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Potential closure of St. Mary’s General Hospital.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the potential closure of St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario. The material documents the opinions of a constituent as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. Records include correspondence and a copy of an article likely written by Telegdi.

Telegdi, Andrew

Photographs.

Two photographs featuring Andrew Telegdi, Sharon Hayes, and John English at an unknown event possibly taken in 1996. All three individuals are alumni of the University of Waterloo and served as Members of Parliament during their career. Also includes two photographs of Andrew Telegdi and Stanley Knowles, a Canadian parliamentarian, at an unknown event possibly taken in 1996.

In addition, the file contains a signed letter from Andrew Telegdi to Susan Mavor, then Head, Special Collections & Archives at the University of Waterloo donating the photographs to the department.

Telegdi, Andrew

Canadian Parliamentary Delegation visit to the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation's visit to the Republic of China (Taiwan) between March 31 and April 7, 1996. Telegdi and his wife, Nancy Curtin-Telegdi, travelled to the Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of this delegation. Records include tickets, briefing notes, correspondence, invitations, business cards, guest lists, menus, schedules, press clippings, and other textual records and ephemera. Also contains a published copy of an article titled, The Republic of China on Taiwan belongs in the United Nations by Lien Chan. The article was originally printed in the Fall 1993 issue of Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Telegdi, Andrew

Post-secondary research and education funding.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to increased post-secondary research and education funding from the Canadian federal government. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in efforts to secure additional funding. Records include correspondence from individuals as well as educational institutions and associations, particularly from Telegdi’s riding.

Telegdi, Andrew

Files from members, 1.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated by an unidentified association member. Includes correspondence, photocopied materials (article, poem, COAA executive and newsletter information, etc.), association membership lists, art show invitations, photographs of COAA members and events, and other material.

Central Ontario Art Association

Book proposals.

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).

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Poems by Don Domanski.

Materials created by Don Domanski, sent to and accumulated by Julia McCarthy. Includes correspondence received by McCarthy from Domanski with his poems.
Poems are titled “Beside the river,” “Words of surrender,” “Overshadows,” “A great space,” “The god in the crevice,” “Maker of dust,” “Spirits among weddings,” “Meditation,” “The star saliph,” “The star Betelgeuse," "Natal," "Supplications in a room," "Maker of dust," "Pearls," "Pathogens," "Meditation," "A clench of deity," "Walking through a field," "Three ribbons," "The daemon of walking," "The silence of remembered time," "A woman watching," "Thresholds gather round them," "Leviathan," "Dark medicines," "Speaking in the outer world," "The evening dress," "Under a star equal to locality," "All our wonder unavenged," "Untitled with invisible ink," "Anecdote," "A hummingbird's heart beats 1260 times a minute," "Leaning on silk," "Otherness of the little songs," "Ars poetica," "Twelve white chapters," "Aeon," "While clouds break twigs beside the river," "Dark graffiti," "Parish of the physic moon," "The leaf opera," "Cloudbursts in a lower world," "The planet asleep on your heart," "At the height of names," "The scarab," "Osprey and salmon," "Twelve corners of the earth," "Genius loci," and "In the field of orison."
Also contains a flyer for The Gallery Reading Series with Don Domanski (Saint Mary's University - Department of English, February 18, 2000).

Edinburgh Canadian studies.

Materials related to the conference "Boundaries" organized by the Centre of Canadian Studies in Edinburgh, in May 1996, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Holding the line: enforcement of Racial boundaries in the Supreme Court of Canada to 1950.” Includes an application for a conference travel grant, a draft of the paper, information on conference sponsoring, and related correspondence.

Walker, James

Arctic monitoring and assessment programme.

Correspondence related to the Arctic monitoring and assessment programme. Includes fax received by English with title “Environmental services and research, natural resources and environment, Northern Affairs program, Diand," and other related correspondence.

English, John

Correspondence business.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1996 and 1997 and in 2020. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo, job applications, and submissions of his poems. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for donations and for participating in events, and recommendation letters.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence: miscellaneous personal (1 of 3).

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.

