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"Alcohol and Ryerson - A Review" report

A review of Ryerson's alcohol policies and procedures with draft resolutions for changes. The report followed the coroner's inquest recommendations stemming from the accidental death of a high school student at the ferry docks after attending the Ryerson Picnic at the Toronto Islands.

"Being Analog, Teaching Digital"

Paper written for the Computer Aided Learning (CAL97) International Conference, Superhighways, Super CAL, Super Learning, held in March, 1997 at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

"Blurb" newsletter

"Blurb" was a newsletter put out by Ryerson's chapter of the Society of Hosts. It seems to have ended in 1973 and then was brought back in 1980 for two editions.
File contains:
Vol. 1, No. 1
Vol. 1, No. 2
Vol. 1, No. 3
Vol. 1, No. 4
Vol. 1, No. 5
Vol. 1, No. 3 (possibly mis-numbered)
Vol. 3, No. 3
Vol. 1, No. 1 1980
Vol. 1, No. 2 1980

"Buy Canadian" Purchasing Policy

This file contains "Canadian Content Report" memorandums regarding Ontario Government's "Buy Canadian" Policy, template form "Statement of Canadian Content", Report to the Committee of Finance Officers - Universities of Ontario- Ontario Government Buy Canadian Policy.

"Coming to Life" documentary

File contains 2 copies of a documentary created by the LIFE Institute in conjunction with the Programs for the 50+ at the Raymond G. Change School of Continuing Education and the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors program. The documentary tells eleven stories of people who are involved with the LIFE Institute and Programs for the 50+. Included in the documentary are stories about Geoff Arnold, Sharon Hampson, Dorothy Knight, Joan Lee, John Simke, Josephine Spencer, John Twomey, Kitty Wintrob, Charles Wright, and Marilyn Wright.
File contains two copies of the DVD.

"Dialogue with the Giants" Journalism conference

File contains photographs taken by Ryerson employee Jerry Davey at the "Dialogue with the Giants" journalism conference at Ryerson. Included in the photographs are the big name newspeople including Richard Gwyn, Barbara Amiel, Allan Fotheringham, Sydney Gruson, Jeffrey Simpson, Peter Jennings, Peter Mansbridge, Morley Safer, Robert MacNeill, Barbara Frum, Henry Champ, and Peter Gzowski. The event raised money, through ticket sales, for the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, an international organization the helps journalists who face imprisonment abroad.
Photographs are of the panel discussions and one group photograph of all the participants.

Davey, Jerry

"Ditto Topics", Students' Notes : The Secretary Looks for a New Job

The file contains two items originally stapled together :

  • "Ditto Topics" : test or part of an exam consisting of a list of items student must incorporate into hypothetical business letter.
    • Students' Note : The Secretary Looks for a New Job is guidelines to obtain a secretarial position.

Secretarial Science Department

"Early Days At Ryerson"*

Two copies of an 8mm colour film of Ryerson activities taken by Journalism instructor Ted Schrader. An approximate list of scenes, in rough sequential order, is as follows : Ryerson Hall and St. James Square grounds; students in cars; orientation and initiation; a visit to the Ottawa Press Gallery (Earl Beattie); the Ryersonian newsroom (Ted Schrader); the cafeteria; an "away" football game (student supporters, parade, cheerleaders, band, Al Sauro); ROW/RIOT(?) rehearsals; the front of Ryerson Hall; the temporary buildings and quonset huts; a young Paul Nowack; Earl Beattie; a TTC chartered bus(?); students at the Ryerson Hall entrance; a reference to the Eisenhower U.S. election. Duration time: 25 minutes.

"Field Days, Anniversary Film"*

An 8mm colour film of Ryerson activites taken by Journalism instructor Ted Schrader, in the 1950s (period could be around 1954, based on the play Antigone, which was presented in January of that year) . An approximate list of scenes, in rough sequential order, is as follows: the front of Ryerson Hall; a marching band on the school grounds; a view of St. James Square Presbyterian Church on Gerrard Street; initiation activities; old cars; Howard Hillen Kerr; a relay race; a tug of war; the Sears warehouse building; male students "in drag"; a pie-eating contest; chariot races; Jim Peters; the temporary buildings and quonset huts on the Ryerson grounds; Ed Parker; students on a train to London for a football game; a parade; the Ryerson football team; the football game; fans cheering in the stands; a visit by the Ontario Agricultural College football team from Guelph; a parade to St. James Square; Al Sauro and Howard Kerr; Howard Kerr and Morley Finley; a "half-time" show; a student jumping through a fire hoop; COTC (Canadian Officers Training Corps) activities (?); John McAllister; ROW (?); Howard Kerr; winter scenes of the Ryerson grounds; Ed Parker; the play "Antigone" with Marilyn Dale; a school "formal"; Howard and Beatrice Kerr; Douglas McRae; RIOT or ROW (?); Eric Palin. Duration time: 45-50 minutes.

