Fonds RG 7 - Trent University. Peter Robinson College fonds

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Trent University. Peter Robinson College fonds

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    • 1963-2004 (Creation)
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      Trent University. Peter Robinson College

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    1.75 m

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    Peter Robinson College was opened in 1964 as an all-male college. It was named after Peter Robinson, the government representative responsible for organizing the first substantial immigration to the Peterborough area. 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

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    Fonds consists of records of Peter Robinson College. See box listing below for more details.

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        Box 1

        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

        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

        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

        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 

        Box 8

        NOTE: Box 8 received from Christine Diaz, September 2006.

        • 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

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