Fonds consist of textual records, n.d., 1912-1986, which are biographical material; correspondence; financial records; manuscripts of Hendry's stage plays, film, television and radio scripts, journalism pieces, short stories and a novel; manuscripts by other authors; subject files, including material on Actors Equity, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, Association of Cultural Executives, Banff Centre, Canadian Artists Representation, Manitoba Theatre Centre, National Arts Centre, National Theatre School, Playwrights Canada, Guild of Canadian Playwrights, Playwrights Union of Canada, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto International Festival; clippings; scrapbooks, appointment books and calendars; diaries.
Fonds also contains sound recordings of: parts of the CBC matinee series Family album that was devoted to the history of Canadian families; various panel discussions and workshops on the situation of Canadian theatre and playrights; and oral histories by Hendry of such actors as Al Waxman, Martha Henry, Heath Lamberts, Diana Leblanc, Margaret Palmer, and Debra Hanson and artistic directors Leon Major and John Hirsch. Fonds also contains a video recording of a press confernce on the release of the task force report on the National Arts Centre that Hendry chaired.
Fonds also contains photographic materials. 46 photographs, ca. 1961-1965, depict the activities of Mr. Tom Hendry as playwright and theatre administrator; scenes from various plays directed by Mr. Hendry; exterior and interior views of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 56 photographic positives and slides or transparencies, 1970-1976, depict Tom Hendry in various plays; portraits of Hendry, M. Krause, and members of Theatre Five, Kingston, Ontario.
Fonds also contains prints and drawings. Seven assorted Quebec and Ontario performing arts/gallery posters and one etching, 1971-1978, include the following titles/artists: Schuster Gindin, designer, "Between Two Stools;" Artist unknown, "Meet a Canadian Playwright;" Design workshop, designer, "10th Annual Shaw Festival;" Schuster Gindin, designer, "Capital Offenses;" Artist unknown, "The Empress of China;" John Lloyd, designer, "Jerry Ginsberg's Watercolours at The Evans Gallery;" Artist Unknown, "Jerry Ginsberg's Sixth One Man Show;" David Blostein, artist, "Juggler." Three offset lithograph posters, 1980-1981, pertain to the Banff Festival of the Arts, 1980; the Analytical Psychology Society of Ontario, 1980; and Amnesty International, 1981. 24 drawings, 1959-1975, predominant 1959-1963, relate to the career of Tom Hendry, playwright and arts administrator, including four portraits of Tom Hendry; one drawing of a stylized female figure signed "Desmeules", and a sketchbook of 19 designs, probably relating to the activities of the Manitoba Theatre Centre ca. 1959-1963; four portraits by "Sturd"; sketchbook designs including costume and set designs attributed to Tom Hendry.
Fonds also contains architectural drawings. A planimetric view, dated 1962, relating to renovations of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; two drawings, dated 1973, pertaining to the stage construction for the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Four elevations, 1970s, for what is believed to be Adelaide Court, a performing arts development in Toronto. 16 architectural, ca. 1977, drawings and sketches for renovations to the building occupied by the Toronto Free Theatre, 24&26 Berkeley Street, Toronto, prepared by Noel Hancock & J. David Simpson, Architects in 1977 for a "phase 2 presentation" to Heritage Canada for renovation funding.
