Materials created by Donna Jean MacKinnon during her career as a journalist. Articles are either under the byline Donna Jean MacKinnon or Isabella Street, or ghostwritten by MacKinnon in different media. Media include:

• Toronto Star
• Washington Post
• Great Expectations
• City and Country Home
• Toronto Life
• Fifty-Five Plus 25
• Canadian Living
• House and Home
• Select Homes
• Free Saturday Star

Includes some materials related to the edition and publication of MacKinnon’s book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms. Call number: G24635.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Stasia Evasuk, Marilyn Dunlop, Olive Dickason, and Kay Kritzwiser.

Materials accumulated or created by Donna Jean MacKinnon during the writing, edition, and publication of her book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms, published in 2017. Includes drafts of the book in different phases of its creation, as well as manuscript evaluations and chapters that were not included in the final version of the book. Also contains correspondence with editors and publishers, and records related to the publication and promotion of Newsgirls.
Materials document the evolution of the project from title selection (which began as Newsgirls : pre-Feminism in print journalism) and authorship (the first drafts included Catherine Smyth as author (reporter at the Toronto Star and communications specialist)), to the chapters included in the book. The first drafts of the book included chapters for twenty journalists, whereas the final version covered ten (for more information about the journalists covered, refer to the General Note in the notes section of this series).
Materials also document the process of final edition and publication taken on by MacKinnon and different persons at York University (most of the edition and publication tasks were performed by Leaping Lion Books are undertaken by students as part of course activities). Newsgirls was published in 2017 by Leaping Lion Books at York University and promoted in different events and venues.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Marilyn Dunlop. Includes original and photocopied articles by and about Dunlop, correspondence between Dunlop and MacKinnon, handwritten notes and other documentation accumulated by MacKinnon, database searches, photocopies of photographs of Dunlop’s professional career, and drafts of Dunlop's chapter in Newsgirls.
Also contains two articles by Joan Hollobon.

Published copies of the Globe Magazine from 1958, 1961-1963, 1967-1968. Magazines include articles by Joan Hollobon written between 1958 and 1968, and by Olive Dickason written between 1958 and 1962. Some magazines include handwritten notes taken by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Kay Kritzwiser. Includes photographs of Kritzwiser’s personal life, newspaper articles by Kritzwiser and contextualizing articles about her life. Also contains Canadian journalist Alanna Mitchell’s curriculum vitae.

Newspaper clippings of the Toronto Star (1999-2012), @Biz (2002), the Toronto Telegram (1965), and the Toronto Life (1996). Newspapers include articles by or about Michele Landsberg, Stasia Evasuk, Rachel Ross, and Robin Sears.

Documentary titled “Simma Holt,” directed by Ariadne Ochrymovych, and created by Glass Co. Inc. Documentary was originally broadcasted on August 30, 1994, on CBC Television and was part of the series Our Stories.

Materials related to the promotion and launch of the book Newsgirls during different book launch and promotion events. Includes information for events at the North Toronto Historical Society, the Literary Table of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, the Women’s Art Association of Canada, the S. Walter Stewart Library Auditorium, Belmont House, CBC Radio, the University Women's Club of Toronto, Victoria University Library, the Toronto Public Library, and the Toronto Hunt. Includes a promotional poster, bookmarks, and a nametag and lanyard. Also contains photographs of several presentations and events.

Newspaper clippings of published articles authored by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Most articles were published in the Toronto Star and its different sections (1981, 1991-1992, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011), the Washington Post, Great Expectations (1984), City and Country Home (1984), and Toronto Life (1986-1987).
Includes a printed draft of Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s Newsrooms from December 2000 and February 2001 with notes by Deanna Dunn (copy editor at the Toronto Star).

Materials about Donna Jean MacKinnon’s professional career, including photocopies and original newspaper clippings of articles she authored and ghostwrote for the Toronto Star, and invitations to art shows. Includes MacKinnon’s business cards and her curriculum vitae as of January 2020.

Articles authored by Donna Jean MacKinnon (some signed as Isabella Street). Most articles were published on Fifty-Five Plus 25 (2013), Canadian Living (1988), House and Home (1985), Select Homes (1988), Great Expectations (1985), Free Saturday Star (2014), and City and Country Home (1983-1985).
Includes a negative of a photograph used in one of the articles.

