Fonds - Ron Robbins journalism collection

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Ron Robbins journalism collection

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  • [194-?]-1982 (Creation)

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2.82 m of textual records

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Ronald Cynewulf Robbins served as the first Director of the University of Regina's School of Journalism and Communications, beginning in September, 1980 until his retirement in 1983. Born in Wales in 1918, received an honours English degree and other post-secondary education in the fields of communications and management. He worked for 26 years with CBC radio and television, serving as manager of editorial resources for CBC Television News and as coordinator of television news training programs. He also had experience as a desk editor with the Canadian Press in Toronto. Mr. Robbins has written a war-time novel entitled 'Blood for Breakfast' and a book of verse, 'Out of Solitude'. His poems have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, and he has contributed to the journalism textbook, 'A Media Mosaic: Canadian Communications Through a Critical Eye'.

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Collection consists of an eclectic assortment of papers assembled by Ron Robbins, former head of the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Regina, and intended to serve as a research base for students in the program. Included are drafts, corrections, galleys, proofs, reviews, research materials, correspondence, and other records created by, and relating to works by, writers Joan Givner, Lyn Harrington, Ross Munro, Eleanor Wright Pelrine, and Tom White, William Stevenson, and Maggie Siggins. Titles covered are: Givner's 'Katherine Anne Porter - A Life' (1982); Harrington's 'Syllables of Recorded Time: A History of the Canadian Authors Association' (1981) and 'The Shaman's Evil Eye' (1979); Munro's 'Gauntlet to Overlord' (1945, 1972), Stevenson's 'The Bormann Brotherhood' (1973), 'A Man Called Intrepid' (1976), and 'The Ghosts of Africa' (1980), and White's 'Saskatchewan Cougar - Elusive Cat' (1982); as well as Pelrine's biography (and related TV script) of Dr. Henry Morgentaler (1975) and Siggins' biography of John Bassett (1979) and her research material relating to the closure of the 'Toronto Telegram' (ca. 1971). The collection also contains issues of the 'Saskatchewan Journalist' (1975-1978), the Saskatchewan Journalists Association 'Newsletter' (1975), and the Canadian Parliamentary Guide' (1975-1980), as well as CBC guide books for federal and provincial elections, 1971-1981. The latter, which were contributed to the collection by Pierre Paquet, includes the Montreal municipal election of 1978.

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The files themselves are as they were recieved except with minor culling. The arrangement is alphabetical by author and chronological within each author's work.

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Inventory available for 84-4.

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Related material: Related material may be found in the Joan Givner fonds, the William Stevenson fonds, and the Maggie Siggins fonds. Additional records relating to the Saskatchewan Journalists Association and issues of the Saskatchewan Journalist may be found in the Gary Fairbairn fonds.

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