This file contains a copy of Explorations, a magazine which features articles about various disciplines in the arts. There is a note written on the inside cover to Petrone, thanking her for being a "great friend" and for her work on this magazine. There is also a speech composed by the Director and given by the Chairman of the Canada Council which acknowledges everyone in the Council in a short verse, highlighting Petrone's work on First Nations authors and her contributions to Explorations.
This file contains Penny Petrone's letter on her last Canada Council meeting (Jan. 21-23, speech given Jan. 31, 1985). There is a copy of a summary of a meeting for the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (March 12, 1983) which Penny Petrone attended, as well as correspondence with Petrone concerning funds raised for the TBSO. There is an itinerary for the Fourth Canadian Conference on Multiculturalism (Oct. 23-25, 1981), as well as correspondence concerning artists who applied to grants from the Canada Council and fundraising for the TBCA. There are newspaper clippings about Maureen Forrester when she became Chair of the Canada Council: "Council head has no time for glamor", "Canada Council passes 25th year", "Maureen Forrester hates wasting time" (Sunday Star, Jan. 29 1984), and "'What you see is what you get'". There is a typed booklet "A History of the Canada Council" and a letter and information package on Oliver Tiura applying for a grant from the Canada Council.
This file contains a letter confirming an invitation for Penny Petrone to attend the annual joint meeting of the Ottawa and Montreal Chapters of the Canadian College of Teachers, as well as a bulletin from the meeting which states that Petrone spoke on her work on Canadian Indigenous people. There is a programme for the meeting which gives a short bio for Petrone. There is also a letter thanking Petrone for her lecture at the 1982 Annual General Meeting for the Canadian College of Teachers.
This file contains a Memorandum of Agreement between Penny Petrone and University of Toronto Press for publication of her work "Laughing Earth: Canadian Indian Writing in English" (working title) on Feb. 3, 1983, as well as a Letter of Agreement from University of Toronto Press to publish Petrone's work "Northern People, Northern Voices" on June 19, 1987.
This file contains letters to Petrone thanking her for judging a speech contest on Feb. 25, 1981 for the Greenmantle Toastmistress Club, a programme for the Installation Dinner and First Anniversary Celebrations on June 6, 1979 where Petrone "installed" new officers, and a programme for meeting with the club on Nov. 14, 1979 where Petrone was a guest speaker discussing "Impressions of China." There is also a speech written on cue cards.
This file contains speeches made at the Multiculturalism Canada 10th Anniversary conference. They are: Speech Notes for an Address by The Honourable Jim Fleming, Minister of State for Multiculturalism to The House of Commons: Human Rights in the Constitution (Oct. 8, 1980), Notes for a speech by The Honourable Jim Fleming, Minister of State for Multiculturalism at the Conference on Immigrant Women in Canada: Check Against Delivery (March 20, 1981), Address delivered by: The Honourable James Fleming, Minister of State for Multiculturalism at The Heritage Language Education Seminar, University of Saskatchewan (June 15, 1981) and Multiculturalism: Who's It For? a speech by The Honourable Jim Fleming, Minister of State for Multiculturalism to The Fourth Canadian Conference on Multiculturalism (Oct. 23, 1981).
This file contains information regarding the establishment of the Penny Petrone Silver Jubilee Scholarship, as well as Petrone's invitations to speak at the Lakehead University Awards Program Donors' Reception. There is a copy of Lakehead University Agora magazine which features a photo of Petrone giving a speech discussing her scholarship, as well as letters of thanks indicating who won the scholarship over the years.
This file contains correspondence between Penny Petrone and Donald Smith of the University of Calgary. The correspondence concerns Petrone's work on Canadian Indigenous literature. There are also some articles from The Beaver written by Smith (Summer 1984, Spring 1980). There is also a photocopy of an article written by Natalie Zemon Davis in which she references Petrone and her work and a paper titled "New Books" from a magazine which highlights Smith's book "Sacred Feathers."
This file contains correspondence between Penny Petrone and Gretchen Bataille of the University of California concerning the topic of Canadian Indigenous authors/literature. There is also some information on women in the Indigenous community that are relevant to Petrone and Bataille's research, as well as a guideline for contributors of "Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary". There are a list of names being added to this second edition dictionary, and a letter asking Petrone to contribute if she would like, as well as a letter from Bataille in 1990 concerning the first edition and inviting Petrone to contribute to that as well.
This file contains a letter to Penny Petrone from Judy E. Johnston, Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Sydney. In the letter, Johnston asks Petrone to read part of her book and comment on the highlighted sections.
This file contains pages from The Chronicle Journal documenting the turn of the millenium.
Contains a poem by an unnamed author, a letter in Italian from Luisa Petrone, a receipt for $3000.00 from Luisa to Alfred Petrone, another letter in Italian with an unnamed author, and a letter in English to Penny Petrone about a trip to China from Kay and Ken Switzer.
This file contains a poster for Lakehead University's International Indigenous Knowledge Centre.
This file contains a map of Rhodes, Greece.
1967-1969, Course Syllabi, Tests, and Assignments for: Communist Political Systems; Comparitive Foreign Policies; Introduction to International Relations; Introduction to Political Science; Sociology of International Peace & Violence; Course 3d6; and Course T3A.
1980-1985, Course Syllabi, Tests, and Assignments for: World Poltics and Canadian Policy; Politics and Society in the Third World; Comparative Foreign Policies; Law and Politics in Canada; Sociology of International Peace and Violence; International Law and Development; The Politics and Society of Bengal; Introduction to Political Studies; Studies in Twentieth Century Revolutions Programme; Issues in Canadian and Comparative Law; Introduction to International Relations; and World Politics.
Undated Course Syllabi, Tests and Assignments for: Political studies 4101, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to International Relations, Political Studies 3a6, Comparitive Foreign Policies, and Understanding Our Society.
1969, Lecture notes for Political Science 2601
1963, 1970-1971, International Relations Course Planning, and related correspondence, Part 1 Correspondence, Part 2 Planning, Part 3 Correspondence
1969, Notice and information regarding Memoratorium Day in opposition to the Vietnam War.
Contains: correspondence related to publishing work and research
Materials related to a study on Francophone populations in Northwestern Ontario.
Research materials, related to politics of Vietnam