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

File consists of sixty one items of correspondence between James Downey and Don MacIver.

File consists of fifty eight items of correspondence between James Downey and Harrison McCain. Also includes correspondence with other members of the McCain family, and accompanying materials.

File consists of ca. one hundred fifty items of correspondence from Colin & Mary Mackay to James Downey between the years 1997-2000. 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 one hundred seventy items of correspondence between James Downey and others for the years 1996-1998. Correspondents include:

• Adam, Stuart
• Anson-Cartwright, Hugh
• Ashenburg, Katherine
• Atherton, Jay
• Atkinson, George
• Atkinson, Lorraine
• Bassett, Carling
• Bellingham, Susan
• Blaney, Jack
• Borowski, Diana
• Branda, Dan
• Caldwell, Robert C.
• Cameron, Ian
• Clausi, David
• Claxton, Lois
• Cohen, Ruben
• Cowan, Ann
• Cuff, Douglas
• Dimma,William A.
• Downey, Geoffrey
• Dyer, Thomas
• Edler, Robert
• Emberly, Peter
• Eydt, Ronald
• Eyton, Trevor
• Falconer, Kirk
• Ferrante, Angela
• Frampton, George
• Frank, David
• Gammon, Frances
• George, Peter
• Gibson, James
• Giroux, Robert
• Green, R.B.
• Green, Melvin & Eileen
• Griffith, M.J.
• Guild, Paul
• Hadley, Jean
• Healy, Jack
• Hecker, Ing F.W.
• Hepburn, John
• Hornyansky, Michael
• Huber, Dennis
• Huggard, Patricia
• Ingoldsby, Pat
• Johnston, George
• Keller, Friederich
• Kerton, Robert
• Klidaras, Fred
• Leckie, Irene
• LeDrew, Annie
• LeMesurier, Robert T.
• Lindsay, David
• MacIver, Don
• Mackay, Colin B.
• Mackenzie, David
• Macnaughton, Peggy
• Maiden, Colin
• Martin, Nancy
• May, A.W.
• McCain, H.H.
• McGrahan, Elizabeth
• Micallef, Donna
• Mitchell, P.D.
• Mulder, Nick
• Nolan, Roderick
• Oullette, Dave
• Parrott, John
• Persi Haines, Claudia
• Piercey, Frank
• Piercey, Rhoda Maude
• Po, Theresa
• Poole, Cyril
• Prichard, J. Robert S.
• Richard Ivey School of Business
• Richards, David
• Richards, Robert
• Rock, Allen
• Ruben, Allen M.
• Sabat, Jerome
• Saunders, Jeff
• Scott, Andrew
• Sparkes, Grace
• Strong, David
• Strong, Joanna
• Thompson, Frank
• Tode, Barry
• Tucker, Otto
• Vallentin, Anne
• Vink, Peggy
• Wallace, Wendy
• West, Paul
• Wickwire, Wendy
• Wilson, John
• Wu, Michael.

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.

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 seventeen items correspondence between James Downey and Jim O'Sullivan, Vice President of Finance at the University of New Brunswick, or regarding Jim O'Sullivan. Also includes related materials such as speech transcripts and an application for an award.

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

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

File consists of fifty two items of correspondence between James Downey and Robert Prichard. Also includes one magazine, and a written tribute.

File consists of correspondence relating to The Downey Tennisfest fundraiser. Also includes schedules, donation forms, invitations and photographs of participants.

File consists of tributes and eleven items of correspondence relating to the death of Ian Lithgow. Includes clippings and correspondence between James Downey and others regarding Lithgow's death, as well as three items of correspondence from Downey to Lithgow.

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

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 five items of correspondence between James Downey and Reginald Tweeddale. Also includes one obituary.

File consists of fifty three items of correspondence between James Downey and Rebecca Watson.

File consists of fifty seven items of correspondence between James Downey and Gordon Wood. Includes clippings, articles and other accompanying documentation.

File consists of ts. of speeches given by James Downey from 1998-2013 at various events.

File consists of scholarly research and publications created by James Downey on the topic of Laurence Sterne.

File consists of the June-July 1985 edition of University Affairs. The edition includes an article by James Downey titled "High Education - Canada Facing a Two-Horned Dilemma."

File consists of the April 1989 edition of University Affairs. The edition includes an article by James Downey titled "What They are Saying..."

