Special Events

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Special Events

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Special Events

  • UF Events, Special

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Special Events

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Ryerson Darts Club

  • RG 381
  • Fonds
  • 1980-1987

The trophies and the plaque were awarded at darts tournaments. One trophy is for the Ryerson Alumni dart championship.

Ryerson Darts Club

Darts Club trophies

Trophies awarded at a variety of dart tournaments:

RG 381.01.01 Ryerson Annual Dart Championships 1981/82 - 1986/87. Measures 45cm high x 26cm
RG 381.01.02 Darts Club RPI 1986/87. Second Place League - I Measures 29cm high x 10cm
RG 381.01.03 Darts Club. RPI 1986/87.Men’s Hi Score - 140, Men’s 2nd Indiv. - Measures 18 x 16 x 8 cm
RG 381.01.04 Darts Club RPI 1986-/87. Playoff Champs. The Untouchables. Measures: 37cm high x 9cm base.
RG 381.01.05 Darts Club. RPI 1986/87. Measures 9.5cm high x 7.5cm base.
RG 381.01.06 Darts Club. RPI 1986/87. Measures 9.5cm high x 7.5cm base.

Ryerson Darts Club

Convocation records

Records consists of convocation programmes, transcripts of speeches/addresses, press kits, photographs, invitations, cassette tapes, some videocassettes and related documentation.

In December 1996, the name of the Office of Development, Alumni and Community Relations was changed to University Advancement Office and, thus, responsible for Convocation and ceremonies until 2008 with the creation of a separate department, the Office of Convocation and Awards.

See also:

RG 4.04 - Information Services - 1950 to 1986
RG 122.02 - Community Relations - 1987 - 1994
RG 395.12.01 - University Advancement - 1995 to 2007
RG 928.01 - Convocation and Awards - 2008 to present

Unveiling of plaque at William Thomas gravesite

Photographs, invitation, newsletter report, videotape relating to the unveiling of a special bronze plaque next to the gravestone of William Thomas in St. James Cemetery in Toronto, and the subsequent reception at Oakham House. The plaque contains the transcribed text from the gravestone, which had become illegible over time but was available through cemetery records. The gravestone itself was partially restored. Funds for both the plaque and the restoration were provided by various heritage groups under the coordination of Mr. Stephen Otto. After the unveiling ceremony, the attendees (numbering about 25 and including relatives of William Thomas) were invited to Oakham House for refreshments, including a birthday cake in honor of the anniversary of Thomas' 200th birthday.

Posters

File contains posters from various School of Fashion fashion shows, predominantly from Mass Exodus, the annual year-end graduating class fashion show and exhibit.

Roberta Bondar 1992 visit and lecture

VHS cassettes: 1992 Visit and Lecture, Tape 1 Shuttle Launch, Tape 2 Shuttle Launch, Tape 3 Morning Press Conference, Tape 4 Post Landing Press Conference.

Ryerson Campaign materials

File contains Ryerson Campaign materials including invitations, brochures, booklets, correspondence, architectural drawings, an itinerary, a mug, and a sweatshirt. The mug was presented to telephone canvassers after they raised $10 000 and the sweatshirt, after $25 000.

Orientation records

File contains brochures, booklets, postcards produced in conjunction with Ryerson's annual orientation week events.

RG 10.73.01 file of materials

RG 10.73.02 - Light blue T-shirt with black iron on decals. Front of shirt has “Ryerson University” in upper left. Left sleeve has 3 people with arms in air over wording “UNITE MAKE YOUR MARK”. Back of T-shirt has “O’TEAM” across the top.

RG 10.73.03 - Blue polar fleece hat with yellow rams horns. Hat is given out free during Orientation by the Student Community Life office. It is also available during the school year for a fee of five dollars.

RG 10.73.04 - Olive green t-shirt with "Ryerson University" in upper left corner in black and "Orientation 2010 Imagine Live the Dream" in pink on the front. "O-team" on back in pink. 2010

RG 10.73.05 - Blue bandana with "Ryerson University" " Alumni" "Ryerson Rams" and "Imagine Live the Dream" printed on it in gold. Used for Guiness book of World Records attempt at beatboxing, 2010

Sheldon Levy installation

This file contains 3 copies of Program for Installation of the President and Vice-Chancellor, list of representatives of the university and community colleges joined the academic procession for Installation ceremony, 4 invitations, 3 posters, 1 ticket to the ceremony, and ceremony reservation reply card.

