COLLECTION SPÉCIALE: QUEBEC, EGLISE NOTRE-DAME, 1667
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originaux, 1667, 6 pp (CH128.S148)
Ce contrat relatif à la fabrique de l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Québec est signé par Jean Soullard et M. Soullard.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: ALGONQUIN AND NIPPISSING INDIANS OF OKA, 1831-1880
Oka, situated some 35 miles west of Montréal and the Lake of Two Mountains was originally an Indian mission founded in 1717. A band of Iroquois from the Sault au Récollet Mission settled there in 1720. Its population reached 900. This number was increased further a few years later when Nipissings and Algonquins came from Isle aux Tourtes, across the lake, to settle at Oka.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1831-1880, .5 cm (CH101.S119)
This collection consists of twelve documents concerning the settlement of the Algonquin and Nipissing Indians at Oka, some in native languages, 1831-1853. As well, there are letters and documents, mostly addressed to N.O. Greene, solicitor and a champion of the Indian cause, concerning the Indians of Oka, 1878-1880.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN, ca 1930
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, ca 1930 (CH277.Bd252)
This list of Canadian architectural craftsmen and sculptors may have been compiled by Philip Turner.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: ARTIST ARCHIVES, 1847-1967
The Artist Archives Collection contains materials from a number of Canadian artists such as John Colin Forbes (1846-1925), a portrait painter whose clients included King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; George Agnew Reid (1860-1947), a portrait and landscape painter; A.Y. Jackson (1882-1975), a member of the Group of Seven and G. Stanford Perrott (b.1917) who served as the Head of the Alberta College of Art from 1967-1974.
McCORD MUSEUM
Originals, 1847-1967, 30 cm (M16846, M16963, M18395, APPM219133, Unaccessioned)
The major part of this collection is formed of correspondence (1878-1909) to John Colin Forbes, including letters from Lord Strathcona and Sydney Fisher concerning his portraits of royalty, 1904-1907. Also included are eleven letters from A.Y. Jackson to art dealer William R. Watson, concerning business transactions and art criticism, 1933-1959; six letters of George A. Reid dealing with his research interests and letters of recommendation, 1926-1932; and six letters from G. Stanford Perrott to artists James and Marion Nichol, 1954 concerning the progress of his studies under Hans Hoffmann, 1954.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, 1580-1970
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, ca 1580-ca 1970, 5 m (A.L.S.)
This extensive collection of autograph letters from figures of social, intellectual and political importance in Western Europe and North America includes a very high percentage of correspondence from poets, novelists, scholars, musicians, painters, philosophers and critics. They include Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Alfred Lord Tennyson, W.B. Yeats and Alexandre Dumas, père et fils, as well as such lesser-known names as Lord Dunsany, Bret Harte, and J.M. Scott-Moncrieff. Amongst the painters are Augustus John, Thomas Bewick and Sir Edwin Landseer; music and theatre are represented, among others, by Edmund Kean, Jenny Lind, Sir George Grove, Felix Mendelssohn and Dame Nellie Melba. Some figures are represented by a small collection of letters, others by a single item. The Autograph Letters have not yet been fully described; researchers wishing to trace correspondence may contact the Rare Books Department.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHS ON CARDS, ca 1870 to ca 1910
This collection of Canadian photographs was gathered from a wide variety of sources.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, ca 1870-ca 1910, 10,000 photographs
Over 10,000 photographs pasted on cards and arranged by geographic region provide Canadian views, scenes, landscapes and portraits, ca 1870-ca 1910.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: DIRECT POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, 1845 to ca 1890
These daguerreotypes; ambrotypes and tintypes were collected by the Notman Photographic Archives.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, 1845 to ca 1890, 100 direct positives
This collection of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes consists mostly of portraits.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: GRIERSON, JOHN, 1898-1972
John Grierson was born in 1898 and educated at the universities of Glasgow and Chicago. In 1928 he returned to England, and in 1929 produced Drifters, the first documentary film and the well-spring of a new genre of cinema. Grierson assisted in the formation of the National Film Board of Canada in 1939 and supervised the production of information films for the Canadian government during World War II. He served as director of mass communications for UNESCO from 1946 to 1948 and film controller for Britain's Central Office of Information from 1948 to 1950. In his later years, besides working as executive producer for British television and films, Grierson emerged as an articulate theorist of a new science, communications, particularly in relation to the social and political dimensions of documentary film. His presence at McGill as special lecturer in the Communications Programme of the English Department in 1970-1971 gave the initial impetus to the formation of this collection.
A large collection of Grierson's papers is located at the University Archives, Sterling University, Scotland.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals, Printed Materials, Photocopies, Films, Audio-tapes, ca 1925-1980, 30 m, 350,000 ft of film, 195,000 ft of audio-tape and 90 audio-cassettes (M.G. 2067)
The Grierson Collection was assembled by the Communications Department, McGill University, by soliciting, from a variety of sources, documentation on Grierson himself, on the institutions for which he worked (particularly the National Film Board of Canada), and on the history of documentary film. The core of the collection is from the Film Board, and consists of audio-visual production materials for films on Grierson and related topics; supplementing this are collections of documentation, and some personal papers, mostly obtained from associates of Grierson. There is a shelf-list finding aid for all audio-visual materials.
Production Materials for Films, Broadcasts and Publications
1. Grierson. Produced and directed by Roger Blais. National Film Board of Canada, 1973. Production number: 45-158. (c.10-c.11, F0433-0565, 0606-0607, 0611-0613, 0617; AT0820-0870, 0872-0905, 0914, 7000-7016, 7024, 9000-9004, 9006-9008, 9010; AC0078-0079, 0234).
This film describes the career and film philosophy of Grierson. Besides English and French copies of the completed film (films F0613- F0617) the material from NFB consists of audio-visual material either produced directly for the film, or culled from elsewhere. Material produced directly for the film comprises interviews, conducted by Roger Blais in French and James Beveridge in English, with Grierson's associates, students and friends. The discussions illuminate every aspect of Grierson's life and thought: his early career (Boris Kaufmann, Stuart Legg), the genesis of British documentary film (Alberto Cavalcanti), the early days of the NFB (Walter Turnbull, Ernie Wilson, Ross McLean), the experience of working under Grierson (Norman McLaren), war propaganda (Irving Jacoby), Grierson's wartime activities and the Gouzenko affair (Lorne Greene), Grierson at UNESCO (William Farr, Lord Ritchie Calder), Grierson and Scottish TV (Lord Thompson), Grierson's political outlook and behaviour as an administrator (Guy Glover), his attitute toward French Canada (Paul Thériault), his theories of film and communications (Henri Langlois, Roberto Rosselini), and the qualities of his own films (Marshall McLuhan). (Films F0433-F0565, Audio-tapes AT0820-AT0870-0903-0905. Some interviews are transcribed.)
The following supplementary materials were not produced for Grierson, but provided some footage for the film. Grierson's 1970 expedition to India as head of a team of communications specialists consulting on educational programmes for family planning is documented in interviews and speeches (Audio-tapes AT0872-879, 9000, 7000, 7024, 0914; Audio-cassettes AC078-0079, 0234). A group of interviews with Grierson, ca 1960-1970, describe his career, particularly in relation to the creation of the NFB, and his ideas on the documentary and the development of the art of the film (Films F0606-0607, 0611-0612; Audio-tapes AT0880-0898, 0916, 7001-7013, 9001-9004). Tapes of the celebrations of the NFB's 25th anniversary include tributes to Grierson (Audio-tapes AT0898-0902, 7014, 9006-9008, 9010). Grierson and others discussed the political and educational implications of the medium of film at the 1969-1970 conferences of the NFB-McGill Summer Film Institute (Audio-tapes AT7015-7016).
The papers in the Roger Blais Collection are mainly transcripts of the interviews for Grierson, together with copies of Grierson's speeches and articles and some background material, annual reports and correspondence relating to the NFB from 1939 to 1945. (40 cm, c.10-c.11).
2. Dreamland One (A History of Canadian cinema, 1895-1939). Produced by the Great Canadian Moving Picture Company, assisted by the NFB, 1974. Production number: 45-090. (Audio-tapes AT0907-0911; Films F0566-72).
Interviews made for Dreamland One of Gordon Sparling and N.A. Taylor discuss the productions, studio facilities, equipment and distribution problems of early Canadian cinema. Reels of trailer outs for the film are accompanied by notes.
3. Has Anyone Here Seen Canada? Produced by Kirwin Cox and Miles McKinnery, 1978 (30 cm, c.12, c.13).
The Kirwin Cox Collection consists of photocopied reports, articles, correspondence and transcripts gathered as background material for this film, a sequel to Dreamland One covering the years 1939-1977. The reports describe the origin and operations of the NFB, and its relations to other government departments. The articles are about or by Grierson, presenting his views on the development of the documentary film, the problems of producing and distributing non-commercial films in Canada and the role of the NFB in war-time and after. Correspondence and memoranda from various U.S. and Canadian government departments reflect attitudes towards Grierson's political views. (30 cm, c.12, c.13).
4. The Working Class on Film. Directed by Roger Blais, Guy Glover and Tom Daley. National Film Board of Canada, 1975. Production number: 45-234. (Films F0573-F0604; Audio-tapes AT0912-0913).
Production materials for this film, (originally intended to be the first of a series of six entitled "Grierson Series", or "John Grierson's Documentary Philosophy",) consist of clips from a large number of Grierson films.
5. Elspeth Chisholm's collection of radio documentaries on Grierson (20 cm, c.10-c.11).
The collection of Elspeth Chisholm, an early member of the Film Board, radio documentalist and teacher, consists of taped interviews, with accompanying notes and précis, as well as supplementary audio-tapes and files of clippings, gathered as material for three CBC radio broadcasts: a documentary, the Canadian Indian Summer of John Grierson, and segments for the programmes Trans-Canada (1969) and Sunday Supplement (1975). The interviews with Beth Bertram, Betty Zimmerman, Senator David Cameron, John Bird and Davidson Dunton illustrate Grierson's work during the war. Grierson's role as teacher is discussed by his McGill colleagues Donald Theall and Hugo McPherson, and by his students Eleanor Beattie and Ronald Blumer. Canadian communication policy is the subject of interviews with Rodrigue Chiasson and Pierre Juneau. A comprehensive overview of Grierson's life and career is provided by an interview with James Beveridge.
6. C.W. Gray, Movies for the People: the Story of the National Film Board's Unique Distribution System (Ottawa, National Film Board, (1973) (Audio-tapes AC0080-0165, 254A-260B, 354A).
Background materials for this book on the distribution of Canadian film from 1939 to 1970 consist of taped interviews by C.W. ("Dooley") Gray with NFB personnel, including Grierson. The central topic is the creation of the distribution network, but other subjects are touched on such as the use of NFB films in schools, government and adult education, and the relations of the NFB with government departments, the CBC, and private agencies such as film councils, libraries and churches.
7. James Beveridge, John Grierson: Film Master (New York, Macmillan, 1978) (30 cm, c.7-c.9)
The James Beveridge Collection consists of background materials for this book. A former Canadian Film Board member and Director of York University Film Program, Beveridge worked on the film Grierson and compiled the transcripts from this film for the book John Grierson, Film Master. Grierson's addresses to the Chicago Library Association, the University of California, and his recollections of the early days at the Film Board are available in transcript form as well as speeches, articles, and addresses by Grierson from 1940 to 1969 relating to decentralization of the means of production, the role of the film in international relations, education, and many other topics.
Research Materials
1. Interviews with and films of John Grierson (Films F0609-0610)
Miscellaneous audio-visual materials from the NFB include sound and picture trims of Grierson on Crescent St., Montréal, ca 1970. The CRTC summaries of transcripts are digests of interviews with Grierson by Rodrigue Chiasson, Pierre Juneau and André Martin of CRTC concerning decentralization of communication, freedom of the press and the role of propaganda in the modern state.
2. Documentation collections
The McGill University Collection consists of materials gathered by the research team for the Grierson Collection project. There are copies of printed articles, and news clippings, as well as taped interviews conducted by Elspeth Chisholm of many of Grierson's associates (e.g. Gordon Sparling, Lotte Reiniger, David Dunton, Ralph Foster, Ken McCready, John and Florence Bird, Dan Wallace), with transcripts. Correspondence between members of the team and associates of Grierson is also kept in this collection, together with photos from the Public Archives of Canada, articles on the documentary movement photocopied from material in the McGill libraries, a bibliography of materials dealing with the film Nightmail, and research material relating the documentary movement to the aesthetics of modernism (c.5, c.6).
