File consists of correspondence with requests for archival material and information on the salaries of professors. File also contains notes on William Rowan's salary and correspondence on the salaries of professors at Victoria University (now part of the University of Toronto).
File consists of the conference proceedings for Ainley's presentation of "Traditional Environmental Knowledge, Gender, and the 'Spread of Western Science,' -- A Reappraisal of Basalla's Model" at the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston Ontario.
File consists handwritten notes, a photocopy of a photograph of a surveyor sitting at his desk, an obituary for Alice Willard Turner, a draft chapter of the monograph from 1997 about women working in government institutions and correspondence.
File consists a number of short articles by Ainley, including, "Women and Science: An Inside View/Femmes et Science: Vision de L'interieur," "No More Stereotypes" and "Women's Work in Geology: A Historical Perspective on Gender Division in Canadian Science."
File consists correspondence relating to research requests by Ainley at the archives of McGill University in the 1980s and correspondence relating to the citation for Ainley's article "Women and Science" for Chinook Media's website.
File consists of articles written on the history of women working in science, including a publication by Ainley, entitled, "Multiple Connections: Feminist Perspectives on an Integrated History of Canadian Science."
File consists of and handwritten notes and lists of female scientists, divided according to discipline and arranged into categories based on generation, with an indication of whether or not they had been interviewed.
File consists of articles on women working in science and academia, including Ainley's article, "Louise de Kiriline Lawrence (1894-1992) and the World of Nature: A Tribute"; notes; a list of biologists, some of whom Ainley interviewed, arranged according to generation; and correspondence.
File consists of two articles: "Women Becoming Professional Scholars: Historians and Physicists" and "The Early History of Women in University Physics: A Toronto Case Study."
File consists of an article, by Ainley, hosted on Chinook Media's website, entitled, "Women and Science."
File consists of draft proposals, schedules and group assignment information relating to graduate teaching in New Zealand; a notice about changes to internet service at the University of Northern British Columbia; articles on historiography, methodology and qualitative data analysis; correspondence relating to book reviews; and photocopied notes from interviews.
File consists of photocopies of methodology articles and conference proceedings, predominately on the topic of qualitative feminist research; correspondence relating to conference session proposals; the submission of a course syllabus to a journal; transcribed notes on methodology; and a book loan request.
File consists of correspondence between Ainley and the editor of the University of British Columbia Press, Jean Wilson; an abstract and descriptions of chapters submitted to the University of British Columbia Press; style guides from the University of British Columbia Press; an author handbook from the University of British Columbia Press; and a pamphlet on symbols used for proofing text.
File consists of correspondence relating to edits and comments on early versions of the monograph and a description of the monograph project from one of Ainley's grant applications.
File consists of handwritten notes by Ainley about her research projects, as well as other events in her life, focusing, predominately on the period from 1985-1993.
File consists of excerpts of course notes from Ainley's courses, Gender 707: Feminist Perspectives on Science and Technology and Women's Studies 403: Science, Technology and Women's Lives; the proceedings from Ainley's presentation at the History of Science Society Annual Conference in 1997, "Women and Field Work in Canada: persistence and strategies, 1815-1990"; and excerpts.
Subseries documents the research for Ainley's monograph, originally titled, "Overlooked Dimensions: Women and Scientific Work at Canadian Universities, 1884-1980." The monograph draws on research from previous research projects and was conceptualized as a culmination of Ainley's life's work. The monograph was incomplete at the time of her death and was published posthumously after being edited by Marlene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham under the title "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980." Originally scheduled to be published by UBC press shortly after Ainley's death in 2008, the manuscript was published by the McGill-Queen's University Press in 2012. Subseries consists of articles and excerpts from publications by Ainley and others, audio recordings of interviews and presentations, notes, drafts, and correspondence.
File consists of cue cards containing the questions asked during Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" interviews with female engineers.
Item is the first part of an interview with Sharlie Huffman by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is the first part of an interview with Sharlie Huffman by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Sharlie Huffman conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains a facsimile of Huffman's resume and a business card.
Item is an interview with Barbara Howes by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Barbara Howes conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Howes's curriculum vitae and an article by Howes, entitled, "Firsts and Other Things: Personal Reflections of an Engineer."
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Sandra Haslin by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Sandra Haslin conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and transcript summaries from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Patti Bateman by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Patti Bateman conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Bateman's resume.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Colleen Ackermann by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Colleen Ackermann conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Erica Geddes by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Erica Geddes conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Maria Di Capua by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and audio recording from an interview with Maria Di Capua conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript from an interview with Marie Elaine Desbiens conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Desbiens's business card.
Item is an interview with Beth Currie by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Beth Currie conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Currie's resume and a business card.
Item is an interview with Marlene Chow by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Marlene Chow conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and transcript summary from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains interviewee's resume.
File consists of a consent form and transcript from an interview with Michelle Thibodeau-Deguire conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Thibodeau-Deguire's business card and some biographical information.