, one from the Smithsonian Museum and one large desk planner.

File consists of four items of correspondence between James Downey and William (Bill) Klassen. Also includes clippings relating to Bill Klassen and a CV.

File consists of five items of correspondence between James Downey and David Strangway. Also includes materials related to an essay project.

File consists of seventy six items of miscellaneous correspondence between James Downey and others for the year 2001. Correspondents include:

• Aitken, Lady Violet;
• Anderson, John;
• Armitage, Howard;
• Barry, Michael H.;
• Berland, Kevin;
• Bird, J.W. Bud;
• Carty, Arthur J.;
• Chakma, Amit;
• Cook, Nancy;
• Currie, Richard J.;
• Davenport, Paul;
• De la Durantague, Claire V.;
• Dellandrea, J.S.;
• English, John;
• Foster, Florence;
• Gillham, Robert;
• Goodwin, Ed;
• Graham, Mary;
• Green, Irvin;
• Hallman, Lyle and Wendy;
• Heroux, M. Michel;
• Hiscock, Ethel and Ralph;
• Hnatyshyn, Ray and Gerda;
• Hobday, John;
• Kildaris, Fred;
• Konrad, Helmut;
• Krupke, Erma;
• Lemessurier, Bob;
• MacDonald, Alastair;
• Maiden, Colin and Jenefor;
• McCarthy, Sheila and Mac;
• McCutchan, Walter;
• Mitchell, Paul D.;
• Monkman, Julia;
• Nicholson, Doris;
• O'Donovan, Valentine;
• Parsons, June;
• Reid, Hugh;
• Saunders Bellingham, Susan;
• Simpson, Ronald;
• Strangway, David;
• Szathmary, Emoke J.E.;
• Talbot-Allan, Laura;
• Thayer Scott, Jacqueline;
• Thompson, John;
• Van Loon, Richard J.;
• W., Doug; Watts, Ronald L.;
• Wright, Janet;
• Wurtele, Douglas.

Correspondents listed in file 56.

File consists of teaching notes and notes about students in classes taught by James Downey at the University of Waterloo.

File consists of ca. two hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey between 2001-2005.

James Downey’s commonplace book for the year 2001. Includes general notes, notes for talks and conferences, extracts from correspondence, and quotations from different authors.
Contains handwritten annotations on margins.
Content is organized by date.
Some pages are missing.

File consists of materials relating to James Downey's trip to Cyprus to receive the Symons Award from the Association of Commonwealth Universities. Includes correspondence between Downey and Dorothy Garland of the ACU.

File consists of ca. two hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey between 2001-2005.

File consists of one desk size and one pocket-size weekly appointment calendar.

File consists of a ts. (computer output) transcript of an interview with Harrison McCain, February 19, 2001.

File consists of one hundred four items of miscellaneous correspondence between James Downey and others for the years 2001-2002. Correspondents include:

• Aitken, Lady Violet
• Astry, Sophia
• Christodoulou, Joan
• Claxton, Lois
• Cohen, Reuben
• Costello, Mark J.
• Cuff, Harry
• Dann, Moira
• Davenoprt, Paul
• Elder, Bobby
• Flinn, Tyson
• Giroux, Robert
• Graham, Kenneth
• Gunn, Maureen
• Hamer, Kathy
• Hallman, Lyle S.
• Heaney, Seamus
• Higgins, Michael
• Hnatyshyn, Ramon John
• Humby, Reuben
• Hunter, Robert J.
• John, David G.
• Kerr, Mike
• King, Everard H.
• Konrad, Helmut
• La Forest, Marie & Gerry
• Lynch, Mary Louise
• MacDonald, Alastair
• Maiden, Colin & Jenefor
• McLaughlin, John
• McQueen, Trina
• Migus, Doris
• Miller, Judith
• Montague, Susan
• Mouteon, Alice
• Moulton, Ed
• NB Sports Hall of Fame
• Ostry, Sylvia
• Pollock, Joyce
• Richards, Marilyn
• Saunders Bellingham, Susan
• Scott, Catherine
• Sedra, Adel
• Sehorn, Gerry
• Shepherd, Murray
• Simpson, Ronald
• Sims, Betty
• Stewart, James
• Sudal, Barbara
• Teron, Jean
• Thompson, Mary
• Yan, May.

