RG 7
Extent: 1.75 m
Access: Restricted.
Introduction
Peter Robinson College was opened in 1964 as an all-male college. Masters were Richard Sadleir, Ian Chapman, Ian McLachlan, Andrew Wernick, John Milloy, Theresa Topic, Jan Fialkowski (acting), George Nader, and Peter Lapp (acting). The College was closed in the early 2000s.
Box 1
Folder
1. Endowment funds for Colleges
2. Senate Executive 1973-1974
3. Admission letters 1973-1974
4. Cleaning and maintenance 1965-1971
5. Renovations 1965-1976
6. Meal charges
7. Academic committee (PRC)
8. Print Shop originals 1964-1976
9. Printing advisory committee
10. Literary and cultural committee
11. Part time students
12. Fellows 1970-1974
13. Fellows 1964-1970
14. Food services
15. Council by-laws
16. Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association
17. College repairs
18. Committee on Lady Eaton College meeting minutes and correspondence
19. Canadian Service for Overseas Students
20. Subcommittee for the planning of the Physics Building
21. British universities
22. Inter Universities
23. Library, PRC
Box 2
Folder
1. World University Service of Canada
2. K Vice – Master
3. Purchasing department
4. Furniture
5. Liaison committee
6. Miscellaneous PRC correspondence
7. as above
8. College brochure
9. Correspondence regarding dons
10. Man and Survival
11. as above
12. as above
13. PRC – alternations and renovations, 1966
14. Teaching methods and curriculum subcommittee reports
15. Health service committee
16. Professor Chapman, general
17. Information to Mr. Leishman
18. Professor Chapman, general correspondence
19. as above
20. as above
21. Miscellaneous PRC invitations, notices to students, etc., 1964-1968
22. List: undergraduate members of PRC 1966-1967
Box 3
Folder
1. Peterborough Kinsmen Club – documents found on Peter Robinson College property
2. Public Library – minutes and correspondence dealing with Peterborough Public Library
3. 406 Aylmer Street
4. Miscellaneous documents found on PRC property – includes family names, Boyd, Sheehy, Adair, Trambley, Sauve, Shaughnessy (documents include land deeds, wills, passports, and separation papers)
5. as above
6. College VI – part time studies draft proposal
7. Report on the committee on the role of colleges
8. Committee on colleges
9. as above
10. Senate reports
11. as above
12. Development
13. Admissions committee
14. Ad hoc committee College V
15. College V
16. Science policy programs: “Proposal and Comments”
17. File
18. 723 George Street
19. Site Development Master Plan review
20. Drug information group
21. Report on the committee on research
Box 4
Folder
1. Trent Pollution Colloquium
2. Foreign students 1971
3. Correspondence re townhouses
4. Planning committee College V
5. as above
6. Master College V
7. Committee on colleges
8. Brian McManus (1951-1998) dedication plaque (“This Junior Common Room is in Dedication to Brian McManus”)
Box 5
NOTE: received from Professor Jim Struthers, 2005
Files: PRC closure, etc.
NOTE: received from Christine Diaz, May & June 2006
- Historical file: includes 1988 PRC constitution, 1989-90 meal steward’s manual, invitations, etc.
- PRC Executive Committee meeting minutes, 1978-1987 (scattered)
- College Review, 1993-1994
- Master position: correspondence, etc., 1973-1993
Box 6
Reaction to Hansen Report, 1981
Space issues; Site Development, 1984-1988; “The Cottage” space concerns, 1995
New building proposal; renovations, 1988-1989
Cabinet: minutes (scattered), related correspondence, etc., 1965-1978, 1983-1985
Council of Fellows: minutes (scattered), 1979-1982
NOTE: Box 7 PRC Library materials received from Jodi Aoki, February 2001
Box 7
McClelland & Stewart W.O. Mitchell donation, 1993
Correspondence, 1983, 1993-1999
Student monitors, 1984-1986, 1992-2001; Monitor’s Manual [1999]
Library reports, 1979-2000
PRC Library Advisory Board minutes, 1965-1971
Requests to College Cabinet for funding, 1969-1987
Recon project, 1993-1994
Culling project, 1997-1998
Library relocation discussion, 1997
Book sale, 1998
Library subcommittee meeting minutes & membership, 1997-1998
Library policy, 1999
Book donations, 1993-1994
4 note books listing books circulated and acquired
2 record books listing books catalogued for PRC Library
Book example with “Harry Hobbs Memorial Library, Peter Robinson College” stamp
History of PRC Library (re naming after “Harry Hobbs”); also history of PRC
NOTE: Box 8 received from Christine Diaz, September 2006.
Box 8
PRC Cabinet: minutes & correspondence, 1990-1998
PRC social events, 1990-2000
Proposal: “Beautification of Peter Robinson College Club Proposal: Tree and bush planting within the “quad” of townhouses, n .d.
Proposal to establish a “Peterborough Transient Centre” using the facilities of Denne House during the summer, 1970
PRC Architecture, renovations, maintenance:
Floor plans for PRC buildings [1982-1985]; n.d.
Five Bay Garage [former coach house]: drawing & renovation costs, 1968
Sound control between dining room & servery: plan & costs, 1970
Sketch of proposed canopy over main entrance to 733 George St., 1969
Trent’s 25th anniversary birthday carnival, 1989: notes re events
Barnardo historic plaque installation, 1999
Miscellaneous:
- letter of commendation from P.A.C.A.C. to PRC for renovations and maintenance of integrity of Sadleir House, 1991
- Hansen Report discussion at PRC, 1981
- working paper on the future composition of the town colleges, 1969
- recommendations for students sharing residence accommodation
Material added May 2007:
Published article: "Judicial Review in the Community of Scholars: A Short History of Kulchyski v. Trent University" / Daniel A. Nelson (Education Law Journal, April 2004. Vol.13, Issue 3)
NOTE: Boxes 9 & 10 received from Lindy Garneau, September 2015.
Box 9
Bob Selling's Stained Glass, 1984-1989
Brief to the Development Committee, Peter Robinson College, [1967]
Senior Common Room, 1979
College floor maps and room numbers, 1982
PRC floor and building plans, 1997
PRC publicity information, 1979
Space committee, 1997
Prizes and awards (several folders)
Various: convocation, residence agreements, memos to staff, etc. 1990s
Ashley Fellowship, 1985-2000
PRC events, 1999-2003
Fellows (PRC), 1989-1995
Box 10
Student lists, 1996-2000
Scholars, 1995-2002
Artist in residence, Donnell Leahy, 1998
Vogrie Committee (re PRC), 1995
Award plaque: Peter Robinson College Introductory Seminar Week Amigee Group Participation Award, 1989-2001
Materials added in 2021, received from Jodi Aoki (former librarian of PRC)
Peter Robinson College Library, 1992-2003
Closure of Peter Robinson College, 2000-2002