1962–1972 (Fides pub. 1964)

Montreal, 1973

P1 Eva Kushner behind podium accepting Honorary Doctorate from St. Michael’s College

Clippings are articles about Kushner   

Includes programme for The Royal Society of Canada (Eva Kushner new fellow 1982) and programme for the Investiture of The Order of Canada as well as programmes from various convocations/installations. 

Tony Kushner is a playwright and relative of Eva Kushner.

Hymn book from Kushner's time in Cognac, France.

Kushner's song book from when she was a Protestant Girl Guide in France.

Received on the occasion of Kushner's first communion.

Includes a McGill University French Summer School brochure, news clippings, a review of Chants de Bohême, an article on becoming a member of the Order of Canada, a letter congratulating Kushner on being an Officer of l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1996), and a biographical sketch of Alain Grandbois.

Also includes articles about Donn Kushner, a certificate of appreciation from CARE Canada, and a review of Actes du Colloque international: Renouvellements dans la théorie de l’histoire littéraire.

Title taken from the file. Includes daily calendar notes, letters, and pages torn from journals.

Title based on contents of the file. Originally titled “Lived in Cognac-occupied France, a summer of escape in the country, 1940-1945”.

Includes a Université de Poitiers Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire certificate, an Académie de Poitiers Livret Scolaire [report book], scholarly notebooks, and handwritten notes from school.

Includes news clippings, articles, correspondence, promotional material, and programs and brochures.

Includes meeting minutes, a publication on ethical guidelines for peer reviewers, conference and event programs, a letter from Marion King of the Research Grants Division of SSHRC, a letter from Vic grad and former president of Latvia Vaira Vikis-Freibergs, postcards and letters from Quebec poets, letters from academics and scholars on literary events/programs/initiatives, and letters from various societies and associations.

David Johnston was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from 1979-1994 and Governor General of Canada from 2010-2017. File includes letters and holiday cards from David and his wife Sharon, and letters from David's mother, Dorothy.

Title based on contents of the file. Originally titled “Invitations, Participations – All Years”.

Includes pages from Kushner's Canadian passport, marriage certificate from R.B.Y. Scott the Minister of Religion at McGill, news clippings, letters from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, certificate of Canadian citizenship, school notes, program for installation as President and Vice Chancellor at Vic, letters from McGill University, Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire, and Kushner's contract with Presses Universitaires de France for her book Histoire des Poetiques.

Includes reports, letters to and from Kushner regarding the ICLA, calls for papers, and a certificate.

Includes notices, reports, correspondence, and a call for proposals.

Course syllabi for McGill University and Victoria College.

File consists of records of Eva's involvement in various societies, publications and meetings she helped create and includes letters, reports, a Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies Newsletter, a Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies Executive Meeting agenda, an Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada statement on academic freedom and institutional autonomy, a CSRS subscription, a program of McGill University International Colloquium, and a description of a project overseen by Kushner.

Includes the Canadian Comparative Literature Association Constitution and By-Laws and blurbs and reviews of Kushner's book L’Epoque de la Renaissance.

Invitations to seminars and conferences, as well as letters from Kushner confirming her attendance. Also includes 5 colour photographs of Kushner at various events, including at the Order of Canada ceremony.

Correspondence relating to works on Tyard and an anthology of French-Canadian poetry.

Loose pages from a scrapbook containing news clippings, articles, reviews, and ephemera relating to publications, in particular Chants de Bohême and Rina Lasnier. The contents span the years 1962-1963, 1967 and 1972.

Handwritten notes and photocopies of articles on various literary subjects, primarily in French. Includes excerpts of essays, an abstract, news clippings and Kushner’s review of Montaigne and the Gods: Mythological Key to the Essays by Daniel Martin.

Drafts of essays and articles, most of which are unpublished. Includes:

• “The emergence of the paradoxical self”, ca. 1990
• “Dialogue et subjectivité à la Renaissance”, 1997
• An introductory essay on translation, written by Kushner and Paul Chavy
• “Note sur “l’endogénéité”, [n.d.]
• “Perspectives sur l’histoire littéraire”, [n.d.] – possibly for a presentation in Utrecht
• “Bilinguisme et solitudes Canadienne”, [n.d.]

Open letter written by Kushner on Quebec and Canada relations.

Includes a typed copy of a speech given on the 25^th anniversary of l’Association portugaise de littérature compare [2012?] and an unidentified handwritten speech. 

Includes:

• Distribution des prix, 1942 – List of Kushner’s school awards.
• Brevet Sportif National certificate, 1944 – Card certifying that Kushner passed and acquired the national sports certificate.
• Stenography certificate, 1945 – Card certifying that Kushner completed her stenography courses and obtained her diploma.

Note written by Pastor P. Fouchier certifying that Kushner was a member of the Église Réformée de France, Paroisse de Cognac (Cognac parish) from 1963-1965.

Wire correspondence from Kushner’s husband Donn.

Letter from Kushner to the Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatsyhyn, Governor General of Canada, thanking him for selecting her as a recipient of the Commemorative Medal for the 125^th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation.

Contains correspondence from family friends. Includes an invitation to Eric Kushner’s wedding.

Contains letters to Kushner from Victoria University administration regarding financial donations to bursaries and scholarships and a signed certificate of gift for donations of artwork. Includes a news clipping of Northrop Frye’s marriage to Elizabeth Brown (1986).

Carleton University bulletins with news updates concerning Kushner’s work as Associate Professor of French.

Contains correspondence, meeting minutes and an overview of CIFAR.

Contains correspondence, memos, notes and reports relating to Kushner’s work with the Royal Society of Canada.

Contains correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, copies of appeals and draft resolutions relating to Kushner’s RSC work with the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies.

Contains programs, letters, brochures, and news clippings relating to major events in Kushner’s life. Includes a portrait of Kushner.

Includes a letter and proceedings.

Contains a report on Kushner’s activities for the Mary R.C. Jackman Professorship.

Contains letters from colleagues on various topics related to Kushner’s teaching, academic projects, and organizational work.

News clippings featuring articles on Kushner’s work and achievements. Includes programs and itineraries. Newspapers include: La Presse, Le Devoir, France-Amérique, L’Information médicale et paramédicale, McGill Reporter, Globe Reporter, The Strand, Newsline and The Sunday Globe.

News clippings from Sault Daily Star and other regional papers with articles on Kushner’s teaching appointments in Sault St. Marie.

Copy of the Canadian Bill of Rights, signed by John Diefenbaker.