A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Brandon Sweet, Associate Director, Internal and Leadership Communications at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Sweet's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include Wilfrid Laurier University, electronic music, rave culture, communications, speech writing, Federation of Students, student movement, culture wars, diversity, student referenda, University Senate, United Arab Emirates Satellite Campus, University of Waterloo fifth anniversary, COVID-19, the Gazette, the Daily Bulletin and Beyond the Bulletin. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

An audio-visual recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Judi Jewinski, retired Administrative Dean at Renison University College, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Jewinski's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include teaching, writing and grammar, drama, English literature, Renison College, Faculty of Arts, students, poetry readings, Association of English as a Second Language Association of Ontario, English Language Institute, Centre for Teaching Excellence, Gordon Stubley Language Competency Committee, Maurice Evans, Richard “Dick” Knight, Grace Logan, Harry Tuyn, Neil Hultin, Harry Logan, Gordon Slethaug, Tanya Missere Mihas, Michael Smyth, and Switzerland. The interview was conducted in-person in Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Don Cowan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Cowan's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include computer science, IBM, Computer Science Days, math contests, WATFOR, WATFIV, MicroWAT, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, intellectual property, startups, co-op, Wes Graham, Ralph Stanton, Doug Wright, Ken Fryer, Paul Dirksen, Paul Cress, and Pat Fisher. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

An audio-visual recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Jacky Beckford-Henriques, Swimming Head Coach, Athletics at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Beckford-Henriques's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include immigration, Jamaica, coaching, Olympics, Jamaican National Swim Team, Learn to Swim, Swim Canada, Ontario University Athletics, university sport and swimming, Roly Webster, advocacy, anti-racism, George Floyd, Darrell Adams, Sadiq Sadiq, The Alliance, Black History Month, Black Excellence Interviews, diversity, Adventure for Change, and donors. The interview was conducted in-person in Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Anita Layton, the Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine, and Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Pharmacy, and Biology at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Layton's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include Hong Kong, immigration, Duke University, computer science, University of Toronto, the two-body problem, Canada 150 Research Chair, Associate Dean for Research, health research, gender equity, diversity, sex difference, and race difference. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Jennifer Shousterman, Executive Assistant, Office of the President at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Shousterman's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Camille Huo, a student in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Huo's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include China, pharmacy, conditional admission to pharmacy, co-op, and COVID-19. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Aaron Francis, PhD candidate, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Francis's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include Jamaica, Leeds, England, immigration, COM DEV, art, political science, and Francis's PhD studies. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

A program for Andrew Telegdi’s funeral service held on January 28, 2017 at Knox Waterloo Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Ontario. The program includes a eulogy for Andrew Telegdi and outlines the order of the funeral service. The service included a traditional blessing prayer delivered by Oqwilowgwa Kim-Recalma-Clutesi, tributes offered by Bardish Chagger, Don Chapman, John and Jonathan English, scripture reading by Margie Telegdi-Smith, and family tributes by Paul Telegdi and Erin Telegdi.

File consists of materials relating to the history and development of St. Louis School in Waterloo.

Fonds consists of materials created by the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professional University of Waterloo chapter documenting their organizational history and activities. Includes constitution, meeting minutes, photographs, and more.

Material created by the University of Waterloo Library while assessing noise levels in Dana Porter Library and implementing a plan to create specific study zones. Includes a survey report, a student engagement plan, a draft design for public zones, and floor plans.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library related to the planning and development of the James & Elise Devitt Study Room in Dana Porter Library. Includes an invitation to support the library and funding form for Elise Devitt, a report on the features of a well-equipped study room, correspondence, floor plans, renderings, and an invitation to the grand opening event held on December 17, 2012.

Material created by the Porter Public Environment Assessment Group. Includes the terms of reference for the group, and a report about noise levels, space saving, and hot/aromatic foods in the library prepared in April 2011. Also includes a summary report, recommendations, and presentation notes about noise levels, seat saving, and hot/aromatic foods in the library prepared in July 2011.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library during the planning, development, and construction of the Warren and Mary Ober group study rooms on the tenth floor of Dana Porter Library. Includes approval forms, renderings, plans, and a document developed by the Group Study Room Planning Team outlining the features of a well-equipped study room. Also includes an invitation to the grand opening of the study rooms held on April 25, 2012.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library while assessing and addressing noise issues in the Davis Centre Library. Primarily includes material related to the Davis Centre Library Exam Study Zone pilot project launched in 2009 such as an executive summary, final report, and report with an overview of results and outline of next steps. Also includes a summary of noise issues in the David Centre Library in 2010.

