This fonds contains documents created by the Department of English. The majority of the records are administrative and academic in nature, focusing on internal correspondence, course syllabi and reading lists, budgetary information regarding the department, and faculty records. There are also a number of promotional posters and graphics created by the department to advertise their guest lectures, workshops, and the program in general. In addition, there are also several published books, primarily covering poetry and short story anthologies published by faculty members and students.

This series contains files relating to the inner workings and administration of the Department of English. The series is divided into two sub-series, the first and larger sub-series covers documents and reports regarding the management and internal communications of the department, and the second sub-series contains information pertaining to the faculty who staffed the English department.

This sub-series contains documents covering the administration and management of the Department of English. This includes records relating to meeting minutes and department decisions, budgetary documents, proposals, job postings, and other notable events in the department's history. The majority of the documents cover the internal correspondence and memorandums sent throughout the department.

This file contains English Departmental Budget information.

This file contains Minutes of Academic Council Meetings.

This file contains Minutes/Agenda of Departmental meetings.

This file contains memorandums, curriculum materials, Management Policies and Procedures, notices.

This file contains memorandums, clipping and documentation regarding "Fire Five" incidents (when five English teachers were fired).

File contains job postings sent by the Human Resources department.
File closed as of December 2012. Please see RG 94.46 for future job postings.

The title proper of the report in this file is, Preliminary Report of the English Department Language Committee, A Proposal to Establish a Language Centre.

The Language Committee assessed and proposed a language and writing centre, centralized to better serve students' access to language and writing skill courses, as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) at the academia level.

The committee submitted the preliminary report to the Dean of Arts, Dr. Errol Aspevig.

This sub-series contains files regarding the Department of English's faculty members. Documents include photographs and photo-negatives of professors, curriculum vitaes, faculty lists, and correspondence pertaining to sabbaticals and resignations.

This file contains Personnel Records of Faculty members. In addition to personnel records, this file also contains correspondence regarding resignations and sabbaticals. Curriculum Vitaes for Department of English faculty members are also contained in this file.

This file contains photographs of Department of English faculty members.

This series contains course outlines, syllabi, and course examination material for various Department of English classes from the years of 1946 to 2010. Information regarding what courses would teach, what texts they would require students to read, and various administrative information, such as how long a class would run for, are contained in this series of documents.

This file contains Course Outlines and Booklists.

This file contains English Department examination material.

This series contains files regarding posters and other promotional material produced by the Department of English. Topics include lecture series, information nights about the department and the English program, and various workshops.

This file contains notices of events that are being produced by, or concern the Department of English. Writing workshops, department elections, and poetry event notifications are in this file.

This file contains Notice of Information Night hosted by the English Department; and English Information Night Door Prize tickets.

This file contains 1 brochure describing The English Minor program.

Lunch Table Talks are an occasional lecture series featuring the latest research from members of Ryerson's English Department.

This file contains posters advertising free seminars presented by Digital Humanities.

File contains posters from various events, talks, and symposiums hosted or sponsored by the English Department.

This series of files contains published works and materials produced by the faculty and students of Ryerson University from 1970 onward. The bulk of the series are poetry collections and some short stories.

This file contains 2 copies of the book " Promises a collection of poems and stories by students at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute 1975" published by The Department of English.

This file contains 2 copies of the Ryerson English Workbook, 1 that has been stapled together and 1 which is not bound. Published in 1975, these workbooks were written by Alison Acker, Ronald Conrad, Marie Dowler, Peter McLaughlin, and Margaret Morriss. These textbooks contain writing and grammar exercises for students.

This file contains a book edited by Michael Holmes. Contains poetry by Dennis Denisoff and Margaret Webb.

This file contains a book edited by Jack Ludwig and Andy Wainwright. Includes Iqbal Ahmad, a former English professor.

This file contains a book authored by Lorraine Janzen, Chair of the English Department; and a short biography of professor Janzen.

File contains 2 copies of a brochure advertising the collection and its exhibitions prepared by Ryerson University's Children's Literature Archive. The Children's Literature archive consists of books and toys.