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[Collection of Canadian travel ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00081
  • Collection
  • 1855-2007

A collection of 26 folders related to travel in Canada, speicifally to British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and greater, Western Canada.

Arthur Harvey Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00093 2B Annex
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1857-1905

This collection of Harvey family papers includes: correspondence to Arthur Harvey about his writings and other interests, to Jane Grist Harvey, his wife; photographs from the studios of Notman, Notman & Fraser, Simpson Bros., Stanton, Eldridge Stanton, Archambault & McCorkingdale, and Livernois; printed appearances and clippings.

Harvey, Arthur

Massey Collection of Manuscripts

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00257
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1858-1932

The collection consists of various manuscripts, including holograph poems signed by Hugh MacDiarmid along with correspondence and notes by or relating to MacDiarmid.

Massey College

William S. Martin Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00183 2B Annex
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1858-1932

The collection consists of notebooks, diaries, account books and memoranda books belonging to or associatd with Martin and his family.

Martin, William S.

[Collection of stationery ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00070
  • Collection
  • 1859-2000

A collection of 43 folders of stationary ephemera. Material originates from Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.

Philip Henry Gosse Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00494
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1859-1886

Collection includes correspondence from Philip Henry Gosse, naturalist, to various recipients, 1859-1886.

Gosse, Philip Henry

[Collection of Canadian beer labels, 1860s to 1980s]

  • CA OTUTF T-10 00095
  • Collection
  • 1860-1980

Box 1. Ontario pt. 1 -- Box 2. Ontario pt. 2, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces -- Box 3. Western provinces -- Box 4. O'Keefe pt. 1 -- Box 5. O'Keefe pt. 2, the earliest labels in the collection and miscellaneous labels from different provinces that were added in 2012.

A detailed list of the breweries represented is attached to this record
A selection of samples from this collection have been digitized and are available on Flickr.

Items are organized in five boxes by geography and date, with items from the Carling O'Keefe Brewery separated.
The collection consists of specimens of printed and lithographed Canadian beer labels from a variety of breweries across the country. Lithographers include Barclay & Clark Co., Standard Litho Co., and Rolph Clark Stone Ltd.

[Collection of banking ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00115
  • Collection
  • 1860-1971

A collection of 26 pieces of banking ephemera, principally from Toronto, ON.

Frances Dafoe Papers

  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1860-2013 (Predominately 1971-2013)

Dafoe, Frances Helen

[Collection of postal service ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00054
  • Collection
  • 1860-1985

A collection of 16 folders of postal office ephemera. Material originates from Canada, and The United States.

[Collection of bookmarks.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00014
  • Collection
  • 1861-2015

A collection of 13 pieces of Canadian bookmark ephemera.

James Mavor Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00119
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1862-1925

Correspondence with notable people such as Robert Falconer, Petr Kropotkin, Stephen Leacock, Peter Veregin; drafts for articles and books, notes, notebooks, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs.

Mavor, James

James Scarth Gale Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00245
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1863-1937

Drafts of writings about Korea and translations of Korean texts; commonplace books, diaries, correspondence, family papers, photographs, his collection of manuscripts, photographs, printed appearances.

Gale, James Scarth

Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00751
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1863-1908

Contains the only known records of Captain Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe. The collection comprises of two leaves from a scrapbook, which has pasted-in watercolours and clippings, as well as three singular watercolours and one pencil drawing. These eleven watercolours and two pencil drawings were made during the course of his travels as a British naval officer and Consul-General to Portuguese East Africa at the following locations: Bahia Blanca (Argentina), Chupat, Patagonia (Argentina), Colonia, Rio Plata (Uruguay), Santa Catarina and Anhatomirim Island (Brazil), Simambaya Island (off the coast of Lamu, Kenya), Cape Verde (off the Senegalese coast), Egypt and Ascension Island (South Atlantic Ocean, 1600 km from the coast of Africa). Collected clippings demonstrate Crowe’s interest in naval history and exploration. Crowe’s papers also contain personal correspondence, notably three letters written to his mother (1863, 1872, 1878), and one to his grandfather as a 14 year old naval cadet. Correspondence and documentation also relates to his career as a naval officer and consul-general including a commission document, a letter of introduction and a letter from Crowe requesting retirement. The collected papers comprises some estate documents, such as an original codicil to Crowe’s will, which makes arrangements for his young daughter, as well as documents outlining the distribution of inheritance from his Uncle and his parents.

Crowe, Fritz Hauch Eden

Agnes Chamberlin Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00112
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1863-1934

The collection includes original paintings of Canadian flora and mushrooms by Chamberlin, and subscription books for her book Canadian Wild Flowers (1868 and 1869 editions). Most of the paintings have not been reproduced. It also contains original paintings and photographs of Canadian flora and other subjects by Chamberlin's daughter, Geraldine Moodie, an album of pressed plants by Moodie, and an album of pressed ferns by Catherine Parr Trail.

Chamberlin, Agnes

[Collection of railway ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00066
  • Collection
  • 1864-1985

A collection of 19 folders holding ephemera from various Canadian railways companies.