"Headstart" (Summer program), 1972, 1977

File contains photographs taken during the Head Start for New Canadians program. Photographs depict project workers of the Opportunities for Youth project and young students participating in the Head Start program in various classrooms on campus.

"Honest John" Vail portrait

Framed colour portrait of John Vail, a class of 1950 R.T.A. graduate. He is pictured holding his camera in a paddock with a "laughing horse" in the background.

Vail, Diana

"Honest" John Vail scrapbook

Scrapbook created by "Honest" John Vail, form Students' Administrative Council president. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings from the Ryersonian and the Little Daily, and photographs of events on campus.

"Peter Pan" ROW production

The file consists of the original 16 mm film re. the 1969 ROW production of 'Peter Pan'. The film rolls were screened on equipment available in the School of Image Arts technical department.

FILMS :
For identification purposes the film cans were labelled A and B. Based on the technician’s evaluation and expertise, only the A film was transferred onto two videocassettes. The B film requires more specialized equipment not available in the School of Image Arts.

VIDEOCASSETTES :
Two videocassettes, copies of the 16 mm film, can A.

1 of 2 : A 15 minute video made by the faculty and students of RPI Photographic Arts and RTA departments recording segments of the 1969 ROW production, "Peter Pan".
The scenes include :

  • Rehearsal
  • Behind the scenes/preparations
  • Production performance scenes
  • Audience.

2 of 2 : A 15 minute video similar to #1 above with a different introduction.
Scenes include :

  • Rehearsal
  • Behind the scenes/preparations
  • Jack McAllister
  • Production performance scenes.

Both cassettes have the occasional black (blank) segments.

"Ryerson Honours Chancellor David Crombie" video

A brief (7:40 minutes) retrospect of David Crombie's life and career at Ryerson, presented at a farewell reception celebrating the end of Crombie's term as Ryerson's first Chancellor. Terry Grier, Al Wargo, Lynda Friendly and Claude Lajeunesse gave brief personal comments about the individual, David Crombie.The Ryerson Archives was given credit for the use of archival material about Ryerson and David Crombie.Because this was a joint production of the President's Office and the Office of University Advancement, a decision was made to co-arrange under both Groups. Co-arrangement: Collection Record RG 395.50 Office of University Advancement

"Telling Tales" by Kara Kuryllowicz

File contains memo from Dean of Continuing Education, to member other deans, v.p's and the president about at article written by Ryerson Journalism graduate Kara Kuryllowicz about the Recording Recollections group at Ryerson. The article was published in the January/February 1990 edition of GOOD TIMES magazine.

'Fired Five' Incident*

Original title of contents binder: "Events Leading To Ryerson Sit-In, Friday, April 3, 1970". This file contains Clippings

'Lead Time and Ideas'

File contains notes, clipping and proposals compiled by Don Obe and related to his teaching of 'Lead time and ideas'

Obe, Don

'Queries and Outlines'

File contains notes, correspondence, and clippings compiled by Don Obe and related to his teaching of 'Queries and Outlines.'

Obe, Don

'Reconstructing Scenes'

File contains notes, and annotated clippings compiled by Don Obe and related to his teaching of the concept of 'Reconstructing Scenes'

Obe, Don

(Ottawa) Normal School composite class photograph 1892

Sepia tone photograph of the 1892 Normal School graduating class,which includes the donor's (Hugh Brown) mother. Research on the building and several of the individuals depicted in the bottom portion of this photograph lead the Archives to believe that the normal school inquestion is not the one which was in St. James Square in Toronto for so many years but is in fact the school in Ottawa which opened in 1875. William Scott, who served as the Toronto Normal School's first principal and is shown in the photograph, taught at the Ottawa Normal school from 1881 to 1894.

Toronto Normal School

1. Budget

File contains information regarding the budget planning, allocation of funds to various departments, information from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities on the distribution of funds and correspondence.

1.1 Negotiations [budget]

File contains the Academic Planning Summary of various departments, enrollment data, information from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities on operating funds, preliminary departmental budgets, correspondence and other materials related to the budget.

1/1 Miscellaneous

File contains correspondence, memos on policy of elective courses, on the Applied Arts Division departments, , on timetabling and a miscellania of other matters.

1/10 Theatre School

File contains a report on the possible cooperation between the Theatre Department and the Opera School of the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto, correspondence and a brochure.

1/2 Curriculum

File contains guidelines for conducting lab classes, memo on a curriculum proposal from the Department of Business and Technical Communication and correspondence.

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