Item is a Theravada Buddhist manuscript in Burmese script, likely a scripture from the Pali Canon.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and research materials chiefly relating to the development, publication, and promotion of Aster’s published work. Also included are a number of Aster’s short publications, housed with the archival material described here, and his personal library, which is housed with our rare book holdings.
Sans titreThe collection consists of nine black and white photographs from Underwood & Underwood and the programme from the dedication ceremony.
Collection consists primarily of German and Swiss anti-Semitic material, including books, pamphlets, magazines, posters and “notgeld” (currency).
One leaf from a bible, portion, in Latin, from the book of Isaiah with illuminated letter 'C'. Possibly made in France.
One leaf, fragment of Celtic (?) ms., in Latin, with illuminated capitals on each side of the leaf. The leaf has been used as printer's waste inside the binding of another book - the marks of the paste down are clearly evident.
A mnemonic guide to Gratian's Decretum, in 101 numbered lines, followed by 35 numbered "causa"; reference on the verso of the final leaf to the first letter of Blessed Jerome, on 4 large sheets of vellum. Marks of being used as paste down clearly visible. Custodial marks of a previous repository present on each leaf. Rubrication of some capitals and marginal drolleries.
The album contains images of South Africa from De Pencier’s time there during the war. It shows numerous places, soldiers, and people. Other photos in the album show snapshots of daily life after the war, including family and friends, as well as important occasions.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of letters starting just prior to Gibson’s enlistment to his return to Canada, as well as pocket diaries for the years he served and some military documents.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of letters from Maclean’s Magazine to Gardner during his time as a freelance writer with the magazine. The correspondence is mainly with Pierre Berton, but there are a number from other Maclean’s editors as well.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of manuscripts of plays, poems, and some other writing; it also includes some play production material and research material.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of Russell's manuscripts, correspondence, library, periodicals, offprints, leaflets, photographs, audio discs, audio reels, audio cassettes, films, videocassettes, microfilms, news clippings, posters, some furniture, artwork (including a bust by Jacob Epstein), awards and medals. Also included are records of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, including those that relate to the International War Crimes Tribunal. The archive is supplemented by a supporting research library of books, theses about Russell, and his publications in periodicals. The fonds also contains the archives of Russell's parents, Viscount and Viscountess Amberley. The fonds has been supplemented with ongoing acquisitions of original material from a variety of sources, as well as copies of selected material held elsewhere.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of two series. One series contains correspondence, submissions, photographs (both used and not used) and issue files for Canada: An Historical Magazine. The other series contains microfilms of historical research materials that Gagan used for his book, Hopeful Travellers: Families, Land and Social Change in Mid-Victorian Peel County, Canada West (c 1981). The microfilms include: Canada West census for Peel and Oxford counties, 1851; Ontario census for Peel and Cardwell counties, 1871; Peel County, Chinguacousy township, copy books of deeds, Vols. 1-13, 1820-1877; Toronto township., Vols. 1-9, 1807-1871; Toronto, Gore, Albion, and Caledon townships, abstract index of deeds, villages and farms; Brampton School Board minutes, 1873-1875; Chinguacousy township council minutes book, 1858-1867 and 1875-1887; Caledon township council minutes, 1861-1869 and 1873-1906; Caledon township Board of Health minutes, 1884-1894; Toronto township council minute books, 1844-1854 and 1873-1887; Toronto Gore township council minutes, 1857-1861, 1871-1881, 1882-1895; Mould Board Association minutes, 1888-1892; marriage registers undated; Peel county wills, 1867-. Several of the microfilms are not identified. One reel of microfilm, Denison and John A. Macdonald papers are related to the magazine.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of correspondence, lab notebooks, research material, and scientific reprints of the majority of publications.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of Chisholm’s correspondence and legal documents he filed on behalf of the Six Nations. His correspondents included: two lawyers who acted as his agents in Ottawa; many Six Nations councillors; Government ministers; and archivists. The legal documents he filed include Statements, Memorandums and Petitions of Right. There are also copies of many documents that he researched in order to establish the historical record. These copies date back to 1763.
Sans titreCollection comprises photographs of the Paris Peace Conference, most attributed to Brown Brothers, New York. Approximately one half of the photographs in the collection are duplicates, and some are later prints from the era in which they were originally created. Photographs depict the location of the conference at Versailles and elsewhere (Trianon Palace Hotel, the Hall of Mirrors, Hotel Crillon, the Salle d’Horloge, etc.) and the many world leaders, delegates, diplomats, and others in attendance at the conference. People depicted in the photos include Earl Curzon, Winston Churchill, Bonar Law, Col. Edward M. House, Robert Lansing, H. White, and General Bliss. Typical photos are images of the Big Four (David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, Woodrow Wilson, and Georges Clemenceau), the American delegation, German representatives, and the Allied Supreme Council. In addition, the collection is supplemented by six photographs of David Lloyd George, England’s war time chancellor and Prime Minister (one photo of the old cabinet room at Downing Street). These photographs are attributed to Elliot and Fry, Funk & Wagnalls Company, and Brown Brothers, circa 1913-1940.
The fonds consists of both personal and general correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, published novels and various other writings, photographs, and other material. See 'system of arrangement' below for more detail.
Sans titreThe fonds is arranged in 3 series consisting of: daily journals, condensed journals and travelling diaries.
Sans titreThere have been four accruals. The first accrual (57-1995, 30 cm) consists of manuscripts and research notes for three of his published works, Interior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash (1987), The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read (1990), and Virginia Woolf (1994); draft typescript and galley proof; and editorial and literary correspondence (including Graham Greene, Stephen Spender, Muriel Spark, and Francis Bacon).
The second accrual (26-1997, 60 cm) consists of material relating to The Life of Margaret Laurence (1997), editorial notes, photographs and correspondence (including Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley, Al Purdy, and letters from Margaret Laurence to her editor, Alan Maclean.
The third accrual (27-1999, 68 cm) consists of three series: manuscripts and related material for Faking (1999) and Jack: A Life with Writers, The Story of Jack McClelland (1999), photographs, and literary correspondence.
The fourth accrual (16-2001, 20 cm) consists of two draft typescripts of *Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat</I> (2002) and editorial correspondence.
Sans titreThe first accrual consists of 237 letters written by Professor Mendelson to his family, three journals, and travel documents. The accrual documents two periods in Professor Mendelson’s life (1961-63 and 1971-72) when he lived as a student in Israel with his wife Sara. This material is available in Box 1.
The second accrual consists of the unpublished memoir A Life in Briefs. Dr. Mendelson has also provided supplementary material to many of the chapters including correspondence, publications, photos, objects, and ephemera.
The third and fourth accruals consist of artwork by Robin Wall.