The Elton Collection, donated by Lady Elton, assembles photocopies of newspaper and periodical articles from the archives of Sir Arthur Elton (a member of Grierson's documentary team in the 1930s) on Grierson's work, from the 1930s to the 1970s. There are a few carbon copies of reports and correspondence. (10 cm)
A collection donated by Grierson's sister Marion Taylor contains pamphlets on documentary and the use of sound (ca 1937), articles on documentary in the 1960s, and photographs of Grierson, ca 1940 and 1960. (3 cm, c.13).
The collection of Eleanor Beattie, a McGill student of Grierson's, consists of some personal postcards from Grierson, transcripts of informal talks on communication by Grierson, with Beattie's edited version, and a copy of Grierson's 1969 Edinburgh Film Festival lecture (4 cm, c.25).
Photographs of Grierson with Sydney Newman, Ralph Ellis, and Ralph Foster (ca 1939-1945), together with copies of Grierson's articles and other literature on the documentary movement from the 1940's, are contained in the collection of Ralph Foster, a Toronto Star journalist and early Film Board member responsible for contacts with U.S. newsreel organizations.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: HERALDRY, 1630-1763
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1630, 1763, 5 cm (H96.Bd243, H56.Bd12)
This small collection on British heraldry comprises "Lectures on Heraldry" by Rev. J. Hogg, 1763, as well as a two-volume, indexed catalogue entitled "A folio of the Arms of the Gentry of the four northern countys," assembled between the years 1650 and 1720.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: HUME, DAVID, 1711-1776
David Hume, philosopher and historian was born in Edinburgh and brought up on his family's estate of Ninewells. He spent two or three years at Edinburgh University, but for the most part developed his ideas through independent reading. Three years in France resulted in his Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740), a work which was largely ignored or misunderstood. Hume returned to Ninewells with the resolve to present his ideas to the public under the more accessible form of essays. Successive volumes of Essays Moral and Political appeared in 1741, 1742 and 1748, Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding in 1748, and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in 1752. Hume's reputation for scepticism led to his failure to win the chair of philosophy at Edinburgh in 1744, but he found congenial employment as curator of the Advocates' Library (1751-1756) where he wrote his History of Great Britain. He returned to Paris, his spiritual home, as a member of the British diplomatic mission (1763-1765), but passed his last years in Edinburgh.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals and Copies, 1761-1775, 4 cm (M3.Bd4)
Under the general heading "David Hume Collection" is grouped a number of letters written by Hume, mostly to the Comtesse de Boufflers, but some to the Marquise de Barbentane. Also bound into this volume are 11 letters from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and one from the Maréchal d'Ecosse to Madame de Boufflers and copies of two letters from Madame de Boufflers to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: INDIAN LEGENDS, ca 1874
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, ca 1874, 34 pp CH18.S54)
An unsigned notebook titled "Indian Legends"
SPECIAL COLLECTION: JEFFERIES, RICHARD, 1848-1887
Novelist and naturalist Richard Jeffries was born on a farm near Sindon in Wiltshire. As a young man he learned shorthand and began writing for journals. He published his first novel in 1874, and in 1876 moved to London. Both his novels and his periodical essays centre on country life, his descriptions of the Wiltshire landscape and of the interaction of the human and natural worlds being especially evocative. Jeffries died almost destitute following a long illness; sympathy aroused by these circumstances lead his friends to establish a fund for his family.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1887-1918, 5 cm, (M260.Bd Box VII)
These letters, mostly from J.W. North to C. Churchill Osborne, concern Jeffries' death and the fund established for his family.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH, ca 1898
Beginning in 1896 the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory in Northern Canada was the focal point of a massive gold rush. The small settlement of Dawson quickly grew into a city of 25,000. By 1899 almost all the important gold-bearing areas had been claimed and the gold rush fever quickly subsided.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, ca 1898, 133 photographs
This collection of photographs consists of portraits, scenes and views, taken in Dawson City and the surrounding area during the gold rush era, ca 1898, and reflects the work of several photographers, including Tappen Adney, Walter Strand, H.C. Barley and E.A. Hegg.
COLLECTION SPÉCIALE: KRUDENER, JULIE DE VIETINGHOFF, BARONNE DE, fl 1790-1817
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originaux, 1790-1817, 2.5 cm (H179)
Collection de huit lettres dont quatre à Bernardin de St. Pierre, 1790.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, ca 1850 to ca 1940
These magic lantern slides were gathered by the Notman Photographic Archives.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Slides, ca 1850-ca 1940, 4500 slides
The collection consists of 4000 photographic magic lantern slides, ca 1870-ca 1940 and 500 hand painted magic lantern slides, ca 1850-ca 1860.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MICMAC INDIANS, 1796, 1836
Before the arrival of Europeans in North America, the Micmac were settled in present day Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Northern New Brunswick. They were Algonkian speaking bands whose economic existence was based on hunting, gathering and fishing. The Micmac who, at one point, were an ally of France, continued to wage war against the British until 1779. Although some Micmac may have already been there, both France and Britain brought a number of Micmacs to Newfoundland. The Micmac still live in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
McCORD MUSEUM
Original, Copies, 1796, 1836, 7 pp (M18836)
This collection consists of a Micmac manuscript on paper watermarked 1796 and two letters (one a photocopy) to a M. Boulin, Paris from A. Duhamel, St-Pierre, Terre Neuve, 14 novembre 1836 explaining how he came into possession of the manuscript and describing Micmac customs.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MODERN CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS, ca 1970-ca 1984
This collection of photographs represents the work of mostly Montréal-based, amateur and professional photographers. Nearly all the photographs were raised from exhibitions at the McCord Museum.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, ca 1970-ca 1984, ca 200 photographs
The collection includes the works of the following photographers: David Miller and Clara Gutsche on the Milton Park Project in Montréal, ca 1970; Gabor Szilasi on the La Beauce region of Québec, 1973, Roger Charbonneau on neighbourhoods in Montréal, 1974; Claire Beaugrand-Champagne on the elderly in Montréal and on the Vietnamese community in the city, 1977-1978; Martin Lyons on dam building in Manitoba, 1977; Daniel Kazimierski on the Canadian Hutterite community, 1978; Brian Merrett on his response to modern architecture, and the Snowball house in Montréal, n.d.; Ricardo Castro on facades in Québec City, n.d.; and Thaddeus Holownia with panoramic views of historic sites in New Brunswick, 1979.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MONTELION, ca 1719
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, early 18th century, 3.5 cm (M108.Bd102)
This volume of tales includes the famous history of Montelion with "An encomium upon Harlequin General Wood's horse, 1719" and "Dialogues on the Gods". The blank volume was apparently bought on 18 June 1719.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: POETRY, ca 1700-ca 1820
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, ca 1700-ca 1820, 12 cm (M90.Bd84, M147.Bd141, M155.Bd149, M46.Bd44, M148.Bd142)
Under the general heading of poetry, the Rare Books Department groups a number of anonymous collections and verse miscellanies. These include a volume written ca 1700 containing Milton's Comus and other poems, largely elegaic; a group of 38 original poems from 1774; satires of Cambridge personalities by an undergraduate (1795-1800); poems in various hands by George Colin Campbell, Miss Flaxman, Mrs A.M. Keith, Bernard Bolton, George Tucker and others, with sketches (1817); and Lady Murray's poetry commonplace-book (ca 1820) containing poems by celebrated authors and some original pieces.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: ROBERTS, CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS, 1860-1943
Charles G.D. Roberts was born in Douglas, New Brunswick, and educated at the University of New Brunswick. He taught English literature at King's College, Windsor, from 1885 to 1895, and then moved to New York City, where he remained until 1907. After a period of travel, he settled in England in 1911, but finally returned to Canada in 1925. He was knighted in 1935. Roberts' poetry is characterized by lyric evocations of the New Brunswick lanscape and by a vigorous patriotism. He wrote fiction about animals (e.g. Red Fox, 1905), outdoor adventure, and contemporary social and ethical themes (The Heart that Knows, 1906), as well as historical and descriptive works about Canada.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1889-1901, 4 cm (CM45/CM47.Bd Box I, CM85.Bd Box VII)
Roberts' papers include manuscripts of three poems, "The night sky", "A Summer pool", and "The cow pasture", 1889, as well as part of the original manuscript of his Songs of the Common Day (1891).
SPECIAL COLLECTION: SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, THEATRE, 1789-1817
When the Loyalists from the American colonies migrated to New Brunswick in 1783, theatricals were part of the new community's life. The first dramatic performance for public charity took place in the long room of Mallard's Tavern, King Street, in 1789. Performances at various times were given during the following years. Two actors involved in the theatre were Jonathan and Stephen Sewell. Saint John's first exclusively theatrical building was erected in Drury Lane, around 1805. However, the theatre at Drury Lane began experiencing financial difficulties and the building was finally sold in 1816. The new owners attempted to continue Drury Lane's theatrical life by the introduction of a professional company, but finances did not improve and the life of the Saint John theatre ended.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, 1789, 1.5 cm (CH67.Bd91)
These "characters of different plays as performed at the Theatre, King Street" consist of speeches, extracted from the plays, which were deemed particularly striking or typical of the personage.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: SOUTHEY, ROBERT, 1774-1843
Southey was Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1797-1836, 1 cm (M21.Bd113)
Most of this collection consists of letters to William Taylor, Jr., Miss Seward, Robert Bloomfield, H.Smith, Charles Cradock, and others, 1797-1836. Also included are extracts from, and notes on, Shadwell, ca 1823.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, ca 1854-1867, 2 cm (M133.Bd127)
Some of my adventures including epistolary experiences of a remarkable character, illustrated with 23 original drawings in sepia. The setting appears to be the Vale of Llangollen.
ANONYME: ODES D'HORACE, TRADUCTION, 1884
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Original, 1884, 2 cm (M.G. 4040)
Traduction française anonyme des Odes d'Horace; le texte latin original est inclus sur la page opposé. Le document est décoré de bordures de style classique, dessinées â la main.
ABERDARON, DICK, fl 1820
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, ca 1820, 10 pp (M228.Bd Box V)
This manuscript poem in Greek is entitled "An Order of Harps".
ADAM, JULIETTE (NEE LAMBERT), 1836-1936
Epouse d'Edmond Adam, Juliette Lambert était journaliste et écrivain.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originaux, 1863-1905, 5.25 cm (M16.Box, M17)
Le fonds de Mme Adam comprend 87 lettres, parmi lesquelles on retrouve une correspondance avec Pierre Marquet, le Conseiller de Préfecture de Nice.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, 1932-1947, 7.5 cm (New MSS)
Five notebooks of poems, essays and short stories include travel notes, n.d., untitled poems, three short stories ("Seventeen", "The Knife", ca 1932 and "In October" ca 1946), and a novella, The Fathers and the Children (1947).
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Copy, 1790, 10 pp (New MSS)
This score of Andreozzi's vocal duet "Lasciami Indegno" was copied in Argentina.
ANICET-BOURGEOIS, AUGUSTE, 1806-1871
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, n.d., 51 pp (New MSS-Decourcelle)
Manuscrit d'une pièce de théâtre intitulée Le docteur noir par Anicet-Bourgeois and Philippe-François Pinel Dumanoir (1806-1865).
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, 1943, 29 pp (New MSS)
Cette copie dactylographiée de Le Creve-Coeur fut diffusée en France pendant l'occupation allemande.
AREOPAGUS SOCIETY, EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 1905-1907
The Areopagus was a literary and informal debating society formed by undergraduates at Emmanuel College in 1905.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1905-1907, 1 cm (M163.Bd157)
Minute book of the Areopagus covers the period 1905-1907.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, n.d., 28 pp (M171.Bd164)
This version of Arnold's Love songs in many tongues with the originals differs significantly from the published version. It includes a version (translation?) of Beaudelaire's "Invitation au Voyage".
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, Printed Materials, Photographs, ca 1929-1931, 7.5 cm (CM58.Bd Box II and New MSS)
Ashmun's papers comprise her manuscript of David and the Bear Man
(published by Macmillan in 1929), as well as manuscript, typescript and proofsheet versions of The Singing Swan: an account of Ann Seward and her acquaintance with Dr. Johnson, Boswell and others (published by Yale University Press). Also included are 6 photographs to be reproduced in the biography, and three letters regarding its publication.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, ca 1830, 3.5 cm (M196.Bd189)
Manuscript of the novel Scenes and Visions by A. Shadow (pseudonym).
