Series consists of papers, a paper proposal and paper abstracts written by Donald Gillies fora course, various conferences and annual meetings.

Two copies of a paper written by Donald Gillies for the 3rd Guelph Symposium on Computer Mediated Communication. The symposium was held May 15-17, 1990 at the University of Guelph.

File contains 2 copies of the paper written by Donald Gilies for the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television's Learned Societies of Canada Conference held at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia from May 31 - June 2, 1990.

File contains the paper presented by Donald Gillies and the Educational Technology International conference held at the University of Southhampton, England April 13-15, 1987.

File contains one contract for Max Neuhaus and SightSoundSystems.

File contains newspaper inserts and clippings advertising, and review SightSoundSystems.

File contains information collected by Donald Gillies regarding the Telidon Public Initiatives program. Telidon sent out a press release and correspondence to Ryerson regarding submitting a proposal for programming for the disadvantaged. Ryerson's Department of Communication's Working Group on New Communications Technologies submitted a proposal.
Included in the file are copies of the news release, correspondence, and a copy of the proposal.

File contains materials related to the Image Arts Departmental Appointments Committee. Included is correspondence regarding tenure status, blank job review forms and criteria listings, and various schedules for faculty/instructor review.

File contains meeting agenda and appendices for the Academic Council meeting held May 22, 1968 - May 28, 1969. Included are some other memos and accompanying materials related to the meetings. There are several pages relating to course weight alterations and course name changes from 1980. File divided into 3 folders.

File contains correspondence and meeting minutes regarding "Ideology of the Department" of the Photographic Arts Department.

File contains one photocopy of the November 1973 proposal put to the Academic Council.

File contains course outlines with associated materials, final exams, and course evaluation forms for a variety of courses in Photographic Arts and Image Arts.

File contains copy of #1 edition of the Black Hole catalog (unsure if others were published). Ed Ackerman, the publisher and contributor, attended Ryerson for 1 year in the Film program.

File contains materials relating to the three day media festival held by the Photographic Arts Department. Included is a schedule of events, event map, list of nearby restaurants, permits, permit applications, and Chum-fm public service announcement about one of the events.

File contains materials related to the Curriculum Committee for Photographic Arts/Film and Photography/School of Image Arts. Included is one letter dated May 2, 1969; a 1994 report from the Curriculum committee submitted to the Academic Standards Committee about proposed changes to Film and Photography curriculum; and 1998-1999 correspondence regarding potential changes to curriculum.

File contains correspondence, sample surveys, and information on student focus groups. Survey and focus groups directed at students regarding Image Arts generally and regarding the curriculum.

File contains a copy of the letter and attached proposal sent to the Honourable Larry Grossman, Minister of Industry and Tourism. The proposal was for the establishment of a centre, to be administered by Ryerson, to develop, implement, and co-ordinate industry based applied research in communications, computing and informatics.

File contains Donald Gillies' handwritten notes from Film and Photography faculty meetings held January 5, 1985 and September 6, 1988.

File contains memos, reports, and letters written by the Principal and President's of Ryerson to Faculty, staff, and students.

File contains printed and handwritten list of equipment and supplies and prices.

File contains records created in 1967 relating to ETV, and ETV at Ryerson. Included in the file is the brief to the Commons Committee on Broadcasting "Criteria for the Establishment of Educational Mass Media on a Democratic Society" by Howard R. J. Mountain; a brief to the Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting by the Canadian Association for Adult Education; an address given by an unidentified person "Provincial Educational Television - the role of the Department of Education" given at Ryerson; a brief about the University of Waterloo television system from their audio-visual centre; and correspondence regarding the Ryerson President's Committee on Educational Television.

File contains correspondence, scripts, handwritten notes, and a program of events for the President's Committee on Educational Television workshops held May 14, 22, and 23, 1969.

File contains correspondence related to the Media Centre's Instructional Media Office and a copy of the final report of the President's Committee on Educational Television "Planning for Educational Television at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute" dated April 28, 1970.

