Archives: Record Groups. Department of Information

RG 11

Extent: 2.75 m

Access: Restricted.

Introduction

The Department of Information operated from 1967 to 1981 under the directorship of Jim English. The records concern all public relations aspects of Trent University and include many fugitive items from other fonds. They were forwarded to the Archives by Jim English. Many files pertain to student activism in the 1960's at Trent and at other universities, and to the Trent University Founding Fund and Development Fund. Information on convocations, text of honorary degree presentations and photographs is included. The dates covered are for the years 1962-1980.

Box 1

Folder

1. University government press clippings, 1967-1968

2. Economic study, 1969

3. University-city liaison committee 1969-1975

4. Elections, Board of Governors, 1977-1980

5. Senate - "Order on Campus", 1969

6. Status of Women (Senate Committee), 1974-1976

7. President's annual report, 1972-1973

8. Presidency, 1973

9. All-electric campus, 1967-1979

10. Architects, 1968-1970 (re Ron Thom and furnishings at Lady Eaton College)

11. Athletics field house, 1968-1969

12. Athletics "Bubble", 1968-1970

13. Athletics, 1967-1971

14. Athletics, 1971-1974

15. Athletics, 1974-1978

16. Bata Library, 1966-1979

17. Campus plan, 1967-1968

18. Campus maps, n.d.

19. Chemistry building, 1969

20. College V - buildings projected, 1968

21. Faryon Bridge, 1968-1972

22. Physical plant - building names, 1968-1970

23. Staging building (Biology), 1968

24. Physical plant - Security, 1971

25. Rubidge Hall (physical plant), 1974

26. Social Science Building, 1968

27. Physical plant - Theatre Services, 1975

28. Energy management (physical plant), 1976-1979

29. Catharine Parr Traill College, student government, 1967-1978

30. Champlain College, 1965-1978

31. College Cabinet, Fellows, 1969-1973

32. College VI, 1974

33. Colleges, general, 1969-1973

34. Committee on Colleges, 1978

35. Julian Blackburn College, Oshawa development, 1974-1978

36. Lady Eaton College, 1967-1978

37. College V and Otonabee College, 1972-1977

38. Peter Robinson College, 1974-1978

Box 2

Folder

1. Audio-library program, 1973-1979

2. Civic Hospital, public relations committee, 1974-1978

3. Community affairs, 1967-1973

4. Community relations, UCS, special events, 1972

5. Community relations, UCS, special events, 1973

6. Community relations, 1976-1979

7. Economic survey, 1969

8. Kawartha Gymnastics Club, 1974

9. Sir Sandford Fleming College, 1968-1971

10. United Community Services, 1974-1975

11. United Community Services, special events, 1973

Box 3

Folder

1. Trent University Development Fund: announcement, 1968-1969

2. as above: campus tours, 1968-1969

3. as above: clippings, 1968

4. as above: corporate gifts, 1968-1971

5. as above: canvasser's materials

6. as above: fact books, campaign plans

7. as above: general, 1969-1972

8. as above: brochure (national), 1968

9. as above: public information, 1968

10. as above: in-plant brochure

11. as above: internal (university)