File consists of two items of correspondence between James Downey and Peter Sims. Also includes an interview with Downey on Sims, a tribute to Sims and biographical information.

File consists of one desk size weekly appointment calendar.

File consists of an advisory report to Simon Fraser University written by James Downey and James Kalbfleisch. Also includes correspondence between James Downey and Michael Stevenson regarding the report.

File consists of materials related to the Initiative on the new Economy Advisory Committee chaired by James Downey. Includes reports and a presentation.

File consists of forty three items of correspondence between James Downey and others for the year 2003. Correspondents include:

• Aitken, Lady Violet
• Charette, Brent
• Clark, Ian D.
• Cuff, Harry
• de Jocas, Michel
• Eaton, Fred
• Elder, Bobby
• Hamer, Kathryn
• Harding, Robert J,
• Hartman, Norman
• Koen, Lorne
• Keonick, Wayne
• Kilbride, Helen
• Montague, Susan
• Murdock, Ian
• Ruben, Allen
• Shepherd, Murray
• Simpson, Ron & Charlotte
• Strople, Stephen
• Tausig Ford, Christine
• Teron, Jean
• Thompson, John
• Tucker, Mary
• University of Waterloo
• Walker, Bud
• Wills, Jenny
• Witmer, Elizabeth
• Woerner, Anna.

James Downey’s commonplace book for the year 2002. Includes general notes, notes for talks and conferences, extracts from correspondence, and quotations from different authors.
Contains handwritten annotations on margins.
Content is organized by date.

File consists of 2 items of correspondence relating to Anastasious Christodoulou as well as accompanying biographical materials.

File consists of 9 items of correspondence between Scott Fillier and James Downey. Also includes biographical information on Scott Fillier.

File consists of two interviews with James Downey and Gilles Paquet conducted by Rick Holmes-Hayes. The interviews discuss the resignation of John Porter.

File consists of the August 2002 edition of The Bulletin, the magazine of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The edition includes a memorium article by James Downey titled "Anastasios Christodoulou: the very model of a Secretary General."

File consists of two tss. (computer output) of the 2003 David C. Smith lecture "Schools are us" delivered by James Downey upon his receiving the David C. Smith Award.

File consists of one binder assembled by James Downey relating to his activities as Advisor on Rural Education Strategy, a position to which he was appointed on May 1, 2003 by Elizabeth Witmer, Deputy Premier and Minister of Education for Ontario. Includes a copyof the final report.

File consists of materials relating to the rural education review for 2003. Includes ts. of the report, research information, correspondence and a map.

James Downey’s commonplace book for the years 2003 and 2004. Includes general notes, notes for talks and conferences, extracts from correspondence, quotations from different authors, and the reproduction of a photograph from December 1961 with two children and an adult.
Contains handwritten annotations on margins.
Content is organized by date.
Also includes materials related to the “Wedding ceremony,” a “Toast to the Bride” speech, and a “Toast to the groom’s parents, Jim and Laura by Allen Ruben” for Geoffrey Downey and Krista Flieger (August 2, 2003), with photocopies of photographs from the ceremony.

Correspondence received and sent by James Downey to his sisters. Most letters written by Downey are under the heading “Dear Sis.”
Includes photographs and photocopies of photographs of family members and friends and related newspaper clippings.

File consists of the December 2003 edition of University Affairs. The edition includes an article by James Downey title "The Heart of our Enterprise."

File consists of one desk size weekly appointment calendar.

File consists of the spring 2003 edition of UNB Alumni News. The edition includes an article by James Downey titled "Beaverbrook's Choice" on the appointment of Colin B. Mackay.

