The Ryerson University Archives Collection dates from 1783 to the present, with the majority of records relating to Ryerson University and dating from 1948 to the present. As mentioned in the Archives Mandate Page, the focus of the Ryerson Archives' collection policy is on the University and its predecessor institutions.

Collection

• Correspondence and files of senior-level, administrative and academic departments
• Reports
• Minutes and agenda of committees, including the Board of Governors and Academic Council
• Financial records, including statements and budget and audit records
• Human resources records
• Records of student, faculty, staff and alumni organizations
• Annual reports
• Contracts, agreements and other legal documents
• Policy and procedure manuals
• Publications
• Student, staff and faculty newspapers and newsletters
• Manuals and handbooks
• Course calendars
• Yearbooks
• Photographs, including prints, negatives, transparencies and digital images
• Motion picture films and video tapes
• Sound recordings
• Oral interview tapes and transcripts
• Cartographic and architectural records
• Paintings, drawings and prints
• Artifacts
• Electronic records
• Speeches and addresses
• Subject files, including primarily secondary source material on Ryerson-related topics
• Private papers and manuscripts
• Published books and articles by members of the Ryerson community (The Ryerson Authors Collection)