Patience Josephine Ruth (Jo) Vellacott fonds
Finding Aid
Jo Vellacott fonds. 1st accrual. Ca. 1923 – 2019; predominant 1950 – 2010.
Extent: 2.25m of textual records, 151 photographs, and 55 drawings and paintings.
The Jo Vellacott fonds contains extensive documentation regarding Vellacott’s work as a historian of women, feminism, pacifism, and Bertrand Russell, both as an academic at several Canadian universities, as well as her work as an independent scholar. The fonds contains a significant amount of correspondence, both personal and professional, which spans almost the entirety of Vellacott’s life. Fonds also contains materials relating to Vellacott’s education, particularly her PhD work at McMaster University, and much of her personal and scholarly writings. It also contains materials relating to Vellacott’s Quakerism and involvement with the Thousand Island Monthly Meetings, as well as photographs of Vellacott and paintings and sketches she made.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1935 – 2017. 1 metre of textual records.
Series 2: Personal, 1946 – 2017. 6cm of textual records.
Series 3: Education and Professional Career, 1939 – 1989. 24cm of textual records.
Series 4: Writing, Publications, and Scholarly Activities, 1942 – 2017. 36cm of textual records.
Series 5: Activism and Quakerism, 1966 – 2012. 16 cm of textual records.
Series 6: Photographs, Postcards, and Art. 30 cm., 149 photographs.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1935 – 2017
Series consists of both personal and professional correspondence from throughout Vellacott’s life. Significant personal correspondence exists between Vellacott and her children, her then-husband Peter Newberry, and her parents and siblings. Her professional correspondence is chiefly with other academics studying Quakerism, pacifism, women’s history, and Bertrand Russell, including Ken Blackwell, Thomas Kennedy, Peter Brock, and Barbara Roberts. Files have mostly been kept in their original order, with multiple files for individuals being merged.
Box 1
F.1 "A,” ca. 1974 – 2011.
F.2 Alberti, Johanna. 1986 – 1994.
F.3 “B,” 1969 – 1993.
F.4 Baptiste, Grace. 1992 – 2000.
F.5 Bassett, Lisa. 1998.
F.6 Black, Naomi. 1982 – 1985.
F.7 Blackwell, Ken. 1974 – 1992. [Bertrand Russell Archivist, McMaster University].
F.8 Bradford, University of. 1986 – 1987.
F.9 Brock, Peter. 1974 – 2006. [University of Toronto Professor].
F.10 "C,” 1975 – 2012.
F.11 [C—?], Robert. 1977.
F.12 Carol. Ca. 1990s.
F.13 Chatfield, Charles. 1986 – 1991.
F.14 Chenard, June. 1996 – 1999.
F.15 Clark, Isobel. 1988 – 1998.
F.16 Cook, Blanche. 1974 – 1987, n.d.
F.17 Corlett, Ann. 1972, n.d.
F.18 Cowen, [unknown]. 1970.
F.19 Curle, Adam. 1977 – 2006. [Professor and Quaker].
F.20 Darville, Beverley. 1991 – 1995.
F.21 Davy, Jennifer. 1995.
F.22 Der Angriff Publications. 1981.
F.23 Duckworth, Muriel. 1980 – 1983.
F.24 Duckworth, Sandra. 1987.
F.25 Ellis, June and Roland. N.d.
F.26 Eve. 1980 – 1984.
F.27 Faber, Enid. 1988 – 1989.
F.28 Faber, T.E. ca. 1976.
F.29 Fletcher, Sheila. 1988 – 1990.
F.30 Ford, Margaret. 1996 – 2001.
F.31 Frank. 1988.
F.32 Franklin, Ursula. 1982 – 2015. [University of Toronto Professor].
F.33 Gill, Ida. 1962.
F.34 Gorwill, Hugh. 1977.
F.35 Harrow School. 1978 – 1993.
F.36 Hart, Edith E. 1961.
