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Writing.
Series · 1991 - 2004
Part of Mel Hurtig fonds

The records in this series are in excellent physical condition, and are primarily textual. They consist of Mel Hurtig’s book draft files, and include a published version of the book and post-publication review clippings.

Draft chapter files for four of Mel Hurtig’s books make up this series, including: The Betrayal of Canada, At Twilight in the Country, The Vanishing Country, and Rushing to Armageddon. The draft chapters are often a combination of hand-writing and typescript, and are annotated with inked corrections. A final published version of the book (usually in both soft and hard cover) forms part of the series, as well as post-publication publicity and promotion documents.

File titles were derived from original file titles.

Women's Rights

The Women’s Rights series is the second largest series, containing 22 subseries. Subseries are arranged by subject matter and chronology, based on supplied subject titles. Materials were created between 1939 and 2008, and also includes research materials dating from 1800. This series is primarily focused on women’s issues and issues of legal, political, and social equality for women. There is a broad range of topics represented in this series, including women’s roles, workplace sexual harassment, the merit principle, women’s education, women’s employment and career opportunities, women in politics, women in public service, family life, divorce, child custody, effects of sexism on the poor, additional discrimination against aboriginal women, female refugees, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, and the exclusivity of gendered language.

Significant portions of material in this series is research compiled by the HRI and HRI volunteers. These include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, historical legislation, government publications, and articles that discuss and trace how women are viewed, the achievements of women, efforts made by women’s organizations and the federal government to improve the status of women, social issues that have a strong impact on women, changing social values and mores, Senate reform, the Persons Case, and the Famous Five. This series also contains materials created by the HRI including newsletters, memorandum, conference planning materials, press releases and other promotional materials, as well as correspondence between the HRI and various women’s organizations, politicians, and public servants. These materials discuss HRI’s efforts to highlight double standards and unequal treatment to improve equality and equal opportunity for women. The issues covered and perspectives taken in this series are reflective of the feminism of the period.

The main focus of the HRI’s efforts for women’s equality was Persons Case II. This was the HRI’s attempt to bring a case to the Supreme Court of Canada for Senate reform and women’s rights. Persons Case II sought to get a reference to the Supreme Court to decide whether the government was obligated by the equal rights clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to appoint women to Senate on an equal basis as men, as the HRI believed that if women made up half the Canadian Senate they would be able to enact real change. It was named Persons Case II in reference to the Persons Case of 1927- 1929. The Persons Case was fought by the Famous Five and referred to the Supreme Court by Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. After appealing the initial Supreme Court ruling, the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council in London, England, overturned the decision and deemed women eligible for appointment to the Senate as persons with all penalties and privileges under the law. Despite gaining significant support for Persons Case II throughout the 1980s and 1990s, various Ministers of Justice and Prime Ministers repeatedly declined to refer the case to the Supreme Court, citing no exceptional circumstances, the issue not being important enough to involve the Supreme Court, and finally, as Prime Minister Jean Chretien did appoint women to the Senate on an equal basis with men, such a reference was seen as unnecessary.

Series · 1964 - 1984
Part of Lewis Herbert Thomas fonds

The records in this series are primarily textual in format, and in excellent physical condition. Much of the series consists of correspondence, although there are also meeting minutes, reports and lecture notes. The original file titles provided by L.H. Thomas are retained, and a basic chronological order is retained within each sub-series. Researchers interested in Dr. Thomas' lecture notes and related source material should also consult series 3 where more general research-related source material is listed.

The records in this series document L.H. Thomas' sixteen year career at the University of Alberta. They are arranged in three sub-series: Administrative; Teaching; and Professional Correspondence; and are further arranged within each sub-series.

The records provide a valuable overview of Professor Thomas' career at the University, documenting his administrative, teaching and research-related duties. The correspondence files extend to L.H. Thomas' post-retirement years, with letters written to colleagues still teaching at the University of Alberta, Department of History.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Union/Labour Movements.
Series · 1933 - 1983
Part of Doug Tomlinson fonds

The records are arranged in six sub-series (listed below) and are in chronological order within each sub-series. News clippings have been photocopied for conservation purposes, and most of the papers in this series are in excellent physical condition. The files contain a mixture of original textual documents as well as a selection of imprint and published items. Included are two excellent photographs of the American Dairy Lunch (Edmonton) employees' strike of 1948.

