This file contains invitations, programmes, and menus for McGill-affiliated dinners, including convocation lunch, graduation and reunion dinners, and dinners given by people or organizations affiliated with McGill. Interesting highlights include a dinner in honour of Maurice Duplessis (7 January 1937) and a dinner honouring "members of the South African Contingents" (19 April 1901). Two menus from 1920-1921 belonged to Maude E.M. Olding, and four invitations from 1982 belonged to R.E. Bell.
This file contains a booklet outlining the 1981-1982 McGill hockey season, including profiles of team members and coaching staff, game schedule, statistics from the 1980-1981 season, and some historical and editorial content.
This file contains miscellaneous McGill ephemera, including 1980-1981 Students' Guide (1980-1981) and programme for Society of the Sigma XI 50th Anniversary Banquet (13 April 1972).
This file contains miscellaneous McGill ephemera, including brochure for Industrial Relations Centre 19th Annual conference (4-5 March 1970); brochure containing Instructional Communications Centre price list (1975-1976); McGill orientation schedule 1975 (22 August-25 September 1975); photocopy of newspaper article "Allons donc, M. Loubier" by Cyrille Felteau (3 July 1971); McGill University 1979 Redmen basketball team pamphlet (1979); McGill Faculty Club events of the 1976-1977 session booklet (17 September 1976-15 April 1977); sealed James McGill Society 150th anniversary brochure with order of events and historical information (19 June 1979); invitation addressed to Principal Bell for a reception for new overseas students (2 October 1970); invitation addressed to R.E. Bell for a dinner for the Royal Society of Canada (3 February 1978); invitation for a cornerstone ceremony for the new McGill Faculty of Agriculture (16 October 1976); programme for Principal's Dinner to honour McGill graduates on their 50th anniversary (29 September 1978); pamphlet promoting "This is ephemera" an exhibition held at the McGill Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (24 October-17 November 1978); programme for McGill Savoy Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Princess Ida" (1979-1980); invitation to the 53rd Annual Osler Banquet (15 April 1974); McGill Faculty of Music calendars of events and invitations (15 April 1973-21 May 1974); programme for a McGill Drama production of Paula Vogel's "Meg" (11-12 December 1978); programme for a McGill Savoy Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" with erratum and a photocopied article about the production from the McGill Daily (1974); two copies of programme for game between McGill Rugby Club and Harvard R.F.C (19 October 1974); two flyers advocating for divestment from South Africa from the McGill Students Society External Affairs Committee on South Africa (23 February 1981); flyer denouncing a visit of Pierre Elliott Trudeau to McGill (30 September 1977); three brochures for McGill University Martlet women's Basketball (1979-1980);brochure for McGill University 1979 Redmen Basketball Team (1979); small card with McGill basketball and hockey home game calendar (1979-1980); programme for the opening of the Caverhill Wing at the Trafalgar School for Girls (8 May 1974); programme for the McGill Chamber Orchestra Series concert (28 March 1971); issue of "Placedart" including an article about the McGill Chamber Orchestra (September-October 1973); programme for McGill University Intercollegiate Sports Awards Banquet (6 April 1978).
Madame Fischer's papers are evenly divided between records of her own career as a performer and material on the Sarah Fischer Concerts. Her performing career is documented by newsclippings, tributes and programmes, reports from the Royal College of Music, and publicity photographs in opera costume. Most of the approximately 50 items of correspondence date from the last five years of her life and concern the disposal of her papers. Taped interviews, in which she discusses her career, include recordings from 1918 and 1925. Material connected with the Sarah Fischer Concerts comprises 143 programmes (1941-1975), press notices, announcements, and a report for 1973-1974. Photographs from this period show Fischer with government and musical celebrities.
The Ross family fonds consists primarily of records related to the student achievements of the Ross children and includes student notebooks, news clippings, convocation programmes, certificates, and memorabilia of the Red and White Revue such as songs, photographs and original songs. Edward Russell Paterson’s student notebooks in geology, petrography and English literature are included.
In addition, there are two diaries of William Stieven Paterson’s from his travels through Civil War battlefields in the southern USA and a trip to Cuba; 8 photograph albums depicting the Paterson side of the family; 3 scrapbooks of magazine stories for children, poems and household hints; and correspondence between Dorothy Jean Ross and the McGill University Archives.
This file contains McGill programmes and booklets, including "Epimetheus to my students" a poem by J. Clark Murray (ca. 1900); ticket and programme for staff dinner to the Principal of McGill (29 November 1935); programme for the Leacock Luncheon celebrating the centenary of Stephen Leacock's birth (16 October 1970); programme for McGill Savoy Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore" signed by the cast with a clipping about the production (26 Feburary-1 March 1969); programme for McGill Savoy Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" (1970-1971); booklet containing "The need for dormitories at McGill" by Stephen Leacock (ca. 1921); four tickets and signed programme for McGill Savoy Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" (25-28 February 1970); Cosmo Club and 1947 freshman guide; programme for the 44th Medical Dinner (13 February 1926).
This file contains posters, programmes, and flyers for social events, cultural events, lectures, and other student events. Organizations represented include Red & White Revue, Radio McGill, McGill Film Society, McGill Hillel Students Society, the Religious Society of Friends, McGill Conference on Psychoactive Drugs, EL-MEC, and the Montreal Society of Architects Communiqué.
This file contains programmes for McGill "Redmen" football games, including matches against University of Toronto (8 November, 1969; 26 September, 1970), University of Waterloo (17 October, 1970), McMaster University (3 October, 1970), University of Western Ontario (16 October, 1965; 29 October, 1966), and Queen's University (21 October, 1950; 11 October, 1958).
This file contains a programme from a football game between McGill and McMaster held on Saturday, October 3, 1970 at the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
