Series No. 1

F.J. Toole Administration.-- 1935-1965 ; (predominant 1946-1965).-- 15 cu ft of textual records

Scope and content: This series documents Frank Toole's tenure as department head as well as his pivotal role in the development of UNB. (No records were deposited for the years 1931-1934, the first four years of Toole's appointment.) As head of chemistry, Dean of Arts and Science, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice-President (Academic), Toole worked to establish a graduate school, to promote research, to expand library holdings and to create university organizations.

This series includes correspondence, departmental and organizational minutes, committee and departmental reports, research reports, notices, architectural plans, drafts of academic papers, lecture notes, completed research grant applications, and examination question sheets.

It consists of 3 subseries: 1. Departmental Files, 2. Beaverbrook Correspondence, 3. Correspondence.

Correspondence located in subseries 1, Departmental Files, is primarily between Toole and UNB administrators, students, and faculty as well as academics, administrators and research scientists affiliated with corporations and various institutions. Some correspondence located in subseries 1 was written by other members of the department, notably Karel Wiesner.

Correspondence contained in subseries 1 discusses the awarding of scholarships, fellowships and grants, the ordering of supplies and equipment, and the hiring of faculty and staff. It also discusses faculty appointments, students' progress, their abilities and employability, disciplinary measures, conferences and seminars, and university and departmental policy, programmes and curriculum. Some letters in subseries 1, especially some of those in files 80-1 to 80-7, are of a more personal nature.

Correspondence located in subseries 2, Beaverbrook Correspondence, dates from 1946 to 1963 and is primarily between Toole and Lord Beaverbrook or one of his agents. It relates to the establishment of the Beaverbrook Graduate Scholarships in Chemistry and the Beaverbrook Overseas Scholarships as well as UNB administrative matters.

Letters located in subseries 3, Correspondence, were deposited separately and were considered by Toole to be of a more personal nature. This correspondence, however, does discuss departmental and university matters.

Subseries 3, file 89-9, contains Toole's personal correspondence dating from 1936 to 1956. It includes letters between Frank and Norah Toole and their relatives and friends living in England, Canada and the United States. Letters written by the Tooles' English relatives during the 1930s and 1940s discuss European politics and wartime social and economic conditions as well as family matters.

Of special interest in subseries 1 are files 2 and 3 "Alexander College" and file 50 "Gregg, Dr. Milton" which relate to UNB's post-war programme. The latter file includes a copy of the booklet "The University of New Brunswick A Retrospect and A Prospect (1925)".

Also of interest is subseries 2, file 88-5, "Lady Davis Foundation" which contains materials relating to a post-war programme whereby outstanding European scholars were given funds to facilitate their entrance into academic life in Canada.

Arrangement of subseries 1 and 2 is alphabetical. Subseries 3 is arranged chronologically.

Title based on contents of series.

Researchers should note that the creator frequently grouped files under a single subject heading. These subject headings appear in the main list of file titles. The archivist has created an appendix for each subject heading having more than three files. Each appendix includes a list of file titles.

Some files were divided by archivist to facilitate use. These files have been identified.



SERIES 1, SUBSERIES 1:

Departmental Files, 1935-1965 ; (predominant 1946-1965).

                                                       Box 1

1.  Air Conditioning

2.  Alexander College, Freshman Class (as at January 1946)

3.  Alexander College 1946 (includes junior and senior classes,   
    as at January 1946)

4.  Amberlite (Rohm & Haas Company)

5.  American Chemical Society

6.  Apparatus - Directions for Operating

7.  Apparatus - Optical, 1931-1952

8.  Architectural Plans - Chemistry Building, second floor, 1955  
    (preliminary) 

9.  Association of UNB Teachers, 1953-1963

10. Beaverbrook Auditorium, 1962

11. Calendar UNB, preparation

12. Canadian Association of Scientific Workers, 1945-1949

13. Canadian Broadcasting Company, 1965

14. Canadian Conference on Education, 1958-1961

15. Canadian Palestine Committee, 1946-1949

16. Canadian Paraplegic Association, 1959-1962

17. Canadian Paraplegic Association, 1956-1962

                                                       Box 2

18.  Chemical Engineering Course

19.  Chemistry, B.Sc. Industrial, 1948-49

20.  Chemical Institute of Canada (13 files) - See Appendix A,
     p. 43 for a listing of file titles.

                                                       Box 3      

21.  Chemistry Building (new), 1952-1959
                                                       
22.  Chemistry Department Auditorium, 1962-1964

23.  Chemistry Department, courses, exams, exam results,
     lecture notes (33 files) - See Appendix B, p. 44
     for a listing of file titles.

                                                       Box 4

24.  Chemistry Department Graduate School (6 files) - See         
     Appendix C, p. 46 for a listing of file titles.

25.  Chemistry Department Organization, 1945-1956

                                                       Box 5

26.  Committee on the Future of the University (11 files) - See   
     Appendix D, p. 47 for a listing of file titles.

27.  Comptroller, 1955-1959

28.  Comptroller, 1960-1964

29.  Creative Arts Committee (7 files) - See Appendix E,          
    p.48 for a listing of file titles.

30.  Curriculum, 1935-1950

31.  Curriculum (proposed five year B.Sc. course), 1952

32.  DDT & Wildlife (Bruce Wright), 1961


33.  Dean of Arts & Science, 1946-1948 (Dr. Toole)

34.  Dean of Arts & Science, 1948-1952 (Dr. Toole)

35.  Demonstrators (staff), 1945-1946

36.  Demonstrators (staff), 1947-1948

37.  Demonstrators (staff), 1949-1962

38.  Doctors' Dinner, 1953-1956 (for new Ph.D.'s)

                                                       Box 6

39.  Electro-chemograph, 1954-1959

40.  Elmac Company, court action, 1945-1946

41.  Enrollment, expected increase, 1956

42.  Faculty Club, 1952-1953 (minutes)

43.  Faculty (general) - minutes, 1952-1963  RESTRICT

44.  Faculty of Engineering, 1956-1964 (includes Engineering      
     Faculty Council minutes - scattered years) RESTRICT

