File consists of material relating to the Corporate-Higher Education Forum of which James Downey served as as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1990, and as an Honorary Member in 1991-1992. Includes correspondence and annual meeting highlishts 1990-1992.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey, living at that time in New Brunswick.. Includes greeting cards.

File consists of one report by James Downey with cover letter.

File consists of correspondence, annual reports and financial statements relating to Tennis Canada. James Downey was on the board of directors.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey, living at that time in Waterloo, Ont. Includes correspondence addressed to James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo, bearing President's office receipt stamp. Includes a many greeting cards.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey, living at that time in Waterloo, Ont. Includes correspondence addressed toJames Downey in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo, approximtely Jan.-June 1998. Includes many greeting cards.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey, living at that time in Waterloo, Ont. Includes correspondence addressed toJames Downey in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo, approximtely Jan.-June 1998. Includes many greeting cards.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey, living at that time in Waterloo, Ont. Includes many greeting cards.

File consists of photocopies of speeches delivered by James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Includes corrections and notes in James Downey's hand.

File consists of ms. and ts. speech notes and cards, photocopied texts of speeches given by James Downey in his capacity as president of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of speeches, speech notes, briefs, presentations and reviews, most by James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Some have Downey's ms. notes and corrections. Some pieces are photocopies; some are original tss. Includes a title page and a chronological table of contents.

File consists of photocopies and one original ts. of speeches given by James Downey.

File consists of ms. and ts. speech notes, cards and drafts (originals), and some photocopies of texts of speeches given by James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of speeches, speech notes, briefs, presentations and reviews, most by James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Some have Downey's ms. notes and corrections. Some pieces are photocopies; some are original tss. Includes a title page and a chronological table of contents.

File consists of ms. and ts. speech notes, cards and drafts (originals), and some photocopies of texts of speeches given by James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of photocopies and computer output of speeches given by James Downey..

File consists of speeches, speech notes, presentations by James Downey, most in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Some pieces are photocopies and others are original tss. Includes a title page and a table of contents.

File consists of speeches, speech notes, presentations by James Downey. Some pieces are photocopies and others are computer output. Includes a title page and a table of contents.

File consists of speeches by James Downey, some in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo, most computer output.

File consists of James Downey's file of speeches and speech drafts and notes, in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo.

File consists of James Downey's file of speeches and speech drafts and notes, in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo.

File consists of speech masters, computer output, most housed in page preservers.

File consists of James Downey's file of speeches and speech drafts and notes, in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo.

File consists of James Downey's file of speeches and speech drafts and notes, in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo.

File consists of James Downey's file of speeches and speech drafts and notes, in his capacity as President of the University of Waterloo.

File consists of a ts., 402 leaves (carbon) of a work by James Downey.

File consists of a ts. draft, 32 leaves (original) of a paper by James Downey, Carleton University, April 1976.

File consists of prints of two portraits : four of one, one of the other, for The eighteenth-century pulpit.

File consists of correspondence (originals and copies) between James Downey and Florence Reed. Includes snapshots, newspaper clippings, ephemera, greeting cards, tss. of writing by Florence Reid.

File consists of materials relating to James Downey's work with the Association of Universities and Colleges Canada on various panels and committees.

File consists of the management audit and general examination of all aspects of the operation of the University College of Cape Breton report, prepared by KPMG March 19, 1992.

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

File consists of two items of correspondence between James Downey and Munro Beattie, chairman of the English Department at Carleton. Also includes biographical information on Munro Beattie.

File consists of ca. one hundred twenty items of correspondence between Frances Gammon and her husband, and James Downey. Note that some of the later correspondence is with Frances' daughter and details Frances' decline in health.

File consists of twenty six miscellaneous correspondence from James Downey when he was teaching at the University of Georgia. Correspondents include:

• Anderson, Wyatt;
• Bauman Rare Books;
• Bobak, Molly;
• Davison, Fred;
• Dyer, Tom and Anna;
• Eastman, Donald;
• Elder, Bob;
• Freedman, Aviva;
• Lukezic, Elizabeth;
• McDonald, Larry;
• Mitchell, Paul;
• Pach, Joseph;
• Pereira, Maria;
• Shallit, Jeffrey;
• Shantz, Susan;
• Simpson, Ed;
• Simpson, Ronald;
• Speir, E.G.;
• Thomas, Emory;
• Young, Ingrid.

File consists of sixty seven items of correspondence between James Downey and Jessie Griffith, with whom Downey boarded.

File consists of seven items of correspondence between James Downey and Hewlett Packard (Canada) relating to Downey's time as a member of the Board of Directors.