Installation of Chancellor and Chancellor Emeritus - 2006

File contains 7 invitations. Three are for the installation for G. Raymond Chang as Chancellor of Ryerson University at the convocation held November 2, 2006 at 9:30am; one for the reception held in honour of G. Raymond Chang held at 6pm on November 2, 2006; and three are for a luncheon in honour of the conferring of the title "Chancellor Emeritus" on the Honourable David Crombie, O. C. held on November 2, 2006 at 12:30pm. File also contains greetings from The Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Chris Bentley on the Installation of G. Raymond Chang as Chancellor, and a guest book from the reception.

Exhibitions and Events

Includes promotional, educational and publicity material for exhibitions and events held at the RIC including :

The Ryerson Image Centre Grand Opening ;
Toronto Convention About Photographic Collections : Definitions, Descriptions, Access ;
The inaugural exhibition, Archival Dialogues : Reading the Black Star Collection ;
Bernice Abbott: Photographs ;
Human Rights Human Wrongs ;
The 'Public Life' of Photographs ;
Phil Bergerson : Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream ;
Remembering The Real Winnie : The World's Most Famous Bear Turns 100 ;
Photography Historians : A New Generation? ;
All That Glitters : Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection Jewelry Benefit.

The Image Centre

Portrait of a male graduate

Item is a brown folded card card with brown letterpress at upper left. "PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ FREDERICK/ WILLIAM/ LYONDE/ AND/ HIS/ SONS/ YONGE/ STREET/ AT/ QUEEN/ TORONTO/ CANADA." Inside a photograph of a young man with glasses and graduate hood (bachelors?).

Frederick W. Lyonde & Sons

Portrait of a young couple (bride and groom?)

Item consists of a grey marbled bi-fold card, opens top to bottom, with embossed geometric design at centre for bottom flap to insert and close the card. There is another slit at the base of the upper flap. Inside, photograph (textured) of a young man and woman. The woman wears a short, finger-waved bob with a low-waisted white dress and pearls. She holds a bouquet of flowers and the man wears a boutonniere on his lapel, with a short patterned tie, striped shirt and dark suit. Probably a bride and groom.

Wedding portrait of Elmer and Eleanor

Item consists of a photograph of a wedding party, with bride and groom in centre flanked by maid of honour and best man. They stand in front of a studio backdrop depicting an outdoor scene. The picture has been hand-coloured. Found inside a white bi-fold card which opened vertically. At the bottom of the inside mount,at the right in grey letterpress "HENRY MAR/ CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHER/ RED DEER, ALTA." Handwritten in ink at the bottom left, "Lovingly,/ Elmer & Eleanor/ June 25,/ 49."

Henry Mar, Chinese photographer

Programmes

The file consists of programmes for exhibitions and events held at the Ryerson Image Centre including:

  • Ryerson Image Centre Grand Opening Exhibitions
  • Toronto Convention About Photographic Collections : Definitions, Descriptions, Access
  • Archival Dialogues : Reading the Black Star Collection
  • Berenice Abbott: Photographs
  • Human Rights Human Wrongs
  • The 'Public Life' of Photographs
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August ; June-August 2013
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; June-August 2014
  • Phil Bergerson : Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream
  • Cue Depth
  • Exhibitions & Events, May-June ; Sept-December 2014
  • Curious Anarchy : The Photographic Collection of Maia-Mari Sutnik
  • Remembering The Real Winnie : The World's Most Famous Bear Turns 100
  • Exhibitions & Events, May-June 2015
  • Photography Historians: A New Generation?
  • All That Glitters : Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection Jewelry Benefit
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August 2016
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August 2017
  • Exhibitions & Events, January-April ; May-August ; Sept-December 2019
  • Exhibitions & Events - January-April, 2020

Publications

File contains books published in conjunction with exhibitions held in the Ryerson Image Centre.The Image Centre.

Ryerson University Status: Miscellanea

File consists of T-shirts (2) gold with blue lettering, the front proclaims, "At Last!" while the back states, "Ryerson Polytechnic University"; graphic material stickers, cards, and pamphlets ; textual records "University Status Update distributions and two memorandum ; oversized memorda (2) university status update by Terry Grier for display.

Convocation textual materials

Sub-series contains textual materials created for convocation ceremonies. Included are tickets, instruction, and programs for each ceremony.
As of 2014 the tickets for the ceremonies went digital and as of 2020 programmes are no longer printed and tickets are now done by QR code.

First live Canadian television broadcast materials

Photograph, negative and press clippings of the first live television broadcast in Canada, as presented to an audience of over 300 members of the radio industry (including dealers) from the Toronto area. Entitled "This is the Fashion", the show was a collaborative effort between the schools of Electronics, Broadcasting and Fashion Design and was produced in the Ryerson boardroom and transmitted via coaxial cable to viewing screens in the Institute's auditorium. This special event was intended to promote not only television but the FM band (on which Ryerson's new radio station --CJRT-- was just starting to operate).

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