Newspaper clippings of articles accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon and authored and/or reviewed by Joan Hollobon for the Northern Daily News (1953), the Daily Nugget (1955, 1956), the Globe and Mail (1956-1962, 1966, 1972, and 1976), the Globe Magazine (1957), and the Canadian Churchman (1960). File also contains articles about Joan Hollobon in the Daily Nugget (1955, 1956) and Canadian Doctor (1962). Contains some handwritten notes by Donna Jean MacKinnon, and a memo sent by Richard J. Doyle (editor of the Globe and Mail, 1963-1983) to Hollobon in 1960.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Angela Burke. Includes photocopies of photographs of Burke’s professional life, articles by and about Burke, drafts and endnotes of Burke’s chapter in Newsgirls, database searches, handwritten notes taken by MacKinnon, and correspondence between Burke and MacKinnon (including Burke’s curriculum vitae).

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Dusty Vineberg. Includes correspondence between MacKinnon and Vineberg, correspondence with researchers and museum curators to research and contextualize Vineberg (including information about Irene Burstyn), articles by Vineberg, research materials provided by Vineberg (including her curriculum vitae and articles), database searches, documents sent by Cynthia Cooper (McCord Museum), and copies of Vineberg's chapter in Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Yvonne Crittenden (journalist at the Toronto Sun). Includes biographical information provided by the Toronto Sun, database searches, two photographs, and originals and photocopies of newspaper articles by and contextualizing Crittenden.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Olive Dickason. Includes articles by and about Dickason, Dickason’s curriculum vitae (from 1995 and 1997), drafts of Dickason’s chapter in Newsgirls, handwritten research notes, correspondence between Dickason and MacKinnon and between MacKinnon and David T. McNab (historian who updated the fourth edition of Dickason’s Canada’s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, published in 2009 by Oxford University Press), photocopies of photographs of Dickason’s professional life, and a photograph of Dickason from 1970.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Canadian journalists of the 20th Century and the history of Canadian journalism in the 20th Century while contextualizing biographical notes for Newsgirls.
Includes newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, and photographs of Valerie Gibson. Also includes a draft of Gibson's chapter for Newsgirls.
Also contains newspaper clippings, database searches, correspondences, and biographical notes of journalists (such as Maggie Siggins, Dolly Seaman, Fred Toyer, Wendy Darroch, Margaret Weiers, Lillian Gibbons, Alfred McKee, Evelyn Dollery, Keitha McLean, Sybil Audrey Young, Borden Spears, Iris Fleming, Ruth Hammond, Maureen Keller, Helen Worthington, Evelyn Dick, Shirley Sharzer, J. S. Atkinson, Ray Timson, Harry Comfort Hindmarsh, Martin Goodman, and Belan H. Honderick).

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Stasia Evasuk. Includes handwritten notes about Evasuk, correspondence between Evasuk and MacKinnon, articles by Evasuk, and photocopies of photographs of Evasuk’s personal and professional life.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Catherine Smyth, Stasia Evasuk, and Maggie Reeves (fashion designer). Includes articles by MacKinnon about Reeves, obituaries for Smyth, handwritten notes about Evasuk, and four negatives of Reeves designs with some of her clients during the 1970s (such as Susan Cohon, wife of George Cohon, founder and senior chairman of McDonald’s Canada).

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Ruth Hammond. Includes handwritten research, biographical information, and a photograph of Hammond’s professional life. According to annotations, photograph was taken during the Canadian Women’s Press Club party, ca. 1970.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Ruth Hammond and Catherine Smyth (reporter at the Toronto Star and communications specialist). Includes photocopies of photographs of Hammond and Smyth’s professional lives; articles by, about, and contextualizing Hammond; drafts of Hammond’s chapter in Newsgirls; database searches; handwritten notes taken by MacKinnon; and a copy of the speech given by Hammond at the Canadian Women’s Press Club Gala in 1986. Also contains information about Smyth’s funeral in 1997 and correspondence from Angela Burke to MacKinnon about the matter.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Dorothy Howarth. Includes articles by and about Howarth, correspondence between Howarth and MacKinnon, handwritten notes and other documentation accumulated by MacKinnon, database searches. Also contains drafts of Howarth's chapter in Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Olive Dickason. Includes correspondence between Dickason and MacKinnon and between MacKinnon and other people involved in Dickason’s life and research. Also contains articles about Dickason written by MacKinnon, a draft of Dickason’s chapter in Newsgirls, Dickason’s autobiography, and information about the creation of the 2002 documentary Olive Dickason’s First Nations.