45.  Fellowships, Scholarships (10 files) - See Appendix F,
     p. 49 for a listing of file titles.

46.  Financial Assistance

     46-1 Defence Research Board Grant, 1951-1957

     46-2 General File, 1960-1962

     46-3 New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council, 1962-  
          1963 (also see National Research Council)

47.  Grand Manan (Gerrish House Museum Society)

48.  Gregg, Mrs. Dorothy, Committee for Memorial to (file split,  
     1 of 2)

49.  Gregg, Mrs. Dorothy, Committee for Memorial to (file split,  
     2 of 2)

50.  Gregg, Dr. Milton - Arts Course, Post-War Program etc.,      
     1940s (includes copy of booklet "The University of New       
     Brunswick, a Retrospect and A Prospect", 1925) 

51.  High School Chemistry, 1956-1962

52.  The Humanities Association of Canada, 1949-1958 (includes    
     copy of brief submitted to the Royal Commission on           
     Broadcasting by the Association's Fredericton Branch - Frank 
     Toole, Branch President)

                                                       Box 7

53.  Interviews, 1955 (of graduate students by                    
     scientific/industrial corporations)

54.  IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)    
     Conference, London, 1963

55.  Journal Club (academic) Papers, Chemistry 420, 1940s

56.  Library Committee, 1959-1963

57.  Los, Dr. J.M. (minutes of Library Committee and              
     correspondence)

                                                       Box 8 & 9 

58.  National Research Council (44 files) - See Appendix G,
     p. 50 for a listing of file titles.  See also Series 2,      
     Subseries 5, National Research Council.

                                                       Box 10

59.  New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council, 1962

60.  Physics Department, 1961

61.  President of UNB 

     61-1 1941-1951 (correspondence etc.)

     61-2 1951-1959 (correspondence etc.)

     61-3 1960-1965 (correspondence etc.)

62.  Professor of Chemistry (Dr. Toole) - See Appendix H,
     p.53 for a listing of file titles.)

                                                       Box 11

63.  Public Relations, 1954-1963

64.  Publication Lists (faculty), 1950-1953

65.  Publication Lists (faculty), 1951-1952

66.  Publication Lists (faculty), 1949-1961

67.  Recommendations, 1953-1960  RESTRICT

68.  Recommendations, 1961-1964 RESTRICT

69.  Reid Picture & Equipment Service, 1945-1949

70.  Research, UNB (20 files) See Appendix I, p. 54 for a listing 
     of file titles. 
                                             
                                                       Box 12

71.  School of Nursing, 1958-1963 (includes copy of "The Report   
     of a Study of Nursing Education in New Brunswick" by Edith   
     Kathleen Russell, RN, 1956)

72.  Science Faculty Council, (minutes etc.), 1954-1963

73.  Semeluk, Dr. G. P. (curriculum vitae, correspondence,        
     Chemistry 410 notes), 1960-1962?   

74.  Senate, UNB, Reports to, 1962-1963

75.  Song Sheets
     
76.  Staff Applications, 1953-1954

77.  Supplies (10 files) See Appendix J, p. 56 for a listing of   
     file titles.

                                                       Box 13

78.  Taylor, Prof. W.I., 1952-1955 (correspondence)

79.  Theses, reports (to NRC, Defense Research Board etc.) 1931-  
     1948

80.  Toole, F.J. (correspondence) (8 files) - See Appendix K,
     p. 57 for a listing of file titles

                                                       Box 14
81.  Tutorials, 1951 (booklet)

82.  University Council (minutes etc.) 

     82-1 1952-1956

     82-2 1957-1965

83.  Vice-President, Academic (Dr. Toole)

     83-1 1960-1965 (file split, 1 of 2)

     83-2 1960-1965 (file split, 2 of 2)

     83-3 1964-1966

84.  Wheatley, Dr. Mary S., 1956

85. Wright, Dr. R.H., 1949-1955

86. Miscellaneous - Toole (correspondence, reports), 1945-1955 -  
    includes programme, UNB's Sesquicentennial Encaenia 1950

87. Miscellaneous, notebooks (research, analyses), 1949-1959


SERIES 1, SUBSERIES 2
 
Beaverbrook Correspondence.-- 1946-1963. 

                                                       Box 15

88-1  Beaverbrook Graduate Scholarships, 1948-1963

88-2  Beaverbrook Overseas Scholarships, 1946-1962

88-3  Lord Beaverbrook - General, 1954-1962

88-4  Lord Beaverbrook, 1950-1963 (Private & Confidential)

88-5  Lady Davis Foundation, 1948-1949

88-6  Sir R. Robinson, 1951-1962 (President of the Royal          
      Society of London)


SERIES 1, SUBSERIES 3

Correspondence.-- 1936-1963

                                                       Box 15

89-1  Department of Chemistry, 1936-1944

89-2  Department of Chemistry, 1945-1947

89-3  Department of Chemistry, 1948

89-4  Department of Chemistry, 1949

89-5  Department of Chemistry, 1950

89-6  Department of Chemistry, 1950-1959 (Split file, 1 of        
      2)

89-7  Department of Chemistry, 1950-1959 (Split file, 2 of        
      2)

89-8  Department of Chemistry, 1951-1963

89-9  Frank J. Toole - Personal, 1936-1956


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