File consists of materials relating to the history and development of the Waterloo Table and Chair building. The building was also home to Quality Mattress Co. and Waterloo Bedding.

File consists of materials relating to the history and development of the Brubacher House.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library while planning and developing DCLearn, a flexible teaching and learning space for students, librarians, and library staff in the Davis Centre Library. DCLearn was to be constructed in a space used for silent study. Includes a report from the Davis Renovation Group regarding Campaign Waterloo Funds, project overviews, and floor plans.

Research materials created and accumulated by Dr. Shipley on the University of Waterloo Graduate House, and an attempt to designate it as a heritage property.

A program for Hilde Maria English’s memorial service held on July 9, 2006 at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ontario. The program includes a list of participants and outlines the order of the service. The service included prayers, musical performances, and tributes. The Master of Ceremony was the Honourable Justice Patrick Flynn. Andrew Telegdi delivered a eulogy for Hilde English during the memorial service. The file also includes draft copies of Telegdi’s eulogy for Hilde English, handwritten notes, and related correspondence. Andrew Telegdi was close friends with Hilde English and her husband John English.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library during the planning and development of renovations to the Dana Porter Library patio. Includes correspondence, project notes, approval forms, plans, budget information, and other textual information.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library and The Walter Fedy Partnership to assess the space needs of Dana Porter Library and develop a strategic planning document of the library’s facility resources. Includes a project proposal, project outline, studies, meeting notes, schedules, illustrations, reports, and related correspondence.

File consists of materials relating to the University of Waterloo Heritage Resource Centre. Includes reports, project proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence, and material regarding the Grad House, formerly the Schweitzer farmhouse located on the University of Waterloo campus.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library during the planning and development of renovations on the third floor of the Dana Porter Library. Includes meeting notes, plans, approval forms, and budget information.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. The material documents the general history of the centre and some funding opportunities and announcements for the Perimeter Institute in partnership with the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. Records include correspondence, speaking notes, and handwritten notes.

File consists of 86 snapshots of the Rotary District Conference held at Rim Park.

Floor plans of the Davis Centre Library created for various construction or renovation projects. Includes plans for the first floor.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to crime prevention in the Waterloo region. Includes documents highlighting Telegdi's involvement with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, correspondence between Telegdi and the National Crime Prevention Centre, and items related to a forum called, What Works: The Power of Prevention such as a program, itinerary, speaker bios, and summary sheets. Andrew Telegdi attended the forum as a guest speaker. The file also contains correspondence and a commemorative booklet celebrating the twenty-fifth Annual Justice Dinner of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library related to the planning and development of the Davis Centre Information Commons. Includes terms of reference for the planning team, project reports, records related to a financial donation from RBC, a work order summary, and a rendering of a proposed sculpture to honour fundraising volunteers.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the planning and presentation of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal to recipients in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Records include correspondence, a draft invitation, background information about recipients, ceremony and dinner programs, and other textual material. Also includes computer printed copies of pictures of some recipients receiving the medal during the presentation ceremony.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the unemployment and underemployment of immigrants and refugees in Canada. Includes articles with background information and news releases announcing changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations impacting the selection process for skilled workers immigrating to Canada. Also contains material related to two forums held in Kitchener, Ontario in 2003 addressing the unemployment and underemployment of immigrants and refugees in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Records include correspondence, an agenda, printed web articles and press clippings, an invitation, and other textual material.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library while assessing signage needs and designing new signs and digital displays for the library. Includes correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, client approval forms, project proposals and outlines, an implementation plan, and other textual material. Also include some records from the library’s signage committee including meeting minutes and reports.

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 Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario. Records include correspondence and notes as well as invitations, agendas, programs, and other textual material created during the planning of Peter Harder and Allan Rock's separate visits to Waterloo in 2002. At the time, Peter Harder was Deputy Minister of Industry Canada and Allan Rock was Minister of Industry. Andrew Telegdi hosted both visits.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) program, specifically to project submissions and grants awarded to organizations in Kitchener-Waterloo. Records include correspondence regarding project applications, news releases, information sheets, notes, question and answer sheets, copies of formal statements delivered by Telegdi and a letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen written by Telegdi concerning loan repayments.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to programs intended to prevent and reduce homelessness in Canada. Records include correspondence related to specific programs such as Out of the Cold, the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI), and the Government of Canada's Homelessness Initiative. Also includes a question and answer sheet about the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI), the Urban Aboriginal Strategy-Homelessness, Youth Employment Strategy, and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program and Shelter Enhancement Program. In addition, the file contains an invitation to a community forum on homelessness that was held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Ontario on September 12, 2001, and related material from that event.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by the Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Includes records created by the centre, promotional items, and materials relating to events and activities supported by Glow.