File consists of three items of correspondence between James Downey and Arthur Johnston. Also includes Johnston's CV and proposed research fellow program.

File consists of ninety four items of correspondence between James Downey and Irene Leckie. Also includes one clipping about Irene and an obituary.

File consists of ninety five items of correspondence between James Downey and Anne Martin. Includes a CV and materials relating to a project that the two worked on of an edition of "The Sermons of Mr. Yorick" by Laurence Sterne. Also includes correspondence to others involved with the Sterne project, and academic materials relating to Anne Martin.

File consists of ca. one hundred fifty items of correspondence from James Downey to Colin and Mary Mackay between the years 1995 and 1997. Note that correspondence from this time period may appear in other files.

File consists of ca. two hundred fifty items of correspondence between Colin & Mary Mackay and James Downey between the years 1990-2003. Note that correspondence from this time period may appear in other files.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence from James Downey to Colin and Mary Mackay between the years 1990 and 2003. Note that this binder of correspondence was created by James Downey and that further correspondence from this time frame may be found in other files.

File consists of ca. three hundred items of correspondence from James Downey to Colin and Mary Mackay between the years 1990 and 2003. Note that this binder of correspondence was created by James Downey and that further correspondence from this time frame may be found in other files.

File consists of twenty five items of correspondence between James Downey and others for the year 1996. Correspondents include:

• Atkinson, George;
• Beattie, A.M.;
• Brown, Jack;
• Cohen, H. Reulen;
• Daal, Gus and Willie and Remco;
• Daniel, John;
• Davis, William G.;
• Eyton, Trevor;
• Flagg, Mary;
• Fulford, Robert;
• Griensan, [?];
• Ianni, Ron;
• Inkster, Elke;
• Irving, Sandra;
• LaRocque, Judith A.;
• MacGuire, Robert C.;
• Roschart, Robert;
• Scott, Bill;
• Simpson, Jeffrey;
• Sirluck, Ernest;
• Wente, Margaret.

File consists of fifty two items of miscellaneous personal correspondence between James Downey and others for the years 1999-2000. Correspondents include: Adam, Stuart; Archer, Kate; Beattie, Lorraine; Bird, Phil; Butt, Arthur; Campbell, Douglas; Clark, Ian; Cook, John; Cowan, Ann; Flagg, Mary; Frampton, Ethel; Gaulin, Michel; George, Peter; Giroux, Robert; Globe and Mail; Globus, Swani & Morton; Green, Bert; Higgins, Michael; Kalbfleisch, Jim; Konrad, Helmut; Lynch, David; Maymusson, Lynne; McKane, Paul; Milne-Smith, Carol & Ian; Mitchell, Paul D.; Mogridge, Behill; Morris, Claire & John; Parr-Johnston, Elizabeth; Patterson, Stephen E.; Pereira, Maria C.; Piper, Martha; Rymes, Tom K.; Sevcik, Ken; Shantz, Susan; Sievwright, Georgia; Simpson, Ronald D.; Skibsrud, Johanna; Smith, Rev. Mary; Van Loon, Richard J.; Vinnicombe, Elizabeth; Wicks, Ed; Wiffen, Bob; Woerner, Anna; Zanna, Betsy.

File consists of forty items of miscellaneous correspondence between James Downey and others for the years 2000-2001. Correspondents include: Cavan, Rosemary; Crawford, Purdy; Cunningham, Pat; De la Daurantaye, Claire V.; Dixon, Ross and Doris; Flanagan, Frank and Rita; Ford, Christine Tausig; Golini, Vera; Graham, Mary; Greenberg, Joel; Higgins, Michael W.; Johnston, Ann Dowsett; Kieswette, Linda; Konrad, Helmut; Krupke, Emma; Lajeunesse, Claude; Leggett, William; Lithgow, Kathy, Vanessa and Rebecca; Lundy, Jim; Miller, Judith; Montague, Susan; O'Donovan, Val; Reid, Hugh; Robbins, K. Thomas; Rymes, Thomas Kenneth; Strangway, David; Wicks, Ed; Wu, Michael and Teresa.

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 seventeen items of correspondence between James Downey and Melvyn New. Also includes two offprints and one contract.

File consists of correspondence between James Downey and The Chancellery of Honours regarding nominations and letters of recommendation for the Order of Canada.

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

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

File consists of ninety items of correspondence between James Downey and Robert Richards. Also includes accompanying materials including clippings, speeches, etc.

File consists of nine items of correspondence between James Downey and Mordecai Richler. Also includes a memoir written by Downey on Richler and related correspondence.

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

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

File consists of ca. one hundred fifty items of correspondence between James Downey and Otto Tucker between 1980-2005.

