Archival Collections

The following Research Collections are available at Media Archives. For information regarding finding aids and collections access, please contact a Media Archivist, during regular business hours. You can also perform advanced search of research collections from the Media Archives in Discover Archives.

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1985-2002
Biographical History

S & S Productions was founded by husband-and-wife comedy team Steve and Morag Smith in 1980. The company was founded just as Canada’s broadcasting industry was experiencing unprecedented growth; the new cable market was just developing, and smaller companies like… more

This fonds includes 6 series, divided by format. The series are: Textual Material, Photographic Material, Audio Material, Video Material, Cinefilm… Read full scope and content
1999-2001
Biographical History

Dr. Sam Stedman received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Graduate Drama Centre in 2007. Since then, Dr. Stedman has worked as a sessional lecturer affiliated with the Department of English and Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga, while also… more

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to the following theatrical productions:

Sick – A Chamber of Horrors (2001)
Phalanx (1999)
1993-2007
Biographical History

Shaftesbury Films was founded by Canadian Film Centre alumnus Christina Jennings 1987. The initial goal was to produce feature films with strong Canadian content and identity; their first feature, Camilla, was produced in 1992 and followed by Swann and Painted Angels… more

This fonds is divided into 3 series, based on format. These are: Audio Material; Video Material; and Cinefilms.

The first series, Audio Material, is… Read full scope and content
Biographical History

Shirley Hughes (b. 1960) is a high-profile member of Toronto’s vintage film community. She has been active in the Toronto Film Society since 1979 and served as vice-president for nearly a decade. In the late 1990s, Hughes co-founded Goddess Film & Entertainment… more

This collection consists of 14 series arranged by format and subject matter. Several of the films included in Series 1 and Series 3 are incomplete.… Read full scope and content
Biographical History

William Harry Petts (1954 – 2014) was a film collector and member of Toronto’s vintage film community. He had a life-long passion for film and collected films for many years. Until his death, Petts was a staff member at East York Collegiate Institute, where he was… more

This collection consists of 14 series arranged by format and subject matter. Several of the films included in Series 1 and Series 3 are incomplete.… Read full scope and content
Biographical History

Sol Dworkin was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB, to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family. By 1930, his father was forced to relocate the family to Ottawa where Dworkin attended high school. The family spoke Yiddish, and chose to continue to live in a primarily Jewish… more

Biographical History

Ralph C. Ellis, father of Stephen, was born July 11, 1924, in Milton, Nova Scotia. After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, he began his career at the National Film Board as a field representative working out of the Halifax, Ottawa,… more

1999-2001
Biographical History

Canadian poet Susan Helwig was born and raised on a farm in Grey County Ontario, and currently resides in Toronto. Helwig has served as a programmer and host for the CKLN FM 88.1 literary issues radio show “In Other Words”. She is the author of two published works of… more

This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to the following poets:

Amabile, George
Arima, Phlip
Baillie, Martha
Barlow, John
Bates, Judy Fong… Read full scope and content
Biographical History

Born in 1954, Susan King grew up in Toronto and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mount Allison University, and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from York University. After graduation, King opened XOX Artist’s Postcards, a retail store whose stock was… more