This series consists of diverse materials about Black history and culture, mostly in Canada, chiefly created in the 1970s. Some of the documents are informational or advocacy materials regarding Black-majority countries and communities outside Canada. There are numerous files related to both the Black National Coalition of Canada and Festac '77. There are also some materials about other ethnic minority communities. These materials are in variety of formats including studies, reports, typescripts, historical document reproductions, informational index cards, and concert advertisements and play programs. In some cases, the items lack context, such as a clear indication of their author or of the purpose for which they were created.
This series consists of materials which pertain to conferences and meetings. It includes programs, agendas, announcements, and guides; the full texts or the summaries of speeches, addresses and presentations; handouts and related materials; minutes of meetings; and reports and articles about meetings. Many of the items are single documents; some are envelopes containing an assortment of materials relating to a particular conference or meeting or event.
The photographs in the Nobbs archive document some of his architectural projects including urban domestic architecture, renovations to the interior of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, McGill's MacDonald Engineering Building, a proposal for Winnipeg City Hall and a proposal for a war memorial at Lille in France. Documented are plans, exteriors and interiors, models, buildings under construction and perspectives. Included are five photograph albums.
Series D consists of photographs, postcards, slides, x-rays, and other visual material and artifacts such as copper printing plates. The visual material is located within other series, particularly the Correspondence Series A, but described individually here.
This series consists of original and photocopied clippings from newspapers and magazines, as well as other types of original or photocopied extracts from publications (such as article reprints and offprints). Also included are two volumes (one photo album and one scrapbook) whose contents consist primarily of clippings and photocopies.
This series consists of complete (or largely complete) issues of serial publications in formats other than newspapers, such as journals, magazines and newsletters. The series includes both Canadian and non-Canadian publications. Clippings from newspapers are distributed among several of the series, but a large proportion of them are in Series F.
This series consists of complete (or largely complete) issues of newspapers. About two-thirds of the series consists of Canadian newspapers; the remaining third consists of non-Canadian newspapers, most of these being from the United States. Clippings from newspapers are distributed among several of the series, but a large proportion of them are in Series F.
The booklets and brochures in the Roy States Collection are distributed among several of its series, but in most cases the booklets are part of either Series B or Series C. This distribution reflects the two initial stages of the arrangement of the collection after it was donated to Rare Books and Special Collections. In the first stage, most of the booklets and brochures were uncatalogued. A few were boxed together as miscellaneous materials, but many were placed in individual envelopes or folders, were given individual identification codes, and were listed in the printed finding aid for the collection. In the second stage, some of the booklets with identification codes were catalogued individually; these items are now part of Series B. Most of the remaining booklets, as well as the majority of the brochure-type materials, form Series C.