Born at Dudley, England, Harry Barker came to Canada in 1908. Barker served at McGill University for 30 years as janitor in the Arts Building and at the Faculty of Law. Known as McGill's "poet laureate", much of his verse was published in the McGill Daily.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1920-1942, 1 cm (CM2)
Barker's autographs of his poems.
BARNARD, LESLIE GORDON, 1890-1961
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1917-1961, 1.7 m (Large MSS)
Barnard's papers comprise manuscripts of short stories (ca 1920-1959), including stories written in collaboration with his wife), speeches and addresses (ca 1932-1961) and radio and television plays with related correspondence and contracts (1940-1961). Other materials connected with his writing include work schedules (1944-1958), unfinished stories, notebooks of story ideas and conference items (1923-1958), diaries (1917, 1960), travel notes (1941) and memoranda and magazine record (1919-1928). Barnard's correspondence, both personal and business, covers the period 1929-1961. There are a few personal financial records, as well as reports presented to the First Baptist Church, Montréal (1955).
BASON, FREDERICK THOMAS, 1907-
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1959-1962, ca 300 pp (New MSS)
Bason's typewritten diary is entitled "The last bassoon" (1959) and a short story "Summer", especially written for Doulton's (1962). There is also a letter to F. Cyril James, ca 1962.
BAYLIS, SAMUEL MATHEWSON, fl 1922-1926
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, ca 1922-1926, 15 pp (CH164.S34)
Typescript biography of Simon McTavish.
BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES, 1797-1839
Bayly was the author of several novels and dramas.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, n.d., 17 pp (M239.Bd Box VI)
Manuscript of his prose tale, "A Legend of Killarney".
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Original, ca 1835, 2.5 cm (New MSS)
Bellamy composed the libretto and William Hutchins Callcott the music to this romantic opera Conrad, or The Heir of Holstein, adapted from Matthew Gregory Lewis' One O'Clock.
BENNETT, ENOCH ARNOLD, 1867-1931
Arnold Bennett was one of the most prolific and popular British authors of his time.
RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT
Originals, 1915-1925, 31 pp (M235.Bd Box V)
Two original manuscripts, the short story "Time to Shrink" (1925), and an article "Zone of Paris" (1915).
BERESFORD HOWE, CONSTANCE ELIZABETH, 1922-
Constance Beresford-Howe is a contemporary Canadian novelist. She received her B.A. (1945) and M.A. (1946) from McGill.
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Transcripts, 1954, 2.5 cm (CM15.Bd69)
Manuscript of a novel The Unreasoning Heart.
BERTOCCHI, MARIA FULVIA, fl 1800
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Originals, 1800, 49 pp (M10.Bd13)
Manuscript of a tragedy titled "S. Eustachio".
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Originals, Photocopies and Printed Materials, 1966-1970, 75 pp (New MSS)
This correspondence between Birney and Thomas J. Jackson concerns work on a bibliography of Malcolm Lowry, written in collaboration with Marjorie Lowrie. A signed copy of the printed bibliography is accompanied by newspaper clippings on Lowry's October Ferry to Gabriola, and copies of three biographical sketches of Birney.
Scholar, biographer and poet Morris Bishop was born in Willard, N.Y., and educated at Cornell University (A.B. 1913, M.A. 1914, Ph.D. 1926). He taught Romance languages at Cornell from 1921 until his retirement in 1960, and published poetry, essays, literary histories, and biographies of French and Italian writers. In 1959 he delivered the Beatty Lectures at McGill, later published as White Men Came to the St. Lawrence (McGill University Press, 1961).
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Original, 1959, 1 item (M.G. 3014)
Typescript of the Beatty Lecture entitled "By the river of Hochelaga - the land the French found".
BOISHEBERT-GASTE OF TILLY, COMTESSE DE,
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Transcripts, ca 1940, 1002 pp (CM57.Bd Box II)
Typescript of a novel "Die Master" by Countess XXXX.
Born in England, W. Hanson Boorne immigrated to Western Canada in 1882. After ranching in Manitoba for 2 years, he settled in Calgary and established himself as a professional photographer in 1886. As a photographer, he was chiefly interested in portraying Indians, ranching activity, and mountain scenery. He also photographed the urban environment of such towns as Calgary, Edmonton, Banff and Winnipeg. He returned to England in 1899.
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Originals, photographs, 1886-ca 1894, 200 photographs
The Boorne papers consist of photographs, taken by him at Bird's Hill Manitoba and those which document his activities as a professional photographer, 1886-ca 1894; journals concerning his travels, 1886; a manuscript of an article written for the Calgary Herald on his photograph of the Sun Dance, 1887; and a sales catalogue for his photographs, n.d.
BOULAINVILLIERS, HENRI, COMTE DE, fl 1700-1740
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Original, ca 1700, 1740, 812 pp (M1.Bd1, M276.Bd98)
"Essai de métaphysique dans le Principe de B*** de Spinosa. La vie de Spinosa par Lucas. L'Esprit de Spinosa. Cet ouvrage n'a point été imprimé" (ca 1700?). Egalement, le texte de "Le Fameux Livre des Trois Imposteurs Traduit du Latin en Francais" (ca 1740).
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Originals, Typescripts and Carbon Copies, n.d., 1.5 cm (New MSS)
This collection contains typescripts and carbon copies of selected writings of Bertold Brecht. It includes "Studien", "Shelley", "Hoelle" and "Ballade vom Herrn der Fische" and "Svendborger Gedichte".
Brott joined the McGill Faculty of Music as instructor of violin in 1942. He became Professor of music in 1967.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals, ca 1954, 1962, 1 cm (M.G. 4069)
Two original scores, "Martlet's Muse" and "Sept for Sept".
The English physician Sir Thomas Browne practiced for most of his life at Norwich. His writings treat a wide variety of subjects, including the reconciliation of the skepticism of science with religious faith.
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Microfilm (negative), n.d. (Acc. 415, Micro A-3)
A microfilm of a manuscript copy of Browne's Religio medici. The original is at Lehigh University, Bethleham, Pennsylvania.
A native of Scotland, William Brymner came to Canada in 1857. His father, Douglas Brymner was appointed the first Dominion Archivist in 1872. William studied art in Paris at the Academie Julien under A.W. Bouguereau, and others, and in 1886 he returned to Canada to become the Director of Art Classes at the Art Association of Montreal. Several of his students, including Clarence A. Gagnon, went on to become prominent artists. While he was very interested in the painting of landscapes, particularly of scenes in Québec and the Rocky Mountains, Brymner also did realistic paintings of interiors and figures. In 1886, he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and later held the office of President.
McCORD MUSEUM
Copies, 1878-1925, 4 cm (Unaccessioned)
This collection consists of letters William Brymner sent to his family about his travels and the progress of his work in Europe and Canada, 1878-1925 and letters from his father, Douglas Brymner concerning family matters and encouraging his son's work as an artist, 1883-1885.
BUCKLAND, KATE (HORN, MRS), fl 1838-1876
Kate Horn, afterwards Mrs. John Wellington Buckland, was an actress. Her husband was, for a time, manager of the Theatre Royal in Montréal.
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Originals, 1838-1876, 1 cm (CH38.S106)
This is a collection of letters to Kate Horn from various admirers including General G.L. Clermont and other military men.
BURON, EDMOND JOSEPH PIERRE, 1874-
Edmond Buron fût l'auteur de Les richesses du Canada (1ère édition, Paris, 1904).
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Originaux, 1903, 5 cm (M56.Bd59)
Manuscrit de son Voyage d'un Canadien en France publié à Paris par Lemerre en 1903 sous le pseudonyme Edmond Lambert.
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Original, 1730, 4 cm (M85.Bd77)
"Pythagoras his Monad and Triad, or Plato's universale Soul in motion, etc.," with geometrical diagrams. At the end is 'A comical history of the State and Empire of the Moon', in the same hand, 16 pp. There is a bookplate of Philip Burton and his signature, dated 1730.
BUSENELLO (OR BUSINELLO), GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, 1598-1659
Giovanni Francesco Busenello was born in Venice and studied law at the University of Padua. He sustained a successful practice as a lawyer in Venice while pursuing a literary career. His fame rests on a prolific output of poetry and drama, including the libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'incoronazione di Poppea (1642).
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Copy, ca 1690, 3 cm (M35.Bd30)
Manuscript of 436 pp is entitled "Racolta di satire et altre composizioni del Sigr Gianfrancesco Businello...con Le Riposte del Badoer et Mocenigo Patrizii Veneti."
Among the best known works of this British author were Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.
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Original, 1897, 5 cm (M207.Bd207)
This author's copy with corrections of The Authoress of the Odyssey was given by Butler to Alfred Cathie, his valet-clerk.
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM WILFRED, 1861-1918
William Wilfred Campbell was born in Berlin (now Kitchener) Ontario, and raised in the Bruce Peninsula area of Georgian Bay. He was educated at the University of Toronto and the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and ordained an Anglican priest in 1886. After a short period as rector of St. Stephens, New Brunswick and Southampton, Ontario, he resigned from the ministry and entered the federal civil service in Ottawa. The scenery of the Bruce Peninsula is invoked in his early poems, published in Snowflakes and Sunbeams (1888), Lake Lyrics (1889) and The Dread Voyage (1893), as well as in his prose account of The Beauty, History, Romance and Mystery of the Canadian Lake Region (1910). Campbell also wrote historical and patriotic poetry, edited the first Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, and published a history of The Scotsman in Canada (1911).
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Originals, n.d., 1 cm (CM53.Bd Box 1)
Campbell's papers comprise "From the taking of Quebec" and "At the brook" in typescript; printed copies, with handwritten corrections, of "The Vanguard" and "A la claire Fontaine"; and a printed copy of Atlantean Lyrics with a manuscript dedication. See also Section VIII. Culture, Literature and the Arts, William Douw Lighthall.
CARLISLE, NICHOLAS, fl 1818-1828
Carlisle was president of the British Society of Antiquaries.
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Originals, 1818-1828, 56 pp (New MSS)
This consists of 24 letters to David Lysons mostly about the Society of Antiquaries.
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Originals, 1902, n.d., 5 pp (New MSS)
Texts of five poems by Carman.
CARMICHAEL, FRANKLIN, 1890-1945
Born in Orillia, Ontario, Franklin Carmichael was an original member of the Group of Seven. One of the founders of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, he served as president of the Society from 1932-1935. He was a teacher at the Ontario College of Art from 1932-1945.
McCORD MUSEUM
Originals, 1939-1945, 5 cm (Unaccessioned)
These papers of Carmichael include lecture notes, 1939-1945; a design for Canadian National Telegraph, n.d.; and sample designs of Christmas cards, n.d..
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, ca 1340-1400
Chaucer's most famous work is the Canterbury Tales.
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Originals, 1811, 1813, 9 cm (M83.Bd73)
These two volumes of "Canterbury Tales Modernized" belonged formerly to E. Dauden, who notes that the unknown adapter has added 500 lines of his own to the unfinished "Cook's Tale".
COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE, 1789-1883
John Payne Collier was born in London, and trained for a legal career; he soon abandoned this, however, in favour of literary pursuits. He produced editions of Spenser's poetry and of the Roxburghe ballads, but was largely famous - and indeed, infamous - for his work on Elizabethan drama. While he rediscovered many important texts and documents, he was an incorrigible forger whose wholesale invention of Shakesperiana causes confusion and error amongst scholars to this day, even though his deceptions were unmasked in 1861.
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Originals, ca 1843, 1.5 cm (M188.Bd181)
These papers consist of Collier's transcripts of three plays: the Interlude of Esther (1561), Lady Pecunia (1605), and Marton's Entertainment to the Countess of Derby at Ashby.
George Colman (surnamed 'The Elder') was born in Florence, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1755, M.A. 1758). He prepared to practice law, but abandoned this project as he became increasingly occupied with literature. He met David Garrick in 1760, and the same year produced his first play The Honeycombe a satirical comedy. The Jealous Wife (1761), based in part on Fielding's Tom Jones is one of the earliest stage adaptations of a novel. Colman's most famous play is undoubtedly The Clandestine Marriage, but he wrote many others which have never been printed. Colman was also a successful manager, first of the Covent Garden Theatre and later of the Haymarket, and he published translations of Terence and Horace.