F.37 Harvey, Kathryn. 1981 – 1994. [University of Alberta].
F.38 Hazlehurst, Cameron. 1985 – 1991.
F.39 Higonnet, Margaret. 1993. [Harvard University].
F.40 Hochschild, Adam. 2009 – 2011.
F.41 [Holtz?], Fred and Susan. 1981.
F.42 Isaac, John. 1975 – 1976.
F.43 Isensee, Gayle. 1983.
Box 2
F.1 Joslin, Jack. 1945 – 1952. [Uncle].
F.2 Kamster, Margaret. 1987 – 2000.
F.3 Kennedy, Charlie. 2004 – 2011.
F.4 Kennedy, Thomas. 1968 – 1993, part 1. [University of Arkansas Professor].
F.5 Kennedy, Thomas. 1973 – 1993, part 2. [University of Arkansas Professor].
F.6 Keppel-Jones, Arthur. 1971 – 1975. [Queen’ s University Professor].
F.7 Kilgore family. 1973.
F.8 “L,” 1971 – 1990.
F.9 Lancaster University, Richardson Institute. 1987 – 1989.
F.10 Laurie. 1990 – 1991.
F.11 League of Nations Summer Camp. 1939, ca. 2005.
F.12 Leventhal, F. [Fred]. 1976. [Boston University].
F.13 Lewis, Magda. 2002. [Queen’s University Professor].
F.14 Liddington, Jill. 1982 – 1990.
F.15 Lindsay, James E. 1969 – 1970, n.d.
F.16 Little, Mary Davis. 1982.
F.17 Lowe, Victor. 1976 – 1980. [Johns Hopkins University Professor].
F.18 Mangsen, Sandra. 1987.
F.19 Mansfield, Ruth. 1984.
F.20 Marshall, George T. 1976 – 1998.
F.21 Mary, Agnes. 1988.
F.22 Mayhew, Jo Ann. 1993, n.d.
F.23 McGill-Queen's Press. 1988 – 2002. [Chiefly about Marshall book].
F.24 McGruther, Margaret. 1980 – 1981.
F.25 Miles, Frank. 1993. [Quaker].
F.26 Mitchell, David. 1977 – 1978.
F.27 Molly. 1987 – 1998.
F.28 Mona. 1984 – 2000.
F.29 Newberry, Charles. 1955.
F.30 Newberry, Daniel. 1993 – 1999. [Grandson].
F.31 Newberry, Douglas and Irene England. 1988 – 2004. [Son, daughter-in-law].
Box 3
F.1 Newberry, Mary. 1963 – ca. 1998. [Daughter]. See also: box 12
F.2 Newberry, Mary. 1980 – 2006. *Outgoing correspondence.
F.3 Newberry, Peter. 1948.
F.4 Newberry, Peter. 1949, file 1.
F.5 Newberry, Peter. 1949, file 2.
F.6 Newberry, Peter. 1949, file 3.
F.7 Newberry, Peter. 1951 – 1954.
F.8 Newberry, Peter. 1957.
F.9 Newberry, Peter. 1958 – 1967.
F.10 Newberry, Peter. 1974.
F.11 Newberry, Peter. 1975 – 1979. [Chiefly separation/divorce-related].
F.12 Newberry, Peter, 1968 – 1969. *Outgoing correspondence.
F.13 Newberry [Peter’s mother]. 1966.
Box 4
F.1 Newberry, Susan “Soo.” 1965 – 2011. [Daughter]. Embargoed until 31 December 2073.
F.2 Newberry, Siara. 1998 – 2017. [Granddaughter].
F.3 Newberry, Vanessa. 2008 – 2009. [Granddaughter].
F.4 Nuttall, Mary. 1975.
F.5 Oldfield, Sybil. 1969 – 1991.
F.6 Olsen, Rick. 1979, n.d.
F.7 Oxford University Press. 1988 – 1995.
