Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing letters and autographs from men and women such as W.L. Courtney, J.M. Wilson, F. Max Muller, Sir John Burke, W.J. Courhope, E. Curtius, John Cam Hobhouse, Admiral J. Jervis, B. Jowett, A.H. Sayce, and W.A. Wright; poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Wilson Pugsley MacDonald; press clippings for the Mid-Canada Development Conference; a bound manuscript by E.B. Sorge; letters written by Robert White Creeley, Dennis T. Patrick Sears, Edith Sitwell, Arthur S. Hamilton, Eugene A. Moxley, Arthur Chute Dent, Esther and Abraham Rattner, Francis Turner Palgrave, Robert Taylor, and Clement King Shorter; the will of William Crysall; the journal of Florence Alice Sitwell; sketches by Arthur S. Hamilton; a scrapbook of photographs and letters by Frederick H. Evans; a short essay on Roy Campbell by John Gawsworth; a Kingston Preparative Meeting of Men Friends minute book; a L'Académie française medal; a silk screen poster for The Escstasy of Rita Joe ; a manuscript of “Apollo Tree” by Miriam Waddington; and a list of Livingston and similar names from 1871 Census of Ontario.
York University Archives and Special CollectionsItem consists of an invitation to meet their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian.
Muller, Georgina AdelaideFile consists of two letters from George Borrow's stepdaughter, Henrietta MacOubrey, as well as an envelope containing a portrait of George Borrow and his autograph. The envelope is dated and has an inscription.
MacOubrey, HenriettaFile consists of a handwritten manuscript entitled "Fridwidd and the dwarf".
File contains 8 pages of handwritten manuscript draft worksheets for the poem "Apollo Tree".
Waddington, Miriam, 1917-2004File consists of a scrapbook of xerox copies of newspaper clippings, July-November 1969, relating to the Mid-Canada Development Conference, Lakehead University, August 18-22, 1969.
File consists of one letter written by Robert Creeley containing two short paragraphs about poetry and language.
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005File consists of an oversize manuscript on vellum of the will of yeoman William Crissall [or Crysall] of Pentlow, Essex.
File consists of Alice Florence Sitwell's journal dated 1896. The journal is bound in delicate paper. The contents are typed and have been annotated.
Sitwell, Florence AliceFile consists of a typescript carbon copy letter written by Arthur S. Hamilton to the editor of the Brantford Historical Society (Ontario), concerning the exploration of the Great Lakes (1669-1670) by the Sulpician missionaries, François Dollier de Casson (1636-1701) and René Bréhant de Galinée (d. 1678), as well as two maps sketched by Hamilton depicting the "Indian Village of Tanawawa" and "Wintering Place".
Hamilton, Arthur S.File consists of a small black notebook containing a handwritten manuscript of Wilson Pugsley MacDonald's poem "Muskoka at Night".
MacDonald, Wilson PugsleyFile consists of one card and one letter dated March 15, 1976, to 'Arthur and Florence' [Rosichan] from Esther [Gentle] and Abe [Abraham Rattner], and one photograph (probably of Arthur and Florence).
Rattner, Abraham, 1895-1978Item consists of a letter to Miss Gordon Watson (daughter of Colonel Gordon Watson).
Müller, Friedrich Max, 1823-1900Item consists of an invitation to dinner and to meet Prince and Princess Christian.
Müller, Friedrich Max, 1823-1900File consists of handwritten holograph notes and fragments of verse.
Borrow, GeorgeFile consists of a handwritten portion of "Penitence".
Borrow, GeorgeFile consists of bills of sale, two letters, and notes from John Murray regarding the sale of Borrow's works, including "Romano Lavo Lil", to Hubert Smith Stanier between 1907 and 1909.
File consists of a map and a large format pamphlet outlining the particulars of the Oulton Hall Estate in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in England from 1885; an indenture from 1810; a copy of George Borrow's will dated December 1, 1880; and documents relating to Borrow's estate.
File consists of correspondence from Clement King Shorter to Herbert G. Wright discussing problems relating to the Norwich edition of the works of George Borrow.
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926File consists of four letters from Edith Sitwell to Austin Hinton and his wife dated 1927. All letters concern arrangements for a lecture which Edith Sitwell gave in Newcastle in November 1927, at which time she was a house guest of the Hintons.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964File consists of one medal in its case from L'Académie française. The white satin interior of the case has "Arthus Bertrand Paris" printed in the lower right corner.
Académie françaiseFile consists of one theater poster for The Ecstasy of Rita Joe directed by George Bloomfield and Jack Shadbolt from November 23 to December 16, 1967, with the Playhouse Theater Company.
File consists of a scrapbook (11cm x 16xcm) of corraline from [Y]armouth Beach, a Christmas card, and a lined paper with a handwritten note.
MacOubrey, HenriettaFile contains a 449 page handwritten bound volume entitled "The Souls of the Great Metropoles: Sociological Sketches", copyright Washington 1912 by E.B. Sorge.
Sorge, E.B.File consists of one bound volume, handwritten, for the Kingston Preparative Meeting of Men Friends from February 25, 1841 to October 10, 1867. A Preparative Meeting was used to prepare for the regional monthly meeting (best compared to a parish council) for the Religious Society of Friends.
File consists of correspondence between Clement King Shorter and Clement Scott.
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926File consists of a notebook containing Roy Campbell's translation of Federico Garcia Lorca's play "Blood Wedding" (originally written in 1932).
File consists of correspondence to Miss. Annie Hill and later Mrs. [Robert] Taylor. Letter content describes conditions of Winnipeg in the late 1800s, such as the weather, business, price of bread, real estate and journey to Winnipeg, as well the prospects out west and in Ontario. In one letter Robert Taylor asks Annie's father for permission to marry her, and in another letter he mentions a fight that broke out in which a miller working for Wadsworth was beaten. There is also a Dissolution and Partnership document involving and signed by Robert Taylor.
Taylor, RobertFile consists of approximately 10 letters from Dennis T. Patrick Sears to Brendan K. Geoghegan. Letters are photocopies.
Sears, Dennis T. Patrick, 1925-1976File consists of one letter from Arthur Chute to William Arthur Deacon, dated October 1927, and a photocopy of a review of Arthur Chute's book Far Gold .
Chute, Arthur Hunt, 1890-1929File consists of an album of 79 miscellaneous British autographs and letters. It includes letters written to W.L. Courtney, J.M. Wilson and F. Max Muller. Persons represented include Sir Maziere Brady, R.G. Braybrooke, Sir Samuel E. Bridges, Sir John Burke, W.J. Courhope, E. Curtius, John Cam Hobhouse, Admiral J. Jervis, B. Jowett, C. Knight, A. Legros, Sir H.J.S. Maine, H.W. Massingham, Mowbray Morris, Mark Patison, Bonamy Price, E. Renan, A.H. Sayce, and W.A. Wright.