Downey, James

Temple Anshe Shalom.

Materials related to the event "Multiculturalism the Canadian dilemma (ethnic diversity, Racism and anti-Semitism in Canada)," in Hamilton, on November 24, 1996, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Ethnic diversity, racial equality and group rights: the Canadian experience." Includes printout of the paper, a program of the event, pamphlets, and related correspondence.

Walker, James

Osgoode Soc[iety] corresp[ondence] including readers’ reports on race, rights & the law.

Materials related to the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History and James Walker's book Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada: historical case studies published with Laurier University Press. Includes a draft of Walker's book preface and a book summary, a form for aid to scholarly publications, readers’ report, information about the book, related correspondence, information about the edition of the book, and information for the Osgoode Society's members.
Also contains correspondence regarding a publication edited by Walker in the Osgoode Society's “Gazette” with comments from members of the society.

Walker, James

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence received by the Institute regarding different matters, ephemera related to the Institute, minutes of the teleconference (January 11, 1996), minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors (April 20, 1996), and minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Members (April 20, 1996).

Carold Institute

Proposed revisions to the Bank Act.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to proposed changes to the Bank Act. The proposed changes included provisions allowing banks to offer insurance, portfolio management and investment advice similar to life insurance companies and securities dealers as well as provisions allowing banks to sell retail vehicle leases through their branches to customers. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in these matters. Records include correspondence, press clippings, reports, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Quebec referendum of 1995.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the referendum on Quebec sovereignty held on October 30, 1995. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter including his attendance at the Unity Rally in Montreal, Quebec on October 27, 1995, and his efforts to help constituents attend the rally. The file also contains a letter written by Telegdi in November 1995 likely sent to participants in the Unity Rally thanking them for their support. In addition, the material documents his participation on various committees promoting a united Canada following the referendum such as the United Canada Committee and the Commitment Canada Committee. Records include correspondence, press clippings, news releases, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Industry Canada small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) seminar.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his efforts coordinating a seminar for small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada including a presentation by John Manley, Minister of Industry. Records include correspondence, reports, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, 1996.

W.H. Kaufman's file relating to his work as Honorary Campaign Chair of Campaign K-W, a capital fundraising campaign to redevelop the K-W Health Centre. Includes correspondence, proposal, clipping, memoranda, etc.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Correspondence.

File consists of correspondence between Gary Peysar and other employees and departments at Kaufman Footwear

Kaufman Footwear

Canadian Landmine Foundation.

Materials related to the Canadian Landmine Foundation. Includes agendas for meetings, related correspondence, adoption forms, flyers, related newspaper clippings, and information about different programs. Also contains published materials:

  • “An Agenda for Mine Action : A Global Ban on Landmines” (Ottawa, Canada, December 2-4, 1997, in English and French);
  • DVD “The war that never ends : Canada’s contribution to de-mining and international development” (1997, in English and French)
  • “Programme and Mine Action Forum : Roundtable agenda” from “A global ban on landmines : treaty signing and mine action forum” 1997
  • Magazine “AP Mine Ban : progress report” (No. 5, 1997 and No. 6, 1998).
  • Catalogue of “Adopt a Minefield” and information about the program
  • "The ICRC special fund for the disabled" and "ICRC and the war disabled : physical rehabilitation programmes 1979-1995
  • “Prosthetics Outreach Foundation : Helping the developing world walk again” Spring/Summer 1998.

English, John

Correspondence : Order of Canada (1 of 2).

