Canadian Studies

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  • From the inception of the university in 1964, there was always an emphasis on Canadian Studies. The first President, Thomas H.B. Symons, was Chair of the Commission on Canadian Studies in the 1970s and held the strong belief that it was critical for us as Canadians
  • Trent was fortunate early on to have a "Canadiana Librarian," J.D.P. Martin, who collected editions of works critical to our understanding of Canada and Canadian culture. Trent University has continued this commitment by assuring that the library has acquired the entire output of the Canadian Institute of Historical Microfilm. See also the Special Collections and Rare Books page which describes published supporting material for the study of Canada. In addition, the Maps, Data and Government Information Centre (MaDGIC) on the 4th floor of Bata Library is an extraordinary resource. Listed below are only the most obvious archival resources for the study of Canada and Canadian institutions. Many other more specific sources will be found under other subject headings such as "Military" or "Literary."

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            38 Archival description results for Canadian Studies

            05-012 · Fonds · 1990-2000

            Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, notes, papers, and research material relating to the Meta Incognita project.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            22-002 · Fonds · 1961-2019

            Fonds is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, newspaper clippings, honorary degrees and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B Symons. The newspaper clippings are on the subject of French as a second language in Ontario schools, the Sturgeon Falls School Crisis (1971), and the Ministerial Commission on French Language Secondary Education. Some of the correspondence and other documents pertain to the Mulholland Family (1961-1965).

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            18-001 · Fonds · 1917-2017

            Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B. Symons.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            15-006 · Fonds · 1962-2013

            Fonds includes personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents. Major categories include Association of Commonwealth Universities; Association for Commonwealth Studies; British-North American Committee; Symons Trust; Symons Lecture on the State of Canadian Confederation, Confederation Centre, Prince Edward Island; Peterborough, Police Chairmanship, Panel on the Trent-Severn Waterway; Trent University; Education; Statistics, Canadian Studies, Bilingualism, Northern Canada; Ontario Heritage Trust; Historica; Bata Shoe Museum; various political and public affairs; and Downsview Park.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            11-001 · Fonds · 1958-2010

            Fonds includes personal and business correspondence, notes, and documents. Also included are greeting cards, invitations, and photographs. Major categories include Trent University, Police Services Board (Peterborough), Trent-Severn Waterways, Bagnani Endowment Trust & Vogrie, Broadview Press, Ontario Heritage Press, Association of Commonwealth Studies, and Association of Commonwealth Universities.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            01-003 · Fonds · 1929-1999

            Fonds consists of personal records of Thomas H.B. Symons relating to his career and to his family. Included are records of his wife, Christine Symons, his children, Mary, Jeffrey, and Ryerson Symons, his father, Harry Lutz Symons, including his father's manuscript for "Three Ships West", and his mother, Dorothy Sarah (Bull) Symons. Also included are materials relating to Professor Symons' activities on various boards and committees, addresses, articles, manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence, documents and notes concerning Trent University, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Celanese Canada, Science Council of Canada, Department of External Affairs, Royal Society of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, etc.. Also included are photographs of Thomas H.B. Symons, Christine Symons, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            97-019 · Fonds · 1963-1996

            This fonds consists of the personal records of Professor Thomas H.B. Symons relating to his activities on various boards and committees as well as Trent University. It includes correspondence; addresses given; articles written; as well as manuscripts, typescripts and research notes, photographs and video tapes.

            Symons, Thomas H.B.
            87-018 · Fonds · 1975

            This fonds consists of correspondence, accounts, notes, clippings and articles relating to the conference held at Trent University on January 24 and 25, 1975.

            Binder 1 includes pre-confederation preparations; conference material; addresses by Hon. Hugh Faulkner; correspondence; and budget material. Binder 2 includes assorted clippings relating to the conference and 3 copies of May 1975 edition of the Journal of Canadian Studies which dealt with the conference.

            Conference on the State of English Language Publishing in Canada
            87-001 · Collection · 1556-1897

            This collection consists of petitions, proclamations, printed acts, correspondence relating to British North America, Hudson's Bay Company, and the governance of British North America by the British crown. There are records relating to the Red River Settlement, the British Columbia Act and Oregon Territory, as well as several historical maps.

            Hunter, Robert Lloyd
            99-015 · Fonds · 1988-1998

            This addition to the fonds consists of manuscripts for the "Morningside Years" and "Friends, Moments, Countryside", correspondence between Peter Gzowski, McClelland and Stewart and other editorial staff. There are 'mail bag' and 'ROA' (read on air) letters addressed to the Morningside show, some of which are included in the "Morningside Years." Also included is one complete radio program schedule and a program for "Peter Gzowski's Invitationals play the Winter Garden." There are also nineteen computer disks consisting of letters, transcripts of "Morningside" interviews, and chapters of the "Morningside Years". Twenty-four audio cassette tapes of Gzowski's interviews with various Canadian authors and scientists such as Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, Dr. Tak Mak, William O. Mitchell, Robertson Davies, William Unruh, Jean Chretien, Alice Munro, Timothy Findley are also included. As well, there are a total of six photographs of Peter Gzowski and his staff.