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Copy, ca 1778, 2 cm (M135.Bd129)
An unpublished comedy, "The suicide", produced at the Haymarket in 1778, is preserved in this prompter's copy.
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Originals, ca 1730, 4.5 cm (H91.Bd212)
Historical notes belonging to William Constable include the coronation roll of William and Mary and grants and perpetuities from the Hanaper Books, 1660-1696.
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Original, 1838, ca 1860, 8 cm (CM24.Bd226, CM18.Bd81)
This includes "Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind" and a story titled "The Dual". Included with the letter are some short prose prieces by Susan Corse.
An American, Edward S. Curtis spent the period from 1900 to 1927 photographing the Indians of the American West. By 1930 he had completed his 20 volume set of The North American Indian.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, ca 1900-ca 1930, 8 volumes
8 portfolios of photographs from the 20 portfolio set of Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian.
Pauline Donalda was an opera singer and teacher.
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Originals, 1899-1942, 52 pp (New MSS)
There are 52 letters received by Pauline Donalda from various people in the music world as well as from royalty.
DRUMMOND, WILLIAM HENRY, 1854-1907
William Henry Drummond, dialect poet and physician, was born in Ireland in 1854. The family moved to Montréal in 1864. Drummond attended the High School of Montreal, but left at age fifteen to study telegraphy. His work as a telegrapher brought him into contact with the habitant farmers and woodsmen whose broken English he was to imitate in his poetry. Drummond entered McGill in 1878 to study medicine but failed his second year. He received his M.D. from Bishop's Medical School in 1884. After a short period in Knowlton, Québec, Drummond set up practice in Montréal. At this time, he became interested in the breeding of Irish Terriers. In 1894 he married May Isabel Harvey of Savanna la Mar, Jamaica. His book, The Habitant, was published in 1897 with an introduction by Louis Fréchette. Drummond died in 1907 as a result of a stroke while assisting in a small pox outbreak at Cobalt, Ontario where he owned mining property.
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Originals and Typescripts, 1874-1935, 75 cm (Acc. 439)
Papers consist of personal correspondence, including substantial family correspondence, diaries, journals, engagement books, ledgers, menus, manuscript poems, galley proofs, lecture notes, scrapbooks, and photographs. It includes correspondence, 1874-1935; a diary of Drummonds' trip to Great Britain, 1902; dinner menus, 1902-1903; engagement books, 1902-ca 1906; galley proofs, 1905-1911; "Journal of Impressions" kept at Savanna la Mar, Jamaica, Windsor and Montréal, 1903-1911; lecture notes taken at McGill, 1878-1882; ledgers containing financial entries and patients' accounts during Drummond's practice in Knowlton and Montréal, 1885-1889; notebooks containing manuscript poems, drafts and clippings, 1894-1909; scrapbooks related to literary topics, including clippings about Drummond's public readings and book reviews, 1854-1907 and scrapbooks related to Drummond's dogs, 1890-1907. There are also some papers of Mrs. W.H. Drummond, including a typescript of her "Life of W.H. Drummond;" and diaries recording her trips to the United States and in Canada, 1892, 1903.
DRYSDALE, WILLIAM, fl 1783-1784
This is possibly the William Drysdale who wrote The Sacred Scripture Theory of the Earth (1798) and Popery Dissected (1799).
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Originals, 1783-1784, 7 cm (M200.Bd193)
This manuscript of Drysdale's poem, The British Mariner's Best Guide, or the Theory of Navigation... specified and moralized and spiritualized, is illustrated with diagrams.
DU JANNAY (OU DUJAUNAY), PIERRE LUC, 1704 (ou 1705)-1780
Pierre Luc Du Jannay est né à Vannes en France en 1704 (ou 1705). Il entra chez les Jésuites à Paris en 1723 et, après son ordination, fit le voyage au Canada en 1734. L'année suivante il accompagnait Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Pé à Michilimackinac où il rencontra pour la première fois les Indiens Outaouais dont il devait devenir le pasteur durant les 30 années suivantes. Au cours des années 1740, il compila un dictionnaire manuscrit de 396 pages sur le langage outaouis. Sa longue carrière à Michilimackinac se termina en 1765 lorsqu'il fût rappelé et que la mission fût fermée. Il retourna à Québec et fut nommé directeur spirituel des Ursulines en 1767. Il continua son travail à Québec jusqu'à sa mort en 1780.
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Original, ca 1740, 8 cm (CH267.Bd281)
Dictionnaire de la langue outaouise de Du Jannay.
FAMILY HERALD AND WEEKLY STAR, 1869-1968
The Family Herald was owned by the Montreal Star and published from 1869 until 1968. Subtitled "Canada's National Farm Magazine" the Family Herald published articles on farming subjects as well as fiction and poetry. A memoir about the Family Herald and its last days was published by its last editor, Peter Hendry: Epitaph for Nostalgia (Montréal 1968).
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals, and Photographs, ca 1920s-1968, 1.5 m (M.G. 4063)
Included are administrative files with financial and circulation data, correspondence with readers, and subject files, mostly ca 1950-1968. There is a scrapbook containing examples of printed circulars, brochures, calendars, envelopes, order forms, Christmas cards and special announcements. Also included are photographs taken in conjunction with the magazine articles.
FISCHER, SARAH EUGENIE, 1896-1975
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Fischer was born in Paris of a Polish Family and came to Montréal at the age of twelve or thirteen. Here she began vocal training, and in 1917 won the Strathcona Scholarship, enabling her to study at the Royal College of Music in London for three years. Between the wars she pursued a successful operatic and concert career. In 1940 she inaugurated the Sarah Fischer Concerts for young performers.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Photocopies of Originals in Public Archives of Canada; Audio-tapes, 1917-1975, 30 cm (M.G. 2061)
Madame Fischer's papers are evenly divided between records of her own career as a performer and material on the Sarah Fischer Concerts. Her performing career is documented by newsclippings, tributes and programmes, reports from the Royal College of Music, and publicity photographs in opera costume. Most of the approximately 50 items of correspondence date from the last five years of her life and concern the disposal of her papers. Taped interviews, in which she discusses her career, include recordings from 1918 and 1925. Material connected with the Sarah Fischer Concerts comprises 143 programmes (1941-1975), press notices, announcements, and a report for 1973-1974. Photographs from this period show Fischer with government and musical celebrities.
FLAHERTY, ROBERT JOSEPH, 1884-1951
Although primarily known for his documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922) Robert J. Flaherty was also a photographer. Flaherty made several trips to the Canadian North between 1910 and 1922 and photographed the Innuit and their surroundings.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, 1912-ca 1922, 14 photographs
Portraits of the Innuit with scenes and views of the Canadian North, 1913-ca 1922.
Author and artist.
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Originals, 1788-1825, 2 cm (Blake Collection)
Included are correspondence, cheques and receipts.
GAGNON, CLARENCE A., 1881-1942
Born in Montréal, Clarence A. Gagnon was an art student at the Montreal Art Association where he studied under William Brymner. Under the sponsorship of Montréal businessman James Morgan, Gagnon pursued further studies at the Académie Julien in Paris. Originally, he was an etcher but later he became a painter and was renowned for his winter landscapes of Québec. Gagnon was also interested in the development of French-Canadian handicrafts and open air museums. He became an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1910 and a full member in 1922.
McCORD MUSEUM
Originals, Copies, Printed, 1904-1965, 16 cm (Unaccessioned)
These papers are primarily concerned with Clarence A. Gagnon as an artist, but there is also material which reflects his interests in open air museums and handicrafts. There is personal correspondence from Canadian artists William Brymner, 1908-1917, A.Y. Jackson, 1925-1935, Albert Henry Robinson, 1930-1934 and Horatio Walker, 1922-1938. Gagnon's letters, 1919-1938, of the Canadian poet Duncan Campbell Scott are also in the collection. There are also catalogues and lists of paintings and etchings, 1909-1965 and technical notes on pigments and artistic techniques, n.d.. Other materials include scripts, 1945, 1956; notes and papers, and newspaper clippings about proposed open air museums on Ile d'Orléans, 1938-1939 and Mount Royal, ca 1939-1941; articles on Canadian and Swedish handicrafts and newspaper clippings and plans for expositions, 1934-1941.
Gagnon's correspondence with James Morgan is in the James Morgan Papers in Section VIII. Culture, Literature and the Arts.
Anne Gilchrist was born in London, and married the biographer Alexander Gilchrist. When he died in 1861, she undertook to complete his Life of Blake, and brought out a second edition in 1880-1881. Dante Gabriel Rosetti introduced her to the work of Walt Whitman, and she responded with a number of works of Whitman criticism. From 1876 to 1879, Gilchrist lived in the United States
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Originals, 1880-1881, .25 cm (M28)
Anne Gilchrist's letters to Emma Holland discuss a Blake exhibition in America, as well as her forthcoming revised edition of the Life of Blake. Also included is a letter to Holland from H.E. Scudder.
Novelist and poet John Glassco was born in Montréal, and educated at Bishop's College School and McGill University. He left McGill without taking his degree in 1928, and went to live in Paris, an experience he evokes in Memoirs of Montparnasse (1970). In 1935 he settled permanently in Foster in the Eastern Townships, where he wrote poetry (The Deficit Made Flesh, 1958; A Point of Sky, 1964) and novels in an erotic vein (Under the Hill, The English Governess), translated French Canadian poetry, and edited the journals of Saint-Denys Garneau.
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Originals and Printed Materials, ca 1917-1965, 1 m (Large MSS)
Glassco's juvenalia consists of essays written in elementary school (ca 1917-1920). Correspondence covers the period 1944-1964. Glassco's own literary works are represented by carbon copies and proofs (1938-1964) and include pieces written for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board. There are also copies of periodicals containing poetry or essays by Glassco (1943-1964). Finally, this material includes manuscripts of works by other authors (George Bowering, Gilles Marcotte, George Colman, Jean Le Moyne) edited, introduced or translated by Glassco (1957-1965).
SEE SECTION I. MCGILL UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND RESEARCH
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1920-1959
Harold Midgely Taylor founded the Golden Cockerel Press at Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, in 1920. Taylor's ambition was to print and publish on a co-operative basis work of literary merit by promising young authors. However, this original venture was not successful and a new policy was introduced of printing fine editions of established classics. When Taylor's health began to fail in 1924, he sold the press to Robert Gibbings. Under Gibbings' direction, the Press became the driving force of a new flowering of English wood engraving; every book published between 1924 and 1933 contained wood engravings. The Depression badly affected the Press, and it was taken over in 1933 by Christopher Sandford, Owen Rutter and Francis Newbury. Sandford employed the commercial Chiswick Press to print his books, continuing to produce books illustrated with wood engravings throughout the 1930s. Such books continued to be produced during the post-War period. However, the market for private press books was diminished and in 1959 the press was sold to Thomas Yoseloff, a New York publisher, and new material emanated from the Golden Cockerel Press. In the 40 years of its existence, the Press had produced 200 books.
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Originals, 1938-1955, 144 items (Colgate)
These papers consist of the correspondence, layouts and proofs concerning eleven books published by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1938-1955.
The English antiquarian Richard Gough was born in London. He entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1752, but left without taking his degree. Gough travelled extensively throughout Britain, making copious notes which he digested for his augmented edition of Camden's Britannia, the labour of twenty years (1789). He also published British Topography (1768; 2nd ed. 1780), Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain (1786-1799), and numerous other studies of coins, manuscripts, and archaelogical remains. He also studied on the antiquities of India and the Near East. It was his habit to heavily annotate and interleave his books, and he willed his valuable library to the British Museum.
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Printed material, 1765, 11 cm (M59.Bd62)
Gough's copy of Walpole's 4 volume edition of G. Vertue's Anecdotes of Painting in England (1765) contains numerous annotations and inserted memoranda.
Joseph Gould, the son of Ira Gould, owner of a large milling concern in Montréal, was choirmaster of the American Presbyterian Church and founded the Montreal Mendelssohn Choir in 1864.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals and Photographs, 1856-1860, 15 cm (M.G. 2063)
Gould's papers fall into two series. Family correspondence covers the years 1856 to 1860, when Joseph and his brother Charles were travelling in Europe, and consists of letters home from both young men, and their parents' replies. Manuscript music comprises two volumes of church anthems, with some organ music; some are original compositions by Gould and Samuel Warren. Related to this is Gould's brief manuscript account of the origin of the Mendelssohn Choir. Some family photographs are also included.