File consists of 48 items of correspondence to Tony Urquhart congratulating him on receiving the Order of Canada. Correspondents include:

  • Adler, B&H;
  • Ainslie, Jock & Hill;
  • Banks, Robin;
  • Beynon, Aggie;
  • Black, Catherine;
  • Blain, Brad;
  • Burnett, Virgil;
  • Carson, Judith;
  • Downer, Roger;
  • Downey, James;
  • Brender a Brandis, Gerard;
  • Brox, James A.;
  • Burns, Ausra & Jeffrey;
  • Chilton, Al & Evelyn;
  • Dickson, Jennifer;
  • [Elmasry?], Abe; Flood, A.L.;
  • Gatenby, Greg;
  • Gold-Smith, Susan;
  • Hafermann, Adolf & Emily;
  • Jackman, Henry;
  • Linarf, Frederic;
  • Marsden, Lorna;
  • [Mitchusan?], Wendy and Lingwood, Rex;
  • Pearson, Landon;
  • Pratt, Mary; Quinn, Norah & Cliff;
  • Quinn, Ruth & Bill;
  • Rae, Bob;
  • Richardson, John;
  • Rosenblatt, Joe;
  • Saunders Bellingham, Susan;
  • Scott, Barry;
  • Shepherd, Murray;
  • Smart, Steve;
  • Somer, Mendel M.;
  • Stacey, Bob;
  • Stubbs, John;
  • Sylvester, [Gaitorne?];
  • Welker, Ron;
  • Witmer, Elizabeth.

Urquhart, Tony

Personal correspondence.

Personal correspondence received and sent by Julia McCarthy. Includes correspondence received and sent to personal acquaintances some with poems by McCarthy and correspondence received by McCarthy congratulating her for her publications and/or readings.
Poems included are titled "The weight of who you are," "The poem is an animal," and "Noctuary."
Also contains a map of Shubenacadie Wildlife park with annotations by McCarthy.

McCarthy, Julia

Canadian ethnic studies.

Materials related to the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Conference in Gimli, Manitoba, on October 20-23, 1995, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “‘Spite fences’: the Canadian Jewish Congress and Restrictive Property Covenants.” Includes abstract of paper, travel claims and receipts, related correspondence, and a draft and printout of paper.

Walker, James

Files from members, 2.

File consists of miscellaneous material probably accumulated by association member Linda [last name unknown]. Includes correspondence, photographs of COAA members and of art, an invitation to an art sale, and invitations to Crossection '95 (the annual juried members' show).

Central Ontario Art Association

Tri-U[niversity] organization re[garding] PhD program.

Materials related to the organization of the Tri-University (Guelph, Laurier, and Waterloo) Graduate Program in History. Includes proposals for the Ph.D. program, bibliography lists for different areas of specialization of the program, programme of “Tri-University Doctoral Program in History/ Guelph, Laurier, Waterloo. 1994-1996,” and related correspondence.
Also contains a printout of “Revising the Race, Imperialism and Slavery field” and a bibliography for “Race, slavery and imperialism area of the program.”

Walker, James

Simma Holt.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Elizabeth Dingman and Doris Anderson.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, and Maureen Keller.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Yad Vashem corresp[ondence] re[garding] funding & for summer.

Materials related to the Yad Vashem seminar on teaching the Holocaust for the summer of 1996, in Israel. Includes related correspondence, travel advance and settlement claims for attending the seminar, grants, fare and travel information, ephemera related to the event, records related to registrations and financial matters during the time there,
Also contains correspondence sent by Walker relating to the Jewish Studies Committee at the University of Waterloo and the Holocaust studies conference and a related newspaper clipping.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1995 and 1999. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo and to the Writers Union of Canada. Also contains personal correspondence and letters thanking him for participating in events.

Shipley, Robert

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Members and president's report (1995?), minutes of the Symposium planning committee (November 22, 1995), budgets and accounts for 1995, printout of document "Report on resources for the study of voluntary action and volunteer organizations in Canada," materials related to events the Institute attended or in which participated, and newspieces related to the Institute.

Carold Institute

Canadian-Hungarian relations.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament documenting his personal interest and political involvement in matters relating to Canadian-Hungarian relations. Many records detail Telegdi’s diplomatic trip to Hungary to attend the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1994 with Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, and Telegdi’s participation in the 1996 Jimmy Carter Work Project building detached homes in Gödöllő, Hungary. Also includes material related to the decoration of Telegdi’s mother, Elenora “Nora” Telegdi, with the Small Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for her activities for Hungarian communities beyond Hungary’s borders. Records include correspondence, news releases, conference material, invitations, tickets, programs, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Canadian observer group for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his role as an election observer in the Canadian observer group for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina that were held on September 14, 1996. Records include correspondence, a report, a reference guide, a training manual, notes, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Faculty representation under FAUW unionization attempt.

