File consists of the original certificate of record of birth for Kay Rex. The certificate has a small identification photograph of Rex attached along with stamps from immigration Canada from 1944.

Group portrait of a a class of children seen standing, kneeling and seated against a brick wall outdoors. Possibly includes a seven year old Kay Rex. Child seated at front center is holding up a small chalk board that reads: "Wm. Burgess School. May 21st 1925. Room - 2"

Photograph of a classroom of children seated at desks and standing along the back of the room. An adult is seen standing at back left looking on. Possibly includes a nine year old Kay Rex.

File consists of fourteen clippings of articles written by Kay Rex. Primarily consists of articles written for the Globe and Mail.

File consists of Kay Rex's short story Conversation Pieces as well as one item of correspondence regarding the publication of the story.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by Joan Hollobon and by Hollobon and Kay Rex. Includes related materials, such as newspaper clippings, receipts, and copies of articles. Also contains information about the book Newsgirls : gutsy pioneers in Canada’s newsrooms by Donna Jean MacKinnon.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by Joan Hollobon, congratulating her for her work and participation in events. Includes correspondence about Kay Rex. Also contains the program for the Second Ontario Division Rally of White Cross Volunteers (November 1961) and newspaper clippings of articles by Hollobon.

2 clippings regarding Montgomery's Aunt Millie and her niece, Kay Rex.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon (1920). Includes handwritten notes about Hollobon (some of them contain information about Kay Rex), newspaper clipping of articles contextualizing or authored by Hollobon, database searches about Hollobon, and a draft of Hollobon’s chapter in Newsgirls.
Contains a published edition of Bungle : truce and trouble by Joan Hollobon, a reprint of some of the articles by Hollobon to give context to the Medicare crisis in Saskatchewan in 1962, published by the Globe and Mail in 1962.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Joan Hollobon. Includes a notebook titled “Joan Hollobon” with MacKinnon’s handwritten notes regarding Hollobon. Some notes include biographical information about Kay Rex. Also contains printed information about the Hollobon Award.

Research notes and materials created or accumulated by Donna Jean MacKinnon about Kay Rex and her book No daughter of mine: the women and history of the Canadian Women's Press Club. Includes notes about Rex, invitations to book events for Rex’s book, newspaper clippings of articles contextualizing Rex, as well as Rex’s obituary in the Globe and Mail (2006), and a photograph of Rex by Brian Willer. Lastly, contains a draft of Rex’s chapter in Newsgirls.

Materials related to Kay Rex’s book No daughter of mine : the women and history of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971. Includes photographs of the book launch event (May 31, 1995), correspondence about the event and book, Rex’s speech, the copyright for the book, a bio sketch for Rex, and a promotional pamphlet for the book.

File consists of one audio cassette of Kay Rex reading from her book No Daughter of Mine.

Materials created or accumulated by Joan Hollobon about Kay Rex. Includes correspondence to Hollobon and to Hollobon and Rex, photographs of Rex, writings by Rex, and correspondence about the Women’s Press Club of Toronto’s Kay Rex Scholarship.

Materials related to Kay Rex. Includes driver's licences, health cards, membership cards for different organizations, a passport with validity from 1988 to 1993, business cards and two photographs of Rex.

Materials related to Kay Rex. Includes correspondence and other records related to Kenneth Rex (Kay Rex’s brother), Kay Rex’s will and trust income tax, proof of death certificate for Rex, and Rex’s obituary.

Correspondence received by Joan Hollobon congratulating her for her work and correspondence sent and received by Hollobon while researching for articles. Includes personal correspondence, an article about Dr. Wallace Graham, a copy of Debates of the Senate, 2nd session, 37th parliament, volume 140, number 50 (April 30, 2003), and a program for the Press Institute of Canada event (1965?).

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth. Includes a handwritten note by MacKinnon about the draft, and has chapters on Stasia Evasuk, Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Strauss, Yvonne Crittenden, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Stasia Evasuk, Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Strauss, Yvonne Crittenden, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created between 1997 and 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Strauss, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, and Catherine Ford.

Draft of Newsgirls created in March 1998 with handwritten notes and corrections. Draft title is “Newsgirls (working title) : Pre-feminism in print journalism” by Donna Jean MacKinnon. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Strauss, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, and Catherine Ford. Also contains business card Sharon Crawford (writer and editor).

Draft of Newsgirls by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth with corrections made in February 1998. Draft includes chapters on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Straus, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, Catherine Ford. Also contains a separate chapter on Angela Burke from February 3, 1998.