GREENSHIELDS FAMILY, 1822-1952
SEE XII. FAMILY AND PRIVATE LIFE
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Originals, ca 1875, 2 cm (M45.Bd43)
This volume contains 30 stories by Giovanni Guerini translated from Italian by Robert Sinclair.
GUILFORD, FRANCIS NORTH, EARL OF, 1761-1817
Francis North served in the British Army (1777-1794) before succeeding to the Earldom of Guilford in 1802. He was also an enthusiastic patron of the stage. His play The Kentish Barons was produced with great success at the Haymarket in 1791, and printed in the same year.
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Originals, ca 1791, 2 cm (M106.Bd100)
Manuscript of The Kentish Barons.
HARRISS, CHARLES ALBERT EDWIN, 1862-1929
Charles Harriss was born in London, and was a church organist and choir director. In 1882 he emigrated to Canada to become organist of St Alban's Church in Ottawa, and in 1883 came to Montréal to take up a similar post at Christ Church Cathedral and at St James the Apostle. He emerged as an energetic organizer of musical events in the city, and was appointed the first director of McGill's Conservatorium of Music (1904-1907). For Harriss music was an important means of promoting imperial sentiment and loyalty. In 1907, he left McGill to organize the London Imperial Choir and initiated Empire Day concerts in the British capital. Thereafter he divided his time between London and Ottawa. Harriss was also a composer.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals, Printed Materials and Photographs, ca 1890-1924, 32 cm (M.G. 3021)
The majority of these papers are manuscript musical scores of Harriss' compositions: pieces for keyboard, some orchestral works, organ music, part-songs and lieder, religious vocal music and patriotic songs. The rest of the archive comprises a small amount of correspondence, much of it about the Imperial choir, 1910, a photocopy of an autobiography covering the period 1862-1885, ca 1920, photographs of Harriss conducting Empire Day concerts, and programmes, 1890, 1924.
HART, GERALD EPHRAIM, 1849-1936
Born in Montréal, Gerald Ephraim Hart was the son of a prominent lawyer, Adolphus M. Hart (1814-1879). Educated in Trois Rivières, Montréal and New York, Gerald began his working career in the insurance business. By 1890, he was the general manager of the Montréal branch of the Phoenix Fire Company of Hartford, Connecticut and also wrote insurance handbooks. From 1913 to 1923, he worked in Florida for insurance companies and as the editor of the insurance newspaper, The Southern Sun. Hart was also interested in history. During the late 1880's he served, as the president of the Society for Historical Studies of Montréal and wrote books and articles on history including two works in Canadian history, The Fall of New France (1888) and The Quebec Act, 1774 (1891). A prominent member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montréal, Hart wrote articles for the Society's journal and was an avid collector and seller of Canadian coins, paper money, manuscripts and autographs.
McCORD MUSEUM
Originals, Copies, Printed, 1880-1933, 83 cm (M21359)
The Gerald Ephraim Hart papers reflect his career in the fields of history and literature and to a much lesser extent his activities as a collector. His interest in history is shown by research notes for a variety of topics in North American and English history (n.d.) a manuscript entitled, "Corrections in British, American, French, and Canadian History" (n.d.), and correspondence concerning his historical research and publications, 1911-1933. Hart's literary involvement in the insurance business is shown by research notes, (n.d.) and two manuscripts, "Early Annals of Insurance", (n.d.) and "Burglary and Theft Insurance" (n.d.). Also included is a catalogue for a collection sold by Hart (n.d.).
HENDERSON, ALEXANDER, 1831-1913
Born in Scotland, Alexander Henderson immigrated to Canada in 1855 and settled in Montréal. By the late 1850's he was taking landscape photographs in the Montréal area and by 1866 he had established himself as a professional landscape photographer. He travelled extensively in Eastern Canada and published collections of his works. In the 1870's he photographed along the line of the Intercolonial Railway documenting the construction of the railway. During the 1880's and 1890's he made several journeys to Western Canada for the Canadian Pacific Railway becoming the head of their first photography department in 1892.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Originals, photographs, 1760-ca 1913, 800 photographs, 1 m
This collection consists of two series; the photographs and negatives, which include views of the Canadian landscape, street scenes, city views, and outdoor activities, ca 1858-ca 1897, and Henderson family records, 1760-1941 including the correspondence of Alexander Henderson, ca 1850-1913.
HERIOT, JOHN CHARLES ALISON, 1861-ca 1928
John Charles Alison Heriot was a Montréal architect. He also served as a militia captain in the 1st Prince of Wales Fusiliers and for a time was the secretary of the heraldic committee of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. Heriot developed an interest in the history of his family and published an article on Major-General Frederick Heriot (1786-1843) and a pamphlet on George Heriot (1766-1844).
McCORD MUSEUM
Originals, Copies, 1900-1920, 30 cm (M6393-6398)
The greater part of the John Charles Alison Heriot papers reflect his interest in heraldry and genealogy. As secretary of the heraldic committee of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal he corresponded with government officials such as A.G. Doughty and Joseph Pope on heraldry, 1918-1919. There is also correspondence concerning the proposed Canadian coat of arms, 1916-1920 and a paper by Heriot on "The Arms and Flags of Canada" (n.d.). Other materials include correspondence from relatives concerning genealogy, 1901-1917, and with professional genealogists, 1900-1910, as well as monographs on Frederick and George Heriot (n.d.). Also included in these papers is official militia correspondence, 1908-1915.
HIME, HUMPHREY LLOYD, 1834-1893
Born in Ireland, Humphrey Lloyd Hime came to Canada in 1854. A partner in the engineering firm of Armstrong, Beere and Hime, he was also an amateur photographer. In 1858 he was selected to serve as the official photographer of the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition led by Henry Youle Hind. By the 1860's, Hime had become a stockbroker and served as president of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
McCORD MUSEUM: NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES
Photographs, 1858, 30 photographs.
These photographs were taken during the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition and document buildings of the Red River settlement, Indian camps and graves, prairie scenery and provide portraits of local inhabitants (1858).
Ann Hobbs lived in Bermondsey, England.
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Copy, 1866, 1 cm (M138.Bd132)
This copy of Ann Hobbs' The Discarded Daughter, a Tragedy was made from Philipps MS.23881 in the British Museum by J. Smith.
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Originals, ca 1850, 12 vols (M192.Bd204)
These papers comprise 12 volumes of lectures and plays, including a "Descriptive lecture on the Mail Route through Italy".
HUNT, THORNTON LEIGH, 1810-1873
Hunt was a British journalist.
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Original, n.d., ca 75 pp (M224.Bd, Box V, M84.B75)
This manuscript is the final portion of a treatise on political economy. There are also prose stories and fragments.
The James McGill Society was founded in 1975 to promote interest in the history of McGill; its first permanent secretary is Dr. Stanley Frost, director of the History of McGill Project.
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Originals and Printed Material, 1975-, 15 cm (M.G. 2071)
These papers comprise copies of addresses delivered to the Society.
Edgar Jepson was born in London and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. From 1889 until 1893 he lived in Barbados. Returning to London, he embarked on a career as a novelist. Jepson was a prolific writer, producing more than one book per year between 1895 and 1936.
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Originals, 1895-1908, .5 cm (M258.Bd Box VII)
"The Real Ernest Dowson", by Edgar Jepson (ca 1908; later recast as pp.245-248 of Memoirs of a Victorian) is accompanied by a few items of correspondence and some verses by Plarr on journalism.
Jerningham was a British poet and dramatist.
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Original, ca 1770, 30 pp (M65.Bd159)
"Yarico to Inkle", with Marlay's" Prologue to the Begger's Opera" and Father Francis' "Prayer to Saint Agnes" comprise Jerningham's papers.
The author is possibly the Thomas King (1730-1805) who wrote Love at First Sight a famous actor of the Garrick period, he created the character of Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's School for Scandal.
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Originals and Printed, 1765, 2 cm (M174.Bd167)
Sparks: or, small poems morally turned (1765). Printed versions have been included, with manuscript corrections "preparatory for a more correct edition".
KING, THOMAS DAVIES, 1819-1884
King was a Montrealer.
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Original, 1877, 2.5 cm (CM29.Bd237)
Catalogue of books in King's library in Montréal.
Kingsford was a railway and harbour surveyer and the author of the History of Canada. The Kingsford Chair in history at McGill was donated in his memory by Sir William MacDonald.
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Originals, n.d., 60 cm (Large MSS)
This collection includes the original manuscript for his History of Canada as well as a large quantity of notes collected for the history.
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Originals, 1863-1864, 5 cm (M199.Bd192)
Album written by Mary Kingsley, comprising 17 poems.
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Originals, 1892-1932, 7 cm (M126.Bd201)
Correspondence from Kipling and his wife and his father to Lockwood de Forest and his wife Metha, two drawings by Kipling and the manuscript Traffics and Discoveries, 1904.
LANDE, LAWRENCE MONTAGUE, COLLECTION, 1906-
Author and bibliophile Lawrence Lande was born in Ottawa. He earned a B.A. from McGill in 1928, and his LL.B. in 1931 from Université de Montréal and a Diploma in Philosophy from the Université de Grenoble (1928). Lande has published a number of volumes of verse, as well as a study of early Canadian poetry, Old Lamps Aglow (1957). He also composes music. He has assembled and described major collections of Canadiana, now housed at McGill, Université de Montréal, the Public Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada, and has published historical studies. Lande has also bestowed his collection of works by William Blake on McGill.
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M.G. 2059
Printed Materials and Microfilm, 1963-1982, 32 cm and 15 reels These materials comprise a microfilm of the Lande collection in the Public Archives of Canada, as well as his publication Canadian Historical Documents and Manuscripts (Montréal, 1977-1982). A card index to the Lande Collection in the Public Archives may be consulted at the University Archives.
Langley is a Canadian playwright.
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Photocopy and Sound Tapes, 1974-1975 (Acc. 517, 571)
This material relating to Norman Bethune consists of a photocopy of Bethune, a play and tapes of a CBC radio documentary based on interviews conducted by Langley with people who knew Bethune.
Leoni was an 18th century architect and architectural historian who published studies of Palladio and Alberti.
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Original, 1708, (M51.Bd51)
Leoni's manuscript of "Li cinque ordini dell'Architettura civile nelle Misre di Palladio con altri Studi..." was written in Dusseldorf in 1708, and illustrated with Leoni's own drawings. This treatise was never published.
LIGHTHALL, WILLIAM DOUW, 1857-1954
W.D. Lighthall was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and educated at McGill University (B.A. 1879, B.C.L. 1881, M.A. 1885, L.L.D. 1921). He practiced law in Montréal (K.C. 1906), and served as Mayor of Westmount 1900-1903. He was the founder of the Canadian Union of Municipalities and served on the Metropolitan Parks Commission for Greater Montreal and Historical Monuments Commission. He was also the founder of the Great War Veterans Association which later was incorporated into the Royal Canadian Legion. In addition to his public activities, Lighthall actively engaged in historial and literary pursuits. A founder of the Chateau de Ramezay Historical Museum, he was president of the Montreal Antiquarian and Numismatic Society and played an important part in the erection of the de Maisonneuve Monument on Place d'Armes. He wrote Sights and Shrines of Montreal (1907) and Montreal After 250 Years (1892). He was the founder of the Canadian Society of Literaure and published in 1889 one of the first anthologies of Canadian poetry, Sons of the Great Dominion. In 1930, he served as president of the Canadian Authors Association. In 1902 he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1917-1918 served as its president. Lighthall developed his philosophy of virtue and universal good will, which he explained not only in treatises on ethics and politics (Sketch of the New Utilitarianism, 1887; Canada: A Modern Nation, 1904; Superpersonalism, (1926), but in his fiction (The Young Seigneur, 1888. The False Chevalier, 1898; The Master of Life, 1908).
