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Paul Ladouceur fonds. First accrual. – 1963-1981. – 62.5 cm of textual records.

Series 1
Canadian Union of Students. – 1963-1969. – 37.5 cm of textual records. – Series consists of correspondence, publications, reports and other documents reflecting Ladouceur’s involvement with the Canadian Union of Students (CUS), and also secondarily with the Loyola College Students’ Administrative Council and several international student groups. Some correspondence is written in French and Spanish. Correspondence, unless specified, is both incoming and outgoing. Title created by Paul Ladouceur. Arrangement of files has followed that used by Ladouceur. Documents within files are irregularly arranged by Ladouceur, some being in reverse chronological order, some the opposite, and still others unordered.

BOX 1
F. 1 Correspondence, 1964-1965. Typescript letters, carbon and mimeographic copies, telegraphs.
F. 2-6 Correspondence, outgoing, 1965-1966. Carbon copies.
F. 7 Correspondence, personal, 1965-1966. Typescript and handwritten letters. Includes notebooks and reports.
F. 8 Correspondence, international, semi-personal, 1966-8. Typescript and handwritten letters, blueprint copies. Title from folder.

BOX 2
F. 1 Correspondence, Pat Kenniff, Richard Good, 1966-1967. Typescript letters, carbon copies. Title from folder.
F. 2 Correspondence, Øystein Opdahl, 1965-8. Typescript letters, carbon copies. Title from folder.
F. 3 Correspondence, International Students Conference (ISC) and International Union of Students (IUS), 1967-9. Typescript letters, carbon copies and photocopies. Also includes newspaper clippings and handwritten notes.
F. 4 Correspondence, Tim LeGoff, 1967-8. Typescript and handwritten letters, photocopies and blueprints.
F. 5 “Report on the Investigation Commission concerning Recent Charges against the International Student Conference,” 1967, 105 pp. Printed copy autographed by Ladouceur.
F. 6 Peter T. Jones, “The History of US National Student Association Relations with the International Union of Students, 1946-1956,” 1956, 135 pp. Printed copy.
F. 7 Frank Griffiths, “Sino-Soviet Conflict at the 7^th International Union of Students Congress,” 1962, 62 pp. Printed copy.
F. 8 Frank Griffiths, “World Student Unity and the Sino-Soviet Split,” 1964, 32 pp. Printed copy autographed by Ladouceur. Includes related correspondence.
F. 9 Canadian Union of Students (CUS) Executive, 1964-5. Typescript reports, statements, correspondence.
F. 10 Seminar on International Student Affairs (SISA), 1966. Printed reports, correspondence.

BOX 3
F. 1 Union Générale des Etudiants du Québec (UGEQ), 1964-5. Printed reports and papers.
F. 2 Canadian Union of Students (CUS) 30^th Congress, 1966. Printed reports.
F. 3 South Africa, 1965-1966. Printed bulletins, reports, correspondence. Title from divider.
F. 4     Vietnam, 1965-6. Printed reports, correspondence.
F. 5 Vietnam – documents, 1965-6. Printed reports.
F. 6 Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU), 1965. Printed reports, correspondence. Title from divider.
F. 7 International, general, 1965-1966. Printed reports, correspondence. Title from divider.
F. 8 “The Policies and Politics of the International Union of Students” [MA thesis, Carleton University] 1968, 100 pp. With International Union of Students pamphlet “15 Years of the International Union of Students,” 1963.

Series 2
International University Exchange Fund. – 1969-1981. – 25 cm of textual materials. Series is comprised of records reflecting the activities of Paul Ladouceur within the International University Exchange Fund (IUEF). Title created by Paul Ladouceur. Records are arranged at the file level in reverse chronological order according to Paul Ladouceur’s own method.

BOX 4
F. 1 International Board, 1969-1972. Typescript and photocopied minutes, reports, and correspondence.
F. 2 International Board, 1972-1980. Typescript and photocopied minutes, reports, and correspondence.
F. 3 Assembly, 1969-1978. Typescript and photocopied minutes, reports, and correspondence.
F. 4 Assembly, 1979-1980. Typescript and photocopied minutes, reports, and correspondence.
F. 5 Documents Parts 1-2: Commission of Inquiry; Assembly and Secretariat Correspondence, 1980. Typescript and photocopied reports and correspondence. With index of parts. Title from index.
F. 6 Documents Part 3: Reconstruction Committee, 1980. Typescript and photocopied reports and correspondence. Title from index.

BOX 5
F. 1 Documents Part 4: Donor Meetings and Correspondence, 1980. Typescript and photocopied reports, telegrams and correspondence. Title from index.
F. 2 Documents Part 5: Personal Correspondence, 1980. Typescript, handwritten and photocopied reports and correspondence. Title from index.
F. 3 Documents Part 6: Financial Documents, 1980. Typescript and photocopied reports and correspondence. Title from index.
F. 4 Documents Part 7: Management Consultant (T. Verheul), 1981. Typescript and photocopied reports and correspondence. Title from index.
F. 5 Closing Down Committee, 1981. Typescript and photocopied reports and correspondence.
F. 6 Review of L.-G. Eriksson, G. Melander and P. Nobel, An Analysing Account of the Conference on the African Refugee Problem, Arusha, May 1979, n.d., 4 pp. Typescript draft.
F. 7 “If the cap fits wear it!” ca. 1980, 144 pp. Printed collection of clippings and correspondence relating to “Williamson Affair.”
F. 8 “Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Espionage Activities of the South African Government in the International University Exchange Fund,” [1980], 78 pp. 2 copies.
F. 9 Report of the Director, 1969-1980. Printed reports, annotated. Title from folder.
F. 10   Statutes, 1978, 5 pp. Printed pamphlet. “Ten Years of Assistance to African Refugees through International Cooperation” [pamphlet], [1978?]. 107 pp. Printed booklet.

The following books, which were included among the printed material of this fonds and in most cases are directly mentioned within the records above, have been removed and catalogued for Research Collections post-1800 monograph collection:

International University Exchange Fund. Statutes. 1978. [5] pp.
International University Exchange Fund. Ten Years of Assistance to African Refugees through International Cooperation. [1978?]. 107 pp.
Gert Van Maanen. The International Student Movement: History and Background. [1966?]. 351 pp. Autographed by Paul Ladouceur with annotations inside back cover.
International Student Conference. The Student Rebellion: After Paris? Special issue of The Student, vol 12, no. 6, Jul.-Aug. 1968. 76 pp.
Alexander Cockburn and Robin Blackburn, editors. Student Power: Problems, Diagnosis, Action. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, ENG: Penguin Books Ltd, 1969.
Robert Orth. International Communist Front Organizations. Munich: Ilmgau Verlag Pfaffenhofen, 1964.
International Student Conference. Peace and Disarmament: Problems and Prospects. [1966?]. 130 pp. Some water damage.
Gerald McGuigan Student Protest: The Student Radical in Search of Issues ... or, please don’t shoot the piano player. Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1968. 285 pp.
Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. The Recommendations from the Arusha Conference on the African Refugee Problem. Uppsala, 1981. 45 pp.
Göran Melander and Peter Nobel, editors. African Refugees and the Law. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1978. 98 pp.
Sven Hamrell. Refugee Problems in Africa. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1967. 123 pp. Handwritten index of International University Exchange Fund references on last page.
Lars-Gunnar Eriksson, Göran Melander and Peter Nobel. An Analysis Account of the Conference on the African Refugee Problem, Arusha, May 1979. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1981. 233 pp.
Seymour Martin Lipset, editor. Student Politics. New York: Basic Books Inc., 1967.

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