Draft of Newsgirls by Donna Jean MacKinnon and Catherine Smyth. Draft includes chapters on Dorothy Howarth, Jeannine Locke, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Holt, Elizabeth Dingman, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Doris Anderson, Marjorie Earl, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Dusty Vineberg, Enid Nemy, Joan Sutton Straus, Yvonne Crittenden, Michele Landsberg, Heather Robertson, and Catherine Ford. Also contains correspondence between Donna Jean MacKinnon and Luke Gagliardi (York University) about the edition of Newsgirls.

Draft chapters of Newsgirls for Angela Burke, Dorothy Howarth, Ruth Hammond, June Callwood, Kay Kritzwiser, Kay Rex, Maureen Keller, Michele Landsberg, Olive Dickason, Simma Holt, Stasia Evasuk, Dusty Vineberg, Yvonne Crittenden, Elizabeth Dingman, and Marilyn Dunlop. Also contains introduction and proposal.

File consists of one photograph album (some photos have been removed) showing photographs of Kay Rex, friends and family at school, on vacation, and at home. Also includes photographs of Niagara Falls, Dublin, and Paris (Ontario) and of a float plane.

File consists of one photograph album belonging to Kay Rex. Includes photographs of Rex, family, friends, military exercises, a beach, etc. Some photographs have come unstuck from the album.

File consists of one photograph album belonging to Kay Rex. Also includes photographs inserted into the front of the album at a later date. Photographs include images of Kay's friends and family and activities.

File consists of forty four photographs showing relatives and friends of Kay Rex. Photographs show Rex's time at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), vacations, pets, family members and friends. Also includes two pages taken from a photograph album showing friends and events at UWO.

Most people are unidentified with the exception of:

• Rex, Kay
• Edwards, Bess
• Burrows, Marjorie
• Boyd, Barbara
• Boyd, Hugh
• Montgomery, Frederick
• Barss, Rita
• Fetherstone, May
• Mekenacher, Dorothy
• Wright, Charles Austin

File consists of posthumously created materials regarding Kay Rex. Includes compiled biographies, obituaries, funerary speeches and correspondence.

Materials related to renovations to the house Joan Hollobon and Kay Rex shared (217 Shaw Street, Toronto (ON)). Includes a Rex diary of renovations, floorplans and photographs of the property, and related correspondence. Also contains a mugshot of Kay Rex.

5 portraits and 4 snapshots of the family of Montgomery’s sister Grace Rex, her niece and nephew Kathleen (Kay) and Kenneth, and including Montgomery’s mother Genevieve Montgomery.

Photograph of Kay Rex at the age of two years and nine months seen seated outdoors on a wooden chair and looking toward camera with left hand on lap.

File consists of six photographs of Kay Rex from a photograph shoot for her book. Also includes a sheet of contact prints and two negatives.

File consists of one portrait photograph of Kay Rex.

File consists of one portrait and two contact sheets of portraits, of Kay Rex by Brian Miller. Also includes one item of correspondence from the photographer, and two brief biographies on Rex.

Photograph of Kay Rex as a child seated at a desk with arms crossed and looking at camera.

File consists of one photograph of Kay Rex from her time working for the Globe and Mail.

File consists of thirty two snapshots showing Kay Rex with family, friends, pets, and on vacation.

File consists of two photographs of Kay Rex and Joan Hollobon.

File consists of one photograph showing Kay Rex with three men at the Canadian Press office in Ottawa. The four are shown working at desks with typewriters.

File consists of one photograph showing Kay Rex with five men at the Canadian Press office in Ottawa. Kay and another man are shown looking at a piece of paper from a typewritter while the other four men work in the office.

File consists 324 of slides. Slides shows Kay Rex's trips to Mexico, Africa, Greece and Yugoslavia as well as images of friends and family and Ontario. Some slides belong to Kenneth Rex.

Notes created by Donna Jean MacKinnon as part of her research for Newsgirls. Includes correspondence with publishers as well as a draft of Newsgirls with summaries on Kay Kritzwiser, Dorothy Howarth, Marjorie Earl, Olive Dickason, June Callwood, Simma Hold, Elizabeth Dingman, Stasia Evasuk, Ruth Hammond, Kay Rex, Angela Burke, Marilyn Dunlop, Maureen Keller, Yvonne Crittenden, Joan Sutton Straus, Valerie Gibson, Dusty Vineberg, Michele Landsberg, Catherine Ford, Enid Nemy, and Heather Robertson.

File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains photographs, negatives and slides of Nigeria and Kenya as well as clippings of articles that Rex published regarding the trip.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Joan Hollobon and Kay Rex.