Fonds consists of records documenting Peter Gzowski’s professional activities as the host of CBC’s Morningside (predominant 1997) as well as his annual charity golf tournament, the Peter Gzowski Invitational (PGI) (1986-2010). Gzowski’s personal life and education is also documented, as well as Gzowski family history from 1813-2002.

Professional activities documented include researching and producing Morningside and ongoing work related to other CBC programming. Correspondence includes listener letters and internal communications within CBC. Research and production material include show notes, logs, drafts, scripts, and handwritten notes. PGI material includes copies of poems from PGI events, photographs, ads and programs, and limited correspondence.

Personal activities documented include Gzowski’s undergraduate studies, honours and awards received throughout his schooling and professional life, projects such as research into Stephen Leacock, and Gzowski’s death in 2002. Material documenting Gzowski’s undergraduate studies include photographs and course essays. Awards include The Canadian Journalism Foundation lifetime achievement award and an honourary LL.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario. Research material includes correspondence, drafts, notes, and photocopies of published material. Gzowski’s death is documented through several volumes of memorial books.

Gzowski family history documented include genealogies, education, and personal relationships. The professional life of Peter Gzowski’s paternal great-aunt, Hope Morgan, as a soprano is also documented. Correspondence includes letters from Peter Gzowski’s mother, Margaret Young, to her own parents; letters between Gzowski’s paternal grandparents, Vera Gzowski and Harold N. Gzowski; and letters between his father, Harold E. Gzowski and his paternal grandparents. Photographs include portraits, some framed, of Gzowski’s paternal relatives. Research material related to Gzowski family history includes correspondence, photographs, and photocopies of published material, especially about Sir Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s paternal great-great-grandfather.

This fonds is organised into six series: (1) Gzowski, Morgan, and Young families correspondence and research; (2) Awards and memorabilia; (3) Morningside and CBC materials; (4) Projects and publications; (5) Speeches; and (6) Peter Gzowski Invitational.

Series consists of various materials relating to Doug Sadler's life, including his cv, a letter from his daughter, material relating to his attendance at teachers college and work as a teacher, and an issue of Massey-Harris Illustrated.

Collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, and government reports regarding agricultural policy, issues, and regulations, especially pertaining to the Durham County region. Subjects include soil conditions, pesticide and herbicide use, etc.

Series consists of books, periodicals, reports, brochures, and published and unpublished papers relating to labour history in Canada and the United States. Topics covered include the North American Free Trade Agreement, unemployment insurance, workplace safety, social issues (e.g., homelessness; food insecurity), and provincial and federal legislation (e.g., Bill C-12; Bill C-11; Bill C-23). Collective agreements in Peterborough and Ontario are well represented through several pocket-sized volumes. Unions include United Packinghouse Food Allied Workers of America, Shoeworker’s Union, Textile Workers Union of America, Canadian Labour Congress Federal Union, and Amalgamated Silver, Jewelry and Allied Workers' Union. Companies include Quaker Oats Company, Bata Shoe Company, Huyck Corporation, Canadian Coleman Company, and Benedict-Proctor Manufacturing Co. Limited. Series also includes several shop steward’s manuals ([1947?]-[1949?]) and two union ritual manuals (1949 and n.d.). Series is organized chronologically, then alphabetically.

Collection consists of issues of the OCA newsletter, whose predominant name was OCAsional news.