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Originals, Copies and Photographs, 1875-1954, approx 6 m (Large MSS)
Most of Lighthall's varied interests and activities are represented in his papers which fall into a number of series. There is a general series of letters and papers 1875-1954 which includes much but not all of the correspondence. There are letters from many Canadian literary figures (before ca 1940) including Duncan Campbell Scott, Charles Sangster, Charles G.D. Roberts, W.W. Campbell and Stephen Leacock. Others represented in this series include Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir William Van Horne (about his and Lighthall's collections of pictures). Among the subjects covered are the McCord Museum, the Chateau de Ramezay, the McGill University Library, the Manitoba School question, conscription and imperial government. There are series for the Canadian Author's Association, the Canadian Union of Municipalities, the Metropolitain Parks Commission, the Great War Veterans Association and the Royal Society of Canada. The papers of the Montreal Armenian Relief Committee (1920s) are included, as are Captain MacKenzie Forbes' files from the Military Hospitals Commission, 1917. There is some material on various legal cases in which Lighthall was involved including some Indian land claims. There is a series of personal financial records and some material on Church Union (ca 1910). There is a large series of documents, both originals and copies dealing the region of Huntingdon, Chateauguay and Beauharnois. Most of Lighthall's literary works are represented in draft and/or annotated form including The False Chevalier (1898) and The Master of Life (1908). There is as well Lighthall's index of Canadian author's pseudonyms (ca 1880-ca 1900).
In addition to this manuscript material, there is the Lighthall collection of books which contains some three hundred volumes of metaphysics, history and poetry many of which are either inscribed to W.D.L. or contain his annotations.
LOCOCK, CHARLES DEALTRY, 1862-
Charles Dealtry Locock was an English essayist, translator of Swedish poetry, and writer on chess and croquet. He also edited the poetry of Shelley.
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Originals, 1902-1912, 10 cm (M153.Bd202)
Locock's correspondence consists of letters from Richard Garnett, William Michael Rossetti, E. Dowden, H.B. Forman, I.C. Shelley, G.E. Woodberry and others concerning the text of Shelley's poems and Locock's edition.
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Originals, 1806-1861, .25 cm (M241.Bd Box VI)
This collection consists of 19 poems submitted to the editor of the London Magazine, 1806-1861.
LONGSTAFFE, JOHN LAWRENCE, b. 1834
British poet and novelist John Lawrence Longstaffe was the author of Diversities in Verse (1900), A Pack of Poems (1902), A Modern Orson (1907) and Old Henry (1911).
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Originals, ca 1900, 5 cm (M197.Bd190)
Longstaffe's papers consist of his typescript, with manuscript corrections, of a novel entitled The Twin Sisters: a Poem in Prose.
LOUKIANOFF, ELISABETH, fl 1950
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Originals, ca 1950, 1.6 m (Large MSS)
The archives of Madame Elisabeth S. Loukianoff contain notes and manuscript drafts in English and French for a study of Lord Byron and his circle.
MALLOCH, WILLIAM BELL, 1845-1881
Born in Perth, Ontario, W.B. Malloch was a medical doctor employed by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1869 to 1878. Although stationed at Moose Factory he made trips to other posts whenever his medical expertise was required. An amateur photographer, Malloch took photographs during his stay at Moose Factory but most of the photographs in the collection were taken by his colleagues, chief factor James Cotter and George McTavish.
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Photographs, ca 1870, 34 photographs
These photographs document the people, scenery and activities both at the fur trading post of Moose Factory and along the eastern shore of Hudson's Bay, ca 1870.
MacDONALD, JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY, 1897-1960
A native of Scotland, James Williamson Galloway Macdonald immigrated to Canada in 1927 after completing his studies at the Edinburgh College of Art. He was a painter who, in 1933, became one of the original members of the Canadian Group of Painters. After working as an art teacher in Vancouver and Calgary, he was named an instructor at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto in 1947.
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Originals, 1933-1966, 2.5 cm (Unaccessioned)
The J.W.G. Macdonald papers concern his career as an artist. The majority of his papers consists of outgoing correspondence on his exhibitions and travels in North America and Europe, opinions on other artists' work and news of the Ontario School of Art, Canadian Group of Painters and Group XI. As well, there are letters to fellow Canadian artists, Marion and James Nicoll, 1948-1960 and Maxwell Bates, 1950-1960. The rest of the papers contain catalogues and newspaper clippings, 1960-1962, reproductions of his paintings, n.d. and photographs of Macdonald, 1958.
Novelist Hugh MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. After earning his B.A. from Dalhousie (1928), he went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (B.A., M.A. 1932) and finally to Princeton, where he received master's and doctoral degrees in classics in 1935. MacLennan taught classics at Lower Canada College from 1935 to 1945, when he joined the English Department at McGill. He retired as Emeritus Professor in 1980. MacLennan's novels explore universal themes through particular Canadian experiences, such as the Halifax explosion (Barometer Rising, 1941) or the relations of French and English in Québec (Two Solitudes, 1945). Other titles include the Watch that Ends the Night (1959), Each Man's Son (1951), and Return of the Sphinx (1967). MacLennan has also published essays and articles on the Canadian character, landscape, and history.
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Originals, 1919-1966, 2.5 m (Large MSS)
MacLennan's papers include correspondence from 1919 to 1966, and manuscripts of speeches, ca 1940-1965, periodical articles, ca 1951-1963, and published and unpublished books.
MARCHETTI, ALESSANDRO, 1633-1714
Alessandro Marchetti was born in Pontorno, Tuscany, and from an early age showed signs of poetic talent. Sent by his family to Florence to study law, he went instead to Pisa to study philosophy and science under Borelli. Marchetti was later named to the chairs of logic (1658) and philosophy (1659) at Pisa, where he taught with unprecedented independance, without reference to the authority of Aristotle. In 1679 he succeeded Borelli in the chair of mathematics. He wrote on mathematics and physics. His Italian translations of classical literature, particularly of Lucretius' De Rerum natura published in London in 1717 are considered models of precision and elegance.
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Copies, early 18th century, 7 cm (M127.Bd63a, M186.Bd203)
These are two manuscript copies of Marchetti's translation of Lucretius, Tito Lucrezio della natura delle cose.
McCarthy is a poet from Montréal.
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Originals, 1950-1974, 2.7 m (Large MSS)
The collection includes correspondence, prose, poems, drafts and notes and "Booster and Blaster" records.
McCORD, DAVID ROSS, CANADIAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, 1754-1970
The Canadian Manuscript Collection was brought together by David Ross McCord (1844-1930) a collector of Canadiania and the founder of the McCord Museum.
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Originals, Copies, 1754-1970, 2 m (101 Accessioned MMS, 112 Unaccessioned MMS)
This collection consists of Canadian manuscripts, most of which were generated during the 19th century in the Montréal area. Generally, they concern economic or private and domestic activities. A more detailed listing of this collection is available at the Archives of the McCord Museum.
William McLennan, the son of grain merchant Hugh McLennan, was born in Montréal. After obtaining a law degree from McGill (1880), he practiced as a notary. His major life's work, however, lay in literature. McLennan played an active role in the contemporary movement to popularize Québec history and culture through his translations of folk-songs and through short stories and novels set in Québec, such as Spanish John (1898), Old France and New (1899) and As Told to His Grace (1891). Another historical romance, The span of life (1899) was written in collaboration with Jean McIlwraith.
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Originals, 1885-1898, 25 cm (CH271.Bd225, CM38.Bd256, CM12, CM37.B255a-b, CM36.B254, CM31.Bd.240, CM32.B245, CM16.B75, CM35.Bd253, CH271.Bd225)
McLennan's manuscripts of his literary works include drafts of Old Canadian Songs, 1885, Eighteen Poems, 1885-1898, The Indiscretion of Grosse Boule, ca 1890, Une soeur, ca 1890, As Told to His Grace, 1891, Mon compère Melchior and an early version of A King for a Week, 1892, John McDonnell of Scotus, 1896; probably an early version of Spanish John, A Question of Courage, 1896?, The Span o' Life, 1897, translations of 8 poems from Henri Murger's La Vie de Bohème, 1885, the outline of a projected novel, The Losing Side, and his Notes pour servir à l'histoire de la ville de Montréal, 1880-1888.
MEEK, KENNETH ROBERT, 1908-1976
Kenneth Meek was born in Cornwall, England, and came to Canada in 1914. He earned his L.Mus. from McGill in 1927 and a B.Mus. from Toronto in 1936. He taught organ, piano and theory in Ottawa (1924-1939) Kingston, (1940-1944) before moving to Montréal to become instructor in piano and organ and lecturer in theory at McGill (1945). He was later promoted to instructor in music (1952-1966) and Assistant Professor (1966-1973). In the meantime, Meek served as organist at the Church of St Andrew and St Paul (1945-1956), Christ Church Cathedral (1956-1965) and the Church of the Messiah (1965-1976). He was also a recitalist and composer.
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Originals, Photocopies and Printed Materials, 1928-1975, 60 cm (M.G. 3042)
Most of Meek's archive is manuscripts of his keyboard and church music compositions, ca 1930-1975. Also included are programmes for his organ recitals, 1928, 1933, 1953-1957, 1960-1968, a scrapbook of clippings concerning his performance of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, 1949-1950, and lecture notes and examinations for his McGill course in analysis, 1969-1973.
MILLAR, CHARLES HOWARD, 1856-1939
A resident of Drummondville, Charles Howard Millar was an amateur photographer. Between 1888 and 1908 he photographed family, friends and the local environs.
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Negatives, 1888-ca 1908, 188 negatives
These negatives portray the activities of Charles Howard Millar's family and friends in the area of Drummondville, Québec, 1888-ca 1908.
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Copy, ca 1790, 300 pp (M151.Bd145)
These papers consist of "Decimas" and "Quarteros", i.e. poems "compuestas a D. Franco Moline".
The Montreal Elgar Choir was incorporated in 1924 through the amalgamation of the Elgar Women's Choir (founded in 1921) and the Apollo Glee Club, directed by Berkeley E. Chadwick. Chadwick, organist at the Erskine-American Church and music teacher at a number of private schools, became the new choir's first director. He was succeeded in 1951 by Gifford Mitchell, lecturer (1957, 1963-1965) and Assistant Professor (1966-1969) of music at McGill and music supervisor for the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. Since 1969, the choir has been directed by Graham Knott (1969-1972) and Brock McElheran (1972-). Maureen Forrester made her professional debut in 1951 with the Choir, performing Elgar's "The Music Makers".
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Originals, Copies, Printed Materials and Photographs, 1919-1977, 60 cm (M.G. 2077)
The records of the Elgar Choir comprise the Choir's charter; minutes, (together with annual statements, membership lists, and some correspondence) for 1923-1924, 1931-1941, 1952-1976, files of correspondence, 1923-1926, 1971-1976, membership lists, including lists for the Elgar Women's Choir and the Apollo Glee Club, 1920-1923, a complete run of programmes, again including those of the two founding choirs, 1919-1969 and photographs, 1966, 1970, 1977.
In 1929 a group of Montréal musicians, thrown out of work by the Depression and by the introduction of sound into motion pictures, approached Douglas Clarke, Dean of McGill's Faculty of Music and asked him to form them into an orchestra and conduct them. Owing to the scores available in the Faculty, Clarke was able to do so, and thus began the Montreal Orchestra, the city's first permanent symphony. Loyal public response and Clarke's devoted leadership helped the Orchestra overcome initial difficulties. Besides their regular series, they also gave children's concerts as well as students' concerts at McGill. Many eminent solists, including Prokofiev, Bartok and Percy Grainger, were guests of the Orchestra. The Second World War and attendant financial constraints forced the suspension of the Orchestra in 1943.
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Originals and Printed Materials, 1929-1943, 50 cm (M.G. 4029)
The correspondence files of Douglas Clarke relating to the Orchestra cover the years 1929-1943, and deal with engagements, scores, guest artists, publicity, the musician's union, and other matters. There is a full run of programmes for the entire period. Further material on Clarke may be found in his papers, M.G. 3016, Section I, University teaching, research and administration.
Hannah More was born at Stapleton in Gloucestershire, and educated at her sisters' boarding school in Bristol, where she acquired Italian, Spanish and Latin. Her early literary output was dramatic, consisting of a pastoral play The Search after Happiness (1773), and, after her 1774 move to London, where she became a great friend of Garrick and his wife made the acquaintance of Burke, Walpole, Reynolds and Dr Johnson and wrote the tragedies Percy (1777) and The Fatal Falsehood (1779). After Garrick's death she turned from the stage to social reform, penning Village Politics, Repository Tracks, and in 1809 a popular novel Coelebs in Search of a Wife. She was active in philanthropic causes and a noted letter writer.
