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Archival description
Bertrand Russell fonds
RC0096 · Fonds · 1847-2000; predominant 1888-1976

The 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.

Russell, Bertrand
Bernadette Ryan (Rule) Fonds
RC0036 · Fonds · 1971-2024

The fonds consists of textual and audio records pertaining to Bernadette Ryan’s literary career, academic teaching at McMaster University and Mohawk College, and work on the podcast series Art Waves (episodes 1-87).

Series groupings predominantly reflect the received order of records; any additional groupings were supplied by the processing archivist following functional analysis of Ryan’s writing, community work, and teaching career.

Ryan, Bernadette
Ben F. Meyer fonds
RC0106 · Fonds · 1902-1997

There have been five accruals. The fonds consists of: correspondence; journals and diaries; notebooks and notes; courses and course related material; manuscripts, typescripts and published material; personal documents; material by others; electronic material, moving images and sound recordings.

Meyer, Ben F.
Basil H. Johnston fonds
RC0038 · Fonds · [1860]-2012

The fonds contains material in multiple languages: English, French, Ojibway/Chippewa, Cree, Latin.

Johnston, Basil
Austin Clarke fonds
RC0031 · Fonds · 1949-2013

The fonds consists of: manuscripts, correspondence, personal files, Barbados, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, teaching and audio tapes, material related to Survivors of the Crossing and material on the election campaign of 1977, material relating to The Ontario Film Review Board, unpublished novels, notebook and material received, periodicals, research files, invitations, tape recordings, articles, and other material

Clarke, Austin
Arthur Stringer collection
RC0719 · Collection · 1874-1950

This collection (19-1997) consists primarily of 32 letters, 3 post cards, 2 cards, and other enclosures written by Arthur Stringer and addressed to Mary Belle Edmonds, a school teacher from St. Thomas, Ontario. They first met in 1933 on the Newfoundland-Labrador boat cruise.

Stringer, Arthur
RC0812 · Item · 1896

The item consists of a signed photograph mounted on cardboard: b&w; 14 × 9.7 cm. The photograph is of Bourinot at the age of two years and seven months. The photographer is: Toplay, 132 Sparks St., Ottawa.

Bourinot, Arthur Stanley
RC0942 · Collection · 1936-2017, predominant 1971-1978

Collection contains original artwork and copies of posters for the McMaster Campus Cinema screening program; posters or comic art created or collected by Art Cooper; and fanzines and mini comics created in the Southern Ontario region, particularly in the early 1970s.

Cooper, Art
Archie P. McKishnie fonds
RC0917 · Fonds · ca. 1920-1946

Fonds includes typescripts (including one Lennox Ballister story), writing fragments, and a teaching assignment from the Arts and Letters School. Also includes a typescript of a short story by Phyllis Jean McKishnie.

McKishnie, Archie P.
Antonio D'Alfonso fonds
RC0144 · Fonds · 1967-2021

The fonds consists of archives related to D’Alfonso’s literary, publishing, teaching and film production career.

D'Alfonso, Antonio
Anthony Burgess fonds
RC0231 · Fonds · 1958-1978

There have been six accruals. The first accrual contains typescripts. The second accrual contains correspondence. The third (28-1991) accrual is an autograph music manuscript. The fourth accrual (45-1995) is a letter from Burgess to William Cole. The fifth accrual (23-1991) consists of letter from Burgess in the personas of his cat Lalage, and his dog, Suke, to Cleo, the cat of Ceridwen Looker. Looker's mother was the sister of Burgess's first wife, Lynne, who died in 1965. The fifth accrual (05-1998) also contains an autograph music manuscript. The sixth accrual consists of correspondence between Burgess and William Ready, McMcaster University Librarian, one letter from Burgess to his publisher and two photographs.

Burgess, Anthony
Anna Porter fonds
RC0119 · Fonds · 1965-2022

The fonds consists material related to Porter's business, as well as her writing.

Porter, Anna
Albert Mansbridge collection
RC0236 · Collection · 1928-1952

The collection consists mainly of Mansbridge's letters to Leonard Clark. There are also a few manuscripts concerning Mansbridge, Christmas cards, invitations, and announcements relating to Mansbridge, photographs of Mansbridge, and some pamphlets by Mansbridge. This collection was assembled by his friend Leonard Clark. Clark, an educator, author, editor and poet was born on 1 August 1905 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. He was made inspector of schools with the Ministry of Education in 1936. He died in London in 1981.

Mansbridge, Albert
Alan Walker fonds
RC0107 · Fonds · ca. 1836-1908

The fonds consists of material related to Alan Walker's research, recordings, and other professional activities. As well as personal material, including correspondence. The third accrual contains 30 items related to Liszt and his Circle, including 14 letters from Liszt.

Walker, Alan