F.8 Pavlova, Tatiana. 1995. [Russian Quaker and Historian].
F.9 Pete, Betty. 1987. [CUPE].
F.10 Peter, Richard and Mildred. 1941 – 1956.
F.11 Pine, Deirdre. N.d.
F.12 Polster, Betty. 1990.
F.13 Potts, Mary. N.d.
F.14 Rajadanuraks, B. 1972.
F.15 Reid, Evelyn. 1974 – 1978, n.d. [Dean of Women, Queen’s University].
F.16 Rimmer, W. Gordon. 1976.
F.17 Roback Foundation. 2000.
F.18 Robbins, Keith. 1971 – 1977. [University College of North Wales].
F.19 Roberts, Barbara. 1973 – 1991. [Historian and friend].
F.20 Rouse, Midge. 1980.
F.21 Russell, Regena Kaye. 1990 – 1994.
F.22 Saracino, Maria Antoinetta. 1986 – 1988.
F.23 Sarah. 1990.
F.24 Segel, Elly. 1994 – 2001. [Friend, Quaker, and Tenant].
F.25 Schade, Rosemary. 1994 – 1995.
F.26 Sempill, Elizabeth. 1966 – 1970. [Aunt]
F.27 Shea, Susan. 1990.
F.28 Simpson, Peggy Hope. 1981.
F.29 Smith, Norman. 1981 – 1985.
F.30 Soloman, Art. 1993. [Ojibway Artist and Activist].
F.31 Starr, Kay and Francis. 1996.
F.32 Steinhauer, Paul. 1971 – 2000. [Psychiatrist].
F.33 Stephenson, Pat. 1978.
F.34 Stevenson, John and Helen. 1988.
F.35 Stieren, Carl. 1996 – 2007.
F.36 Summers, Muriel. 1993 – 2001, part 1.
F.37 Summers, Muriel. 1993 – 2001, part 2.0
F.38 “S”
Box 5
F.1 Syracuse University, 1985.
F.2 Taylor, Norman. 1980 – 1987.
F.3 Underwood, Vera. 1978 – 1979. 1 photograph, colour.
F.4 University of the Witwatersrand. 1950.
F.5 Vellacott, Douglas and Lorraine. 1950 – 1987. [Brother and sister-in-law; see also, F.12]
F.6 Vellacott, George H. 1965 – 1994. [Brother].
F.7 Vellacott, George H. 1935 – 2007. Includes copy of “Pink Rice,” a small publication by George detailing his experiences in the British Army during the Second World War.
F.8 Vellacott, Harold. 1949 – 1966. [Father].
F.9 Vellacott, Jim. 2000.
F.10 Vellacott, Josephine. 1950 – 1967. [Mother].
F.11 Vellacott, Keith. 1987.
F.12 Vellacott, Lorraine. 1986 – 1996. [Sister-in-law; see also, F.5].
F.13 Vellacott, Maureen. 1963 – 1988.
F.14 “Nanny.” 1935 – 1986. [Filed under ‘Vellacott’].
F.15 Vellacott, Philip. 1964 – 1986.
F.16 Vellacott, Richard and Margaret. 1965 – 2008.
F.17 Wade, Gladys. 1978.
F.18 Ward, Megan. 1979 – 1984.
F.19 Watson, George and Elizabeth. 1986. [Quakers].
F.20 Willis, Olive. 1948.
F.21 Women’s History Review. 1992.
F.22 Yarrow, C.H. “Mike.” 1979.
F.23 Zybas, Marge. 1992. [Quaker].
F.24 Misc. “thank you” notes/cards, etc.
Series 2: Personal
Series consists of documents relating to Vellacott’s personal life, such as her marriage to Peter Newberry, her children, trips to the United Kingdom, and her friendships.
Box 6
F.1 Travel and citizenship documents / immigration and move to Yukon, 1946 – 2006.
F.2 Marriage, separation, and divorce material, 1950 – 1979.
