File consists of lists of information about interviewees interviewed by Ainley's research assistant, Jenny Fry.
File consists of thank-you letters sent to "Critical Turning Points" interview participants.
File consists of correspondence between Ainley and her research assistant, Jenny Fry, relating to interview requests; responses to Ainley's interview requests; notes; and envelopes marked, "return to sender."
File consists of edited draft copies of the covering letters, questions to be asked to interviewees and Alison Bowe's covering letter for the questionnaire sent to female engineering graduates from Queen's University.
File consists of correspondence relating to questions to be asked to interview participants; requests for information about women engineers; and other material providing background information on the demographics of engineering from professional and university alumni associations.
File consists of the description of and budget for "Critical Turning Points" submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
File consists of Ainley's ethics approval form for the University of Northern British Columbia to which the description of "Critical Turning Points" submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is attached.
File consists of a covering letter for potential interviewees detailing Ainley's background, previous research and the "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains blank interview consent forms.
File consists of two audio cassettes from a symposium on women and engineering in 1991.
File consists of a report by the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering, entitled, "More Than Just Numbers" with correspondence, notes and other material inserted; a report, entitled, "Alberta Women in science and Technology"; proceedings from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's 1992 conference on women in science and engineering, entitled, "Advancing Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics" with articles and other material inserted; a booklet by the Commission on Women from the University of Minnesota, entitled, "Mentoring for the 1990s and Beyond...: new perspectives on an old way to move ahead"; and an information pamphlet on women in the sciences from the University of Minnesota.
File consists of academic and non-academic articles by Peta Tancred and others; a draft manuscript by Ainley, entitled, "Feminist Perspectives on Women, Science and Engineering in Canada"; correspondence; a description of the context of the interviews and research project conducted at Queen's University by Alison Bowe on female graduates of engineering; and a report from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) about the task force on women in the sciences and engineering.
File consists of the notebook of Jenny Fry, Ainley's Research assistant. The notebook contains contextual information and notes on other projects on women in the engineering field, notes on methodologies for conducting and analyzing research data, planning and information about potential interviewees, analyses of interviews, notes on lectures, inserted correspondence and other inserted material.
Series documents academic research undertaken by Dr. Marika Ainley throughout her academic career. It contains research material from projects in Ainley's main areas of research, the history of ornithology and the history of early and contemporary women scientists, as well as research on the relationship between early women scientists and Aboriginal peoples. The series is arranged into thirteen subseries: ornithology research, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs correspondence monograph; "Scientists vs. government experts: The wood buffalo controversy, 1920-1991," "Restless energy: A biography of William Rowan, 1891-1957," women in science and engineering research, Catharine Parr Traill, "Critical turning points: Women engineers within and outside the profession," funding applications, North American and Australian indigenous knowledge and science, oral histories, "Creating complicated lives," publications, and Mabel F. Timlin. Series consists of photocopies of articles; correspondence; bibliographies; draft and published versions of articles, conference proceedings, and monographs; interviews and transcripts; recordings of conferences; statistical data; questionnaires; consent, submission, and other forms; pamphlets and other material from conferences; applications for grants and funding; overhead transparencies; photographs; and notes.
Series contains material relating to Ainley's personal projects and research and professional projects. The material consists of transcribed copies of Ainley's early articles; drafts of sections, notes, research material and correspondence relating to "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; conference proceedings, research material, notes and correspondence relating to her research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; material, predominately course descriptions and syllabi, relating to administering the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia; and photographs and slides relating to both her research and her personal life and hobbies. Series also contains conference proceedings, research notes, bibliographies, curricula vitae and other material.
Subseries consists of materials relating to Dr. Ainley's publications including magazine and journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. Files often contain photocopies of her publications, any related correspondence, reviews of Ainley's publications, drafts and unpublished papers, and publishing and copyright agreements. The topics of these works include women in science and ornithology.