The labour and union movement records are arranged in the following sub-series: Edmonton and District Labour Council, Alberta Federation of Labour, Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Federation of Labour, specific unions (particularly Union Local 47 and Union Local 579), and labour/union issues. The records span a lengthy period of time, with the predominant dates being from the 1960's to 1980's. Doug Tomlinson was active in local unions, and his records document the sometimes turbulent history union and labour movements underwent in Alberta. He has records of many provincial labour protests, and an impressive collection of background reference material.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Theatre Productions
Fonds 440-2 · Series · 1952-1975
Part of Gordon Peacock fonds

Series consists of records of productions directed or administered by Gordon Peacock. Peacock directed forty productions for Studio Theatre over an approximately 40 year relationship with the theatre. He also directed numerous other productions for other theatre companies such as the Banff School of Fine Arts and the National Theatre School. The photographs are in the order of production.

Peacock, Gordon
Series · 1939 - 1970
Part of Reta Rowan fonds

Series includes meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, briefs, membership lists, speeches.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Teaching Materials
Series
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

The records in this series highlight Harris’ lifelong role as an educator. Harris was described as being an organised and interesting lecturer with useful laboratories, who always encouraged students in their progress. The primary focus of the series is on scholarly and public lectures, talks, lessons, and conference presentations. This includes many verbatim transcripts of lectures given by Harris with accompanying slides. Mixed in with his teaching slides are also a variety of images capturing the construction of the chemistry building and committee outings. This series includes a variety of document types such as index cards, notes, lecture outlines, correspondence, course materials, course reviews, student essays, test questions, assignments, articles, reports, letters, cards, u-matic video tape, and lecture audiotapes. This series contains three subseries: Chemistry, Agriculture and Forestry, and Bridge. The subseries are divided according to subject matter and were created between ca. 1950 and 2011.

Teaching and Outreach
Fonds 649-6 · Series · 1956-2000
Part of Raymond Lemieux fonds

The 118 files comprising this series consist of two thematic groups. There is correspondence, notes, public announcements, invitatations to speak and other supporting documentation for Dr. Lemieux's guest lectures on his research.There is also correspondence and notes concerning Dr. Lemieux's teaching as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Ottawa, and predominantly the University of Alberta

Lemieux, Raymond
Teaching and Administration
Fonds 440-3 · Series · 1977-2009
Part of Gordon Peacock fonds

Series consists of administrative, teaching records Peacock created as teacher and director at the University of Alberta.

Peacock, Gordon
Surveys.
Series · 1878 - 1928
Part of William Pearce Fonds

William Pearce began his education in engineering in 1869 at the University of Toronto. After one semester he abandoned his studies at the University of Toronto to take a three-year surveying apprenticeship with Wadsworth and Unwing, a Toronto land surveying firm. During his apprenticeship Pearce worked on surveying assignments in the woods of northern Ontario. His apprenticeship inspired his life-long interest in natural resource and wilderness development, confirmed his professional surveyor's career, and brought him to Western Canada.

In 1873 Colonel J.S. Denis, Canada's Surveyor General, approached Pearce with an offer to join his staff in the newly-created Dominion Department of the Interior as it began to absorb the vast North American regions of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories. Pearce began his surveying position in the Department of the Interior in Winnipeg, in May 1874. He was responsible to progress with surveys addressing what commonly known as the Outer Two-Mile claims. Under the Manitoba Act (33 Victoria, c.3, Canada, 1870) Metis land grants along the Red and Assiniboine Rivers included undetermined and pre-survey settlement claims. The Manitoba Act gave Metis settlers access to hay two miles beyond their defined holdings to feed their livestock. In the shifting settlements, squatting, and rampant land speculation, Pearce attempted to stake out these claims. The outer two miles question was not settled until 1877, and claims were not staked until 1881 (Dept. of the Interior Annual Report, Canada Sessional Papers, 1882). Following the outer two miles assignment, in 1878 Pearce moved on to locating township grids, surveying meridians in Manitoba, and determining the International Boundary in the Turtle Mountain area. In October 1881, Pearce accepted his recommendation as Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies in the Dominion Lands Board. He moved into the position of Superintendent of Mines in 1884. He returned to a full-time surveying position when Clifford Sifton appointed him Chief Inspector of Surveys in 1901.

In 1904 Pearce left government service to join the Natural Resources Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The series therefore includes his reports on the placement of railway branch lines and his study of the possibilities for settlement of the Peace river and Athabasca River districts. His recommendations on both matters were based on the trained surveyor's detailed observations of the topography and prospective resources of the areas in question. He assisted in the establishment of professional standards for surveyors and served on the Examining Board for the Province.

