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Skilling family sous-fonds

This sous-fonds documents the activities of various members of the Skilling family, principally Gordon’s father, William Watt Skilling, and brothers, Andrew Douglas and Edward Donald Skilling; his uncle, Ernest John Skilling, and his (Ernest’s) mother, Emma Louise Skilling. Included is correspondence, biographical and other notes, programmes for wedding anniversaries, obituaries, a will, photographs, a photograph album, and a box of mementos of military service during World War I.

The photo album was assembled by Ernest John Skilling and begins with a trip he made to the western United States in 1926 to a Shriner’s convention. The trip back across Canada by train includes images of ‘Hindus [in] British Columbia’, of the Royal North West Mounted Police, First Nations individuals in regalia, the Rocky Mountains, the prairies, northern Ontario and Lake Superior. The album concludes with photos taken during a tour of Kentucky, Alabama, and Tennessee by the 48th Highlanders; photos of the Canadian Expeditionary Force cemetery in France and Donald Skilling’s grave, taken on a family visit to the site in 1919; and of African men and women engaged in domestic work and hunting activities (these images are associated with the missionary work of Reverend Albert Wilkinson). Many of the photo prints in the album have detailed information written on the backs thereof.

The box of military service mementos belonged to Gordon’s brother, Private Edward Donald Skilling, #157689, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who was killed on his first day in action at the front on 4 May, 1917. It contains the following items: a Queen’s Own Rifles pin (Donald spent 6 months with the QOR before the war as a bugler in its bugle band); his ‘dog tag’ (1st Battalion); a shoulder badge – ‘Canada’ [CEF]; two hat badges, one marked ‘Canada’ and the other ‘111, Canada’ [111th Battalion] (probably a souvenir); two brass buttons (tunic and cuff); a piece of soldier’s ration; a hollow candle of the type used in dugouts in the trenches; a .303 calibre bullet and a shell fragment; two medals – the British War Medal and the Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal), each inscribed on the rim: ‘157689 Pte. E. D. Skilling 1-Can. Inf.’, and a silver cross presented to Donald’s parents in his memory by the Minister of Militia and Defence.

Gilbert Edward Jackson fonds

  • UTA 1425
  • Fonds
  • [191-?]-1958

The fonds consists of the personal papers of Gilbert Edward Jackson, a former professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Compiled from inventories of three accessions, the fonds documents Mr. Jackson’s career, participation and achievements as an economist, consultant and professor in Canada and England, during the early 1920s to late 1950s, with the greatest emphasis being on the mid 1930s to early 1950s. Arranged chronologically by function, the fond is divided into ten series. They include: Personal material, related to various activities, accomplishments and events that occurred in Mr. Jackson’s private life; Teaching activities; Manuscripts written by Mr. Jackson; the Canadian Tariff Board; the National War Labour Board; the National Selective Service Advisory Board; Other Federal Government research and reports; the Bank of England; his consulting firm, Gilbert Jackson & Associates; and Photographs.

Within the fonds, a cross over among these series exists as the research Mr. Jackson completed for himself was also utilized for assignments produced for other consulting economists and firms. For instance, the research that was completed to write submissions to the Canadian Tariff Board (Series 4) was also utilized to publish articles located in Series 3 (Manuscripts) and Series 9 (Gilbert Jackson & Associates). Related topics can also be found in Series 5 (National War Labour Board) through Series 7 (Other Federal Government research and reports, as they document the extensiveness of Mr. Jackson’s involvement and research completed for the Federal Government of Canada between the late 1920s to 1950s. Although the material within the series are for different Boards, this cross over among the series documents Mr. Jackson’s involvement and active role within the world of Canadian economics during the mid twentieth century.

Although Mr. Jackson taught at the University of Toronto for roughly 15 years, only a small amount of records exist in the fonds that document his teaching career. The records that do exist in Series 2, (Teaching activities) provide a brief overview of the themes covered and issues addressed during his lectures delivered in the 1950’s. However, additional documents related to Mr. Jackson’s academic career at the University of Toronto can be found in Series 3 (Manuscripts), the correspondence in Series 8 (Bank of England), and Series 9 (Gilbert Jackson & Associates) as the records within the files highlight his relationships, activities, teaching and mentoring of graduate students who attended the University of Toronto.