F.3 Doug Newberry articles, clippings, and education documents, 1960 – 1982.
F.4 Harold Vellacott death and estate materials, 1965 – 1967.
F.5 Trip to Dartmoor, 1981.
F.6 Death of Nick Dyke on Ocean Ranger, 1982.
F.7 Brochure for Imperial Hotel, where Jo Vellacott was born, ca. 1987.
F.8 Complaint to Kingston General Hospital, 1994.
F.9 Peter Newberry death material, 1999 – 2000.
F.10 80th Birthday party invitation, 2002.
F.11 Death of Elly Segal, 2003.
F.12 85th Birthday party invitation, 2007.
F.13 Norman Taylor eulogies/memories, 2016.
F.14 United Kingdom trip material, 2017.
F.15 Certificate from Premier Kathleen Wynne for 95th birthday, 2017.
F.16 Jo’s Death, Letters of Sympathy, 2019.
F.17 Oral history transcript, interview of JV, by Elly Segal, n.d.
SEE ALSO: Boxes 13 and 14 for journals and agendas.
Series 3: Education and Professional Career, 1939 - 1989
Series consists of materials from Vellacott’s education and professional career, including her schooling at Oxford (BA/MA), the University of Toronto (MA), and McMaster University (PhD). Vellacott would take several post-doctoral fellowships in the United Kingdom, was a Scholar-in-Residence and the Assistant to the Dean of Women at Queen’s University, and was the first full-time, regular faculty member at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University in Montreal. She retired from full-time teaching in 1987.
Education
F.18 Report Cards and Degrees, 1939 – 1975.
F.19 Preliminary Report: A Study of Women Who Have Children and Who Are in Graduate Programmes at the University of Toronto, Natalie Zemon-Davis, 1966. JV was attending UofT as a graduate student at this time.
F.20 Administrative files and correspondence at McMaster, 1969 – 1974.
F.21 Thesis correspondence and dispute with supervisor, 1969 – 1975, part 1.
F.22 Thesis correspondence and dispute with supervisor, 1969 – 1975, part 2.
F.23 Responses to Thesis on Bertrand Russell (including from Conrad Russell), 1975.
F.24 Thesis defense materials, 1975.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
F.25 Research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, 1976 – 1977.
F.26 Fellowship at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, 1976 – 1979.
Queen’s University
Box 7
F.1 Letter of offer for Scholar-in-Residence, 1977.
F.2 Scholar-in-Residence announcements, 1978.
F.3 Dean of Women Advisory Committee submissions, 1978 – 1980.
F.4 Dean of Women office files, ca. 1977 – 1980.
F.5 Women’s residence issues, 1977 – 1978.
F.6 Ban Righ Board materials, 1979 – 1980.
F.7 Position paper on the Dean of Women by the Association of Women Teaching at Queen’s, 1979.
F.8 Recommendations from the Principal’s Advisory Committee on the Appointment of the Dean of Women concerning the nature of the office of the Dean of Women, ca. 1979.
F.9 “Queen’s Gazette” and newspaper clippings re: Dean of Women appointment process, 1978 – 1980.
F.10 Ban Righ Committee material re: Dean of Women appointment,
F.11 Report of the Dean of Women to the Ban Righ Board, 1980.
F.12 “The University: A Corporation?” article re: Dean of Women appointment, 1980.
F.13 JV submissions to Senate re: Dean of Women appointment, 1980.
F.14 JV letter of resignation and open letter to Board of Governors, 1980.
F.15 Peace Studies group materials, 1977 – 1980.
Concordia University
F.16 Contracts of employment, 1982 – 1986.
F.17 Application material and correspondence, 1984 – 1986.
F.18 Salary grievance and appeal, 1985.
F.19 Materials regarding Women’s Centre and the status of women, 1984 – 1985.
F.20 Womens Studies Student Association “Extraordinary Meeting” material, 1985.
