Photograph taken from the roof of Howard Kerr Hall looking east. The old radio and new radio towers are visible, as is the Ryerson Hall cupola.

Typewritten Christmas 1943 shopping list for the Wellesley Hospital Alumnae Association. Included are items such as cards, stamps, stockings, candies, powder, and soap.

Front of page 11 has a typewritten list of items placed in the boxes sent to Nursing Sisters in Africa. Box recipients were C. Tavener, H. Pangman, C.J. Cuthbert, L. Jamieson. At the bottom of the page is the mailing costs for all of the boxes sent out for Christmas, 1943.

Back of page has content listing for civilian boxes sent which were sent to Helen Cunningham (class of 1923), and Mildred McMullen (class of 1926). Bottom of page has list of recipients of letters and airgraphs (same as those sent boxes).

Letter from Nursing Sister Delena Legate (class of 1922). Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter. Sent from #10 Canadian General Hospital in Watford, England.

Double sided letter from someone in the Toronto Branch of the British Minesweepers Auxiliary. Letter thanks Grace Bolton and the Wellesley Alumnae for their donation of 23 items - 12 pairs of socks, 1 helmet (balaclava) , 6 seamen's caps, and 4 scarves. The Alumnae knit these items for the auxiliary.

Double sided letter from someone in the Toronto Branch of the British Minesweepers Auxiliary. Letter thanks Grace Bolton and the Wellesley Alumnae for their donation of 26 items - 12 pairs of socks, 12 caps, and 2 pairs of mitts. The Alumnae knit these items for the auxiliary.

Letter from Jean Wood, secretary-treasurer of the Toronto chapter of the British Mine Sweepers Auxiliary - Overseas Parcels League. She thanks the Wellesley Alumnae for their knitted contributions.

Letter from Eleanor Breckenridge of the Toronto Chapter of the British Mine Sweepers Auxiliary - Overseas Parcels League thanking the Wellesley Alumnae for their contribution of 1 scarf, 9 caps, 10 pairs of mittens, 27 tuck-ins, 7 pairs of socks, and 2 pairs of grey socks.

Letter from Mrs. A. J. MacKenzie, wool convenor, of the Toronto Chapter of the British Mine Sweepers Auxiliary - Overseas Parcels League thanking the Wellesley Alumnae for their contribution of 11 seaman's caps, 1 scarf, 3 pairs of gloves, 2 balaclava helmets, 4 pairs of socks, and 5 turtle neck tuck-ins.

Notebook page with "Letters of Appreciation" "R.C.N.V.R. Ladies Auxiliary. Behind divider are letters received from this organization.

Letter from Mrs. W. G. Shedden, secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. She thanks the Wellesley Alumnae of their knitted contribution of 6 helmets (balaclavas), 4 caps, 2 turtleneck sweaters, 16 pairs of navy socks, 4 pairs of mitts, 2 pairs of gloves, and 1 pair of gray socks.

Letter from Mrs. W. G. Shedden, secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. She thanks the Wellesley Alumnae of their knitted contribution of 9 turtleneck sweaters, 10 caps, 6 helmets, 9 pairs of mitts, and 12 pairs of socks.

Letter from Mrs. W. G. Shedden, secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. She thanks the Wellesley Alumnae of their knitted contribution of 4 turtleneck sweaters, 1 sleeveless sweater, 9 caps, 10 helmets, 8 pairs of mitts, and 6 pairs of socks.

Letter from Mrs. W. G. Shedden, secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary - Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. She thanks the Wellesley Alumnae of their knitted contribution of 1 turtleneck sweater, 1 scarf, 2 pairs of seamen's socks, 6 pairs of socks, 1 helmet.

Piece of notepaper with "Letters of Appreciation" "The Navy Knitters" typed on it. Correspondence from the Navy Knitters is filed behind it.

Letter from Harry N. Barry from The Navy Knitters organization thanking the Wellesley Alumnae for their knit contributions to the British Navy.

Letter from Harry N. Barry from The Navy Knitters organization thanking the Wellesley Alumnae for their knit contributions to the British Navy.

Letter from Harry N. Barry from The Navy Knitters organization thanking the Wellesley Alumnae for their knit contributions to the British Navy.

