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Material relating to the activities, career, research and writings of Anne Innis Dagg. Files contain extensive annotations and commentary by Anne Innis Dagg.

Materials relating to the personal and professional life of Anne Innis Dagg. Includes correspondence, juvenalia, manuscript and typescript drafts, annual files and more.

Materials created and accumulated by Bernard Suits over the course of his education and teaching career. Includes materials created as a student such as class notes and exams, materials created as a professor at the University of Waterloo including course outlines and exams, published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction works, correspondence, meeting minutes, and audio and visual recordings of Suits' lectures.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Bill Thomson relating to his professional life. Includes materials relating to projects that he consulted on, materials relating to teaching responsibilities at the University of Waterloo, and speeches given at a variety of events.

Materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during his personal and professional career, as well as materials collected posthumously and created and accumulated by his wife and children. Includes photographs, correspondence, research notes, essays and other writings, ephemera, scrapbooks and clippings.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to his career at the University of Waterloo and contributions to the field of computer science.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to his studies and career at the University of Waterloo, research and contributions to the field of computer science.

Records related to E Palmer Patterson’s research and writings, both published and unpublished, primarily about Indigenous peoples in Canada. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, offprints, notes, press clippings, correspondence, publishing contracts and other material.

The fonds consists of materials documenting Eric McCormack's career as a writer. It contains manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, ephemera, and correspondence.

The accrual consists of materials documenting Eric McCormack's career as a writer. It contains manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, ephemera, and correspondence.

Accrual consists of typed and handwritten drafts and notes created by Eric McCormack for his works "Cloud," "Family Traditions," "Inspecting the Vaults," and "The Paradise Motel."

Correspondence, diaries, ephemera, manuscripts, photographs and artifacts, documenting the life and career of Frances Kathleen Montgomery. Also present is a small amount of material, primarily photographs, relating to the Montgomery and Havey families.

Accrual consists of materials relating to the life of Frances Kathleen Montgomery, particularly to her years as a student at the Sorbonne in Paris. Includes postcards sent between her and her family and friends during this time, jewelry, and two photographs.

Material relating to the career of H.N.B. Hynes, from his work as a student at the University of London in the late 1930s through his time as a professor of biology at the University of Waterloo until his retirement in the 1980s. Includes material relating to his work on stoneflies in the British Isles, his work for the British government in Trinidad and East Africa, his time at the University of Liverpool including work on river pollution, and his career at the University of Waterloo, including his sabbaticals in Australia.

Fonds includes notebooks containing field notes, ms. and ts. notes, publications authored by Hynes and by others, reports, correspondence, maps, and photographs.

Material kept by Isobel MacKay during her association with Community Resources for Women. These include annual reports, correspondence, minutes and agenda of the Steering Committee, news clippings, newsletters, and papers relating to workshops.

Consists of two folders of textual material and five group portraits from Wesley J. Graham's time as a student at the University of Toronto.

Fonds consists of material relating to activities and interests of James Downey from 1963 to 2004. The fonds contains biographical information, manuscripts and typescripts of his published works and speeches, "commonplace books," files relating to his various academic positions, files relating to consulting and advisory work on behalf of provincial governments. Includes appointment calendars, clippings, personal and professional correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts and typescripts, reports and research materials.

Also includes papers received from Florence Reid.

Accrual consists of materials relating to the personal and professional activities and interests of James Downey from 1966 to 2013. Includes primarily correspondence as well as files relating to committees, consulting work, and personal research interests.

Materials related to James Downey's personal and professional life. Includes Downey's commonplace books which he used to take notes related to his day-to-day affairs and specific annotations in relation to different aspects of his professional and personal life. Also contains speeches and addresses Downey wrote and presented at various events and celebrations. Lastly, holds personal and professional correspondence related to different aspects of Downey's professional roles and personal life (with a significant presence of correspondence between Downey and his sisters).

Materials created or accumulated by James Walker during his professional and personal life. Includes materials created during Walker's student life both as part of his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. research and dissertation at Dalhousie University; materials created as part of his teaching position at the University of Waterloo; scripts and papers written to participate in talks and events he was invited to or helped organize; records accumulated as part of his role as Chair of the History Department of the University of Waterloo and other materials related to the University's administration; and correspondence sent and received by Walker to different people and institutions.