This fonds will be of great interest to researchers studying the financial condition of Canada and England during the Great Depression and First and Second World Wars. An individual who sharpened the minds of the youth at the time, Gilbert Jackson’s fonds documents the ideologies that shaped the economic world of today, as “it has been said that half the leading economists in Canada today studied under him” [1]

NOTES

  1. “Gilbert Edward Jackson”. Wed. 17 Jun. 1959. Newspaper clipping in case file B2004-0026.

Jackson, Gilbert Edward

Elizabeth Josephine Allin fonds

  • UTA 1008
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1990

Correspondence, diaries, course notes, lecture notes, notes, manuscripts, publications, and photographs documenting the activities of Elizabeth Josephine Allin, Annie Theresa Reed and Kathleen May Crossley as students, staff and faculty in the Department of Physics, University of Toronto

Allin, Elizabeth Josephine

Buffalo savings bank

Item consists of 1 picture postcard with an undivided back of the Buffalo Savings Bank. The postcard has 1 Benjamin Franklin one cent U.S. postage stamp.

Christmas greetings

Item consists of 1 embossed picture postcard with a divided back of a forest scene with holly surrounding it. The postcard has 1 Benjamin Franklin one cent U.S. postage stamp.

SER. 350, Easter greetings

Item consists of 1 embossed picture postcard with a divided back with Easter Greetings and a chicken and chicks. The postcard has 1 Benjamin Franklin one cent U.S. postage stamp.

University of Toronto. Devonshire House

Records of Devonshire House including: general administrative subject files which contain correspondence, memos, minutes, notices, residence lists, committee files, financial records, etc. 1955-1986; General Correspondence 1987-1997; Subject files 1987-97, Awards and Scholarships 1987-97; Committee files 1986-97; Resident Council Minutes 1954-86; records of East House 1973-1997; photographs 1910-1997, Student Applications to Residence 1958-1997.

The lily of Killarney : Eily Mavourneen

Helder, Ruby, 1890-1938 (contralto). The lily of Killarney : Eily Mavourneen. Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885 (composer). International Record Collector's Club (IRCC): IRCC 3112. Matrix 12063;-L1446. Recorded in [London, England].

[Collection of culinary ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF cook ephemera
  • Collection
  • 1910-1990

A collection of 36 boxes of culinary ephemera, with approximately 1200 items. Consists chiefly of Canadian material.

Menus from the United States - California (1910)

File contains menu for the Tait-Zinkand Cafe. American-style menu, possibly a special dinner menu. Front cover is a painting of two farmers among bails of hay. Address is 168 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California.

Note in blue pen written on back cover: "[JFD?] and friends truly dine here very often. And you see why [?] you auto lights. Best wishes, [Dickee?]"

Donald Dewar MacMillan fonds

  • UTA 1511
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1921

Drawings from D.D. MacMillan's student class projects at Belmont Public School, Belmont, Ontario; programme from his university days; drawings from his year in the Faculty of Education, 1918-1919; and drawings, freshman examinations and notebook of laboratory experiments, from his courses in Dentistry, at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, 1920-1921.

MacMillan, Donald Dewar

Talks, lectures and addresses

This series consists of numerous talks, lectures and addresses which W.E. Gallie presented to various conferences, graduating class receptions, and medical lectures. The file titles in this series represent the content of the lecture as well as the audience, if one has been provided. The files in this series have been arranged in chronological order.

Also includes B1990-0046: Text of toast by Dr. W.E. Gallie to the "Sister Universities" at the formal opening of the Banting Institute, with covering letter and a copy of the program, 1930.

Notes on college curriculum

a. Letter from Rev. C.W. Gordon (1910) concerning training of ministers and missionaries, and notes by A. Gandier giving his views on curriculum, ca. 1910
b. Notes, “College Curriculum for Canadian Ministers,” n.d.
c. Notes on curriculum of Knox College, n.d.

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