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1986-1993 (Creation)
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- Gzowski, Peter
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30 cm of textual records
7 photographs
1 audio cassette
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Peter Gzowski was a Canadian broadcast journalist, best known as the host of Morningside on CBC radio (1982-1997). Gzowski was born on July 13, 1934, in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in Galt, Ontario and was educated at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario and the University of Toronto. Gzowski was appointed Trent University’s eighth Chancellor in 1999, a position he held until his death on January 24, 2002 . Gzowski College, named after Peter Gzowski, opened at Trent University in 2003.
Gzowski edited “The Varsity” as an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto (1956-1957). He went on to work for town newspapers in Timmins, Ontario, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Chatham, Ontario. He became managing editor of Maclean's Magazine in 1962.
Gzowski’s radio career started with CBC's "This Country in the Morning" (1971-1974). He later hosted "90 Minutes Live" (1976-1978), a national late-night television program, and was the host for a brief revival of CBC’s “Fighting Words” television series on CHCH in Hamilton (1982-1984). He became the host of “Morningside” in 1982 and remained its host until the show went off air in 1997 .
Gzowski wrote numerous books, including Peter Gzowski's Book about This Country in the Morning (Hurtig Publishers, 1974), Peter Gzowski's Spring Tonic (Hurtig Publishers, 1979), The Game of Our Lives (McClelland and Stewart, 1981) and several volumes of Morningside letters (McClelland and Stewart, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 1994).
Gzowski contributed to adult literacy education through his annual golf tournament fundraiser, the Peter Gzowski Invitational (PGI), which began in 1986. Hosted at multiple locations across Canada each year, the PGI has raised millions of dollars since its inception. In 2002, the Peter Gzowski Foundation for Literacy was funded by an endowment from the federal government and took over responsibility for the PGI.
In 1974, 1983, and 1985, Gzowski won ACTRA (the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) awards for best host-interviewer on radio. He has also won three National Magazine Awards, one of which was for his 1981 profile on Wayne Gretzky. Gzowski was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in1986 and appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1998. He received honourary degrees from the University of New Brunswick (D.LITT., 1984) and Trent University (LL.D., 1988). Other honours include the Governor General's Performing Arts Award (1995) and the International Peabody Award for Broadcasting (1997).
Custodial history
This fonds was created by and in the custody of Peter Gzowski before it was donated to the Trent University Archives.
Scope and content
This addition to the fonds consists of manuscripts, correspondence, permission forms, cassette tapes and interviews mostly relating to "The Fifth Morningside Papers" but also material relating to "The New Morningside Papers" and "The Fourth Morningside Papers".
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This fonds was donated by Peter Gzowski
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Associated material located at the Archives of Ontario and York University Archives.
For related records see: 95-022.
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This fonds, along with 98-010, 99-015, 01-004, is an addition to 92-015.
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Box 1
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partial pre-production manuscript of "The Fourth Morningside Papers"
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consent forms "The New Morningside Papers" (Closed)
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"The Fifth Morningside Papers" pre-production annotated manuscript
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letters received by the Morningside "Mailbag" specifically concerning animals two photographs of turkey vulture letters read on air - may be included in Papers V
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letters received by "Mailbag" on being big. letters read on air - may be included in Papers V
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letters received by mailbag concerning the entertainer Sarah Binks "Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan" letters may appear in Papers V
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letters received concerning Christmas remembrances some letters read on air - may appear in Papers V
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correspondence from Cleo Paskal a Canadian student studying in Japan
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letters from Chris Czajkowski of Nuk Tessli Nimpi Lake British Columbia letters may appear in Papers V
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partial transcribed interview between Gzowski and Donna Williams. two letters received by "mailbag" read on air concerning the interview
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letters received from Donalda Badone while she lived in China
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correspondence received by "mailbag" - some read on air - concerning "encounters" with notable people - may appear in Papers V
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letters received by "mailbag" concerning the use of fountain pens - some read on air may appear in Papers V
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transcribed interview with Gzowski, Linda McNutt, Dave Eddy, Candace Gregoris and Chris Trowbridge concerning Generation X letters received concerning the interview - some read on air - may appear in Papers V
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Kathleen Winter's Journal appears in Papers V
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Kitamat hydro electric site Gzowski's remembrances of working there - letters received by others associated with Site - some read on air may appear in Papers V 7 photographs of the site
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letters from Michael Kusugak of North West Territories
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letters from listeners regarding some of their nostalgic memories - some read on air - may appear in Papers V
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letters received concerning Christmas - some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters received from mailbag concerning cooking sweets and receipts some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters received from mailbag entitled "theres no accounting for taste" a collection of idiosyncracies some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters received concerning technology, machines etc some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters sent to mailbag concerning winter and thought of summer some read on air may appear in Papers V
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"unsorted" section - transcribed interview with Gzowski, Mary Grant and her son, Regan who has AIDS - other letters on several different topics some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters received by mailbag on vegetables some read on air may appear in Papers V
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letters received from the "Oh Heck" segment of Morningside which were not read on air and do not appear in Papers V
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letters received by Morningside from Vivienne Anderson in 1986 on the topic of "Why I live here"
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correspondence between Peter Gzowski, Edna Barker and Mclellan and Stewart on editorial aspects of the production of Papers V
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collection of mailbag letters on various topics some read on the air
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correspondence between Gzowski, Enda Barker and Shelly Ambrose on the production of Papers V
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correspondence to/from Shelly Ambrose concerning guests to Morningside
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cassette tape of interview with Gzowski and Stuart McLean on the topic of the child's toy "mechano"
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Edna Barker's Macintosh computer disk with files for Papers V
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Macintosh formatted disk with Gzowski book "Canadian Living" June 14, 1993