File consists of the photograph used for the cover of Ainley's monograph, "Despite the Odds: Essays on Canadian Women and Science."
File consists of records concerning the publication of Dr. Ainley's two monographs: "Despite the Odds: Essays on Canadian Women and Science" and Restless Energy: A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957."""
File consists of research notes, drafts, and related correspondence for Dr. Ainley's entries for New Dictionary of Scientific Biography and Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
File consists of unpublished papers by Dr. Ainley on women scientists.
File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley's publications including agreements with publishers, copyright agreements, and related correspondence. File also includes cover art for Dr. Ainley's book Restless Energy: A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957.""
File consists of documents concerning Ainley's contribution to the New Dictionary of National Biography.
File consists of reprints of Ainley's works and related correspondence.
File consists of photocopied reviews of Ainley's book "Great Danes," copies of Ainley's reviews, miscellaneous research materials, and related correspondence.
File consists of photocopied reviews of Ainley's works.
File consists of photocopies of Ainley's scholarly publications consisting of articles, chapters, and reviews. File also includes related correspondence and invoices.
File consists of correspondence requests for reprints of Ainley's publications.
File consists of published writings of Dr. Ainley, including magazine and journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. The topics of these works include women in science and ornithology.
File consists of several of Ainley's chapters and articles during the publication process with related email correspondence. Some articles have edits and annotations.
Subseries consists of Dr. Ainley's work collecting oral histories as research materials for various research projects with a predominant focus on the experiences of women scientists. Files usually include interview transcripts, consent forms, any related correspondence, photocopied research materials, and notes.
File consists of computer disk with "over[looked?] oral histories" files. Slides primarily contain pictures of women who were the subjects of Ainey's research.
File consists of transcript of interview with Dr. Ainley and Dr. Sylvia Fedoruk.
File consists of transcript of interview with Dr. Ainley and Helen Reynolds.
File consists of transcript of interview with Elizabeth Allin.
File consists of a transcript of the interview with Jean Briggs and a printed page regarding Graham Rowley.
File consists of interview transcript of interview with Sylvia Ruby. File includes archival finding aid for Dorothy F. Forward and handwritten notes.
File consists of interview transcript of interview with Dr. Ursula Franklin and photocopied news clippings.
File consists of interview transcripts and CV of Virginia Douglas.
File consists of research materials concerning the Berkeleys, particularly Edith Berkeley and Jean Freeman. File includes recorded interview with Jean Freeman, photos of Jean Freeman and the Berkeley's house, related correspondence, and photocopied research materials.
File consists of research materials regarding the life and career of Edith Berkeley, these include photocopied secondary research materials, photocopied archival materials, correspondence, and notes. File includes photo of the Berkeley's farm house.
File consists of printed interview transcripts for Wendy Wickwire, Nancy Turner, Jane Young, Antonia Mills, Heather Harris, and Beryl Amaron.
File consists of interview transcript of Delaney Barton in both print and digital form.
File consists of interview transcript of Nancy Turner in both print and digital form.
File consists of interview transcript of Diane Bell in both print and digital form.
File consists of research materials and notes concerning Muriel V. Roscoe. File includes correspondence and interview transcript with Muriel Roscoe.
File consists of interview transcript of Elinor Kartzmark. File includes handwritten notes and related research materials.
File consists of interview transcript and related documentation of interview with Genevieve Delmas Patterson.
File consists of transcripts and notes from interviews with Dr. Marion Lowe, Hannah Gay, and Andrea Lebowitz.
File consists of consent forms from various participants in Ainley's numerous research projects.
File consists of student paper on Dr. Ainley's research and experience conducting interviews and gathering oral histories: "Interviewing the Interviewer: The Contextual Component of the Oral History Collection" by Sanadra Wallace. File includes two copies of Sanadra Wallace's recorded interview with Ainley on tape and CD.
File consists of financial records from Ainley's oral history research at Concordia along with related correspondence.