Records created and accumulated by the Librarians’ Association of the University of Waterloo (LAUW) that document the association’s efforts to obtain faculty representation during the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo’s (FAUW) unionization attempt between 1995 and 1996. Ultimately, the unionization attempt failed and the revised Memorandum of Agreement between FAUW and the University of Waterloo did not include librarians. File contains copies of LAUW’s statement of general principles as well as correspondence from the LAUW Executive, LAUW Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Status, FAUW presidents Gordon Andrew and Jim Brox, and university administrators including Jim Kalbfleisch, Vice-President, Academic and Provost.

Librarians' and Archivists' Association of the University of Waterloo

Medical assistance in dying.

Material accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the legalization of medically assisted dying in Canada. The material primarily documents the opinions of a member of the public. Records consist of an essay and correspondence including a letter to Telegdi from Elizabeth Witmer, Member of Provincial Parliament representing Waterloo North.

Telegdi, Andrew

Via Rail service reductions.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Via Rail service reductions along the Sarnia-Toronto corridor. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. Records include correspondence, itineraries, invitations, news releases, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Proposed prison for women.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the proposed development of a prison for women in Kitchener, Ontario. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. Records include correspondence, a public meeting notice, flyers, a press clipping, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Federal electoral boundary readjustment.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to a proposed federal electoral boundary readjustment including changes to the Waterloo riding boundaries. The material primarily documents Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. Records include correspondence, news releases, reports, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Mary Quayle Innis : biographical.

File consists of biographical information on the life of Mary Quayle Innis. Includes correspondence to researchers from both Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Cates as well as a draft article by David Burns.

Innis family

High technology industry.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the development of the high technology industry and infrastructure in Waterloo, Ontario. The material documents the opinions of some constituents as well as Telegdi’s political involvement in the matter. Records include correspondence, invitations, schedules, news releases, reports, notes, meeting agendas and minutes, press clippings, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Personal notes.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Shipley's work, other Canadian authors, and general history. Includes articles, research notes, and related ephemera and newspaper clippings. Also contains personal and University of Waterloo notes and correspondence, and class materials.

Shipley, Robert

Laurier conf[erence] legacies of Fascism.

Materials related to a conference at Laurier University, in 1994. Includes printout of “Legacies of Fascism,” “Lecture 6 Fascism ‘Triumph of the Will’ and discussion,” handwritten notes on lectures, and related correspondence.
Also contains a printout of the “Framework regarding prevention of harassment and discrimination in Ontario Universities."

Walker, James

Correspondence between Derk Rouwhorst and John Gartshore Martin.

Correspondence between Derk Rouwhorst of Delden (Netherlands) and John Gartshore Martin regarding the liberation of Delden (April 3, 1945) and of Holland, and the anniversaries of these events as celebrated in the Netherlands. Includes four letters (one with original envelope and stamp), press clippings (some photocopies), and a photocopied letter to John from the mayor of Delden.

Martin, John Gartshore

Canada-Cyprus Parliamentary Committee.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his involvement with the Canada-Cyprus Parliamentary Committee. Records include correspondence, a list of members, a meeting agenda, and minutes.

Telegdi, Andrew

Correspondence.

Correspondence received by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament primarily from constituents about the Ontario-B.C. twinned riding program, small businesses, Helmut Oberlander, and other topics. Also includes a signed letter from Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, regarding the Senate of Canada's expense allowance increase.

Telegdi, Andrew

Correspondence.

File consists of thirty five items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Correspondents include:

  • Arnott, Edythe and Al
  • Burcher, Dorothy
  • Canadian Council
  • Dennis, Laddie
  • Doyle, Richard J.
  • Edwards, Bess
  • Evans-Ehricht, Mark and Barb
  • Freedman, Sonya
  • Gatenby, Greg
  • Hamm[?], Rene
  • Hauschildt, Elda
  • Ludwig, Doris
  • Mason, Madge B.
  • Pearson, Shirley
  • Rex, Sylvia
  • Sawyer, Glad
  • Stewart, William
  • Tanzola Sorbara McClellan and Handler
  • Taylor-Turpim, Pam
  • Verbugge & Co.
  • Warren, Isobel
  • Wright, C.F.