A CD-ROM titled, "CTT pres. cover / 4, 25, 00." The CD-ROM contains a folder named "eps files" with the following documents: inside.eps 20,781 KB PostScript 2000-04-24; outside.eps 20,961 KB PostScript 2000-04024. In addition, the CD-ROM includes a folder named "fonts" with a subfolder named "helvetica" and three documents "A Helvetica Compressed" 0 KB 1995-02-13, "A Helvetica Condensed" 0 KB 1995-02-13, "A Helvetica Inserat" 0 KB 1995-02-13; as well as another folder "zaft din" and two documents "A Zapf Dingbats" 0 KB 1995-02-13, and "ZapfDin" 0 KB 1993-08-05. Moreover, the CD-ROM also contains a folder named "postcript (2 pages)" and two documents ctt.folder.final.pdf 51 KB Adobe Acrobat Document 2000-04-24, and cct.folder.final.ps 41,726 KB PostScrpt 2000-04-24. Additional digital files include: CTT Logo.eps 55 KB PostScript 1999-07-23; ctt.folder.final 244 KB FINAL file 2000-04-24; ctt.folder.final.report 3 KB REPORT File 2000-04-24; mPowered Logo.eps 145 KB PostScript 2000-04-24; and Screenshots.eps 20,566 KB PostScript 2000-04-24.

The file also includes a photocopy of a document (title page and one page article) titled, "Connect Ontario notice of intent" published by mPowered CCT. The document was submitted by the Economic Development in Canada's Technology Triangle (EDICTT), representing Canada's Technology Triangle (Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and the Region of Waterloo).

Floor plans of the Dana Porter Library created for various construction or renovation projects. Includes plans for the first, third and fifth floors.

Accrual consist of floor plans of Dana Porter Library and Davis Centre Library.

File consists of materials relating to the history and development of the Schweitzer farmhouse.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration related to the planning of two scheduled visits for John Manley, Minister of Industry, to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Records include correspondence and draft itineraries.

Break by Bruce Watson included in shot.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library and The Walter Fedy Partnership during the planning and development of renovations on the main floor of the Dana Porter Library. Includes conference reports, budget information, correspondence, schedules, room data sheets, a schematic design report as well as a selection of agendas and meeting minutes of the Porter Main Floor Renovation Team, and other textual material. Also includes a report of the first and second floor reconfiguration working group from 1997.

News releases issued to the public regarding Andrew Telegdi's political activities during his tenure as a Member of Parliament. Includes releases announcing the official twinning of the cities of Waterloo, Ontario and Waterloo, Quebec, Telegdi’s flight travel expenses, and other issues.

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.

Material created and accumulated by the University of Waterloo Library while assessing collection space needs. Includes the terms of reference for the Task Force to Develop a Transfer and Withdrawal Schedule and Procedures, a space analysis, a submission to the UW Space Needs Review Committee, descriptions of space concerns, project outlines, meeting notes, correspondence, and other textual material.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch detailing the history of the Seagram Distillery Building and its architecture. Includes clippings, reports, write ups and more.

Six buttons produced by the University of Waterloo. Each button features a different design, but all include the slogan, “More than a place to work,” and the year the button was created.

Records created and accumulated by the Librarians' and Archivists’ Association of the University of Waterloo (LAAUW) related to the association’s meetings, programs, and activities. Records in this fonds document the work of the Executive Committee, the association’s attempts to obtain faculty representation and academic status for members, the evolution of the Librarian and Archivist Employment Handbook, and various subjects of special interest to the association, librarians and archivists.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the Waterloo North riding in the 1990 Ontario general election. Records include a candidate survey, press clippings, newspaper advertisement mock-ups, pamphlets, and invitations to an event to meet Premier David Peterson that was hosted by Andrew Telegdi, John Bell, David Cooke, and Carl Zehr in Waterloo, Ontario.

File consists of 6 Polaroid photographs showing the before and after of the 1937 YWCA time capsule when it was opened at the University of Waterloo Chemical Engineering Department in October 1990.

File consists of correspondence with the City of Waterloo.