Association of Commonwealth Universities
- F-193-29-3-2
- Sub-sub-series
- 1963 - 1997
Part of Office of the President fonds
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Part of Office of the President fonds
Part of Office of the President fonds
Chronological and topical subject files
Part of Hugh Johnston fonds
Sub-sub-series consists primarily of photocopied material from the Sun, the Province, the Peak, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Bulletin, and other publications relating to the development of SFU. Subjects, events and activities documented include post-secondary education in the 1960s; student activism; the development and administration of SFU; post-secondary educational systems; faculty-administration relations; the Board of Governors; the CAUT Censure; the PSA affair; the Shell service station dispute; and the presidencies of Patrick McTaggart-Cowan and Kenneth Strand. Records include journal and magazine articles; newspaper clippings; reports and book excerpts.
Part of Office of the President fonds
Part of Hugh Johnston fonds
Sub-sub-series consists primarily of photocopied material relating to the history of Simon Fraser University. Subjects, events and activities documented include academic planning; academic freedom, tenure and promotion; student activism; student and faculty affairs; faculty-administration relations; the crisis in post-secondary education; the PSA affair; the development of several academic departments; the development of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU); the trimester system; and the overall growth and expansion of the university and its programs. Sub-sub-series includes memoranda; newspaper articles; minutes; discussion papers; printed emails; correspondence; journal articles; book excerpts; reports; annual reports; statistics; working papers; and an honors essay.
Academic departments and faculties
Part of Hugh Johnston fonds
Sub-sub-series consists of photocopied material relating to the development and administration of academic departments; and the appointment, promotion, and tenure of faculty. Hugh Johnston numbered most of the pages and created an index to this material. Subjects, activities, and events documented include the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee; the Appointment Committee; the Joint Committee on Salaries, Promotions and Tenure; the SFU Faculty Association; faculty appointments; the CAUT Censure; sabbatical leave; PSA dismissals; foreign scholars; departmental reviews; the University Development Committee; the development of academic research centres and institutes; faculty members; culturally significant individuals, groups and movements of the 1960s; student activism and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Sub-sub-series includes appointment notices; selected chapters of an unpublished anthology of essays; correspondence; draft policy statements; printed emails; faculty handbooks; interview transcriptions; discussion papers; list serve postings; memoranda; minutes; printed material from online newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedias; newspaper and journal articles; reports; and working papers.
Part of Hugh Johnston fonds
Sub-sub-series consists primarily of photocopied material on prominent members of the SFU community including administrators, faculty and students (for list, see "Access points"). Subjects, events and activities documented include academic freedom; academic planning; the PSA affair; faculty associations; recruitment of department heads; faculty appointments and the Teaching Assistants affair. Sub-sub-series contains a diary of the daily activities of George Suart, appointed as SFU’s first Vice-President for Administration in 1968. Sub-sub-series also contains memoranda; reports; bulletins; cartoons; correspondence; printed emails; interview transcriptions; magazine and newspaper articles; working papers; and curriculum vitae.
This sub-sub-series contains records related to forestry and pulp industry across Canada and contains information about individual provinces as well as Canadian situation in general. Some records document Indigenous peoples’ situation in relation to land use and industrial activities.
Part of Hugh Johnston fonds
Sub-sub-series consists primarily of photocopied material from the Sun, the Province, the Peak, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Bulletin, and other publications relating to the development of SFU. Subjects, events and activities documented include post-secondary education in the 1960s; student activism; Chancellor Gordon Shrum; the development and administration of SFU; post-secondary educational systems; faculty-administration relations; the Board of Governors; the CAUT Censure; the PSA affair; the Shell service station dispute; and the presidency of Kenneth Strand. Records include journal and magazine articles; newspaper clippings; reports and book excerpts.
"Ask No Quarter: A Biography of Agnes Macphail"
Part of Doris French Shackleton fonds
Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence, royalties, notes, and news clippings relating to Shackleton and Stewart’s book, published in 1959 by Longmans, Green, and subsequent article on Agnes Macphail. Series also contains correspondence, research notes, and the script for the 1977 NFB documentary film “The Lady from Grey County.”
Shackleton, Doris French
Part of Halpern family fonds
Sub-subseries consists of records relating to George Halpern's later business ventures in the plywood industry. Includes correspondence, formula book, financial papers, and other documents.