The series includes 91 maps, most Mr. Pearce collected as working documents, with notes and observations. They include a track survey, drawn in the winter of 1878 using an upturned toboggan as a table; a sketch map of the Peace River district drawn for Mr. Pearce on two sheets of Hudson's Bay Company stationery; and the 3-mile and 6-mile sectional maps of the Department of the Interior. Two sheets of G.M. Dawson's maps are also in the diaries for 1915. These maps cover an inspection of Canadian Pacific Railway land grants.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Students Records - General
Fonds 43-20 · Series · 1932-1982
Part of Faculty of Education fonds

Includes guidance, health and physical education,1932-1948; financial assistance, 1946-1951; Education Undergraduate Society, 1948-1969 Education Students' Association, 1970-1982; Yearbooks, 1978-1982.

Faculty of Education
Student Records- Watson.
Series · 1943 - 1951
Part of Wilfred Watson Fonds

The records in this small series consist of Wilfred Watson's student papers while at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. The original file divisions are retained, with added description provided about the file contents. The files consist of typescript and manuscript lecture notes; some essays, and copies of Watson's thesis(s); the papers are in excellent physical condition.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Speaking Engagements.
Series · 1914 - 1957
Part of William Rowan Fonds

Series consists of Invitations, announcements, letters of acceptance, transcripts and speaking notes.

Title based on the content of the series.

Social Activism.
Series · 1915 - 1994
Part of Doug Tomlinson fonds

The records in this series span a range of years, with imprint collected from as early as 1915, to a Technocracy article published in the mid-1990’s. The photographs and films in the series are commercial productions, and all of the records are in good physical condition.

This series of records, grouped together under the broad banner of ‘Causes’ and Personal records, has been arranged in the following sub-series: Seniors’ Issues; Peace Issues; Human Rights and Social Justice Issues; and Other records which includes Soviet-Ukraine material and a small smattering of personal records. The records in this series highlight the many social and political causes Doug Tomlinson supported and actively participated in, and provide a good overview of the social climate in Alberta and Canada during the time period in which these records were created. Doug Tomlinson actively collected material from the USSR/Soviet Ukraine, and there is a fascinating set of photographs and 35 mm film produced from various sources, illustrating aspects of life in these regions during primarily the 1960’s.

Includes: ca, ,80 m of textual records, 15 films, 399 photographs.

File titles were derived from original file titles.

Slides
Series · 1973 - 1977
Part of Barter Theatre fonds

Series consists of contact sheets, slides, negatives, colour and black and white photo prints arranged chronologically by production.

Sketches/Artwork.
Series · 1955 - 1990
Part of Wilfred Watson Fonds

This is a small series, but represents another source of creative output from Wilfred Watson. Drawings, watercolors, pastel and crayon sketches, etc. cover the papers he writes on; even the stationery he uses for letters includes photocopies of his drawings as part of the letterhead. This series consists of 10 large sketchpads filled with drawings; some of the sketchpads are made of construction paper, while others have a heavier art paper composition. There are also files of loose drawings, and several files of drawings done on smaller pieces of colored cardboard. Reference is also made in this series to a box of drawings Watson completed to accompany his "Jenny Blake" poetry material.

The material in Series 2 is framed in drawings and artwork, including line drawings, crayon sketches, pastels, and watercolors. Wilfred Watson loved to draw; his notebooks are filled with drawings and watercolor paintings that illustrate the material he was working on or thoughts he wanted to visualize. Drawings and sketches are also a part of the notebooks in Series 1 and sometimes on the reverse of the writing drafts found in Series 2. Occasionally, drawings are included with the letters he sent to Sheila Watson and other correspondents. This series, however, is composed of the sketchbooks and files of drawings he maintained separately from his textual material. As Shirley Neuman writes in her description of the Watson archive: "the drawings are vigorous and spontaneous; they often use allegorical figures to make political comments."

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Settlement.
Series · 1880 - 1927
Part of William Pearce Fonds

Between 1882 and 1884, Pearce's duties as the Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies made him the field agent for the Dominion Lands Board, based in Winnipeg. The Board's most important function was to rule on uncertain claims and on schemes not covered by normal routine. William Pearce's involvement began with the land claims of the Metis and white settlers who had settled along the North Saskatchewan River prior to the Institution of surveys. Pearce was subsequently called on to deal with similar problems at such diverse localities as Morley, Pincher Creek, Lee's Creek (Cardston), Lac la Biche, and Lac Ste. Anne.

Pearce's interest in settlement extended beyond his land claims work. As statistician for the Canadian Pacific Railway, he served as an advisor to the Natural Resources Department of the company. In fulfilling that role, Pearce collected extensive material on the twin questions of settlement and immigration, particularly after his work with the Economic and Development Commission in 1916.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Senior Editors' Files.
Series · 1960 - 1984
Part of New Canadian Encyclopedia fonds

Four senior editors were hired to organize the writing of The Canadian Encyclopedia, one for each of the main topic areas: Arts, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Sciences. Editors were assigned an editor-researcher to assist with their section. The Senior Editors, in consultation with the Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief, and consultants, derived subject areas and article lists. The articles then had to be contracted out to contributors for writing, and received articles edited and reviewed by expert readers. The process involved many tasks and involved a great deal of correspondence and memoranda. The series is largely textual, and includes collected imprint and published material used as reference sources by the editors.