Research notes by Donna Jean MacKinnon about June Callwood, Stasia Evasuk, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Doris Anderson, and Kay Kritzwiser. Includes general notes about news history in Canada in the 1950s.

Research notes by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Maureen Keller, Stasia Evasuk, Olive Dickason, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Dorothy Howarth, and June Callwood.

Two recordings of Donna Jean MacKinnon interviewing Stasia Evasuk. Interview was originally recorded in two mini-cassette tapes.

Research notes by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Olive Dickason, Michele Landsberg, Yvonne Crittenden, Stasia Evasuk, Angela Burke, and Maggie Reeves.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Michele Landsberg. Includes handwritten notes, newspaper clipping of articles by and about Landsberg, database searches about Landsberg, and a draft of Landsberg’s chapter in Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Simma Holt. Includes articles by and about Holt, correspondence between Holt and MacKinnon (including Holt’s curriculum vitae), handwritten notes, database searches, and other contextualizing articles for Holt’s life. Also contains drafts of Holt's chapter in Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Elizabeth Dingman and Doris Anderson. Includes photocopies of photographs, database searches, articles by and contextualizing Dingman, a draft of her chapter in Newsgirls, and correspondence between Dingman and MacKinnon. Also contains biographical notes and database searches, and articles by and about Doris Anderson, as well as the news release for the Order of Ontario recipients of 1995. Lastly, includes a copy of Fusion Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1995 with an article by Dingman and brief notes about the edition of Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Stasia Evasuk. Includes handwritten notes and questions for and about Evasuk, articles about and contextualizing Evasuk, correspondence related to Evasuk, and Evasuk’s chapter and endnotes for Newsgirls. Also contains general notes for the creation of Newsgirls, Ruth Hammond’s chapter for Newsgirls and a photocopy of a photograph of Maureen Keller.

Photocopies of photographs of Angela Burke. Photocopies contain handwritten notes about Burke and Stasia Evasuk.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Dusty Vineberg, Angela Burke, Peter Worthington (journalist at the Toronto Telegram), Valerie Gibson, and June Callwood.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon. Includes a notebook titled “Joan Hollobon” with MacKinnon’s handwritten notes regarding Hollobon. Some notes include biographical information about Kay Rex. Also contains printed information about the Hollobon Award.

Recording of Donna Jean MacKinnon interviewing Michele Landsberg. Interview was originally recorded in a mini-cassette tape.

Research materials accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon for Newsgirls. Includes photocopies of Walter Stewart’s chapter “The crazy rat syndrome” in Canadian Newspapers: the inside story, pages 111-125 (Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers, 1980) about Steward’s time at the Toronto Star.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Maureen Keller, and Ruth Hammond.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Kay Kritzwiser and Olive Dickason and general notes about the preparation and edition of Newsgirls.

Research notes and interview questions created by Donna Jean MacKinnon for Kay Kritzwiser, Simma Holt, Joan Hollobon, Olive Dickason, Dusty Vineberg, and Maureen Keller. Also contains Donna Jean MacKinnon’s notes on other professional projects, travels, and interviews.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Olive Dickason. Includes information about the creation of the 2002 documentary Olive Dickason’s First Nations, drafts of Dickason’s chapter in Newsgirls, correspondence by Dickason confirming the donation of her archives to Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, and articles about Dickason.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Angela Burke, Kay Kritzwiser, Simma Holt, Olive Dickason, and June Callwood. Also contains notes on the writing and edition of Newsgirls, such as lists of possible subjects and contact information.

Photocopies of pages from Harold Evans’ My paper chase : true stories of vanished times, published in 2009 with annotations on margins by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon that were placed inside the books It’s all about kindness: remembering June Callwood, Canadian newspapers: the inside story, and Canada’s newspaper legend: the story of J. Douglas MacFarlane when the collection was donated to the archives.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Dorothy Howarth, Stasia Evasuk, Simma Holt, and June Callwood.

