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Personal records
Title: Personal records
Dates of Material:
1937-2018
Extent:
37 cm of textual records
1 medal
1 medal
NOTE(S)
Access restrictions
Accession 2023.09, Box 1, File 13 has been restricted for privacy reasons. Please contact the Archivist to inquire about the file.
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 3 | ||||
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| 3 | 3 | School assignments and class notes | 1945-1947 | |
| 3 | 4 | Notes re camps and meetings | 1945-1947 | |
| 3 | 5 | Notes for abandoned thesis topic–Poesie: le sens de l’histoire chez les poètes | 1953 | |
| 3 | 6 | Notes for thesis “Le mythe d’Orphée dans la literature française contemporaire” | 1954-1955 | |
| Box 12 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | Dissertations françaises | 1942-1945 | |
| Box 14 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | Royal Order of Canada | 1997-2001 | |
| Box 16 | ||||
| 16 | 10 | Old Testament paper for R.B.Y. Scott | 1948-1949 | |
| 16 | 11 | Sermons given at various churches and from Homiletics class | 1948-1954 | |
| 16 | 12 | Material about Eva Kushner | 1962-2000 | |
| 2007.06 | ||||
| 2007.06, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence (includes Hubert Aquin, Charles Dutoit, Jean Cayrol) | 1959-1996 | |
| 1 | 10 | Premier T.C. Douglas’s notes for nomination speech for national Leadership of the New Party, 1961 | 1961 | |
| 2008.02 | ||||
| 2008.02, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Student Christian Movement | 1945-1954 | |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence (includes Claire Martin, Annie Joly-Segalen, Raymond Klibansky) | 1954-1992 | |
| 1 | 6 | “Ode a la Terre Prochaine” poem by Yves-Gabriel Brunet | 1972 | |
| 1 | 7 | Clippings, programmes from convocations/installations | 1972-1996 | |
| 1 | 8 | Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizen Organizations (OCSCO) | 2004 | |
| 2008.12 | ||||
| 2008.12, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 41 | School notebook | 1937-1939 | |
| 1 | 42 | Various occasions and events | 1955-1996 | |
| 1 | 43 | Incoming correspondence (includes Rina Lasnier, R.B.Y. Scott, Rene Wellek, Jane Jacobs) | 1957-2001 | |
| 1 | 44 | Incoming correspondence (includes Ted Rogers, A. B. B. Moore, invitation to Northrop Frye’s wedding) | 1964-1998 | |
| 2009.13 | ||||
| 2009.13, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Doctoral thesis titled “Le mythe d’Orphée dans la literature française contemporaine” | 1956 | |
| 1 | 2 | Memorabilia-Clippings | 1971-1988 | Clippings are articles about Kushner |
| 1 | 3 | Memorabilia–passports, programmes and other printed material | 1950-1991 | 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. |
| 1 | 4 | Incoming correspondence (includes Jean Ethien Blais, R.B.Y. Scott, Laure Rièse) | 1963-1999 | |
| 1 | 7 | Material related to Tony Kushner | 2000-2009 | Tony Kushner is a playwright and relative of Eva Kushner. |
| 2019.03 | ||||
| 2019.03, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | French Protestant Hymn Book | 1940-1945 | Hymn book from Kushner's time in Cognac, France. |
| 1 | 2 | Song book | 1941-1945 | Kushner's song book from when she was a Protestant Girl Guide in France. |
| 1 | 3 | New Testament received at the Église Réformée de France in Cognac | 1943 | Received on the occasion of Kushner's first communion. |
| 1 | 4 | Writing and notes in the equivalent of Grade 11 in Cognac, France | ca. 1945 |
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| 1 | 6 | Memorabilia 1960s | 1961-1968,1996 | 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. |
| 1 | 7 | Articles by or about Eva | 1961-2014 | 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. |
| 1 | 8 | Beginnings of my life in Canada, mostly Montreal, preceded by a few months in Prague at the French high school | ca. 1946-1953 | Title taken from the file. Includes daily calendar notes, letters, and pages torn from journals. |
| 1 | 9 | [Scholarly records from Cognac, France] | 1940-1945 | 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. |
| 1 | 10 | Eva, public life | 1966-1998 | Includes news clippings, articles, correspondence, promotional material, and programs and brochures. |
| 2019.03, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | David Johnston - All Years | 1958-2013 | 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. |
| 2 | 9 | [Records primarily from Eva Kushner's youth] | 1946-2005 | 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. |
| 2023.09 | ||||
| 2023.09, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 7 | [Certificates and awards] | 1942-1945 | Includes:
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| 1 | 8 | Église Réformée de France certification letter | 1968 | 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. |
| 1 | 9 | Victoria University Chancellor’s Council certificate | 1996 |
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| 1 | 10 | Donn Kushner correspondence | [n.d.] | Wire correspondence from Kushner’s husband Donn. |
| 1 | 11 | Ramon John Hnatyshyn | 1993 | 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 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation. |
| 1 | 12 | [Personal correspondence] | 1987, 1991, 2005, 2014, 2018 | Contains correspondence from family friends. Includes an invitation to Eric Kushner’s wedding. |
| 1 | 13 RR | Victoria University donations | 2003, 2006, 2014-2016 | 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). |
| 1 | 14 | Curriculum vitae | ca. 1980 |
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| 2023.09, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | Humanities Research Council of Canada medal | ca. 1972 | Presented to Eva Kushner who was chair from 1970-1972. | |
