Manuscript Collections

Manuscript collections are the unpublished papers created or assembled by a person, organization or institution. They can be held by libraries or archives. They can contain correspondence and diaries, minutes and business records, drafts of published works, notes, photographs, posters, etc. Most manuscript collections are physically organized into boxes and folders.

Manuscripts collections usually have finding aids that describe their contents and the order in which they are arranged. The level of description varies, from a general overview to the item specific. Some finding aids only provide a summary of the contents of the collection. Others list the contents of each box and the most detailed will describe each indivdual folder.

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Finding Aids

Cross-Dressing in Saskatchewan Collection.
1983-2004.

Location: University of Saskatchewan Archives

This collection dealing with cross-dressing as entertainment in Saskatchewan was assembled from 2002 to early 2004 by Neil Richards in connection with his exhibition All Frocked Up: Glimpses of Cross-dressing in Saskatchewan. The collection was intended to document and preserve the early development of gay drag in Saskatoon.

Guide to the Papers of Donald McNamee.
1968-1993.

Location: University of Saskatchewan Archives

This fonds contains personal correspondence and considerable reference material relating to the art and work in human rights of Donald McNamee. There is considerable reference material documenting both his work, and the work of others, within the art community and for the Coalition for Human Equality. The material on CHE provides extensive documentation of that organization's work in Saskatoon, in its fight to have the province's human rights legislation amended. It also contains documentation from similar organizations across Canada.

Theodore Allen Heinrich Papers.
1910-1981.

Location: University of Regina Archives

Theodore Allen Heinrich (1910-1981) was an art collector, curator and administrator, who held a series of prominent positions during his career, including curatorship of drawings at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (1953-1955), and directorship of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (1956-1962). He was invited by artist Ron Bloore to come to the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, to become its first Visiting Professor of Art History (1964-65). The records in this collection range from the years 1912 to 1981. Although Heinrich did not publicly proclaim his homosexuality, this aspect of his life is also reflected in his papers and thus they represent a rare source of information on a homosexual lifestyle, particularly in the 1940s and 50s. Box 24 "Physique Photographs" and Box 196 "Nude Series" are particularly significant in this regard.

Neil Richards Fonds.
1949 -

Location: Saskatchewan Archives Board (Saskatoon office.)

Born and educated in Ontario, but based in Saskatchewan since 1971, Neil Richards (1949 - ) is an active participant in local, provincial and national gay organizations since the early 1970s. His activist work included participation in the Committee to Defend Doug Wilson in 1975, the organization of the 1976 convention of the National Gay Rights Coalition in Saskatoon, and many of the earliest AIDS awareness efforts in Saskatchewan. In conjunction with his work at the University of Saskatchewan Library, he produced many exhibitions and public events concerning AIDS and gay history and life.

This large fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Richards in the course of his activist work. The fonds also reflects Richards' determination to preserve the history of the local Gay/Lesbian communities. Included are the records of several of Saskatoon's early gay organizations including the Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Gay Coalition, and Metamorphosis. Besides organizational records the fonds includes thousands of Saskatchewan newsclippings, Canadian and international periodicals, local photographs and posters.

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Doug Wilson Fonds.
1950-1992.

Location: Saskatchewan Archives Board (Saskatoon office.)

Douglas Wilson (1950-1992), an alumnus of the University of Saskatchewan, was actively involved in the gay liberation movement in Saskatchewan from the mid 1970's, and was a leader in groups such as the Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon and the Saskatchewan Gay Coalition. In 1975, while working towards a graduate degree in the College of Education, he was forbidden by the Dean to supervise the practice teaching of students when he used his name and college affiliation in an ad seeking members for a campus gay organization. The ensuing struggle for his reinstatement to these duties was one of the most visible early public campaigns for gay rights in Canada.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Doug Wilson while he lived in Saskatchewan. The records relate to his involvement and interest in matters of relevance to the Saskatchewan homosexual community, to the gay rights movement, and to his public and legal campaign against the University of Saskatchewan.

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Don Cochrane Fonds.
1947 - 2005

Location:University of Saskatchewan Archives

Donald B. Cochrane was born on 23 March 1940. His first university degree was a B.A. (Honours), English and Philosophy from Queen's University in 1962. He subsequently earned a Teaching Certificate from Bishop's University in1963, an Academic Diploma in Philosophy and History of Education from Institute of Education University of London in 1966 and finally a M.A. in Philosophy of Education from the Institute of Education University of London in 1967. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1980 and served as the Head of the Department of Educational Foundations three times from 1980 until 2005. His areas of specialization include ethics and education, education, wisdom, and nature and gay and lesbian issues in education. His many awards and honours include the C.A.F.E. Service Award for significant contributions to the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education in May of 2007, the Doug Wilson Award for significant contributions to improving the quality of life for gays and lesbians on the U of S campus in 2000 and the Distinguished Teacher Award, California State University Northridge in 1974.