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 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.

Series is comprised of works written by James Downey. Includes offprints of scholarly articles, articles published in university publications and materials related to his works on Sterne.

File consists of the November 1990 edition of University Affairs. The edition includes an opinion piece by James Downey titled "Can Universities Change."

File consists of journals with articles or reviews by James Downey. Includes:

• University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter 1976;
• Innovative Higher Education, Vol. 25 No. 4, Summer 2001;
• Acadiensis, Spring 1999;
• The Humanities Association Review, Vol. 25, No.2, Spring 1974;
• University of Toronto Quarterly Fall 1981;
• English Studies in Canada Vol. IV, No. 2, Summer 1978;
• University of Toronto Quarterly, Summer 1980.

Materials related to James Downey's personal and professional life. Includes Downey's commonplace books which he used to take notes related to his day-to-day affairs and specific annotations in relation to different aspects of his professional and personal life. Also contains speeches and addresses Downey wrote and presented at various events and celebrations. Lastly, holds personal and professional correspondence related to different aspects of Downey's professional roles and personal life (with a significant presence of correspondence between Downey and his sisters).

James Downey’s commonplace book for the years 1975 to 1985. Consists of a notebook with newspaper clippings and handwritten annotations by Downey with general notes and titled sections.

James Downey’s commonplace book for the years 1985 to 1989. Consists of a notebook with newspaper clippings and handwritten annotations by Downey with general notes, notes for talks and conferences, and titled sections with quotations from different authors.

Materials related to speeches and addresses written and given by James Downey. Includes drafts and final versions of speeches, addresses, and toasts for different events, and remembrances for various persons. Also contains contextual information accumulated by Downey during the research and writing process (such as newspaper articles, photocopies of photographs, and ephemera).
Includes a drawing by Gerard Brender à Brandis titled “Winterton, Newfoundland.”

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).

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey related to different areas of Downey's professional life. Includes letters of appreciation, tributes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to awards received and work performed by Downey in different roles and associations.
Also contains drafts of speeches and addresses related to Downey's work or roles, such as "Remarks by the Chancellor" during the official launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys by James Downey (May 15, 2012) or "Commencement Address the University of Waterloo" by Trina McQueen, president, Discovery Channel (June 18, 1999).

Original with corporate seal, signatures of President K.G. Murray and Secretary D.E. Weaver.

Board of Director's manual maintained in a binder, subdivided by category. Includes membership lists for committees, roles of directors, a copy of the certificate of registered charitable status, a copy of the act of incorporation, by-laws, Board of Directors minutes, brochures, and promotional material.

Contains minutes, agendas and supporting documents for meetings of the Board of Directors.

Includes policy proposals, financial information, reports of committees to the Board, memoranda, lists of securities, form letters, photocopy of "Notice of designation as a public foundation" from Revenue Canada, brochures, correspondence to and from the Foundation, resolution regarding qualified donees, schedule of assets, a copy of Bill Pr11 "An Act to incorporate the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation," a pamphlet on a local radio station the "Wired World : Waterloo County community media," and a photocopied article.

Contains minutes of and supporting documents for meetings of the Board of Directors. Includes minutes, appointment of Honorary Director, Governance Committee terms of reference, grant histories, the "Outgoing President's report," signing resolutions, policies, "Our millennium" presentation notes, investment policies and objectives, financial statements, committee reports, investment fund statements, Board appointments, and award information.

Contains lists of committee members, Slate of Officers, and Board of Directors members.

Contains committee lists, and a Board of Directors members list.

Contains minutes of the Audit Committee.

Contains minutes of the Canada Trust Merv Lahn Community Development Fund Committee.

Contains minutes of and supporting documents for meetings of the Fundraising and Public Relations Committee. Includes memoranda, asset development plan, form letters, and 10th Anniversary Council minutes.

Contains minutes of and supporting documents for meetings of the Grants Committee. Includes summary of grant applications, minutes for the Grand River Project meeting, and material regarding the "Canada Trust Merv Lahn Community Development Fund."

Contains minutes of the Nominating Committee.

Contains minutes of and supporting documents for meetings of the Operating Committee. Includes operating account statements, lists of prospective donors, lists of new funds and gifts with donor names and amounts given, lists of bequests and funds and memoranda.

Contains minutes and agendas of the Operating Committee. Includes Governance Review Committee Recommendations.

Contains material relating to the Foundation's Freeport Hospital Trust fund. Includes quarterly investment reports, capital markets review and outlook, and account summaries.

Contains material relating to the Foundation's United Way fund. Includes quarterly investment reports, capital markets review and outlook, account summaries, and lists of United Way securities by maturity.