Rex, Kay

Personal correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 2002. Includes business correspondence related to his research. Also contains personal correspondence, photographs, and photocopies of photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Correspondence business.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 1996 from different persons and institutions. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo, job applications, and applications for grants. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for participating in events, letters received from politicians, and ephemera received with the correspondence.

Shipley, Robert

News : 1993.

File consists of page proofs for the association newsletter for 1993. File also includes several final copies of newsletters, correspondence, the association constitution and by-laws, and a membership list.

Central Ontario Art Association

Olive Dickason.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

No daughter of mine : correspondence.

File consists of fifty eight items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others created during the research for her book No Daughter of Mine. Correspondents include:

  • Arnot, Terri
  • Carter, Alixe
  • Connolly, Maureen
  • Craig, Jean
  • Fraser, Catherine A.
  • Hauschildt, Elda
  • Hobbs, Margaert
  • Hoover, Wendy
  • Howard, Debby
  • Hoy, Helen
  • Jurisic, Wida
  • Ludwig, Doris
  • Moore, Ishbel
  • Quapp, Roma
  • Rojas, Leuten
  • Sarsfield, Anne
  • Silverman, Eliane Leslau
  • Smith, Doreen
  • Smith, Sylvia Watts
  • St. Peter, Christine
  • Warren, Isobel
  • Woolfrey, Sandra
  • Woelfle, Melba
  • Wright, Frances.

Rex, Kay

Correspondence personal.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1997 and 1998. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for participating in events, and related photographs.

Shipley, Robert

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, materials related to events and national and international charities, minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (April 14 and 15, 1994), income and expenditures for 1993-1994, and budget for 1994-1995.

Carold Institute

Corresp[ondence] & notes for my article on African Canadians for the Encyc[lopedia] of Canada’s peoples.

Materials related to James Walker's entry on "African Canadians" for The Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples, published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes ephemera related to the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and the Black United Front of Nova Scotia, handwritten notes, visit cards and contact information for different individuals and organizations, and related correspondence sent and received by Walker.
Also contains a copy of the “Publication list of the Black Cultural Centre,” programme for the “Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia’s Tenth anniversary dinner/dance “Reflections of the past, present and future,” and printout of “From Africville to New Road: how four communities planned their development” by Althea J. Toviller and James A. Francois.

Walker, James

Jerusalem Canadian studies.

Materials related to the Canadian Studies Conference organized by the Israel Association for Canadian Studies in Jerusalem, on May 1-4, 1994, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Plural paradigms and local knowledge: a case study approach to Canadian antisemitism and Jewish community response” part of the session “Ethnicity 2: ethnicity and religious communities.” Includes program of the event, related correspondence, a printout of paper, costs statement, and application for a travel grant.

Walker, James

India.

Correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations in India. Includes itinerary, programs, and schedules for different events.
Also contains information about a social service organization in the Indian rural area Talmul called “Sebika.”

Walker, James

Correspondence : submissions.

File consists of materials related to Kay Rex's submissions of short stories. Includes correspondence to and from Rex regarding her stories, clippings, materials on story writing, etc.

Rex, Kay

Business correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 1994 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to grants, submission of his work, and jobs he had. Also contains personal correspondence related to trips and friends, and related ephemera and photocopies of newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament, representing the Liberal Party in the riding of Waterloo in the 1993 Canadian federal election. Records include a copy of the Telegdi Report (volume 1, fall 1993), articles, speech transcripts, proposed budgets, brochures, flyers, and business cards distributed to constituents, and other textual material. Also contains signed correspondence including letters of congratulations received by Telegdi after he was elected from constituents, fellow politicians such as Jean Chrétien, then Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition, and community leaders such as Ron George, then National Chief of the Native Council of Canada (now the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples).