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Originals, 1772-1823, 3 cm (M131.Bd125)
Interleaved in a copy of Florio and Bas Bleu are six letters from Hannah More, two from Martha More, and four from Sarah More, one giving an account of Garrick's death.
Born is Fifeshire, Scotland, James Morgan came to Canada at an early age and was educated at Montreal High School. He joined the family dry goods firm of Henry Morgan and Co. and eventually became the president. Morgan was also quite active in other business ventures such as the Colonial Real Estate Company and the Montreal Cement Co. He was involved in local philantropic, political and cultural activities including the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Citizens Association and the Montreal Art Association. A patron of the arts, Morgan lent his financial support to Canadian artists such as Ben Foster, Clarence Gagnon and George Chivignaud. In the cases of the latter two artists, Morgan agreed to finance their European studies in exchange for paintings by them.
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Originals, Printed, 1897-1923 (Unaccessioned)
The majority of the James Morgan papers reflect his patronage of Canadian artists while the rest of the papers concern his private life. There is correspondence from Canadian artists Ben Foster, 1897-1905, in New York; George Chivignaud, 1902-1906 and Clarence Gagnon, 1904-1905 in Europe concerning their art work, exhibitions, studies, discussions of other Canadian painters, and financial arrangements. Also included is family correspondence, 1898-1903.
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Original, ca 1890-1900, 45 cm (Large MSS)
Historical notes on Canada and on Montréal.
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Original, 1829, 2.5 cm (M152.Bd146)
Album of Miss Murray's poems and drawings.
NASH, JOHN NORTHCOTE, 1893-1977
Wood engraver and painter John Northcote Nash was born in London. After serving in the British army in World War I, he was commissioned to produce paintings for the Imperial War Museum and was also an official war artist during World War II. From 1934 to 1957 he taught design at the Royal College of Art.
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Originals, 1921, 4.5 cm (M201.Bd194)
Nash's papers comprise original illustrations for Nouveau Poor by Belinda Blinders, edited by Desmond Cooke (1921), together with drawings for and letters concerning L.de G. Sieveking's Dressing Gowns and Glue (1921).
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Originals, ca 1820, 2.5 cm, 2 vols M1010.Bd95)
"Laure", a novel in French, is ascribed to Maria Neglet by a pencilled note in another hand.
NICHOLS, ROBERT MALISE BOWYER, 1893-1944
Robert Nichols was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. Following his military service in World War I, he went to the United States as the representative of the Ministry of Information in the British diplomatic mission. From 1921 to 1924 he held Lafcadio Hearne's chair of English literature at Tokyo Imperial University. Nichols published poetry, including Invocation, 1915; Ardours and Endurances; Fisbo, 1934; and Such was my Singing, 1942, drama Guilty Sould, 1922; Wings over Europe, 1929 and a novella, Under the Yew, 1929.
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Originals, 1918, 4 cm (New MSS)
Four original poems, 1918, by Nichols are accompanied by "Extracts from work in progress II: Don Juan Tenorio, etc", with a prefatory note dated 1911.
NOTMAN, WILLIAM AND SON, 1856-1935
Born in Scotland, William Notman (1826-1891) immigrated to Canada in 1856 and soon after his arrival established himself as a photographer in Montréal. Notman's business thrived and he became the most important photographer in Canada. His fame as a portrait photographer drew the Montréal elite, prominent visitors to the city, and ordinary citizens to his studio. Although the major portion of his work was devoted to portraits, he also did landscapes, street scenes, and city views across Canada. Over the years the business expanded to include two studios in both Montréal and Boston with one studio in Toronto, Ottawa, St. John and Halifax as well as several in New England. After William Notman's death in 1891 the family business was passed on to two of his sons, William McFarlane Notman and Charles F. Notman. The Montréal business was sold by Charles F. Notman in 1935 to Associated Screen News.
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Originals, photographs, 1740-1935, 400,000 photographs including 200,000 glass negatives, 20 m
the Notman records consist of three major series; the photographs including negatives, 1856-1935; the Montéal Studio records, 1856-1935 and some Notman family records, 1740-1935.
The photographs contain portraits of Canadians and prominent visitors, views and scenes of major Canadian cities and villages, Canadian landscapes and also document various work activities and costumes, 1856-1935.
The Montréal studio records consist of picture books which are arranged numerically and provide a print and title or name for every Notman photograph, 1856-1935; day ledgers which contain an alphabetically cross reference for each photograph, 1856-1935; and account books, 1856-1935.
The family records include letters, papers, essays, books, family history material and memorabilia, 1760-1935.
PACKARD, FRANK LUCIUS, 1877-1942
Packard was the author of many mystery and adventure novels.
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Original, ca 1927, 722 pp (New MSS)
Twelve notebooks contain the manuscript of the novel Tiger Claws, (1928).
PASSARINI, FERDINAND, ABBOTT OF
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Original, 1722, 80 pp (H60.Bd19) Col. Juliae Hispelli veteres inscriptiones quae extant...studio Ferdenandi Abb. Passarini, contains drawgins, sketches and plans of classical inscriptions in Spoleto.
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Original, 1877, 11 cm (M205.Bd198)
This author's manuscript of What he cost her (1877), contains corrections.
Peary was an American naval officer and arctic explorer.
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Original, 1892-1910, 27 pp (New MSS)
Correspondence, 1892 to 1910 mainly with publishing companies and the manuscript of a story titled "Yankee Doodle, Miss Columbia and Ahugmaluktok", ca 1909.
Peck was from Toronto. He was a missionary and grammarian.
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Original, 1916, 120 pp (New MSS)
An Inuit grammar was compiled by Peck during his stay at Wakeham Bay in 1916.
PEN AND PENCIL CLUB OF MONTREAL, 1890-1966
Incorporated in 1890, the Pen and Pencil Club was founded to promote arts and letters in Montréal. The members were expected to make contributions of an artistic or literary nature at the Club's meetings. Among the founding members were the artists William Brymner and Robert Harris. Later, members would include the author Stephen Leacock, the poets William H. Drummond and John McCrae and the architect Ernest Cormier.
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Originals, 1890-1966, 60 cm (Unaccessioned)
The records of the Pen and Pencil Club reflect the literary and, to a lesser extent, the artistic contribution of its members. There is a series of scrapbooks containing manuscripts of poetry and prose works and sketches and photographs contributed by members, 1890-1896. These are indexed. There are as well membership files which contain manuscripts of members' literary works, other publications of members and newspaper clippings of reviews, n.d. Administrative records include minutes, 1890-1966, constitutions, n.d. and correspondence of the secretary about attendance at meetings, 1892-1966. The financial records consist of a cash book, bills, receipts, bank books and statements, 1946-1963 and a statement of income and expenditure, 1894-1895.
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Originals, ca 1821, 3 cm (M181.Bd174)
There are translations from Ovid, Juvenal, Persius and Horace written in the years 1819, 1820, and 1821, verses on several subjects, and a translation of the "De arte poetica".
PINERO, ARTHUR WING, 1855-1934
Dramatist Arthur Wing Pinero began as an actor in Sir Henry Irving's company. His earliest works were farces and comedies, but his four celebrated "problem plays", The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893), The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith (1895), Iris (1901) and Mid-Channel (1909) are more in the manner of Dumas fils, or even Ibsen. Trelawney of the "Wells" is a nostalgic picture of the theatre Pinero had known as a young man.
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Original, 1882, 4 cm (M192.Bd205)
This is Pinero's original manuscript of Four Friends, a drama in four acts.
PINNEO, GEORGIANNA PAIGE, 1896-
Born in Waterville, Nova Scotia, Georgianna Paige Pinneo graduated from Acadia University in 1916, and studied in Halifax at the Victoria College of Art and Design. In 1939 she became an art teacher at Verdun High School. Her paintings were exhibited widely in eastern Canada and she contributed articles and book reviews to art and education journals.
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Originals, Copies, Printed Materials, Photographs, 1900-1976, 30 cm (M.G. 4007)
Paige Pinneo's papers fall into two series: personal records, and material relating to her work as an art teacher. Personal papers contain family photographs and a genealogy; correspondence with family and friends, much of it on art and education, 1937-1976; a diary of her voyage to Indonesia, 1962; papers concerning her property at Carillon and its expropriation by Hydro-Québec, 1957-1959; and files of correspondence and newsclippings documenting her involvement with the Canadian Cancer Society of Nova Scotia, 1967-1974. As an art teacher, Paige Pinneo organized student exhibitions of textile designs: these are described in her articles, 1947-1948, a transcript of a C.B.C. radio interview, 1950, correspondence, newsclippings and photographs, as well as samples of student designs. Manuscripts, research notes, and printed versions of a number of her book reviews and articles are extant for the years 1943-1974, together with exhibit catalogues. Files of letters, notes and reports record her work for the Federation of Protestant Women Teachers of the Island of Montreal, 1943-1944, the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers Curriculum Sub-Committee, 1947-1949, and the Committee on Art Education, 1948.
An Innuit, Peter Pitseolak lived on Baffin Island in the Canadian North. An amateur photographer, Pitseolak took many portraits of his extended family and friends as well as views of their activities.
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Negatives, 1942-ca 1962, 1600 negatives
These negatives document the customs and activities of the Innuit on Baffin Island, North West Territories, Canada, 1942-ca 1962.
POHNL, FERDINAND, fl 1910-1912
Pohnl described himself as "a Canadian poet and English master of modern languages and literature".
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Original, 1910-1912, 192 pp (CM73, CM3)
Pohnl works include both poetry and agricultural treatises: "Epic poems and Canadian idylls", "Praise of Agriculture", and "Scheme...to convert the Putrification method of Agriculture into Antiputrification Method".
PURLAND, THOMAS (THEODOSIUS), fl 1846-1849
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Originals, 1846-1849, 20 cm (H94, Bd.MSS)
This collection contains the correspondence of Purland, 1846-1849, concerning the early years of the British Archaeological Society, the Royal Antiquarian, Numismatic and Syro-Egyptian Societies.
Ramsbottom was an English doctor.
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Originals, ca 1860, 2 cm (M113.Bd107)
A volume of miscellaneous pieces in verse which Ramsbottom submitted to Charles Dickens in 1866. Dickens advised against publication.
Sophia Reeve published a number of novels, largely of the "Gothic" type, in the first two decades of the 19th century.
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Originals, ca 1800-1820, 8 cm (New MSS)
This is the manuscript of a novel, apparently unpublished, entitled The Nabobs.
Robert Russell Reid was born in Vancouver, and educated at the University of British Columbia where he received a degree in Commerce in 1949. Since that time Reid has been involved in developing his own highly individualistic school of book design and in publishing limited editions on his own private press. From 1957 to 1963, he was an instructor in printing and typography at the Vancouver School of Art. In 1963 he was appointed production manager and designer for McGill University Press, a position he held until 1973.
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Originals, 1945-1973, 70 cm (Colgate)
The private and business papers of Reid include correspondence, design layouts of typographical productions, financial records, lecture notes and photographs. Among his correspondents are William Carter, Carl Dair, Dora Hood, W. Kaye Lamb, Beverley Blackmore Leech, Richard Pennington, Gustav Reuter, R.D. Hilton Smith, Roderick D. Steinhour and Takao Tanabe.
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Originals, 1857-1869, .5 cm (M33)
This collection consists of 21 letters, mostly addressed to M. Nefftzer and concerned with the .ul all Revue germanique. Five of these letters, dealing with Renan's candidature at Meaux, express his radical views, 1857-1869.
ROBINSON, HENRY THOMAS, fl 1815-1821
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Originals, 1815-1821, 2.5 cm (M169.Bd163)
This collection consists of lines on various subjects, 1815-1821. ROY, JAMES, 1834-1922 James Roy was an Anglican clergyman who served in Montréal, Ontario and New York State.
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Originals, 1890, 2.5 cm (CM28.B236, M162.Bd156, M215.Bd235)
This includes notes on a dictionary of Chinook jargon extracted from a report of H-L. Langevin and a Frisian dictionary and grammar. There is also a volume of marriage certificates 1878-1880.
Ruark was a businessman and poet from Ontario.
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Originals, 1842-1962, 25 cm (Large MSS)
This collection includes short stories, poems, a notebook and some letters of Mrs. Alice Ruark Dutton about her father's work, 1952-1962.