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 the July 21, 1990 edition of The Whig-Standard Magazine. The edition includes an article by James Downey titled "Can Universities Change."

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.

Materials related to James Downey’s commonplace books. Includes photocopies of notebook in file 2 with handwritten annotations on the margins, and photocopies of a press note titled “The humane society (London) offers advice on the care of victims of drowning.”
Some pages are missing.

Materials related to James Downey’s commonplace books. Includes photocopies of notebook in file 4 with handwritten annotations on the margins.
Some pages are missing.

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.

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.

Materials related to speeches and addresses given by James Downey between the years 1980 and 1992. Includes drafts and final versions of speeches.
Titles of speeches are:

• “UNB Installation address” (October 16, 1980),
• “UNBSJ Awards ceremony” (November 4, 1980),
• “Special Convocation,” Kenya Technical Teachers College, Nairobi (December 3, 1980),
• “Sex & violence in eighteenth-Century hymns & sermons,” Humanities Association, St. John’s (April 3, 1981),
• “The third wave: ripple or breaker? Education in the eighties,” New Brunswick Teachers Association, St. Thomas University (May 7, 1981),
• “The perils of planning,” Atlantic Planners Institute, Fredericton (September 11, 1981),
• “The English professor as administrator,” Atlantic Universities Teachers of English, Fredericton (October 22, 1982),
• “Some thoughts on higher education in New Brunswick and UNB’s place in it,” Senior Public Service Managers, Province of New Brunswick (February 3, 1983),
• “A Freudian view of physical fitness,” College of New Brunswick Psychologists, UNB, Ottawa (April 13, 1983),
• “Academic freedom and freedom of the press,” Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrews, New Brunswick (September 21, 1983),
• “When Jesus and Socrates meet,” Wilmot United Church, Fredericton (November 20, 1983),
• “The entrepreneurial spirit,” Tourism Management Education Conference, Saint John (November 18, 1983),
• “Financing higher education & research,” Financial Post Conference, Ottawa (March 13, 1985),
• “Don’t forget to smell the flowers,” Fredericton High School Graduation (June 20, 1985),
• “The role of universities in understanding the social impact of technology,” 14th Commonwealth Universities Congress, Perth, Australia (February 1988),
• “University autonomy: myth or reality?” Institute of Public Affairs, Canada, Fredericton (January 19, 1989),
• “Lord, it's hard to be humble,” St. Paul’s United Church (October 29, 1989),
• “Business & education in the nineties: charting a new course, Toronto (April 17, 1990),
• “Capacity of universities to change,” Queen’s University Council (May 11, 1990),
• “Distinguished citizens awards dinner,” Fredericton (February 18, 1990),
• “Catcher in the ivy,” Special Convocation, Memorial University of Newfoundland (February 2, 1991),
• “22nd Conference of the Council for National Unity,” Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa (April 5, 1991),
• “Why I support the Charlottetown Accord,” University of New Brunswick (October 23, 1982),
• “Address to the Canadian Hospital Association, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (June 12, 1992),
• “Carleton North High School graduation,” Carleton North High School (June 24, 1992),
• “Canadian unity: a joking matter,” Leacock Luncheon, McGill University (September 18, 1992),
• “The Canadian University presidency: a perspective senior universities administrators course,” Banff, Alberta (May 1992).

Materials related to a speech given by James Downey on the topic of commonplace books. Includes draft for the speech titled “Honouring the Commonplace” with handwritten annotations, speech was to be presented at the Wessex Society in St. John’s, on April 8, 1998.
Also contains poem “A birthday prayer for Peg.”

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey. Contains correspondence related to Downey's professional roles, including letters of appreciation, recommendation requests, correspondence related to events he helped organize, and that related to different responsibilities of his roles. Also includes personal correspondence, especially related to Downey's family life. Personal correspondence has a preeminence of letters to and from Downey's sisters under the heading "Dear Sis" with numerous family photographs and mementos.

Correspondence received and sent by James Downey to his sisters. Most letters written by Downey are under the heading “Dear Sis.” Includes photocopies of photographs of family members and friends, related newspaper clippings, ephemera with eulogies for friends and family members, and a few related letters.
Also contains a poster for the "Thomas Gray and the Humanist tradition: a conference to mark the bi-centenary of the death of Thomas Gray," Carleton University (May 18-20, 1971).