Telegdi, Andrew

Letters to public figures.

File consists of nineteen items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others, primarily members of the Canadian Government. Correspondents include:

  • Akiwenzie, Chief Ralph
  • Bertrand, Luc
  • Birtch, Gilberte
  • Bordeleau, Christine J.
  • Bourassa, Robert
  • Cameron, Christina
  • Cameron, Don
  • Filmon, Gary
  • Foote, Judy M.
  • Fraser, John
  • Harcourt, Mike
  • Hurtig, Mel
  • Krackovic, Elvira
  • Lobregt, Patricia D.
  • McKenna, Frank
  • Rae, Bob
  • Romanow, Roy
  • Valcourt, Bernard.

Rex, Kay

Canadian Footwear Council.

Material relating to the award given to W.H. Kaufman by the Footwear Council of Canada, naming him "Shoe Person of the Year." Includes correspondence, speech original, handwritten notes, ephemera and clippings.

Kaufman, William Hutton

Correspondence: Country Furniture.

Correspondence between Michael Bird and others including publishers, colleagues, museums and more relating to the research, writing, and publication of his work “Canadian Country Furniture.”

Bird, Michael

News : 1992 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of page proofs for the association newsletter for 1992. File also includes several final copies of newsletters, announcements and flyers for inclusion in the newsletter, and correspondence.

Central Ontario Art Association

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a published copy of CUSO FORUM magazine (November 1987, Vol. 5, No. 4).

Walker, James

Personal correspondence.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1992 and 1994 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, and cards received from family and friends.

Shipley, Robert

Letters of appreciation.

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.

Downey, James

News : 1992 (file 1 of 2).

File consists of page proofs for the association newsletter for 1992. File also includes several final copies of newsletters, announcements and flyers for inclusion in the newsletter, and correspondence.

Central Ontario Art Association

PACER Provost’s advisory committee on equal rights.

Materials related to the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Equal Rights (PACER). Includes meetings agendas, notices, and minutes (for April 20, February 23, January 26, 1993; October 27, April 22, November 27, 1992); report “Ontario Human Rights Commission Policy Statement with Respect to Exclusionary Scholarships;” draft of “UW Responses re Harassment and discrimination policy in postsecondary institutions,” a memorandum from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities on Harassment and Discrimination Policy in Postsecondary Institutions, a photocopy of “Feature: Curbing Racism on Campus,” and PACER Annual Report.

Walker, James

Hymn to Freedom.

Materials related to a project titled “Hymn to freedom: the contribution of Blacks to the historical development of Canada” by Almeta Speaks in which James Walker participated as part of the advisory board. Includes related correspondence and an overview of the project.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as an Elected Councillor representing the City of Waterloo and Representative of the City to sit on the Council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo regarding water and sewer charges, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, pesticides, Planned Parenthood funding grants, and other topics.

Telegdi, Andrew

Faculty representation and academic status: first attempt.

Records created and accumulated by the Librarians’ Association of the University of Waterloo (LAUW) that document the association’s first attempt to obtain faculty representation and academic status. Includes handwritten notes and the results of votes in December 1991 and November 1992 which showed the majority of LAUW members were interested in pursuing faculty representation and prepared to join the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW). Also contains correspondence sent and received by LAUW, FAUW, and others notably including statements released by Murray Shepherd, University Librarian, in 1991 and 1993 outlining his stance on the matter as well as letters sent by Shabiran Rahaman, LAUW president, in 1992 to administrators indicating LAUW’s intention to work towards affiliation with FAUW.

Librarians' and Archivists' Association of the University of Waterloo

News : 1991.

File consists of page proofs for the association newsletter for 1991. File also includes a small amount of correspondence, flyers, and a final copy of several newsletters.

Central Ontario Art Association

Business correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1991 and 1992 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to letters of submission and acceptance for his work, different positions he had, trips, membership in committees, revenue income from books, letters thanking him for participating in events, and related ephemera. Also contains a certificate of his appointment as Lieutenant of His Majesty's Provincial Matrine Squadron on Lake Ontario.