Research notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon, Olive Dickason, Maureen Keller, Kay Kritzwiser, Dusty Vineberg, and Marilyn Dunlop.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about publishers. According to annotations, file used to contain research and biographical notes about Ruth Hammond but was moved by McKinnon to a file about Hammond.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998. Draft includes the subject list, the working title (“Newsgirls : pre-Feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth), and introductory sections of the book.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth. Includes a handwritten note by MacKinnon about the draft, and has chapters on Stasia Evasuk, Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Strauss, Yvonne Crittenden, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Stasia Evasuk, Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Strauss, Yvonne Crittenden, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Strauss, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created in March 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Strauss, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, and Catherine Ford. Also contains business card Sharon Crawford (writer and editor).

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Dorothy Howarth, Dusty Vineberg, Ruth Hammond, Joan Hollobon, June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Angela Burke, Olive Dickason, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Valerie Gibson, Yvonne Crittenden. Includes introduction and proposal.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about the edition and final checks for Newsgirls.

Manuscript evaluation and notes of Marilyn Dunlop’s chapter in Newsgirls by Sharon Crawford (writer and editor). Includes handwritten notes by Donna Jean Mackinnon about Dunlop.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon about publishers for her book Newsgirls, contact information and biographical notes for some of the journalists covered in the book.

Reader’s report of Newsgirls and correspondence from Westwood Creative Artists. Report contains annotations by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Corrections to Simma Holt's chapter and endnotes in Newsgirls. Includes a partial manuscript evaluation and notes by Sharon Crawford (writer and editor) and correspondence with Luke Gagliardi (York University) with notes and corrections for all chapters in Newsgirls.

Corrections to June Callwood’s chapter and endnotes in Newsgirls.

Corrections to Joan Hollobon’s chapter and endnotes in Newsgirls. Includes correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and writer Iris Nowell with corrections for the endnotes, and between MacKinnon and Andy F. Visser-de Vries (Hollobon's friend and caretaker) with corrections for the chapter.

Manuscript evaluation, correspondence, and corrections of different chapters in Newsgirls made by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Sharon Crawford (writer and editor).

Manuscript evaluation and notes for Dusty Vineberg’s chapter in Newsgirls by Sharon Crawford (writer and editor). Includes further corrections on Vineberg's chapter by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Corrections to Dorothy Howarth’s, Kay Kritzwiser’s, and Olive Dickason’s chapters and endnotes in Newsgirls. Includes fact-checking and a partial manuscript evaluation and notes by Sharon Crawford (writer and editor).

Corrections to Kay Kritzwiser’s chapter and endnotes in Newsgirls. Includes fact-checking for June Callwood, Simma Holt, and Stasia Evasuk chapters and a partial manuscript evaluation and notes by Sharon Crawford (writer and editor).

Corrections to Stasia Evasuk’s chapter and endnotes in Newsgirls.

Correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Mike O’Connor (York University) regarding the publication of the book Newsgirls.

Corrections to Olive Dickason’s and Marilyn Dunlop’s chapters and endnotes in Newsgirls.

Correspondence and revisions of contracts with York University for the publishing of Newsgirls. Includes correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Mike O’Connor (York University) and between MacKinnon and Luke Gagliardi (York University) regarding the edition and publishing of the book. Also contains reviewed drafts of the contract to reproduce and published, as well as MacKinnon’s signed copy of the contract.

Test prints, corrections, and invoices related to the creation and launch of Newsgirls. Test prints are for the cover and first pages of Newsgirls. Correspondence is between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Luke Gagliardi (York University), Mike O’Connor (York University), and Jane Tilley regarding corrections to the text, edition, and book launch. Also contains photographic reproductions requests, correspondence, and invoices from the Toronto Public Library, the Toronto Star, and GetStock.

Draft of Newsgirls, including chapters for Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, and Dusty Vineberg. Items were enclosed in an envelope addressed to Mike O’Connor (York University) on October 6, 2016.

Photographs and photocopies of photographs of Marilyn Dunlop, Dorothy Howarth, Kay Kritzwiser, Olive Dickason, Stasia Evasuk, Marjorie Earl, and June Callwood. Includes correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Luke Gagliardi (York University) regarding the photographs to be included in Newsgirls, and annotations by MacKinnon about photographs missing.

