Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Item consists of the final transcription of the fourth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, likely conducted in Toronto, on January 16, 1991, beginning with Professor Wang's graduation from Qinghua.
Item consists of the final transcript of the fifth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, likely conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on February 11, 1991.
Item consists of grouped correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Wang Tieya, Bai Gui-mei, and Ying-han Shi, related to Law in Contemporary China.
Item consists of an annotated, early-draft transcription of the third discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya conducted in Toronto on January 3, 1991.
Item consists of early draft transcript of the sixth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on February 14, 1991. Item is incorrectly identified as the fifth conversation between Macdonald and Wang; dates and transcript line up with their sixth meeting.
Item consists of an early draft transcript of a discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Cai Ting, wife of Professor Wang Tieya, conducted in Toronto, Ontario, April 13, 1992.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his unpublished papers, including a draft of an article developed in conjunction with Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
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