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 CollectionsFile consists of an oversize manuscript on vellum of the will of yeoman William Crissall [or Crysall] of Pentlow, Essex.
File 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 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 a small black notebook containing a handwritten manuscript of Wilson Pugsley MacDonald's poem "Muskoka at Night".
MacDonald, Wilson PugsleyFile 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 contains 8 pages of handwritten manuscript draft worksheets for the poem "Apollo Tree".
Waddington, Miriam, 1917-2004File consists of letters, drawings and photographs to H.H. Brown from Eugene A. Moxley that discuss plants in Ontario such as the marsh fern and polystichum lonchitis; a photograph of Frank Moxley in a corn field taken September 1947; a photograph of a barn that has the buildings numbered from 1-6 with an identification key written on the back; and a photograph of a fossil sent to H.H. Brown by Moxley.
Moxley, Eugene A.File 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, 1895-1978File consists of one letter written by Robert Creeley containing two short paragraphs about poetry and language.
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005Item consists of a letter to Miss Gordon Watson (daughter of Colonel Gordon Watson).
Müller, Friedrich Max, 1823-1900File 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 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 Alice Florence Sitwell's journal dated 1896. The journal is bound in delicate paper. The contents are typed and have been annotated.
Sitwell, Florence AliceItem consists of an invitation to meet their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian.
Muller, Georgina AdelaideItem consists of an invitation to dinner and to meet Prince and Princess Christian.
Müller, Friedrich Max, 1823-1900File consists of a handwritten portion of "Penitence".
Borrow, GeorgeFile consists of a black leather-bound manuscript entitled "Ms. of Little Engel" handwritten by George Borrow.
Borrow, GeorgeFile 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 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 handwritten holograph notes and fragments of verse.
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 scrapbook (11cm x 16xcm) of corraline from [Y]armouth Beach, a Christmas card, and a lined paper with a handwritten note.
MacOubrey, HenriettaFile consists of a handwritten manuscript entitled "Fridwidd and the dwarf".
File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of George Meredith (1828-1909) and letters by George Meredith, William M. Meredith, Frederick Hollyer and Amy Draper, 1894-1910.
Evans, Frederick H.File consists of one letter possibly referring to Dante's Divine Comedy, addressed to Reginald.
Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897File consists of a notebook containing Roy Campbell's translation of Federico Garcia Lorca's play "Blood Wedding" (originally written in 1932).