12. as above: management committee, 1968-1969

13. as above: national committee, 1968-1969

14. as above: newsletter, 1969

15. as above: press release, 1969

16. as above: personal gifts, 1969

17. as above: Peterborough committee, 1968

18. as above: Peterborough committee, 1968-1969

19. as above: Peterborough public information committee, 1969

20. as above: questions and answers

21. Founders Walk, 1978

22. Gifts: estate; in-kind, 1971

23. Trent's Founding Fund: general and unfiled corporate gifts, 1962-1964

24. Trent's Founding Fund: 1962-1963

25. Leslie and Gertrude Frost Fund, 1963

26. Gifts and grants, 1969-1975

27. Second Decade Fund: Trent Valley committee, 1975-1976

28. Second Decade Fund: 1974-1975

29. as above: 1976

30. as above: 1975-1976

31. as above: 1975-1979

32. as above: 1976-1977

33. Symons Fund, 1972

Box 4

File

1. Advertising, 1966-1979

2. Advertising, non-local, 1970-1974

3. Advertising requests, secondary schools, 1967-1978

4. Budget, 1972-1979

5. Calendar printing, general, [1976]

6. Climatological station, 1968-1977

7. Press clippings (local), 1969

8. Confidentiality, 1972-1977

9. Cutbacks/ financial status, 1972-1973

10. Education, senior citizens, 1974-1976

11. Education for retirement, 1976

12. Fortnightly, 1970-1978

13. Department of Information, future, [1971]

14. Department of Information, 1971-1972

15. Department of Information, 1974-1976

16. Department of Information, 1977-1978

17. Department of Information, general, 1965-1978

18. Correspondence, general, 1964-1970

19. Correspondence, general, 1969-1972

20. Correspondence, general, 1972-1975

21. Correspondence, general, 1967-1979

22. Grants, 1972-1979

23. Image, 1977-1978

24. Introductory seminar week, 1976

25. Labour, 1974-1977

26. Maps, 1975-1976

27. Media CKPT, 1970-1978

28. Media contacts, 1969-1976

29. Media contacts, special editions, 1971-1973

30. Media, Peterborough Examiner, 1969-1977

31. Media contacts, 1967-1969

32. Media, Peterborough Examiner, 1968-1970

33. Media, Peterborough Review, 1970-1973

34. Metrication, 1975

35. Personnel, general, 1967-1980

36. Photograph requests, 1968-1979

37. Policy development due to specific events, 1974-1978

38. Public relations, 1971-1978

39. Publications, misc., 1976-1979

40. Research grants, 1978-1979

41. Requests for information, general, 1970-1979

42. Rumours, 1972

43. Safety, 1970-1971

44. Speakers committee, 1969-1978

45. Apprenticeship programs, 1972

46. "Chiefs-in-the-Woods", 1974

47. Future, 1976

48. Trent-St. Andrews, 1972

49. Trent University, 10th anniversary

50. Universities, general correspondence, 1977-1979

51. Press clippings, 1967-1969

Box 5

Folder

1. Press clippings, student activism, 1967-1978

2. Press clippings, general, 1967-1968

Box 6

Folder

1. American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA), public relations contacts, 1974-1978

2. Association of Canadian University Information Bureaus (ACUIB), 1976-1979

3. ACUIB, 1975

4. ACUIB, 1976-1977

5. Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), 1975-1976

6. AUCC, 1976-1979

7. Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), 1977-1979

8. Council of Ontario Universities, 1975-1979

9. Ontario Council on University Affairs, 1976-1979

10. Ontario Educational Communications Authority, 1977-1978

11. Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, 1974-1976

12. Ministry of Colleges and Universities, 1976-1978

13. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 1977

14. Student publications: Arthur, 1968-1979

15. Broadcast board, Trent Radio, 1970-1971

16. The Commoner, 1970-1972

17. Community action program, 1969-1974

18. Drama, 1968-1970

19. International students, 1971

20. Mackenzie Gallery, 1970-1977

21. Organizations, 1969-1972

22. Student publications, 1968-1972

23. Teach-In, 1967

24. Trent Student Union, 1972-1979

25. Trent University Congress of Colleges, 1968-1971

26. Student activities, 1969-1972

27. Enrolment, 1967-1977

28. Deregistration, 1978

29. Financial data, 1974-1976

30. Housing, 1968-1970

31. Mid-year review, n.d.

32. Residence, fees and accommodation, 1970-1978

33. Scholarships, awards, 1968-1979

34. Student aid, 1967-1972

35. Student directories, 1968-1969

36. Tours, 1967-1978

37. Student employment, 1974-1976

Box 7

Folder

1. Administrative and Policy Studies, 1978

2. Anthropology department, 1967-1976

3. Association of Teaching Staff, 1969-1978

4. Biology department, 1967-1977

5. Canadian Studies program, 1971-1979

6. Chemistry department, 1968-1977

7. Classics department, 1969-1976

8. Continuing education, 1973-1978

9. English Literature department, 1969-1978

10. Environmental and Resources Studies, 1976

11. French Studies department, 1969-1978

12. German department, 1972

13. History department, 1968-1972

14. Geography department, 1968-1979

15. Graduate Studies, 1972-1979

16. Mathematics department, 1972

17. Native Studies department, 1968-1973

18. Native Studies department, 1971-1978

19. Part-time Studies, 1977-1979

20. Philosophy department, 1972-1979

21. Physics department, 1968-1971

22. Politics department, 1969-1978

23. Psychology department, 1968-1979

24. Sociology department, 1969

25. Hispanic Studies (Spanish) department, 1969

26. Teacher Education, 1974-1975

27. Alumni, 1969-1979

28. Audio-Visual department, 1969-1978

29. Bookstore, 1967-1979

30. Students: careers, 1973

31. Computer service, 1971

32. Conferences, 1967-1979

33. Foreign students, 1973

34. Printing shop, 1972

35. Student health, 1967-1972

Box 8

Folder

1. Academic Development committee, 1973-1979

2. Committee on Academic Standing, scholarships & awards, 1973-1977

3. Committee on admissions, 1974-1978

4. Committee of the Arts, 1967-1968

5. Joint committee of Arts and Sciences, 1967-1970

6. Audio-Visual Services committee, 1971

7. Trent committee on Budget Review and Priorities, 1974-1976

8. Child care, 1975

9. Citizens committee on Canadian Broadcasting, 1971

10. Committees, general, 1970-1977

11. Course-faculty evaluation, 1973-1978

12. Trent: Editorial committee, 1973

13. Expropriation, 1969

14. Fine Arts committee, 1969-1977

15. Faculty Council committee, 1976-1978

16. Sabbatical leaves, 1969-1975

17. Trent University Master Plan, 1971

18. Open House committee, 1969

19. Open meetings, 1972-1973

20. Pollution, 1970

21. Presidential Search committed, 1971-1979

22. Recruitment committee, 1974

23. Committee on Research, 1974-1975

24. Safety committee, 1970-1978

25. Committee of the Sciences, 1967-1968

26. Senate committee on Academic Rank, Promotion and Tenure, 1972-1976

27. Special Review committee, 1969-1973

28. Standing committees, 1970-1978

29. Committee on Symbols and Ceremonies, 1967-1969

30. Site Development committee, 1976-1979

31. Teacher Education, 1969-1970

32. Teaching methods, 1968-1969

33. Committee on Telephone Services, 1971

34. University Services, 1971-1972

35. Artists on campus, re. Lawrence Weissmann

36. Canadian Images, 1978-1979

37. Conference on Publishing, 1975

38. Distinguished visitors, 1969-1979

39. Leslie Frost appreciation: garden party, 1967

40. Events at Trent, 1976

41. Musi-thon (scheduled Nov. 30, cancelled), 1978

42. Trent historical plaque, 1972

43. Public lectures, 1969-1976

44. Public lectures: Champlain lectures, 1970

45. Public lectures: Champlain lectures, 1971-1972

46. Town & Gown concerts, 1975-1977

Box 9

Convocation, 1968-1980 (24 folders)