Shipley, Robert

Alan Thomas.

Materials related to Alan Thomas. Includes obituaries, funeral materials, correspondence related to the Institute, and materials related to the event "Adult learning and adult education. Celebrating the lifetime contributions of Alan Thomas."

Carold Institute

Correspondence.

File consists of forty six items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Correspondents include:

  • Bourassa, Robert
  • Clark, Doris
  • Edwards [?]
  • Hamilton, Pat
  • Kiyushk, Ramona
  • MaKeigon, Pearl
  • Montgomery, Malcolm
  • Rex, Sylvia
  • Rumble, Verne
  • [R?], Mary
  • Sawyer, Glad
  • Sky, Ruth C.
  • Smith, Sybil
  • Taylor, Gaie
  • Taylor-Turpin, Pam
  • Tomlinson, Lynne
  • Van Fleet, Janis K.
  • Webster, Art
  • Whalen, Barbara
  • [?], Bev
  • [?], Jesse
  • [?], John and Ellea
  • [?], Terry.

Rex, Kay

Atlantic Canada workshop.

Materials related to the Atlantic Canada Workshop at Carleton University, in 1991, titled “Political Economy of Region” where James Walker participated in the panel “Studying Afro-Atlantic Canadian Culture.” Includes notes, schedule of the event, travel receipts, related correspondence, and preliminary programme.

Walker, James

Correspondence.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Walker, James

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (October 2, 1992), and information about events.

Carold Institute

President and executive correspondence (outgoing and incoming).

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the COAA president for the years 1991-1997. Presidents during this period included: Els Swart, Ursula Reese, Rosey Koivisto, and Linda Kemp. Correspondence relates to the administration of the association, membership, coordinating events and workshops, and the functioning of the executive committee. Includes, as attachments to the correspondence: contracts, clippings, invoices, brochures, etc.

Central Ontario Art Association

Race & sex on the Canadian prairies: the Quong Wing affair.

Materials related to the 11th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, in Winnipeg, in 1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Race & sex on the Canadian prairies: the Quong Wing affair.” Includes abstracts of papers, a draft of paper, programme, notes regarding travel arrangements, receipts of travel expenses, related correspondence, and an abstract of the paper.

Walker, James

MHSO Encyclopedia project.

Materials related to James Walker's entry on "African Canadians" for The Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples, published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes related correspondence, information about the Encyclopedia project committee, notes on the preparation of the Encyclopedia, assignment agreements for the writing of entries, and lists of suggested themes and contributors.

Walker, James

Election campaign.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Councillor representing the City of Waterloo and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the municipal election held on November 12, 1991. Records include flyers, speaking notes, correspondence, a questionnaire, notes, letters of congratulations received by Telegdi after he was elected, and other textual material.

Telegdi, Andrew

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors (March 12, 1993 and October 27, 1993), information and ephemera about events, printout of document "The social contract and effective citizenship observations on a symposium prepared by Robert Glossop for the Carold Institute," printout of document "The social charter" by June Callwood, and financial accounts for 1992-1993.

Carold Institute

Correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be nominated as the Member of Provincial Parliament candidate representing the Liberal Party in the riding of Waterloo North in the 1990 Ontario general election. The correspondence is primarily written between Telegdi and members of the public and includes numerous letters of assistance written by Telegdi to solicit support for his nomination. Also includes one letter of congratulations received by Telegdi after he was nominated on August 8, 1990.

Telegdi, Andrew

Shawky – Film festival.

Materials related to the Kitchener-Waterloo Arab Canadian Friendship Association and the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. Includes correspondence inviting John English to events; correspondence and invoices related to events he helped organize; and photocopies of documents “Palestine Human Rights Information Center. Database project on Palestinian Human Rights" (Volume III, No. 6, Human Rights Update, May 1990) and “Middle East International." (No. 379, July 6, 1990).

English, John

Drafts of poems published in Stormthrower.

