About

Material within The Fabulous Fred Thomas exhibit comes from the University of Windsor's Leddy Library's Archives and Special Collections and its South Western Ontario Digital Archive. 

In particular, this project draws on the following collections:

The Tony Techko Collection, which consists of newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia pertaining to athletes, organizations, and all facets of sports history in Windsor and Essex County. A biography section includes over one-thousand files pertaining to various sports figures and Windsor/Essex County sports hall-of-famers. Also present are Techko’s supporting notes and numerous files demonstrative of his passion for his work and the organizations to which he was a member. An extensive collection charting the history of high school sport and a set of Walkerville Collegiate Vocational Institute Blue and White yearbooks dating back to the opening of the school in 1927 until 1983, highlight the value of this collection. Personal memoirs and effects from local sport personalities  add a personal touch to the history of sport in Windsor and Essex County. This collection can be viewed in person by making an appointment with Archives and Special Collections.

The South Western Digital Archive,  (SWODA) is home to online collections developed at the University of Windsor. As the major academic research institution in southwestern Ontario, we work closely with partners on campus and in the local community to make more of this region’s primary source materials freely available on the web. SWODA enables faculty, students, and other researchers to create new knowledge that engages users and better communicates our history and culture. 

This exhibition draws upon Assumption College's  (later Assumption University) student newspapers, the Alumni Chatter and the Purple and White and its annual year books, The Ambassador,  as well as the SWODA Image Archive. 

Information about the McDougall Street neighbourhood comes from We Were Here: Documenting Windsor's McDougall Street Corridor and from the E. Andrea Moore Collection at Leddy's Archives and Special Collections.  Further information about Assumption College can be found at Assumption College Through the Decades.  

This project was developed by Heidi Jacobs and supported by Katharine Ball, Peter Zimmerman, and Sarah Glassford. Invaluable assistance came from Sue Fader, Willow Key,  Irene Moore Davis, and Andrej Petrusevski .  Written material on McDougall Street was provided by Willow Key. Design work by Lydia Joy Palmer.