F.21 Dispute with Principal Elizabeth Secca re: key to Beauvoir Institute, 1984 – 1985.
F.22 Correspondence with Grendon Haines, consultant, regarding Beauvoir Institute, 1985.
F.23 Course material: “Women’s Identity and Image,” 1984 – 1985.
F.24 Course material: “Women in World History II,” 1986.
F.25 Course material: “History of Feminist Theories,” 1986.
F.26 Course material: “Women and Non-Violence,” ca. 1987.
F.27 Course material: “Feminism: Theories and Practices,” ca. 1986.
F.28 Course evaluations for JV, ca. 1983 – 1986.
Box 8
F.1 Honorary Fellowship and Merit Award, 1987 – 1989.
F.2 Office files (letters of recommendation, funding requests, etc.), ca. 1982 – 1987.
General Professional Files
F.3 Women’s Royal Naval Service material, 1945 – 1946.
F.4 Letters of recommendation and testimonials for JV, 1946 – 1995.
F.5 Researcher Directory entries for JV, ca. 1980s – 1990s.
F.6 List of publications by JV, 2010.
F.7 Letter of resignation from teaching position, 1963.
Series 4: Writing, Publications, and Scholarly Work
Series consists of the personal and professional writings of Vellacott; materials pertaining to the publishing of her books, including correspondence, permissions, and drafts; information on conferences and talks she presented; writings about Vellacott; and royalty statements.
Books Published
F.8 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Correspondence to Harvester Press, 1977 – 1980.
F.9 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Abstract and Preface, 1979.
F.10 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Correspondence with St. Martin’s Press, 1980 – 1981.
F.11 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Permissions and acknowledgements, 1978 – 1981.
F.12 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Royalty statements and correspondence, 1978 – 1987.
F.13 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Complimentary copies, 1980 – 1981.
F.14 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Reviews, 1981.
F.15 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Republication correspondence, 2014.
F.16 Bertrand Russell and Pacifists: Shipping fees for republished edition, 2014 – 2015.
F.17 Militarism vs. Feminism: Correspondence with Virago Press [publisher], 1985 – 1987.
F.18 Militarism vs. Feminism: Reviews, 1986 – 1987.
F.19 From Liberal to Labour: Notes, Correspondence, Drafts [incomplete], ca. 1990 – 1991.
F.20 From Liberal to Labour: Reviews, 1994.
F.21 From Liberal to Labour: Jo’s recollections of her work, 2008.
F.22 From Liberal to Labour: Correspondence regarding second volume, 2014 – 2015.
F.23 Patterns of Conflict: Draft of chapter ‘Nonviolence: The Road Less Travelled,’ 1998.
F.24 “Jo’s Story, by Jo Vellacott, as told to Elly Segal,” 2001.
F.25 Reweaving the Web of Life: Reviews, 1984.
F.26 Pacifists, Patriots, and the Vote: Reviews, 2008.
F.27 Memoirs: Draft chapters and chapter outline for volume II, 2010 – ca. 2017.
Essays and Articles
Box 9
F.1 “Sunday Postscript by L.J. Witts” [JV penname], 1942.
F.2 “Table Mountain” and “Hilltop,” ca. 1950s.
F.3 “Poetry Reserve,” ca. 1950s.
F.4 “Shaggy Dog,” 1952.
F.5 “Layman’s Approach to Poetry,” 1952.
F.6 “From Canada’s Northland,” ca. 1955.
F.7 “Once I Had a Teacher,” ca. 1955.
F.8 "The Factories Bill of 1843,” 1965. [Possible master’s thesis].
F.9 "The Seventeenth Century Intellectual Revolution,” 1968.
F.10 “Alternative Service,” thesis chapter draft, ca. 1970, 2018.
F.11 "Women and War in England,” draft and correspondence, 1977.
F.12 “Voteless Women of No Degree,” 1977.
F.13 Essay submission to Joe Clark’s Disarmament Committee, ca. 1979 – 1980.