            Gzowski, Peter
            98-010 · Fonds · 1980-1997

            This fonds consists of letters addressed to Peter Gzowski and the CBC radio show "Morningside". It also consists of manuscripts, correspondence with publishers, etc.

            Gzowski, Peter
            Munroe Scott fonds
            99-001 · Fonds · 1946-1996

            This fonds consists of various scripts and manuscripts, films, audio cassettes, etc., and related correspondence. Also included are photographs and personal correspondence.

            Scott, Munroe
            Meta Incognita collection
            03-012 · Collection · 1991-2000

            Collection includes the agendas, minutes, and correspondence of the Meta Incognita Project Steering Committee and the Archival Research Task Force (ARTAF). Also included are ARTAF research materials, reports, transcripts, notes, etc. relating to an American Historical Association meeting and a Trent University conference which focused on the subject of Frobisher and his Northwest initiatives.

            Meta Incognita
            Mary Anne Haney fonds
            81-007 · Fonds · 1979-1980

            The fonds consists of audio cassettes containing biographical and issue-oriented interviews of Professor Emeritus, Kenneth Kidd, conducted by Mary Anne Haney as part of her research for a paper in Canadian Studies 400.

            Haney, Mary Anne
            Joyce C. Lewis fonds
            12-012 · Fonds · 1813-1887; 1970-2012

            Fonds is comprised of biographical information pertaining to Joyce C. Lewis, and research material pertaining to Irish immigrant Frances Stewart and to the nineteenth-century social history of Ontario. Items include correspondence, manuscripts and notes for speeches and articles, notes on various topics, research articles, typescripts and copies of historical letters, copy photographs, and slides. Also included are a number of original historical letters pertaining to the Stewart family and one original photograph of Harriet Beaufort. Unless otherwise noted, the research materials are primarily comprised of reproductions in the form of photocopies. Further Stewart family materials were received in December 2012 and added to Box 6.

            Lewis, Joyce C.
            12-013 · Fonds · 2010-2012

            Fonds consists of five boxes of correspondence and manuscripts relating to the Journal of Canadian Studies:
            Volume 44.3 (Fall 2010) is located in Box 1 and Box 2 Folders 1-3;
            Volume 45.1 (Winter 2011) is located in Box 2 Folders 4-15;
            Volume 45.2 (Spring 2011) is located in Box 3 Folders 1-12;
            Volume 45.3 (Fall 2011) is located in Box 3 Folders 13-22.
            Volume 46.1 (Winter 2012) is located in Box 3 Folders 23-26 and Boxes 4 and 5.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            98-016 · Fonds · 1996-1997

            This fonds consists of manuscripts of articles for the Journal of Canadian Studies, vol.32, #1-3. Also included is correspondence with authors.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            95-017 · Fonds · 1983-1994

            This addition to the fonds consists of manuscripts of articles published, and reject letters generated by the editors of the Journal of Canadian Studies.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            92-011 · Fonds · 1975-1991

            This addition to the fonds consists of manuscripts of articles for issues of the Journal of Canadian Studies from Volume 22, No. 1, (Spring, 1987) to Volume 26, No. 3 (Fall, 1991). There are also drafts of articles and correspondence concerning film in Canada.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            91-006 · Fonds · 1986-1987

            This addition to the fonds consists of manuscripts of articles which were submitted to the Journal of Canadian Studies for publication.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            88-015 · Fonds · 1973-1985

            This addition to the fonds consists of correspondence relating to administration and editing of the Journal of Canadian Studies published at Trent University, Peterborough.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            87-005 · Fonds · 1977-1980

            This fonds consists of working papers, galley proofs and manuscripts of articles for the Journal of Canadian Studies.

            Journal of Canadian Studies
            Collection · [1940-]-2000 (predominant 1970s-1990s)

            These files contain newspaper and magazine articles, photocopies of articles from books and periodicals, and original booklets and publications, including some government publications. The materials were collected between the early 1970's and early 1990's, but some material dates back to the 1940s. The subjects of the files vary greatly and deal with various Canadiana topics such as media, publishing and related issues, northern studies, native studies, land settlement and land use, arts, etc. Perhaps the most useful part of the files will be the name files.

            The files will be useful as a starting place for research on specific topics. They reflect the years they were collected and are by no means exhaustive, but offer another tool for researchers to use.

            Wadland, John
            97-003 · Fonds · 1662-1997

            This fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, etc. of Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani and their families. Important historical materials relating to the John Beverley Robinson family are included. The fonds also consists of Gilbert's research material as an archaeologist, Stewart's research material relating to her work as an art lecturer, photographs and materials relating to the Bagnani estate, "Vogrie", located in Port Hope, Ontario, and materials concerning Gilbert and Stewart's association with Trent University.

            Bagnani, Gilbert and Stewart