{"id":5235,"date":"2015-08-04T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asc\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2020-05-20T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:06:57","slug":"points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Points of Interest from the Collections &#8211; The Creation of the Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the month of August, Archives and Special Collections will blog bi-weekly with points of interest from our collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we look at documents connected to the birth of the Archives at Ryerson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1970 Ryerson Polytechnical Institute invited Professor D. McCormack Smyth to conduct a study of the structure of government at Ryerson. &nbsp;The Smyth Commission Report was published and its 7th recommendation was the creation of an institutional Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/smythcommissionreport221\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5240\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" data-attachment-id=\"5240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/smythcommissionreport221\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1786,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SmythCommissionReport221\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-300x179.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-600x358.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-600x358.jpg\" alt=\"Recommendation No. 7 - Smyth Commission report (RG 149.58), image\" class=\"wp-image-5240 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-600x358.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/SmythCommissionReport221.jpg 1786w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/358;\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-text\">Recommendation No. 7 &#8211; Smyth Commission report (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.ryerson.ca\/index.php\/smyth-commission-report-archives-recommendation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RG 149.58<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 11, 1970 Ryerson President Donald Mordell sent out the following memo to all Deans, Chairmen, and Department heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"5238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordellmemo_nov11_1970_pt1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2529,3173\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-239x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-478x600.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-478x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5238\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordellmemo_nov11_1970_pt1\/\" class=\"wp-image-5238 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-478x600.jpg 478w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt1-239x300.jpg 239w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 478px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 478\/600;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"5239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordellmemo_nov11_1970_pt2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2529,3173\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-239x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-478x600.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-478x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5239\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordellmemo_nov11_1970_pt2\/\" class=\"wp-image-5239 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-478x600.jpg 478w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/MordellMemo_Nov11_1970_pt2-239x300.jpg 239w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 478px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 478\/600;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">November 11, 1970 memorandum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 17, 1970 Mordell sent the following memo to Jim Peters, a professor in the Department of English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordell_peters_memo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5236\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"5236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/mordell_peters_memo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1254,1608\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mordell_Peters_memo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-234x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-468x600.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-468x600.jpg\" alt=\"Memo from Donald Mordell to Jim Peters, image\" class=\"wp-image-5236 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-468x600.jpg 468w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Mordell_Peters_memo.jpg 1254w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 468px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 468\/600;\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-text\">Memo from Donald Mordell to Jim Peters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Archives was officially established in 1971 as a special new department associated with the Library. Jim Peters was appointed Ryerson&#8217;s first Archivist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/technikos_spring_1971222\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5237\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" data-attachment-id=\"5237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/technikos_spring_1971222\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1343,822\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Technikos_Spring_1971222\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-300x184.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-600x367.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-600x367.jpg\" alt=\"Technikos magazine, Spring 1971 (RG 4.26), image\" class=\"wp-image-5237 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/files\/2015\/07\/Technikos_Spring_1971222.jpg 1343w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/367;\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-text\">Technikos magazine, Spring 1971 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.ryerson.ca\/index.php\/technikos-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RG 4.26<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Ryerson&#8217;s History &#8211; visit Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the month of August, Archives and Special Collections will blog bi-weekly with points of interest from our collections. This week we look at documents connected to the birth of the Archives at Ryerson. In 1970 Ryerson Polytechnical Institute invited &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2015\/08\/points-of-interest-from-the-collections-the-creation-of-the-archives\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","category-points-of-interest"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HpLS-1mr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5235"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7425,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5235\/revisions\/7425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}