Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
17 boxes (4 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Hugh Halliday was a naturalist, journalist, author and photographer, and the author of Wildlife Friends, Adventures Among Birds, Adventures Among Animals and Bird Land.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection includes typescript drafts of Halliday's columns on birds and nature for The Toronto Star Weekly and other publications; alphabetical subject files; reader correspondence and correspondence with naturalists, birders, publishers, editors and friends (including extensive correspondence with Al Oeming, founder and director of the Alberta Game Farm, and one letter from John Diefenbaker); photographs of mushrooms, insects, animals and birds by Halliday; notes and sketches; print and ephemera.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request. Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English