File consists of materials relating to a special meeting of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony that was chaired by James Downey. Includes a clipping, voting information, agendas, and a transcript of opening remarks.

File consists of the The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Governance and Management Review Report published by James Downey, October 2004.

File consists of the Institutional quality review of the University of Limerick: EUA Reviewer's Report, published by the European University Association Institutional Evaluation Program in November, 2004.

File consists of ca. one hundred tems of correspondence between Otto Tucker and James Downey between the years 2005-2006.

File consists of a report prepared by James Downey on the review of the agreement amongst Durham College, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Trent University. The final report includes introductory remarks, a briefing note, terms of reference, text of the agreement, report of the external examiner of UOIT and the memorandum of agreement.

File consists of one report published by James Downey titled "Review of the Agreement Between the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Trent University."

File consists of ca. one hundred tems of correspondence between Otto Tucker and James Downey between the years 2005-2006.

James Downey’s commonplace book for the year 2005. Includes general notes, notes for talks and conferences, extracts from correspondence, and quotations from different authors.
Contains handwritten annotations on margins.
Content is organized by date.

File consists of ca. one hundred items of correspondence between James Downey and Otto Tucker between the years 2006-2007.

Materials related to speeches and papers written by James Downey between the years 2006 and 2012. Includes drafts and final versions of speeches.
Titles of speeches are:

• “Opening remarks for HEQCO Interview” (November 19, 2006),
• “Canadian undergraduate education: a light source in need of recharging,” AUCC President’s Circle, Saskatoon (April 18, 2007),
• “Quality assurance: Boon or Boondoggle?” Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association, St. John’s (October 22, 2007),
• “Ryerson Board retreat” (October 29, 2007),
• “Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation Dinner” (February 8, 2008),
• “Accountability versus autonomy,” Meeting of vice-presidents Conference Board of Canada Quality Network for Universities (November 13, 2008),
• “Centenary dinner,” Winterton United Church (October 1, 2011),
• “Remarks for the launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys,” Memorial Hall, UNB (May 15, 2012).

File consists of two draft tss. (computer output) of Florence Reid's publication "Eighty-Two, The Circle: Poems About Children For Grown Ups." Also includes correspondence between James Downey and Florence Reid and Reid's published poetry book "Salt Spring Island Magic (And how did you get here?)."

File consists of thirteen items of correspondence between James Downey and Frank Iacobucci, Chairman of the HEQCO. Also includes materials relating to the HEQCO.

File consists of ca. one hundred items of correspondence between James Downey and Otto Tucker between the years 2006-2007.

Series is comprised of correspondence and writings created by Florence Reid and accumulated by James Downey. Includes tss. and published books of Reid's poetry work as well as correspondence.

Correspondence received and sent by James Downey to his sisters. Most letters written by Downey are under the heading “Dear Sis.”
Includes photographs and photocopies of photographs of family members and friends and related newspaper clippings.
Also contains other personal correspondence sent and received by Downey.

File consists of materials relating to the HEQCO and James Downey's tenure as president. Includes eight items of correspondence, as well as meeting minutes, speeches, membership lists, strategic plan, etc.

File consists of materials relating to the Association of Universities and Colleges Canada President's Circle. Includes a booklet, a ts. (computer output) speech transcript, and ts. (computer output) notes regarding a roundtable.

File consists of ca. one hundred items of correspondence between Otto Tucker and James Downey between the years 2008-2009.

File consists of ca. fifty items of correspondence between Otto Tucker and James Downey between the years 2009-2010.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey from 2010-2012.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey from 2010-2012.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey from 2010-2012.

File consists of ca. one hundred items of correspondence between James Downey and Cyril F. Poole between 2012-2013.

File consists of ca. two hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey between January and August, 2013.

File consists of ca. two hundred items of correspondence from Cyril F. Poole to James Downey between January and August, 2013.

File consists of a genealogical story of Ernest and Mimy Downey, parents of James Downey, compiled and printed by James Downey.