File contains records relating to the office of the Registrar. Included is student registration information, a cross reference list of old and new course numbers and titles, an exam supervision schedule, registrar's office newsletter, section reports, student grades and lists of important dates.

File contains all staff, faculty and community memoranda of varying topics. The majority of the memos were sent 1964-1965 by by W. B. S. Trimble, VP Faculty Affairs. There is one memo from 1969, and one from 1980.

Fonds contains records created or retained by Donald Gillies during his career at Ryerson in the Business and Image Arts faculties.

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.

File contains abstract of paper presented by Donald Gillies at the annual meeting of the Canadian Communication Association in June 1997.

Copy of a paper presented by Donald Gillies during session 14 on October 27 at the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association 4th Kingston conference at Queen's University. The conference ran from October 25 - October 27.

Copy of a paper presented by Donald Gillies theCanadian Science and Technology Historical Association 11th Kingston conference at Queen's University. The conference ran from October 1-3, 1999.

File contains photographs of Donald Gillies. Three of them show him in front of the Photographic Arts building and in his office in 1977. One shows him at table with other unidentified people, and there are 2 headshots that were used in the FORUM publication in 1975 when he was the Chairman of the Photographic Arts Department.

File contains correspondence, course schedules, course outlines and other materials related to the Instructional Media program in Photographic Arts.

File contains memos, letters, news releases and accompanying materials related to SightSoundSystems.

File contains 3 copies of a poster that advertises SightSoundSystems.

File contains poster mock-ups, draft and actual press releases, memos, and correspondence related to advertising SightSoundSystems.

File contains 1 draft copy and 3 final copies of the final report of the President's Committee on Educational Television (ETV). Also in the file is internal correspondence related to space planning for the initiative and the final report.

File contains a variety of materials collected by Donald Gillies in related to the Department Council of the Film and Photography Department and its successor the Image Arts School Council. Along with meeting announcements and minutes are minutes from the Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum, Council by-laws, a copy of the revised curriculum (Oct. 1995) for the department, and a copy of the departmental access policy. Also included are meeting agendas, and revised by-laws for the new Image Arts School Council.

File contains correpondence and course outline for JRN 090 Magazine Masthead. The course produces the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Course instructor was Lynn Cunningham. Also in the file are the Faculty of Communications and Design's guidelines for promotion sub-committees.

File contains meeting minutes from the Assistant Chairmen's meetings in the Department of Business (Business Administration)

File contains materials generated by the Business and Business Administration departments. There are course outlines, final exams, departmental memos, correspondence, departmental staff lists, and a copy of the Spring/Summer 1967 Extension Department catalogue.

File contains information about Donald Gillies involvement with RIDC projects including Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) in developing countries and attending and ITU meeting in Vancouver. Also included in the file is a RIDC brochure and October 1986 newsletter.

File contains correspondence, meeting agenda and minutes and other materials related to the International Communications Group. Also in the file are two copies of the September 1994 newsletter "Interact" put out by the Group and a suggested list of participants for a colloquium on participatory communication at Ryerson.

File contains correspondence (emails) sent and received by Donald Gillies in his role as Associate Director of the joint Ryerson-York graduate studies program Communications and Culture.

File contains memo, a letter of transmittal, transition procedures, a copy of the final report of the committee. The committee was formed by "memorandum of understanding - 6" of the agreement signed in 1992 by Ryerson, its Board of Governor and the RFA. It was comprised equally of members from the Board of Governors and the RFA. Committee members were Errol Aspevig, Dean of Arts; M. Novick, Office of V. P. Academic and School of Social Work; W. White, Dean of Engineering; L. Gray, V.P. Faculty Affairs; D. Cape, Economics professor; J. Panar, Computer Science professor; and T. Pristupa, Business Management professor.

File contains correspondence, handwritten notes, and other records relating to Continuing Education's Distance Education and Open College.