Letter written to Louise Darche from Florence Nightingale. Louise Darche was the superintendent of The New York City Training School for Nurses from 1888-1898. The two met when Miss Darche travelled to London in 1893. In the letter Florence Nightingale references Henry Bonham Carter, her first cousin and Secretary of the Nightingale Fund. The photograph (RG 946.02.02.02) was also referenced in the letter and was sent by Mr. Bonham Carter to Miss Darche.

Scaffolding and men working on exterior brickwork for Howard Kerr Hall.

Photograph taken from inside quadrangle looking east at the brick work being done on Howard Kerr Hall. Remaining Ryerson Hall building visible on the left side of the photo.

Metal framework of centre section of Howard Kerr Hall South - which would eventually house the Principal's office and the Boardroom. Framework for clock-carillon tower is up as well. Framework obscured in photo by the Ryerson Hall building.

Metal framework of centre section of Howard Kerr Hall South. Framework for clock-carillion tower is up as well. Photograph taken looking north east on Gould Street. Part of Unit I is visible in the far right corner.

Metal framework of centre section of Howard Kerr Hall South. Construction workers and material visible around the base of structure. Part of Unit I is visible in the far right corner. Photo taken looking north east along Gould Street.

North east end of middle building showing wooden walkway/storage structure that connected Middle building to North building.

Demolition of east end of middle building. Residence visible in the left side of the photo.

Kerr Hall West, and west side of middle building being demolished.

Demolition of middle building

Demolition of east end of middle building. Second story mostly gone. Skeletal roof structure of rest of middle building visible in the background.

Demolition of the middle building. View is of the east end of the structure. The second story has been removed.

Demolition of middle building. View of the west end of the building. Second story removed with half of side wall intact.

Demolition of middle building. View of the west end of the building. Roof gone by exterior wall on second story still intact.

Demolition of middle building. View of west end. Second story destroyed with exception of back wall and some interior wall fragments. Howard Kerr Hall East and Ryerson Hall visible in the background.

Demolition of middle building. View of looking west. Second story destroyed with exception of back wall and some interior wall fragments. Parts of first story on east end are demolished. Howard Kerr Hall West visible in the background.

Demolition of middle building. View looking south west. Second story demolished at east end. Heating plant chimney visible in background.

Demolition of middle building. View looking north west. Second story of east end of building demolished. Howard Kerr Hall visible in the background.

Demolition of one of the original campus buildings. All that is left if the metal skeleton. Building was located in the north west section of the old Ryerson Campus.

View of Oakham House on Gould Street. Taken from in front of the old Normal School building. Kerr Hall East and O'Keefe House are visible at opposite edges of the photograph.

Stone coat of arms for the Department of Education taken off the old Normal School building. It is sitting in the quadrangle in Howard Kerr Hall.

Howard Kerr Hall south wing with clock tower. Taken from inside the quadrangle, the facade from the old Normal School building stands across from it. Cars are parked around the outside of the quadrangle.

Looking across the quad from Howard Kerr Hall East to the North section showing the driveway in from Gerrard Street. Cars are parked around the quadrangle. Eaton's College Street store is visible over top of Kerr Hall.

Entrance way into Howard Kerr Hall East. Tulips line the walkway.

Staff lounge with a dining table and chairs, lounge chairs and a fireplace in one corner.

Colour image of a Bailey Meter control system. Unclear, based on research, if this model is for steam or electricity.

Colour photograph of a board with 4 meters mounted on a board. What appears to be a pressure gauge runs up the middle of the board.

Colour photograph of the two towers of City Hall at Nathan Phillips' Square.

Colour photograph of the clock on top of Howard Kerr Hall.

Colour photograph looking south east from Howard Kerr Hall. Photograph taken from the roof of the building. The clock tower is in mid-ground, and the old CIBC building and another tower under construction are visible in the background.

Colour photograph looking south east from Howard Kerr Hall. Photograph taken from the roof of the building. The clock tower is in mid-ground, and the old CIBC building and another tower under construction are visible in the background.

Colour image of the top half of a large piece of equipment made up of copper piping, gauges and a large rectangular floor mounted gauge.

The series consists of the files from the Folk Recovery archive. The oral history project was created by Kejo Buchanan, host of the Jali Journey program on CJRU. Folk Recovery is an oral history project designed to highlight and celebrate Black, Indigenous, Asian and all racialized storytellers and their contributions to the Canadian folk sound.