F.14 “Women, Peace, and Power,” notes and correspondence, 1981 – 1982.
F.15 “A Cry from the Beloved Country [South Africa], 1982.
F.16 “Towards a Historical Perspective,” Grindstone Coop, 1982.
F.17 “Nordic Women’s Peace Initiative,” 1984.
F.18 “Towards Graduate Work in Women’s Studies,” 1985.
F.19 “Towards a Human Future,” 1986.
F.20 “Separation and Integration,” 1986.
F.21 “‘Soldier Girls:’ Some Thoughts,” ca. 1986.
F.22 “The Innkeeper’s Wife’s Tale,” 1988 – 1989.
F.23 “For the Sake of Argument: What are the Teachers Colleges Doing?” n.d., ca. 1990s.
F.24 “Transnationalism in the early WILPF,” 1991.
F.25 “In Praise of Four-Letter Words,” 1992.
F.26 “A Place for Pacifism and Transnationalism in Feminist Theory,” 1992.
F.27 “Peace is Where You Take It,” 1995.
F.28 “Thoughts on Quaker Women and Feminist Pacifism,” 1998.
F.29 “Feminism as if All People Mattered,” 2001.
F.30 “Whitehorse,” 2010.
F.31 “The Nursery Window,” 2012.
F.32 “Conscription and Conscience in Britain, 1916 – 1918,” 2014.
F.33 “World War One Snippets,” 2014.
F.34 “Suffragette,” 2016.
F.35 “The Army vs The Rump, 1649 – 1653,” n.d. [1960s?]
Reviews
F.36 “Is the Future Female” and “Divided Loyalties,” 1987.
F.37 “They’re Still Women After All,” 1987.
F.38 “Ursula Franklin Reader,” 2006.
F.39 “Black Friday,” by Julie Spraggen, 2007.
F.40 Peer review work for Peer RESEARCH, 2007.
F.41 “Bertie-bashing,” 2001.
Royalties and Writings on J.V.
F.41 Royalties from Access Copyright, 1995 – 2014.
F.42 Articles about J.V., 1980s
F.43 Essay on Karen Ridd, Jo Vellacott, and Ursula Franklin, 2000.
Conferences and Talks
Box 10
F.1 Women’s History Conference, St. Catherine’s College, 1977.
F.2 United Nations seminar, 1980.
F.3 Rachel Cadbury Lecture, 1980 – 1981. [Women, Peace, and Power].
F.4 Women and Militarism, Grindstone Island, 1982.
F.5 Stockholm Conference on Confidence and Security-Building Measures and Disarmament of Europe, 1984.
F.6 The Urgency of True Security, Women’s Int’l Peace Conference, 1985.
F.7 Pacifist Impulse in Historical Perspective, International Conference, 1991.
F.8 “Rolling the Rock of Sisyphus,” roundtable, 1995.
F.9 "Peace,” Conference at Theology College, n.d.
F.10 Catherine Marshall, Anglo-American Conference, 2014.
F.11 General conference notes, flyers, etc., 1980s.
Series 5: Activism and Quakerism
Series consists of materials from Vellacott’s time as an activist and a Quaker, with much of the activism work being related to her Quaker beliefs. Vellacott was an active member of the Thousand Islands Monthly Meeting in the Kingston area for many years and served in several voluntary administrative capacities for the congregation. In 1992 she participated in the Home Mission and Advancement Committee’s trip to New Zealand with Elly Segal.
F.12 Anti-Apartheid Debate, 1966. [JV debated a pro-Apartheid businessman].
F.13 Stance Against pro-Vietnam War Play, 1966. [JV lobbied to prevent its showing at Army bases].
F.14 “Refuse the Cruise [Missile]” demonstration, 1982.
F.15 Greenham Commons protest, 1984.
F.16 Quaker stance on War in Vietnam, ca. 1970.
F.17 Quakers and Grassy Narrows Indigenous community [Ojibwe], 1974.