File contains an invitation to Ryerson Literary Society's first Christmas Party December 5, 1980 and a copy of the November 1980, Vol. 1 No. 2 newsletter.

Ryerson '70 was a three day open house that ran from Friday October 16 - Sunday October 17, 1970. It coincided with Alumni day on the saturday. Every day had different activities.

File includes draft program outlines, terms of reference, and meeting minutes from the steering committee planning the event.

File contains Ryerson specific materials related to the President's Committee on Educational Television; the National Film Board Policy on ETV; Ontario Department of Education ETV materials; Metropolitan Educational Television Association of Toronto memos; and a variety of equipment catalogues and bibliographies related to ETV. File divided into two folders.

The Newman Club was for Catholic students at Ryerson. File contains meeting announcements and pages of handwritten notes.

File contains one meeting announcement and a draft RFA appeals procedure document.

File contains information about timetabling, scheduling, registration and promotion, and research projects.

The Task Force to establish a Centre for the Study of Communication was assembled by Alberindo Sauro, the Dean of Applied Arts with a goal of establishing a centre that would integrate Journalism, RTA, Photographic Arts and Graphic Arts together. The task force consisted of Ryerson staff and faculty: Rennie Charles, J. L. Atkins, G. M. Bullock, D. F. Hawkes, D. C. Milton, B. Rooney, Alberindo Sauro, E. U. Schrader, John Twomey, and D. G. Williams; Ryerson students; and external members.

File contains one copy of the interim report created for Vice-President Academic Anthony Wilkinson.

File contains invitations and brochures for various events, workshops, and summer programs at Ryerson. Included are:

The Ryerson Company of Players summerstage brochure [1970]

Academic and Computing Services May seminar of Short Courses for Faculty and Staff brochure [1976]

Television and Politics workshop presented by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs, Ryerson, and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. March 27, 1971

Centre for Instructional Development 4 workshops on course management: utilizing learning objectives, January 12, 1980

Creative Writers' Workshop August 10-21, 1970

First Ryerson Lecture in the History of Technology by Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, February 7, 1980

Ford of Canada Lecture Series - Dr. James Frank, November 30, 1977

Ford of Canada Lecture Series - Paul J. Burke, November 7, 1979

Ford of Canada Lecture Series - Michael A. Walker, February 6, 1980

Ford of Canada Lecture Series - Carl E. Beigie, March 12, 1980

File contains abstract of paper presented by Donald Gillies at the annual meeting of the Canadian Communication Association in June 1997.

File contains an essay written by Donald Gillies for 1341XS - Instructional Technology and the School, a course taken through the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

File contains two copies of the article by Donald Gillies published in the Canadian Journal of Communication.

File contains a copy of the review by Donald Gillies published in the Journal of Industry and Higher Education.

File contains 1 photocopied page from the Canadian Journal of Communication showing Donald Gillies review of the book "Image Ethics: The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television".

The file consists of correspondence, cancelled cheques, and financial statements.

Series contains records received from D. Gillies upon his retirement and the deactivation of his Ryerson office. Includes correspondence, minutes and appendixes, reports, academic papers, academic planning documents, notes, clippings, etc.

File contains correspondence to and from Donald Gillies in relation to the establishment, function, grants, and conference participation. Also in the file is the program for the May 14-15, 1980 "Quality Education for the 1980's" educational development workshops held at Ryerson.

File contains a copy of the report "Recommendations for the Implementation of a New Academic Policy for the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, July 1969". Report completed by an Academic Steering Committee consisting of Charles Temple, Dean of Business; David Crombie, Director of Student Services; Hugh Innis, Associate Registrar; P Kerr, Students' Union; Dorothy Rowles, Chairman of Nursing; D. Sutton, Business Administration; Terry Wisz, Chairman Mathematics and Physics; and Eric Wright, Chairman English.
Also in the file are some hand written notes by Donald Gillies and a copy of the Academic Council meeting minutes from October 23, 1969.

File contains internal memos, search principles, list of committee members, and draft and final job postings for position.