The files in this serie contain audio and video copies of the storyteller's interview in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcript in Microsoft Word and PDF formats.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller Kaïa Kater in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

Kaïa’s story draws from symbiotic relationships, innovation and renewal. This recording shares key findings, recovery dreams and keeping record of storytellers like Kaïa Kater as folk.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller May Cheung in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

May’s story is a journey of musical enmeshment, tradition and healing. May Cheung speaks on the importance of finding our voice and sharing our life story through the vehicle of folk.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller Ansley Simpson in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

Ansley’s story is inspired by original meaning, connection and intimacy. Ansley tells of lyrical and descriptive memories embedded in life through folk.

Series consists of 7,278 photographic negatives or b&w prints created by Ryerson staff and students in the 1950's and 1960's. The photographs were taken for use in the student newspaper, "The Ryersonian" ; the academic course calendar ; the yearbook ; and other school publications. Contact prints for the majority of the collection are available for viewing in our reading room. Negatives are in the process of being scanned.

The photographic images are arranged according to subject :

• Aerospace Technology
• Anti-Cutback Rally (request from RG 95.1 box)
• Architecture
• Art Shows
• Athletics
• Awards
• Barbers
• Basketball
• Bookstore
• Business Administration
• Campus - Old
• Career College
• Chemical Technology
• Church Street
• Circle K (Kiwanis)
• Civil Technology
• CJRT
• Classroom Scenes
• Clubs
• Convocation
• Convocation at Deer Park
• Dances
• Drama
• Early Childhood Management
• Eggy
• Electrical Technology
• Electronic Technology
• Extension Department
• Faculty and Staff
• Fashion
• Food Administration
• Food Services
• Football
• Furniture and Interior Design
• Gas Technology
• Health Clinic
• Health Inspectors
• Hockey
• Homecoming
• Home Economics
• Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Administration
• Howard Kerr Hall
• Initiation
• Instrument Control Technology
• Journalism
• Kerr Hall (Oakham House)
• Library
• Marketing
• Mechanical Technology
• Medical Laboratory
• Metallurgy Technology
• Miscellaneous
• Miss Ryerson
• Music
• Ontario Government
• Parades
• Photographic Arts
• Picnics
• Printing Management - Graphic Arts
• Queens and Princesses
• Radio and Television Arts
• Registration
• Remembrance Day
• Retirement Dinner
• RIOT
• ROW
• Ryerson Hall
• SAC
• Secretarial Science
• Secretaries Luncheon
• Soccer
• Statue of Egerton Ryerson
• Visitors to Ryerson
• Works of Art on Campus

File contains photographs taken on campus of spray painted messages related to Egerton Ryerson and his role in Residential Schools in Canada. The messages were created in response to the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School located on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. On June 6, 2021 after a march and rally in Toronto, the statue of Egerton Ryerson was pulled down. The plinth it sat on was later removed by the University.
The photographs were commissioned by the Office of the President and were taken after the statue was pulled down and the plinth was removed. The photographs are of the messages of protest that were spray painted and chalked on the walls of Kerr Hall, the sidewalk and road in front of where the statue was located, on the stones in Lake Devo, and on the walkways in the Kerr Hall Quadrangle. There are also photographs of the areas around where the messages were located - Gould Street and the Kerr Hall Quadrangle.

0.5 cm of textual records made up of 3 identical booklets.

Copy of an archival image of workers at the O'Keefe Brewery

Series contains Radio, Movie, and Television scripts that were maintained and made accessible by the Library.
The series is divided into three sub-series:
RG 5.308.001 Movies
RG 5.308.002 Radio
RG 5.308.003 Television

Left side of photograph shows part of the old Normal School building. on the right is the skeleton of a building that is being demolished to make way for Howard Kerr Hall.

South campus building as part of the old Normal School complex.

Site of demolished building. Vacant lot with piles of wood and stacks of windows. Northern perimeter fence and treeline still in tact. Gorries Used car sign on Gerrard St. can be seen in the left corner of photo. Photographer indicates that this lot was the site of a former cafe on campus.

Parking area and cars in the foreground. Large white sided building on the opposite side of the Normal School fencing.

Exterior view of the old gymnasium building. It is surrounded by trees and cars.

Exterior view of single story building with trees and gardens in front of it. Marked as the Corp. of Comm's guard house - which is a layover from when Ryerson was R.C.A.F. training school no. 6 in the 1940's.

