Fonds consists of material related to Virginia Rock's research for her doctoral dissertation and other academic writing pertaining to the Twelve Southern Agrarians. Records include research notes and index cards, photocopies of newspaper clippings, book reviews, literary criticism, journal articles, and photocopies of material written by or about the Southern Agrarians regarding their lives and work, as well as their correspondence with Rock. The fonds also contains Rock's personal and professional correspondence, drafts of Rock's final dissertation and articles, records concerning her involvement with the Canadian Women's Studies Association, as well as materials pertaining to Rock's work as a professor at York University, including information about Stong College, syllabi, course kits and reading lists, information about symposiums she attended, and items relating to her work as an instructor and advisor for the Graduate Women's Studies Programme. Also included in the fonds are records pertaining to Rock's experience teaching American literature as a Fulbright visiting professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow between 1962 and 1964. These records, which include photographs, correspondence and memorabilia, document Rock's activities while in Poland as well as her return visits to Poland in later years and her general interest in the country. An issue of the Polish magazine "Ameryka," featuring an article about Virginia Rock, has been added to Special Collections; an English translation is available in the fonds.
Rock, Virginia J., 1923-2015The fonds consists of Virginia McDonald-Evans' records pertaining to her activities as a scholar and includes her correspondence; research materials; course files; essays, briefs and speeches; book drafts; bibliographic cards; and printed material.
McDonald, Virginia, 1928-.Photographs of artwork pertaining to shows by Dennis Oppenheim, Yechel Gagnon and Adrienne Trent.
Item consists of a Chinese-Russian family's home movie featuring footage of a sign that reads: "Virden Cafe : fish & chips, chop suey".
Project and donor contributed description follows: "The neon lit café sign of the Virden Café at night, Kate’s dad’s Chinese Canadian restaurant."
File consists of brochures related to violence, written in Portuguese and English.
File contains a carbon copy of document on the history of the Cuban Montalvo family written by Jose A. Garcia Ordonez y Montalvo.
File contains a carbon copy of document on the history of the Cuban Montalvo family written by Jose A. Garcia Ordonez y Montalvo.
Item contains the following text: “Our ideas will overcome your ideas. We are going to cut the country’s whole value system to shreds. It isn’t important that our numbers are few.. what is important is that we have a superior way of life. We Indians have a more human philosophy of life. We Indians will show this country how to act human.” and “We are grateful to Roger Malloch for this photograph, which first appeared in Modern Photography Annual for 1971.”
Fonds mainly consists of material relating to Vincent Vaitiekunas career as a film maker and includes production notes, scripts, correspondence and film reels.
Vaitiekunas, VincentFile contains biographical information printed from a website.
File contains correspondence, clippings, a biographical sheet, a photograph, and a performance flyer.