File contains memos from S. A. C. to Donald Gillies. File also contains a memo to all faculty members regarding housing in Rochdale College at Bloor and Huron Sts.

File contains miscellaneous memoranda sent out to faculty and staff from various sources. The majority of the memos came from the Director of Faculty Affairs William Trimble, but there are others from different departments and campus societies.

File contains one set of meeting minutes from the Faculty Chairmen's meeting held April 24, 1964.

File contains meeting minutes, handwritten notes, correspondence, draft reports and draft proposals for a Centre of Communication Studies at Ryerson.

The Canadian Images '79 conference was held March 29 - April 1, 1979 at Peter Robinson College, Trent University, Peterborough. Donald Gillies participated in a panel discussion on Photographic Education.
File contains correspondence, a conference program addenda, and a conference proposal.

File contains meeting minutes from the first meeting of the committee on April 21, 1986. Also in the file is the agenda for the October 7 meeting, and two documents from the library's Third World Resource Centre. One is a selected list of references for microelectronics and development, and the other is a checklist of documents on computers in international development.

File contains a letter and a photocopy of the chapter co-authored by Hans Westerblom. Hans was a professor in the Photographic Arts department. The chapter was published in "Aspects of Non Verbal Communication", edited by Walberga von Raffler-Engel, and Bates Hoffer. Book was published by Trinity University in Texas.

File contains search materials from the 1971, 1981, and 1985 searches for a chairperson for Photographic Arts and then Film and Photography.

File contains correspondence from and to chairmen of the Photographic Arts, Film and Photography, and Image Arts department. Included is materials from Chairman G. M. Bullock; Acting Chairman D. A. Dickinson; Acting Chairmen Elvino Sauro; Chairman J. M. (Don) Snyder; Chairman Gaile McGregor; Chairman Brian Damude; and Interim Chairman Irene Devine.

File contains assorted materials collected by Donald Gillies. Included is an election poster for Jon Gillies, Progressive Conservative candidate in Don Valley; an invitation to "Our Encounter with Nature" sponsered by the Spiritual Wellness Committee of Student Services; Sign up form for New Media night; a program from "Screening 1979" of films from students in Photographic Arts; a poster for "3 environments" in Jorgenson Hall; Photo Arts newsletter March 13, 1973; and an advertisment for Photo Arts professor Bruce Elder's film night at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

A how to manual for a polaroid camera. The manual is hand drawn with photocopied troubleshooting tips at back.

File contains copies of Donald Gillies curriculum vitae and a 1996 listing of this scholarly research - which was submitted to the now defunct SRC database for Applied Arts.

Series consists of materials transferred in the Archives holdings in the 1970s and left in piles on shelving units. No original order was apparent other than the creator - Donald Gillies. After viewing materials it was discerned that the best course of action was to maintain the material in their original file folders and sort the loose materials accordingly.
Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, curriculum documents, RFA materials, memos, Principal/President's newsletters, and a large file on Educational Television. There is a lot of cross related materials that came in a later donation in 2003 from Donald Gillies.

File contains RFA bulletins, meeting minutes, correspondence, draft and final agreements, and other records related to the Ryerson Faculty Association.

File contains records created in 1968 relating to ETV, and ETV at Ryerson. Included in the file is correspondence, meeting minutes, an Ontario Department of Education educational television program synopsis, and copies of "The Recommendations for Fall 1968 and Winter 1969 by President's Committee on Educational Television".

File made up largely of mid-term and final exams for the Merchandising Administration department advertising courses. Also in the file is correspondence, assignments, course outlines, and other records related to this department.

File contains Vol. 1, no. 1 to 10 of the Symposium newsletter written and published by course instructor G. E. Bilek for the SOS 011-03 and SOS 011-04 seminars for Photographic Arts students.

A joint commitee was created in accordance with the agreement between the Ryerson Faculty Association and the Board of Governors. The final report was given April 6, 1970 and accepted by the RFA.
File contains two copies of the report of the committee on student evaluation of probationary instructors and two copies of the February 10, 1971 memo from Vice-President Academic Anthony Wilkinson to all chairmen and course directors abou the roll out of the process.