Exterior view of a 2-story brick building that would have run parallel to Church Street. Building was part of the old Normal School complex of buildings that were demolished to make way for Howard Kerr Hall.

Exterior view of construction of Unit II of Howard Kerr Hall. Construction crane visible on the left side with tent in the middle of the photo. The Normal School buildings are visible on the right side of the photo.

View of construction site looking South East looking towards Gould Street. Wall trenches dug out and boarded with piping being installed. Oakham House is visible in the background.

Close up of the third story of the middle section of Ryerson Hall. Department of Education coat of arms mounted on the front.

Small cat crouching looking up at wall inbetween wood supports. Pile of wood boards in behind it.

Cat crouching beside wood wall. Stone debris in pile in behind it.

View looking south of Ryerson Hall's east wing being demolished. Third storey and partial second storey are gone.

Photograph of Tomlinson Hall. Built in 1947. Now part of the Case Western Reserve University.

Sam W. Emerson Physical Education Centre was dedicated in 1957, named after 1902 Alumnus Samuel W. Emerson. Now part of Case Western Reserve University.

Built between 1926 - 1927 with major editions in 1940 and 1941. Part of Case Western Reserve University.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller Joni NehRita in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

Joni’s story is one of reciprocity, community building and liberty. This recording shares reaffirming discoveries and all the colours in which Joni NehRita is folk.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

Amanda’s story is one of legacy, guidance and opportunity. Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya shares tender family moments, common ground and finding home in folk.

File consists of an audio and video interview recording with the storyteller Julian Taylor in wav and mp4 formats, an mp4 video with ASL interpretation, a participant headshot image in jpg format and an interview transcripts in Microsoft Word format.

Julian’s story is a recovery through love, kindness and the natural world. Julian Taylor shares various elements of musical inheritance, adaptation, and reclaiming the oral tradition of folk.

Corner and end of one of the two story original buildings.

Two wooden shelving units along a wall.

Interior view of a long room with pillars running down the centre.

View looking west to North west corner of Howard Kerr Hall. Cars parked all over the back section.

Demolition of middle building. View of east end. Second story almost completely gone except for back wall. Residence building on left side of photograph.

Howard Kerr Hall, looking south from the corner of Gerrard and Church Sts. The radio tower is partially visible.

Front view of Ryerson Hall (formerly the Toronto Normal School). This photo was taken several months before the construction started on phase III of Howard Kerr Hall, which was built in front of Ryerson Hall. The Egerton Ryerson statue can be seen in front of the building as well.

Centre quadrangle in Howard Kerr Hall filled with demolition and construction debris. Cars are parked around the perimeter of the construction fence.

Staff lounge with couches, chairs and tables set up along one wall.

Colour image of the fountain that used to be in the centre of the Quad. Fountain is working. Cars parked in background.

Colour image of the fountain that used to be in the centre of the Quad. Fountain is working. Cars parked in background.

Colour image of a board with 4 meters mounted on a board. What appears to be a pressure gauge runs up the centre of the board.

Colour image of architectural model of Jorgenson Hall, Podium, and Library buildings. Model is on the edge of a raised stage.

Colour image of two bulldozers with men with suits on them. The men on the bulldozer on the left Ryerson Board of Governor's chair William Kelly (no hardhat) and the man in the driver's seat is Minister of Education William Davis. Men on the right bulldozer unidentified. This was part of the sod turning ceremony for Jorgenson Hall.

Colour image of blue trailer with orange striping and "Ryerson Company of Players" written in white on the side. The trailer is attached to a "Ryerson Polytechnical Institute" jeep. They are parked under the arch along Gerrard Street.

Colour image of a blue and yellow school bus with "Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Toronto" on side in yellow and "Summerstage - Ryerson Company of Players" in white underneath it.

Colour image of a library with book shelves on the right and study carrels in the centre.

Colour image, taken from Jorgenson Hall, looking south down Yonge Street. the Eaton Centre and the CN Tower are visible.

Colour image of quad construction and landscaping. Facade is focal point of this photograph.

Colour image of the Quad with construction and landscaping work being done.

Photograph of "The Graduate" sculpture over the south west entrance to the Quad. Sculpture created by Jacobine Jones. Sculpture has board and material over its face.

Photograph taken looking south shows the demolition of the Ryerson Hall building. Howard Kerr Hall south is visible in the background.