Correspondence received by James Downey showing appreciation for his work or wishing him well in relation to Downey’s professional roles, many of which referring to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Waterloo.
Includes some letters sent by Downey in response to the letters of appreciation received.
Also contains related news or announcements.

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 one "Weekly Minder" presented to Dr. Downey by his class.

File consists of one calendar pad refill, Carleton University.

File consists of one calendar pad refill, Carleton University.

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

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

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

File consists of one desk size weekly appointment calendar.

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

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

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

File consists of one desk size weekly appointment calendar.

File consists of loose ts. (computer output) weekly schedules and travel itineraries.

File consists of one letter from Peter Kent with attached paper by him on the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of a report. James Downey is listed as president of the board of directors.

File consists of publications and ephemera issued by the University of New Brunswick, with short pieces by James Downey, President.

File consists of a report. James Downey was chairman of this committee.

File consists of greeting cards received by James Downey, some with the President's Office receipt stamp.

File consists of publications issued by the Corporate-Higher Education Forum and the Business-Higher Education Forum containing mention of James Downey.

File consists of one copy of a Corporate Higher Education Forum publication, preface by James Downey, Co-Chairman, Standing Committee.

File consists of ephemera issued by the Conference Board of Canada. James Downey is listed as the Master of Ceremonies.

File consists of one photocopy of the report.

File consists of issues of newspapers published at Carleton University; significance unknown.

File consists of one clipping from the Ottawa Journal, Feb 12, 1974.

File consists of c.v. entries for 1978-1979, articles, reviews and speeches by James Downey and related correspondence. Includes ms. and ts. notes and drafts, some with corrections, as well as photocopies of some of the published versions. Some speeches are those given in his capacity as president of Carleton University.

File consists of published tributes given at the service; one is by James Downey.

File consists of one letter from James Downey to Drs. Irwin Gillespie and Thomas Rymes, commenting on their contributions to an issue of a Carleton University newspaper, attached.

File consists of photocpies of letters from James Downey to his father.

File consists of correspondence etc. to and from James Downey in his capacity first as Senior Resident and then as Chair of the Senior Resident Selection Committee at Carleton University.

File consists of correspondence to and from James Downey primarily relating to his academic interests, responsibilities and employment.

File consists of James Downey's copies of Dept. of English committee minutes.

File consists of correspondence and other material relating to Fearful joy : papers from the Thomas Gray bicentenary conference at Carleton University , edited by J. Downey and Ben Jones, McGill-Queens University Press, 1974. Includes reviews.

File consists of correspondence to and from James Downey in his capacity as President, Association of Chairmen of Departments of English of Ontario Universities.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey. Includes greeting cards and postcards.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey. Includes original correspondence addressed to him in his capacity as President of Carleton University and stamped with a President's office receipt stamp. Includes greeting cardsand postcards.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey. Includes original correspondence addressed to him in his capacity as Vice-President Academic of Carleton University and bearing the office receipt stamp. This file contains primarily letters of congratulation on James Downey's appointment as President of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of correspondence, ephemera and programme notes by James Downey re arrangements to have Rosalind Shanks and Gabriel Woolf perform in Canada. Correspondence is addressed to Downey first at Carleton University and later in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of correspondence, ephemera and news releases relating to a conference held at Carleton University, Nov. 20-22, 1978.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Received correspondence bears the receipt stamp of the Office of the President. Includes a greeting cards and postcards.

File consists of letters of congratulation on James Downey's appointment as President of the University of Waterloo.

Legal case; disciplinary action & brouhaha at UNB, James Downey as President.

File consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from James Downey in his capacity as President of the University of New Brunswick. Some received correspondence bears the receipt stamp of the Office of the President. Includes greeting cards.

File consists of correspondence and ephemera relating to the Fulbright Program. James Downey chaired the Adjudication Committee.

File consists of correspondence relating to the resignation of James Downey as president of the University of New Brunswick.

File consists of correspondence and meeting minutes. James Downey was Chair of the Commission on the Structure and Governance of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University.

File consists of correspondence and ephemera.

File consists of correspondence, report drafts, and other material relating to the the management audit of University College of Cape Breton.

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. Includes a many greeting cards.

Series consists of notebooks or "commonplace books" kept by James Downey between 1986 and 2003. Includes ms. check lists, aide-memoires, speech notes, meeting notes, letter drafts, clippings, ephemera, snapshots.