File contains curriculum documents, and general correspondence regarding the day to day running of the department, its classes and its faculty and staff.

File contains records pertaining to the Photographic Arts, and Film and Photography department. Included in the file is a summary report regarding secure display space on campus; course descriptions and timetabling information; student show announcements; curriculum change documents; memos, including memo regarding name change from Photographic Arts to Film and Photography (December 4, 1979); floor plans of building; and other materials relating to the department.

File contains correspondence and memos regarding the contract negotiations between Ryerson and the Graduate Assistants Association.

Copy of a presentation proposal for the CAL 93 - CAL into the Mainstream conference held at University of York April 5-8, 1993. Attached to the proposal is a photocopy of the front and 45th page from the conference handbook. Donald Gillies participated in a Group and Distance Learning panel.

File contains paper presented by Donald Gillies at the British Association for Canadian Studies conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland April 11-14, 2000.

Series contains 2 published journal articles and 1 book review written by Donald Gillies.

File contains Donald Gillies signed teaching faculty election card, attached to the memo regarding the Board of Governor's election on March 29, 1978.

File contains correspondence, term test, course outline, and a diagram for the Communication Theory course.

The records relate to the preparation for the musical chess game, the major event of the SightSoundSystems Festival of Art and Technology, presented by the Isaacs Gallery Mixed Media Concerts and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Five major events took place throughout the week of March 5 - 10, 1968, including "E.A.T.", "Public Supply", "T.E.A.", "Supersystems", and "Reunion" (the musical chess game).

The chess game, whereby the chessboard was wired to produce musical sounds with every move, was played between French artist and expert chess player, Marcel Duchamps and American avant-garde composer, artist, and theorist, John Cage. It was a banner event for the festival and so named "Reunion" by John Cage reflecting a chess game between the then recently formed friends, Cage and Duchamps at a chess exhibit of paintings and sculptures called, "The Imagery of Chess", held in 1944 New York City.

The artistic director for "Reunion" was Udo Kassemets of the Isaacs Gallery Mixed Media Concerts. Don Gillies of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute was the business manager and Karen (Naylor) Mulhallen of the English Department was the producer for Supersystems and who also worked with Darryl Williams on the film environment.

File contains tickets for "Reunion", "Eat", "Tea", and "Supersystems"; daily box office data sheets; a schedule of events; and listings of people to receive complimentary tickets.

File contains postcards and a letter to Donald Gillies from John Solowski

The framed and matted college of six postcards (5 Normal School, 1 College of Pharmacy) is believed to have been received unframed.The framing may have been done when they were loaned to the Office of the President (Brian Segal). They were returned to the Archives after Segal's term was over.

File contains internal communications regarding faculty exchanges with schools in the United Kingdom - specifically England.

File contains meeting minutes from the Internal Advisory Committee; 2 copies of the Activities report for the Ministry of Colleges and Universities; invitations to Student Entrepreneurship Competition Awards ceremonies; and other general correspondence related to the Centre of Entrepreneurship at Ryerson.

3 Ontario Deparment of Education Secondary School Registers used by Don Gillies to record his student's grades.

File contains numbered memos from the Office of the Principal Howard Kerr and Report from the President memos from Fred Jorgenson. Kerr's memos were directed to all staff or teaching staff. Jorgenson's memos were to the whole extended Ryerson Community.

File contains RFA bulletins, a copy of an interim agreement between the RFA and the Board of Governors; a 1964 revised agreement between the RFA and the Board of Governors; meeting notices; minutes of the January 29,1969 annual meeting; general documents; and materials related to the 1981 professional affairs committee.

File contains curriculum related documents and proposals, the majority of which relate to Image Arts. There is also a proposal for Environmental Health Administration, and Urban Planning.

File contains correspondence, reports, and course outlines for Film and Photograph Department courses.