Printed PowerPoint presentation of Newsgirls created by Donna Jean Mackinnon for different promotional events.

Five photographs of Joan Hollobon in different moments of her professional career and personal life.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Kay Kritzwiser. Includes photographs of Kritzwiser’s personal life, newspaper articles by and about Kritzwiser, correspondence between Kritzwiser and MacKinnon, handwritten notes and other documentation accumulated by MacKinnon (such as correspondence with artists profiled by Kritzwiser and correspondence received by Kritzwiser about the awarding of the Commemorative Medal). Also includes drafts of Kritzwiser's chapter and end notes in Newsgirls.

Materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon during her professional life as a journalist. Includes articles written by MacKinnon in different news media and materials related to MacKinnon’s book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms (published in 2017), including research notes and interviews, drafts of the book in different phases, and records related to the publication of the book.

Materials accumulated and created by Donna Jean MacKinnon during the research for her book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms, published in 2017. Includes photographs, newspaper materials, handwritten notes and audio interviews, database searches, contact information and correspondence, and drafts of chapters of Newsgirls (oftentimes, these drafts were sent to the subjects of the chapter for corrections).
For twenty years, MacKinnon researched women journalists of the Canadian 20th Century. During her research, she conducted interviews, accumulated articles written by and about the journalists, and performed other research activities (such as database searches and bibliographical reads). Over the years, Newsgirls varied considerably. As a result, Donna Jean MacKinnon accumulated or created materials for journalists that were not part of the final project (for more information about the journalists covered, refer to the General Note in the notes section of this series).

Correspondence sent by Dusty Vineberg to Donna Jean MacKinnon in 2016. Correspondence includes three photographs of Dusty Vineberg conducting interviews and at her desk during her years at the Montreal Star. Includes a description of four photographs created by Dusty Vineberg and some annotations by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Angela Burke, June Callwood, Yvonne Crittenden, Olive Dickason, Marilyn Dunlop, Stasia Evasuk, Valerie Gibson, Ruth Hammond, Joan Hollobon, Simma Holt, Dorothy Howarth, Maureen Keller, Kay Kritzwiser, Michele Landsberg, Dusty Vineberg. Includes introduction.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon (1920). Includes handwritten notes about Hollobon (some of them contain information about Kay Rex), newspaper clipping of articles contextualizing or authored by Hollobon, database searches about Hollobon, and a draft of Hollobon’s chapter in Newsgirls.
Contains a published edition of Bungle : truce and trouble by Joan Hollobon, a reprint of some of the articles by Hollobon to give context to the Medicare crisis in Saskatchewan in 1962, published by the Globe and Mail in 1962.

Correspondence sent by Dusty Vineberg to Donna Jean MacKinnon on April 17, 1997. Correspondence includes articles written by Vineberg during her time at the Montreal Star (specifically in 1965, 1967, and 1973). Also contains a Christmas card sent by Vineberg for the New Year 1999.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Maureen Keller (journalist at the Toronto Daily Star). Includes newspaper clippings contextualizing Keller, handwritten biographical notes and database searches, and original and photocopies of photographs of Keller in different moments of her professional career. Also contains two drafts of Keller’s chapter for Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon during the creation of Newsgirls. Includes MacKinnon’s handwritten research and biographical notes Ruth Hammond, Marjorie Earl, Marilyn Dunlop, and Angela Burke, Maureen Murray, Joan Hollobon, Kay Kritzwiser, Dusty Vineberg, Simma Holt, June Callwood. Also contains contact information for several people accumulated for the conduction of interviews, newspaper articles about Canadian journalism (including information about prominent male journalists such as Peter Worthington, Val Sears, Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas, Wiarton Willie, and Ron Lowman) and women journalists in the 20th Century (including information about Alison Gordon, Jennifer Ditchburn, Elizabeth Dingman, Jocelyn Dingman, Marie Moreau, and Eleanor Roblin Done Dahl).

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Sutton Straus, Enid Nemy, Heather Robertson, and Jeanine Locke. Includes database searches, handwritten notes and biographical information, correspondence, photocopies of photographs and articles by and contextualizing Sutton Straus, Nemy, Robertson, and Locke.