Materials relating to the life and career of Jerzy Pindera, with a specific focus on his time in World War II and as a prisoner of war in Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence, articles, war records and short stories, as well as tapes of interviews conducted with Pindera.

This accrual consists predominately of textual materials relating to John English's activities in federally-appointed positions after 1997. It also includes materials pertaining to his academic research and publication activities. The accrual contains research documentation and drafts of various articles, books and conference papers produced by Dr. English ca. 1979 to 1998.

In particular, it includes background research and publication information regarding his two-volume biography of Lester B. Pearson, which was published between 1989 and 1991 as The Life of Lester B. Pearson. In addition, a small volume of material relates to his activities as Member of Parliament including records of his Constituency and Parliamentary Offices.

The 2010 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the early 1960's to 2010. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, and records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays a role as well as University of Waterloo teaching files.

Includes 73 photographs, one audio cassette, 2 videocassettes, 1 audio compact disc.

The 2011 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the early 1960's to 2010. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays a role as well as University of Waterloo teaching files.

The 2012 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the early 1960's to 2011. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays/played a role as well as University of Waterloo administrative and teaching files.

The 2014 accrual consists of material relating to John English's personal and professional interests and activities from the late 1960's to 2009. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and research files, records of organizations and political bodies in which he plays/played a role as well as University of Waterloo teaching files.

Materials created or accumulated by John English as part of different functions in his professional life. Includes materials related to committees, organizations, and associations with which he was involved; conferences and events he attended or organized; different research projects, with the preeminence of Arctic matters; speeches, lectures, and courses he thought or organized; and political activities and events as part of the Canadian Liberal Party.

Genealogical materials and photographs of Joseph Gerald Hagey and the Hagey family and friends. Includes a biography of Menno Hagey, genealogical information, albums and photographs.

Materials created and accumulated by Linda Mortsch relating to climate change and the environment.

Materials relating to the professional life of Michael Bird. Covers his time teaching at Renison University College, as well as his research and publications on folk art, fraktur, religious imagery and film.

Fonds consists of material documenting Nancy-Lou Patterson's career.

Accrual consists of material documenting Nancy-Lou Patterson's career.

This accrual continues to add to the holdings of Nancy-Lou Patterson's most recent activities, writing and design work. Of particular interest, however, is the presence of a significant amount of "juvenile" and young adult work, both written and artistic. Compositions and notebooks from public and high school, short stories, poems, scrapbooks, projects created for art courses, all demonstrate her very early interest in art and writing.
The development of an artistic style is documented in her experiments in female "superhero" comics, her cartoon rendition of Tennyson, serious drawings to accompany poems, and illustrations for text.

Consists of material documenting Nancy-Lou Patterson's time at the University of Waterloo, in particular her teaching and work as Director of the Gallery of the Theatre of the Arts.

Accrual consists of material documenting Nancy-Lou Patterson's career as an "creative author".

Accrual consists of 934 slides used by Nancy Lou Patterson to teach about Mennonite and Amish life and art.

Student portfolio created by Nancy-Lou Patterson and presented as a special art project in January 1947, possibly during her time at the University of Washington. Art project is of story The Princess and the Goblin and includes a front cover with a small illustration of a castle with mountains in the background, eleven drawings made by Patterson, and a back cover. The drawings were drawn with pencil and then coloured with watercolours. They depict moments of the story of princess Irene and her friend Curdie, with bright colours and dynamic scenes, and include subtitles with information about the section of the story to which they belong.

Sections are:

• Title page "The princess and the goblins" with subtitle "Special art project / January, 1947".
• Drawing of Irene and a woman with subtitle "There, Irene, is my work for you!"
• Drawing of Irene and a woman on a balcony with subtitle "She clapped her hands with delight."
• Drawing of Irene and her nursemaid Lootie by a river with goblins in the background with subtitle "We are lost, lost!"
• Drawing of Curdie in a mine watching goblins talk with subtitle "It was a goblin-voice...there could / be no doubt about that."
• Drawing of a Curdie in a cave watching goblins talk with subtitle "One of the court was now addressing / the multitude."
• Drawing of a woman with a spinning wheel with subtitle "'Come in, Irene,' she said again."
• Drawing of Irene walking in the night with subtitle "In a moment, the clouds them- / selves parted."
• Drawing of Irene walking in a forest with subtitle "[...] bit of gossamer is!"
• Drawing of Irene and Curdie in a cave with subtitle "Curdie gave a great rush with his / shoulder."
• Drawing of a battle between humans and goblins with subtitle "Curdie burst in like a small incarnate / whirlwind."