RUPP, ISRAEL DANIEL, 1803-1878
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Originals, 1727-1796, 8 cm (New MSS)
Index to Rupp's collection of 30,000 names of German, Swiss, French and Dutch immigrants to Pennsylvania between 1727 and 1776.
Art and social critic John Ruskin was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1842). His extensive travels on the Continent awakened his appreciation of painting and architecture, while his deeply religious nature and love of the Authorized Version of the Bible formed his characteristically prophetic prose style. Modern Painters (1843-1860), which began as a vindication of J.M.W. Turner, gave a whole new idealist dimension to English art criticism. Turning to architecture in The Stones of Venice (1851-1853), Ruskin developed a theory of aesthetic beauty as founded on the moral virtue of the society producing the work of art. In his later works he attacked the effects of industrialism and the Victorian business ethic on English life and art. He was the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford in 1870-1879 and held the post again in 1883-1884.
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Originals, 1831-1881, 9 cm (M204.Bd197, M187.Bd180, M26, M54.Bd57, M118.Bd112)
Ruskin's literary manuscripts include a lecture on "The Italian Question" delivered at Bradford, 1864, an essay on The Three Colours of Pre-Raphaelitism, the preface to the last edition of The Stones of Venice (1872) and two poems; "To the ocean", 1831 and "Sonnet to a dond". His correspondence comprises 32 letters to Elizabeth White, 1864-1881.
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Originals, n.d.
There are the manuscript and proof-sheets with manuscript notes of Love's meinie, (n.d.).
SAINTE-PALAYE, JEAN BAPTISTE DE LA CURNE DE, 1697-1781
Antiquaire et philologue, Sainte-Palaye est né en Auxerre et fut éduqué en privé. Après une courte période dans le service diplomatique (1725-1726), il se consacra complètement aux lettres. Il publia quelques études sur les classiques, mais son oeuvre la plus importante porte sur les antiquités françaises. Sainte-Palaye rédigea un glossaire de vieux français, se fit collectionneur de textes et fut l'auteur de quelques-unes des premières recherches dans l'historiographie médiévale. Son Dictionnaire des antiquités françaises inédit comprenait 40 volumes.
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Copie, 1768, 43 cm (H69.B34)
Six volumes des 'extraits concernant les Antiquités françaises par M. de la Curne de Ste Palaye...et M. Secousse...copiés sur leurs manuscrits'.
SAND, GEORGE (AURORE DUBIN, BARONNE DUDEVANT) 1804-1876
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Originaux, 1847, n.d., 12 pp (M214.AF)
Lettres de George Sand dont l'une porte sur le pouvoir temporel de la papauté.
SANDFORD, CHRISTOPHER, fl 1932-1970
Sandford was a British book designer and publisher.
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Originals, 1932-1970, 75 cm (Colgate Collection)
This large collection documents Sandford's involvement with various private presses. Included is correspondence relating to the Boars Head Press, 1932-1939, with the Folio Society, Nonsuch Press and Golden Cockerel Press. There is also correspondence with various individuals relating to Sandford's writings about contemporary private presses. Included are original drawings by Dorothea Braby for the Labyrinth of the World as well as 18 boxes of electros and wood blocks from various Boars Head and Golden Cockerel Press Books.
Alfred Sandham was born in Montréal in 1838 and was educated at common schools. In 1864 he was appointed general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association in Montréal, a post he held for eleven years. In 1869 he was one of the founders of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. Sandham moved to Toronto in 1878 and was secretary of the Toronto Y.M.C.A. from 1878 to 1882. He was the author of a number of historical and numismatic publications. As well he was involved in religious journalism and started The Christian Witness journal.
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Originals and Printed, ca 1900-1912 (CH266.Bd270-273 Folios)
This collection consists of scrap books of prints and letters, mostly concerning Canada or Montréal compiled by Sandham.
Charles Sangster was born in Kingston, Upper Canada (Ontario), in 1822. In 1849 he became editor of the Amherstburg Courier. From 1850 to 1861 he served as sub-editor of the Kingston Whig and was reporter on the Daily News in 1864. Sangster was also employed in the Post Office Department in Ottawa from 1868 to 1886. He contributed to the Literary Garland and published two books of verse The St.Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems, (1856) and Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics (1860).
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Originals and Copies, 1856-1887, 52 cm (Large MSS)
Sangster's papers include two notebooks one containing subscriptions to Hesperus and Other Poems, 1860; and the other containing subscriptions to The St.Lawrence and the Saguenay, 1856; with newspaper reviews of his work, 1856-1887, as well as manuscript versions of Hesperus and other poems and Passing Thoughts. Also included are autograph notes concerning himself and his family; a phrenological character of Sangster, 1859, and a typescript made at McGill of his poems.
SCHARF, SIR GEORGE, ca 1851-1852
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Originals, 1851-1852, 2 cm (M158.Bd152)
This collection consists of a holograph of Scharf's History of Greek Art, (1851-1852) and has pen and ink drawings.
SCOTT, DUNCAN CAMPBELL, 1862-1947
Duncan Campbell Scott was born in Ottawa and educated in Ottawa public schools and at Stanstead College. At the age of seventeen, he joined the federal Department of Indian Affairs as a clerk. He rose through the ranks to the position of deputy superintendent in 1923 and he retired in 1932. Scott was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1899, where he served as honorary secretary (1911-1921) and as president (1921-1922). Apart from lyrics inspired by nature, Scott's verse explores the themes of the Canadian Indian, lumbermen "At the ceders", and historical events. He published eight collections of poetry, including The Magic House and Other Poems (1893), Lundy's Lane (1916) and The Circle of Affection (1947), as well as short stories and biographies. Scott also edited and wrote introductions to the poetry of Archibald Lampman.
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Originals, 1888, 6 pp (CM9)
These papers comprise manuscripts of two poems: 'The battle of Lundy's Lane' and 'At the cedars'. For correspondence, see the papers of W.D. Lighthall, Section VIII. Culture, Literature and the Arts.
London-born Clement Shorter worked as a civil servant (1877-1890) before obtaining his first editorial position at the Penny Illustrated Paper in 1890. He went on to become editor of the Illustrated London News (1891-1900), founded The Sketch, The Tatler, and The Sphere and eventually became owner and director of a large conglomorate of periodicals. King also edited Boswell's Life of Johnson and the works of George Barrow, and published studies on Charlotte Bronte and Napoléon.
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Originals, 1904, 3 cm (M117.Bd111)
Ten letters from Martin Hume to Clement Shorter discuss Spanish literature, particularly Don Quixote.
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Originals and Printed, ca 1845, 2 cm (M47.Bd45)
"Pictorial stories of the Professions" by Miss M. Sinclair is illustrated with cuttings from contemporary comic books.
SMITH, ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL and SCOTT, FRANCIS REGINALD
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Original, 1957, 2.5 cm (CM43.Bd267)
This is a corrected typescript prepared for the press of The Blasted Pine, (1957).
ST. AUBYN, JAMES, fl 1810-1858
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Originals, 1810-1858, 3 cm (M40.Bd38)
This is a collection poems of Jaffier, 1810-1858. A signed note by Bertram Dobell on the covering leaf identifying Jaffier as James St.Aubyn.
Thomas Stratton, M.D., served for 26 years in the Royal Navy, during which time he was chiefly stationed in Canada. He published works on the Celtic origin of a great part of the Greek and Latin languages. In 1872 his work entitled Affinity between the Hebrew language and the Celtic was published.
BLACKER-WOOD LIBRARY
Originals, 1839, 1.5 cm
This is a manuscript copy of 81 pp of Illustrations of the Affinity of the Latin Language to the Gaelic or Celtic of Scotland and to the language spoken in the County of Glengarry, Upper Canada. It is inscribed "Kingston, U.C., Dec 1839." The work was printed the next year.
THOMPSON, EILEEN B., fl 1909-1931
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Originals, 1909-1931, 6 cm (CM14, CM39.B258, CM60.Bd Box IV)
The collection consists of typescripts and proofs of stories, essays and reviews.
THOMSON, RICHARD, fl 1816-1825
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Originals, 1816 and 1825, .5 cm (M251.Bd Box VI)
Papers collected by Richard Thomson and letters addressed to him concerning the activities of the Roxburghe Club, 1816 and 1825.
TUPPER, REGINALD DE HAVILLAND, 1883-1967
R. de H. Tupper was born in Wimbleton, England and educated at the Royal College of Music. He played bassoon in various symphony orchestras in Wales and London before coming to Montréal in about 1912. He joined the McGill conservatory as instructor in 1923, served as instructor in bassoon from 1924 to 1926 and 1928 to 1934, and taught orchestral playing from 1935 to 1946. He also lectured on chamber music, orchestral music and opera from 1949 until 1955. He acted as the Conservatory's secretary (1928-1947) and vice-director (1939-1948), as well as conducting its orchestra and choir, and administering its local examinations across the country. He formally retired from the Conservatory in 1948, but continued to teach both there and at the Eastern Townships Conservatory throughout the 1950s.
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Originals and Copies, 1928-1954, 30 cm (M.G. 3024)
Tupper's papers are divided evenly between correspondence, 1928-1950, 1954 and financial papers, 1931-1948. The correspondence files were maintained by the Conservatory office, and thus contain Tupper's letters to the secretary, Miss Dawson, concerning the progress of his examination tours across Canada. Most of the letters are, however, of a social and personal nature, discussing Tupper's appointments, domestic finances, equipment (musical instruments, radios), musical arrangements for concerts and McGill events and the Montréal scene in general. Financial papers comprise invoices and receipts for domestic and private expenses.
TWEEDSMUIR, JOHN BUCHAN, BARON, 1875-1940
The author John Buchan was Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
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Original, 1937, 5 cm (M125.Bd200)
The author's original manuscript of Augustus was begun in 1934 and finished in 1937.
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Typescript, 1893, 1.5 cm (M217.Bd251)
In the days of old. A Quaker child, 1893. The original typescript has critical notes by Samuel Butler and Holman Hunt at the end.
WARD, MARY AUGUSTA (Mrs. HUMPHREY WARD), 1851-1920
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Original, 1893, 1.5 cm (M136.Bd130)
Original manuscript, 1893, Chapter VII of Marcella.
British naval historian Oliver Warner was educated at Cauis College, Cambridge (B.A. 1925), and worked for the publishing firm of Chatto and Windus as a reader from 1926 until 1941. From 1941 until 1947 he was on the staff of the Admiralty, serving as Secretary of the Naval Honours and Awards Committee (1946-1947) and on the War Artists Advisory Committee (1944-1946). Warner was Director of Publications for the British Council (1947-1963) and was elected to the boards of many maritime museums and naval history societies. He published many works, largely in the 1960s, on naval history, including studies of maritime painting, Joseph Conrad, Lord Nelson and the Royal Navy.
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Original, 1939, 4.5 cm (Large MSS)
This unpublished manuscript autobiography of Warner is entitled "The Grey Mayor".
WELCH, WILLIAM HENRY, 1850-1934
The American physician W.H. Welch was one of the founders of modern medical education due to his part in the establishment of the Johns Hopkins Medical School.
OSLER LIBRARY
Originals, 1910-1927, 9 items (Acc 81)
The correspondence of William Henry Welch, 1910-1927, consists of letters to Thomas Richmond Boggs concerning "A century of charades," a book of riddles by William Bellamy.
WILCOCKE, SAMUEL PAUL, 1776-1833
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Originals, n.d., 1.5 cm (CH185.S166)
Manuscrit intitulé "Mort de Benjamin Joseph Frobisher, Difficultés du Nord-Ouest", un titre ajouté par L.R. Masson.
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Originals, 1820-1825, 370 pp (M116.Bd110)
Tales, fables, poems, odes, epigrams, etc, collected by S. Wilson, 1820-1825.
WOOD, CASEY A., COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS, ca 1384-ca 1857
The manuscripts in this collection were collected on behalf of Dr. Wood by Wladimir Ivanow in India during 1926 and 1927.
BLACKER-WOOD LIBRARY
Originals, ca 1384-ca 1857, 360 items in 236 vols
Included in the collection are Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani manuscripts dating from 1384 to 1857, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Three-quarters of the collection is written in Persian. This collection reflects a variety of topics, such as poetry, philosophy and ethics, sciences, history, geography, and theology.
The guide to the collection is a manuscript catalog prepared by Ivanow in 1927. The guide is divided into Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani, each of which is divided into various subjects.