Finding Aid
John Weaver fonds
Diaries. 1958-2020. 112 cm of textual records.
Fonds consists of 74 diaries. The diaries include entries covering trips to Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa, and the United States for research related to The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World 1650-1900 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 2003) and Sorrows of the Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 2013). Entries also relate to Weaver’s experiences in university administration including as Chair of the McMaster University History Department (1988-1992) and as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (1994-1999). There are also entries related to Weaver’s daily life. Ephemera which relates to his life and travels, including tickets, labels, stickers, dried flora, and bits of correspondence, are retained within the pages of the diaries.
Box 1
Diary 1.1. 1958-1961. [Childhood trips to Mexico].
Diary 1.2. Jan. - Feb. 1981. India (Shastri Institute). Diary kept during Indo-Canadian Visiting Fellowship, reviewing Indian Universities (106 p.).
Diary 1.3. Apr. - May 1987. Australia. [Research trip for land studies].
Diary 1.4. Jun. 1988 - May 1989. United Kingdom.
Diary 1.5. May 1990. West Coast Trail.
Diary 1.6. Jun. - Jul. 1990. France, Germany.
Diary 1.7. Jun. 1991. Australia.
Diary 1.8. Jun. - Aug. 1992. Western Canada. [Research trip to Winnipeg and Calgary for land market study].
Diary 1.9. Aug. - Nov. 1993. Australia.
Diary 1.10. Nov. - Dec. 1993. Melbourne and Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
Diary 1.11. Jun. - Jul. 1995. Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Port Hedland, Darwin, Cairns.
Diary 1.12. Jun. - Aug. 1996. Research [Australia and New Zealand].
Diary 1.13. Jun. - Aug. 1997. Research [New Zealand].
[Access to Diaries #1.14 to 1.24 is restricted until 2048].
Diary 1.14. Jul. 1994 - Jan. 1995. Dean of Graduate Studies [university planning, budget meetings].
Diary 1.15. Jan. - Jul. 1995. Dean of Graduate Studies [includes meeting notes, chair selections, etc., and regular diary].
Diary 1.16. Jul. - Dec. 1995. Dean of Graduate Studies.
Diary 1.17. Jan. - June 1996. Dean of Graduate Studies.
Diary 1.18. Aug. - Jan. 1997. Dean of Graduate Studies, office diary.
Diary 1.19. Sep. 1996 - Jan. 1997. Dean of Graduate Studies [notes].
Diary 1.20. Jan. - Jun. 1997. Dean of Graduate Studies, academic matters.
Diary 1.21. Sep. 1997 - May 1998.
Diary 1.22. May - Aug. 1998.
Diary 1.23. Aug. 1998 - Jun. 1999.
Diary 1.24. Jun. - Sep. 1999.
Box 2
Diary 2.1. Mar. 2000 - May 2001. [Including research trips to South Africa in March 2000 and May 2001].
Diary 2.2. May - Jul. 2001. [Including research trips to the United States and New Zealand].
Diary 2.3. Sep. 2001 - May 2002.
Diary 2.4. Oct. 2002 - May 2006. Multi-University Globalization Project and Globalization Institute. [Includes working notes from the Globalization and Autonomy Conference (Oct. 4-6, 2002) and SSHRC Review (Mar. 24, 2005), and Editorial Collective (May 15-17, 2006).]
Diary 2.5. May - Jul. 2002.
Diary 2.6. Jul. 2002 - Mar. 2003.
Diary 2.7. Apr. - Aug. 2003.
Diary 2.8. Aug. - Oct. 2003.
Diary 2.9. Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2004.
Diary 2.10. May - Sep. 2004.
Diary 2.11. N.d. [Research notes].
Diary 2.12. Sep. 2004 - Feb. 2005.
Diary 2.13 Feb. - Jul. 2005.
Diary 2.14. Jul. - Sep. 2005.
Diary 2.15. Sep. 2005 - Apr. 2006.
Diary 2.16. Apr. - Jul. 2006.
Diary 2.17. Jul. 2006 – Jan. 2007.
Diary 2.18. Jan. - Jul. 2007.
Diary 2.19. Jul. - Nov. 2007.
Diary 2.20. Nov. 2007 - Apr. 2008.
Diary 2.21. Dec. 2007 – Mar. 2008. ‘New budget model’ [university meeting notes].
Diary 2.22. Apr. - Sep. 2008.
Diary 2.23. Sep. 2008 - Mar. 2009.
Diary 2.24. Feb. - Jun. 2009.
Diary 2.25. Jun. - Oct. 2009.
Diary 2.26. Oct. 2009 - Feb. 2010.
Diary 2.27. Jan. - May 2010.
Box 3
Diary 3.1 May - Aug. 2010.
Diary 3.2. Aug. - Nov. 2010.
Diary 3.3. Nov. 2010 - Mar. 2011.
Diary 3.4. Mar. - Jun. 2011.
Diary 3.5. Jun. - Nov. 2011.
Diary 3.6. Nov. 2011 - Mar. 2012.
Diary 3.7. Mar. - Aug. 2012.
Diary 3.8. Sep. - Dec. 2012.
Diary 3.9. Jan. - Mar. 2013.
Diary 3.10. Mar. - Jul. 2013.
Diary 3.11. Jul. - Dec. 2013.
Diary 3.12. Jan. - Mar. 2014. [Including research trip to New Zealand. Beginning of research on New Zealand’s economic reformation in the 1980s].
Diary 3.13. Apr. - Jul. 2014.
Diary 3.14. Jul. - Dec. 2014.
Diary 3.15. Dec. 2014 - Apr. 2015.
Diary 3.16. May - Aug. 2015. Research trip, “Fourth Laborer” Project.
Diary 3.17. Aug. 2015 - Mar. 2016.
Diary 3.18. Mar. - Aug. 2016. Including lunch with Roderick Deane, Gillian Deane, Jim Bolger and Joan Bolger (May 17).
Diary 3.19. Aug. 2016 - Jun. 2017.
Diary 3.20. Jun. 2017 - Jan. 2018.
Diary 3.21. Jan. - Sep. 2018.
Diary 3.22. Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2019.
Diary 3.23. Jun. 2019 - Mar. 2020.