Consists of material documenting Nancy-Lou Patterson's time at the University of Waterloo.

Collection consists of 82 plans of gravel pits in Ontario. The plans have been collected by Wayne Caston, and he was involved in consulting in many of the projects. The records in this finding aid consist of information taken from an Excel spreadsheet created by Caston with details on each of the plans. A printout of the spreadsheet is also present in the collection. Plans are listed in the order originally provided by the donor on the spreadsheet.

Material relating to the activities, interests and career of Ralph G. Stanton from 1935 to 1995, beginning with his school days in the 1930's and 40's. Consists primarily of personal and professional correspondence to and from Ralph G. Stanton and family members, friends, colleagues and students. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, examination papers, periodical articles, memoranda, etc.

Fonds consists of materials relating to the career, interests, and personal life of Ralph G. Stanton, primarily relating to his education and duties at the University of Waterloo, conferences he attended, and offprints. Includes correspondence, course and lecture notes, teaching materials, information on the history of the University of Waterloo, offprints and reprints, conference materials etc.

Fonds consists of textual and visual materials created and received by Dorney over the course of his career, including drafts and reprints of most of his published writings, teaching and course materials, audio-visual materials, framed items, ephemera and realia. Of interest is an original map by Dorney which attempts to reconstruct the original vegetation patterns in North Dumfries Township in Waterloo County in the 19th century. Dorney's collection of slides is particularly significant in its documentation of natural vegetation, urban impact and areas of ecological interest both locally and elsewhere and includes extensive documentation of the "mini-forest" at his home at 124 Amos Ave. in Waterloo.

Materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley during his personal and professional life. Includes Shipley's personal journals and notes; articles written by Shipley in different news media and materials related to Shipley’s books and publications; personal and professional correspondence related to his time in the Canadian Armed Forces, different jobs he held, and his time at the University of Waterloo; and research materials created and accumulated by Shipley on different matters.

Journals documenting Robert Shipley's life and experiences from 2006-2022. Also includes an audio journal of a 1992 trip to China and accompanying slides.

Diaries from Royce MacGillivray that document his personal and professional life.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Stan Johannesen over the course of his education, teaching career, and pursuit of personal interests. Includes correspondence, course materials created as a professor at the University of Waterloo and continuing education lecturer at Laurier University, juvenilia, and a variety of published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction works.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Stan Johannesen including seven diaries and original artwork for his novel Sister Patsy.

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, illustrations, clippings, sketchbooks, and other materials created and accumulated by Virgil Burnett that document his personal and professional life. Includes materials relating to his work with the Pasdeloup Press.

Accrual consists of material relating to the artistic and literary career of Virgil Burnett. Includes sketchbooks with illustrations and life drawings; commonplace books with original works as well as copied quotations, passages and ephemera; manuscripts; poetry and plays; as well as writings by others given to Burnett.

Fonds consists of correspondence from Virgil Burnett to Robin Magowan.

Materials created and accumulated by Virgil Burnett that relate to his professional and personal life. Includes correspondence to and from Burnett, artworks and writings by Burnett and others, materials relating to the creation and publication of books written and illustrated by Burnett as well as those published by Pasdeloup Press, and other ephemera.

Fonds consists of materials documenting William Dendy's life and career as an architectural historian including university course notes, research material for published works, research material on the history of Canadian architecture and other research interests such as Forest Hill, Hamilton, the architects Frank Darling and William Somerville, and the Massey family. Some materials relate to Dendy's teaching activities, Toronto walking tours and consultancy projects.

Also present are articles, card files, clippings, correspondence, electronic records, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, manuscript and typescript notes, as well as photographs, negatives, and approximately 40,000 slides (including more than 17,000 images of Canadian architecture, urban space, and landscape). The slides were taken by Dendy and are each individually identified by him.

William Tutte's manuscript notebook from his time as a student at Trinity College Cambridge. Manuscript includes graphs and formulas regarding the Four colour theorem or the Four colour map theorem (considered the central problem in graph theory). Notebook includes a folder with annotations made by Tutte referring to the content and pages with his annotations divided into twelve sections.