Poems and drafts of poems written and annotated by Julia McCarthy and later included in her book Stormthrower. Includes poems: “The invisible net,” “The meeting,” “Voice of the nest,” “In my dreams,” “Dancing a mandala,” “Stormthrower,” “Tsunami song,” “Her long sorrow,” “The blue eel,” “House of feathers,” “Stormthrower learns to speak,” “The invisible country” also titled “Notes from the invisible country,” “Meteor shower,” “Indigo city,” “A necklace of dogs,” “Hurricane,” “Tornado envy,” “Stormcellars,” “Stormthrower’s runes,” “Goat-riders,” “Facing north,” “The invisible country,” “Goat song,” “In the goldfinch garden,” "Fugue in pine," "When the light creased," "Letter to my younger sister" (later titled "The bus ride"), "Translating the ordinary," and "In the field at dusk."

Also contains poems “Death wears a scapular,” “Stormthrower’s alibi,” “The alchemy of laundry,” “My father-in-law,” “Dance of the herons,” “The heron in the stream,” “Prayer birds,” “The bait caster,” and “Voice of the nest.”

Includes correspondence received by McCarthy from Harvey Freeman and Richard Alapack.

McCarthy, Julia

Int[ernationa]l conf[erence] on Race relations.

Materials related to the International Conference “Race relations in the United Kingdom and Canada: policy, practice and research,” at York University, in 1990 where James Walker participated with a paper titled “‘Race’ and the historian: some lessons from Canadian public policy.” Includes synopsis and printout of Walker's paper, related correspondence, conference program, and pamphlets for the conference.
Also contains a synopsis and printout of Walker’s “‘Race’ policy in Canada: a retrospective.”

Walker, James

South Asians in Canadian Immigration policy Shastri conf[erence].

Materials related to the conference “South Asians in Canada” organized by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, in Ottawa, in 1990, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “South Asians in Canadian Immigration policy: a historical overview.” Includes printout of James Walker's presentation and related correspondence.

Walker, James

Program files.

Materials related to the administration of the Carold Institute. Includes correspondence sent and received by the Institute regarding different matters, financial information for the Institute, and agendas and minutes for the Meeting of the Board of Directors (May 31, 1991, July 18, 1991, and June 15, 1992).

Carold Institute

Dean of Arts public lecture.

Materials related to the Arts Faculty Lecture Series at the University of Waterloo, in 1990-1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Canada’s Race relations crisis: myth and reality.” Includes printout of Walker's paper, related correspondence, a poster of the event, and drafts of the speech.

Walker, James

Dorothy Howarth.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Newsgirls draft and correspondence.

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.

MacKinnon, Donna Jean

Drafts of poems published in Stormthrower.

Poems and drafts of poems written and annotated by Julia McCarthy and later included in her book Stormthrower. Includes poems: “The invisible net,” "When the light creased," "The bus ride," “The hour of the wolf,” "Translating the ordinary," "Fugue in pine," “Round rooms,” “Secret languages,” “Silence is an animal,” “Code maker,” “House of feathers,” “In the field at dusk,” “Voice of the nest,” “The meeting,” “Notes from the invisible country,” “In the goldfinch garden,” “Indigo city,” “Stormthrower learns to speak,” “In my dreams,” “Stormthrower’s alibi,” “Facing North,” “Water-bearer,” “Salmon watching,” “Trolling,” “The blue eel,” “Stormthrower,” “Her long sorrow,” “The season of porcelain,” “Shedding season,” “Hurricane,” “Tornado envy,” “The turning,” “Stormthrower’s runes,” "The fall," and "In the hole."

Also contains poems “Water tables,” “Wash day meditation” also titled “The alchemy of laundry,” “The forgotten closet,” “Prayer beads,” “Snowfort,” “Cut bait,” “Bird brain,” “The bait caster,” “Winter poem,” “The snake-charmer’s lullaby,” “Good Friday earthquake,” “Mining disaster.”

Includes correspondence received from Don Domanski with notes about “Notes from the invisible country” and “Stormthrower,” and a list of poems, possibly considering which ones to include in the book.

McCarthy, Julia

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