This series has been organized into four sub-series representing the broad topic areas headed by each senior editor. Series 4.1 is the Arts Editor's files (Diana Selsor/Palting; Rosemary Shipton); Series 4.2 is the Humanities Editor's files (James Ogilvy); Series 4.3 is the Science and Technology Editor's files (Adriana Davies) and Series 4.4 is the Social Sciences Editor's files (Patricia Finlay; Michel Boyer). While each editor had unique filing systems, the type of material collected by each editor is very similar although extent does vary. Each senior editor appeared to maintain binders of tabbed files of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and policies and procedures. Files maintained by the editor-researchers are also found in this series. Files related more specifically to the editors' relationships with their contributors and consultants is found in Series 7.
The series title is based on the contents of the records.

Includes negotiations, market supplements, Anti- inflation Board; Faculty Handbook Committee; study and sabbatical leaves; professional training fund; fringe benefits (health, disability and life insurance; pension plan; allowances for professional and moving expenses, housing loans, course fee remissions).

Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic Administration)
Series · 1991-1995
Part of J. Peter Meekison fonds

The records in this series related to J. Peter Meekison’s position as a Commissioner on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, one of the largest Royal Commissions established by the Federal Government. The records consists of meeting documents, inquiry submissions, briefing books and reports and are in excellent physical condition.

This record series is broad and encompasses many aspects of a Royal Commission of Inquiry. The series is further organized into eight sub-series, documenting meeting minutes and records; the writing and editing of final RCAP reports; policy team files; public hearings and copies of written submissions to the Commission; reports; Commission administrative records; and background information and reference documents. The series contents provide a wealth of information about both the work and process involved in undertaking a Royal Commission Inquiry, as well as providing a rich resource of information and research results on the history and culture of Canada’s aboriginal people.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Meekison, J. Peter
Series · 1913 - 1980
Part of Lewis Herbert Thomas fonds

The Research and Publication records comprise the largest series in the L.H. Thomas fonds. While primarily textual in format, the series also contains maps, photographs, and imprint items. The photographs and maps are stored separately for reasons of conservation, but are described within the sub-series they relate to L.H. Thomas maintained an extensive set of clipping files which he used as a resource for teaching and writing. The sheer volume of newspaper clippings in these files meant they could not be photocopied at this time, so the acidity level in the files is high. Where possible, the clippings were placed in Mylar to protect the documents surrounding them. Generally, the records are in good physical shape. The Research and Publication files were described in one series because of their inter-relatedness. The research files would have also been important to L.H. Thomas' teaching, as he taught courses in the same areas he researched and wrote about. Only those files, however, that were clearly titled 'lecture note' material were described in the teaching sub-series (2-2). The remainders of the source files are described as part of series 3. Sub-series within the Research and Publication records include L.H. Thomas; Books; Booklets; Volumes; Reviews; Correspondence with Publishers; General Research notes; Source Material; and Talks and Addresses. The series provides a good overview of L.H. Thomas' research methods, and steps necessary to seeing a paper or book published.

The series title is based on the contents of records.

Research
Fonds 649-1 · Series · 1946-2000
Part of Raymond Lemieux fonds

The 85 files comprising this series consist of progress reports and final reports for grants, correspondence regarding research activity, documents relating to collaborative activity, literature reviews, research notes, plotting of chemical structures, letters of research collaboration, and the orginal draft of Dr. Lemieux's PhD dissertation, "Hindrance effects in cellulose substitution reactions."

Lemieux, Raymond
Research
Fonds 601-2 · Series · 1965-2007
Part of Dr. Roderick Macleod fonds

Series consists of research materials created by Dr. McLeod in performing his professional responsibilities as professor of history at the University of Alberta. The material is loosely organized in chronological order.

Research
Fonds 444-2 · Series · 1971-1998
Part of Helene M.E. Schalkwijk-Barendsen fonds

Series consists of handwritten notes and published material related to research in mycology. Records are arranged by topic and loosely arranged in chronological order.

Schalkwijk-Barendsen, Helene M.E.
Reports and Publications.
Series · 1914 - 1958
Part of Cecil Scott Burgess fonds

Contains reports and publications concerning town planning, hospital specifications and architecture. Material written during Burgess's tenure as Professor of Archicture and University Architect. Some material includes Burgess's work as a privated consultant after retiring from the University.

Title based on content of series.