Three recordings of Donna Jean MacKinnon interviewing Kay Kritzwiser. Interviews were performed in three instances and were recorded in three mini-cassette tapes.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Kay Rex and her book No daughter of mine: the women and history of the Canadian Women's Press Club. Includes notes about Rex, invitations to book events for Rex’s book, newspaper clippings of articles contextualizing Rex, as well as Rex’s obituary in the Globe and Mail (2006), and a photograph of Rex by Brian Willer. Lastly, contains a draft of Rex’s chapter in Newsgirls.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Marjorie Earl. Includes drafts of Earl’s chapter in Newsgirls; articles by, about, and contextualizing Earl; database searches; handwritten notes taken by MacKinnon; and photocopies of photographs of Earl’s professional life.

Five photographs of Angela Burke taken in 1931 and accumulated by Done Jean MacKinnon on October 10, 2015.

Book proposals and correspondence to editors and editorial houses regarding the publication of the book Newsgirls. Includes correspondence with editorial agents and agencies, as well as subject lists, introductions, and prefaces to Newsgirls with handwritten notes and corrections. Also contains contact information for editorial houses, unsigned permission to reproduce contract between Donna Jean MacKinnon and York University, and correspondence regarding promotion of the book. Lastly, includes the abstract of the book Women who give away millions : portraits of Canadian philanthropists by Iris Nowell (1996).

Draft for Newsgirls created in 1997. Draft includes chapters on Stasia Evasuk and Kay Kritzwiser.

Draft of Newsgirls by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth with corrections made in February 1998. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Straus, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, Catherine Ford. Also contains a separate chapter on Angela Burke from February 3, 1998.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon as part of her research for Newsgirls. Includes correspondence with publishers as well as a draft of Newsgirls with summaries on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Hold, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Straus, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, Catherine Ford, Enid Nemy, and Heather Robertson.

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Angela Burke, Dorothy Howarth, Ruth Hammond, June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Kay Rex, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Olive Dickason, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Dusty Vineberg, Yvonne Crittenden, Elizabeth Dingman, and Marilyn Dunlop. Also contains introduction and proposal.

Draft of Newsgirls by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth. Draft includes chapters on Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Straus, Yvonne Crittenden, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford. Also contains correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Luke Gagliardi (York University) about the edition of Newsgirls.

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Dorothy Howarth, Dusty Vineberg, Ruth Hammond, Joan Hollobon, June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Angela Burke, Olive Dickason, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Valerie Gibson, Yvonne Crittenden. Includes introduction and proposal.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon for the endnotes of Newsgirls about June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Stasia Evasuk, Dorothy Howarth, Joan Hollobon, Marilyn Dunlop, Angela Burke, Dusty Vineberg, and Olive Dickason.

Correspondence and invoices for rights of reproduction of photographs for their use in Newsgirls. Correspondence in file is between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Mike Kelly (Torstar Syndicate) and Luke Gagliardi (York University), and includes documenting decisions over different photographs, their captions, and permissions to use them. Invoices include associated payment receipts and correspondence with GetStock, the Toronto Reference Library at the Toronto Public Library, the PNG Library, and Canadian Press Enterprises Inc. Also contains correspondence with Anne Dickason (Olive Dickason’s daughter) as part of Donna Jean MacKinnon’s research about Dickason.

Correspondence regarding corrections and fact-checking during the edition of Newsgirls. Includes correspondence with Luke Gagliardi (York University) and other students at York University regarding corrections and the edition of the book. Also contains correspondence and research materials about June Callwood, Dusty Vineberg, and Joan Hollobon.

Materials regarding Newsgirls book launch. Includes correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Mike O’Connor (York University) and between MacKinnon and Julia Aballe (York University) about the event, as well as guests lists and checklists for the launch.

High-resolution photographs of Donna Jean MacKinnon taken by photographer Linda Kooluris Dobbs for the photo portrait of the author in Newsgirls.

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Dorothy Howarth, Dusty Vineberg, Ruth Hammond, Joan Hollobon, June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Angela Burke, Olive Dickason, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Valerie Gibson, Yvonne Crittenden. Includes introduction and proposal.