F.18 “Frog and the Pond” response, re: Grassy Narrows, 1977 – 1978.
F.19 Quaker Peace Testimony, 1977 – 2002.
F.20 Quaker lobbying for same-sex marriage, 1980s – 2000s.
F.21 “Origins of the Canadian Quaker Committee on Native Concerns,” ca. 1980.
F.22 Research on John Wilhelm Rowntree, 1980 – 1982.
F.23 Notes on Women and Quakerism, 1984.
F.24 Woodbrooke Quaker Learning Centre, 1987. [JV was a Friend-in-Residence]. 1 photograph
F.25 Oka Crisis, 1990. [Original file named “Akwesasne”].
Box 11
F.1 Trip to New Zealand for Home Mission and Advancement Committee, 1992 – 1993.
F.2 TIMM exchange of views re: ministers and ministries, ca. 2002.
F.3 Jo letters to ministry, 1999 – 2002.
F.4 Quaker response to September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001.
F.5 “Towards Truth in Meetings” writing, 2002.
F.6 Canadian Yearly Meeting correspondence, 2004.
F.7 TIMM conflicts, 2004 – 2005.
F.8 Sexual abuse in Quakerism (articles not by JV), 2004 – 2006.
F.9 Correspondence regarding “Listeners,” 2008.
F.10 Materials for course at Ryerson University [Toronto Metropolitan University], 2011 – 2012.
F.11 “Peace is Where You Take It,” short writing by JV, n.d.
F.12 Quakers as Christians / Universalism, n.d.
Series 6: Photographs, Postcards and Art, ca. 1923 – 2017.
Series consists of photographs of Jo Vellacott throughout her life, postcards that she received from friends and family (chiefly daughter Mary Newberry), and sketches and paintings that she made.
F.13 General photographs, ca. 1923 – ca. 2010. Contains 101pho photographs of Jo Vellacott from throughout her life, from infancy to her later years. Includes events such as vacations, convocations, weddings, social gatherings, Quaker meetings, and more.
F.14 Grassy Narrows, ca. 1975. 25 photographs taken during Peter Newberry’s time working with the Ojibwe community at Grassy Narrows regarding mercury poisoning. Includes copies of photographs on copy paper with names of individuals.
F.15 Photographs for memoirs, 2010. 23 photographs Vellacott planned to use in the publication of her memoir.
F.16 Contains 55 sketches, prints, and paintings created by Jo Vellacott. Sketches are often of buildings, while paintings range from landscapes to more abstract pieces.
Box 12
Contains a large number of postcards received in correspondence with other individuals, particularly daughter Mary Newberry. Postcards are from countries across the globe.
Boxes 13, 14a and 14b
Contain journals and agendas from the 1939 to 2019.
Box 13: 1939 – 1961.
Box 14a: 1963 – 1987.
Box 14b: 1988 – 2019.
Books (catalogued separately)
Vellacott Newberry, Jo. Women, People and the Future. Occasion Paper #4, Office of the Dean of Women, Queen’s University, 1977.
Vellacott, Jo. Women, Peace, and Power: 1981 Rachel Cadbury Lecture. Canadian Quaker Pamphlet 14, 1981.
McAllister, Pam (editor). Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers. 1982.
Vellacott, Jo. Constructive Caring. Canadian Quaker Pamphlet 17, 1983.
Vellacott, Jo. Pacifists, Patriots, and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War. New York: Palgrave. 2007.
Vellacott, Jo (compiler). Quaker Witness: An Example from the First World War. 2014.
Vellacott, Jo (contributor), “Envoys: Working for Peace in 1916,” in The Spokesman 139. 2018: 73 – 87.
Vellacott, Jo (contributor). “Catherine Marshall” in The Spokesman 141. 2019: 84 – 86.
Colbeck, Simon. “Jo Vellacott,” in The Spokesman 142. 2019: 88 – 93.