Part of W.A.C. Bennett fonds
Sub-subseries consists of photographs arising from Bennett's ceremonial activities as Premier, such as official openings and dedications, official visits and tours, and government social gatherings. Photos of official visits and tours relate to Bennett's trips to Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, and locations in Canada. Photos of opening ceremonies relate to the opening of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the Arrow Dam, the COMINCO research centre, the Fraser Wharves, the Interprovincial Steel and Pipe Co. Ltd. plant, the Malahat Highway, the Nine Mile Canyon Bridge, and other projects. Photos of government social gatherings relate to the Pacific Coast Curling Association dinner, B.C. Sports Hall of Fame presentations, and other events.
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
Part of W.A.C. Bennett fonds
Sub-subseries consists of photographs arising from activities of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, such as meetings, the opening of legislative sessions, and other activities. Subseries includes photographs of Members of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, seated in the Assembly, engaged in committee work and other activities, as well as individual portraits of various political figures. Subseries also contains photographs from a trade meeting and a Premiers' conference. Photographs of MLA activities include a photo of the Canadian Confederation Centennial Committee of British Columbia, as well as photos of MLA's at various events. Trade meeting photographs include Bennett and individuals such as representatives from the Council of the Forest Industries of British Columbia and from the Timber Trade Federation of the United Kingdom. Premiers' conference photographs include Bennett and other provincial delegates at an unidentified location.
Part of Halpern family fonds
Sub-subseries consists of one file relating to George Halpern's membership in the Chemical Institute of Canada.
Entertainment Committee minutes
Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to meetings and activities of the Glengarry Camp Entertainment Committee. Records include minute books and related papers dating from January 1947 to November 1973. Minute books include rolls of officers. Related papers include 1939 Glengarry Camp bylaws and programmes for the Camp's Annual Burns Supper (1947-1961).
Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to meetings and activities of the Glengarry Camp Executive Committee. Includes minutes of Executive Committee meetings (1958-1986), and notes taken at meetings, circa 1943 to 1949, regarding member information, Executive recommendations and motions, and other topics discussed at meetings. Records include minutes, minute books, and a note book.
Part of Doris French Shackleton fonds
Sub-sub-series consists of research, interviews, clippings, contracts, royalties, correspondence, photograph and accounts relating to Shackleton’s book, published 1975 by McClelland & Stewart, and subsequent article on Tommy Douglas. "Tommy Douglas" was reissued by Formac in 1983.
Shackleton, Doris French
British Columbia government projects
Part of W.A.C. Bennett fonds
Sub-subseries consists of photographs arising from various construction projects and other undertakings of the British Columbia government. Materials relate to the Okanagan Lake Bridge, the Trail Bridge, the Port Mann Bridge, the Deas Island Tunnel, the Castlegar pulp mill, the British Columbia Vocational School, the Peace River project, various B.C. Power Commission projects, brush cutting activities in various areas of B.C., and other projects.
Part of Halpern family fonds
Sub-subseries consists of correspondence relating to George Halpern's pharmaceutical business in Canada.
General meeting minutes and related records
Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to Glengarry Camp general meetings and activities. Includes minutes and related papers; notations pertaining to Camp members and events; and books recording the names of visitors and members attending meetings. Minute books date back to the inaugural meeting, and include rolls of officers and new member lists. Includes minutes of joint meetings of the Glengarry and Montrose camps held between May 8, 1975 and the Montrose Camp's dissolution in May 1981. Related papers include 1944 Camp bylaws; correspondence with District No. 16 and Grand Camp secretaries; financial statements and reports; and District Committee minutes (1954, 1981). Records include minutes and minute books; record books and note books; bylaws; correspondence; financial statements and reports; and programmes.
Part of Halpern family fonds
Sub-subseries consists of records relating to George Halpern's early pharmaceutical research. Includes notebooks, correspondence, reports, reprints and other documents.
Part of Halpern family fonds
Sub-subseries consists of records relating to George Halpern's research for the Canadian Fishing Company. Includes correspondence, research diaries, lab reports, publications, and other documents.
Part of John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia fonds
Subseries consists of two files labelled 'unarchived' regarding the Society's constitutional changes from the 1930s and problems from the 1960s.