[Collection of transportation ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00106
  • Collection
  • 1864-1967

A collection of various materials relating to railways in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, including railway tickets, historical information, receipts and invoices, and more.

Benson Family Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00040 2B Annex
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1864-1876

Correspondence containing family news and comments on life in the British Army.

Benson Family

George Gabriel Stokes Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00018
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1865

The collection consists of lectures, in the hand of Charles Niven, by Stokes on hydrostatics and optics.

Stokes, George Gabriel

Joseph Brabant Lewis Carroll Manuscript Collection

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00371
  • Manuscript Collection
  • [1866?]-1896

The collection consists of correspondence from Charles L. Dodgson, photographs (including an 1865 photograph taken by Carroll), memorabilia, and Brabant's notes and correspondence about the collection.

Brabant, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony)

Charles Stuart Calverley Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00124 2B Annex
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1866-1895

The collection consists of Calverley's miscellaneous correspondence, poems, drawings and translations.

Calverley, Charles Stuart

Signal log of S.S. "Great Eastern" during the laying and recovery of Atlantic cables 1866-65 [sic].

  • CA OTUTF MS Coll 00650, Box 4-folder 3
  • Collection
  • 1866

“Signal log for the Great Eastern during the cable laying and recovery of Atlantic cables 1866-65” [Signals here are between the Great Eastern and the “Terrible”, “Racoon”, “Medway”, and “Albany” [...] the messages comprise S.S. Great Eastern July 13, 1866 – Sept. 8, 1866 Telegraphs Telegraph Collection a narrative of the laying of the cable. Minor incidents are recorded here such as on July 17 “warning bell touched by accident” and the following day “cables are entangled in tank”. The cables become much more detailed toward the end of July and the second part of this signal journal describes the successful attempt to refind the 1865 cable repair it and complete its connection with Newfoundland.]

[Collection of greeting cards.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00034
  • Collection
  • 1867-2002

A collection of greeting cards from Canada, the United States, and Germany. Includes holiday cards, greeting cards, wedding cards, religious cards, and more.

William Charles White Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00032
  • Manuscript Collection
  • [ca. 1867]-1955

The collection consists of correspondence, notes, articles and printed material concerning personal, ecclesiastical and Chinese matters. It also contains some photographs and other memorabilia.

White, William Charles

Collection of Thomas Hardy papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00651
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1867-2009

The collection includes letters by Hardy, his two wives, and members of their extended families; also includes correspondence collected by Richard Purdy and Michael Millgate in the course of their research on Hardy.

James Patrick Hynes Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00287 2B Annex
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1868-1953

The collection contains files from the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. It also contains blueprints from Noulan Cauchon, a noted railway engineer and city planner.

Hynes, James Patrick

[Collection of miscellaneous ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00044
  • Collection
  • 1868-2013

A collection of materials from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom relating to various matters of local government. Also includes some material on the Quebec Lottery.

Ruth Martin Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00323
  • Manuscript Collection
  • [1868?]-[1975?]

The collection consists of typed transcripts from printed texts, private papers, notes, interviews and photographs and post cards that give the social history of the Lake of Bays area. During the late 19th and early 20 centuries, the area was largely inhabited by those who worked in the lumber industry. With the arrival of summer cottagers at the beginning of the 20th century, the economy improved. The Martin papers describe this period.

Martin, Ruth

Doris Huestis Mills Speirs Papers

  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1870-1989

Collection of Thoreau MacDonald papers (1917-1981) and others in the Canadian and American art world in the 1920s.

Speirs, Doris Huestis Mills

Hudson's Bay Company Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00066
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1870-1901

Consists of a small collection of manuscript journals and notebooks, including: journal of occurences at Long Portage,1870-1871; journal of occurence, 1884-1886; first part of holograph journal most likely written by Mr. MacLeod, 1885-1886; account books dealing chiefly with goods purchased by First Nations people by barter at New Post, 1900-1901; two volumes entitled "New Post-Fur Book-Outfit-1901," and "New Post-Provision blotter and transfers-Outfit 1901."

Hudson's Bay Company

[Collection of miscellaneous ephemera.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00069
  • Collection
  • 1870-2003

A collection 18 folders holding ephemera from Canada, the United States, and Great Britain, covering such subjects as: science, space flight, sports, and the South African War. Unrelated, some ephemera comes from Sewing Machine Co. Material originates from Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.

[Collection of Canadian cabinet photographs.]

  • CA OTUTF Ephemera box 00074
  • Collection
  • 1870-1910

A collection of photographs kept in 15 folders, holding photographic material capturing people and events from the Canadian cabinet.

Joseph Burr Tyrrell Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00026
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1870-1957

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, notebooks, drafts for articles and books, family papers, maps, large collection of photographs, clippings and memorabilia.

Tyrrell, Joseph Burr

Thomas Arthur Reed Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00005
  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1871-1958

The collection consists of a typed draft, along with notes and suggestions, of The Church of the Holy Trinity. It also includes leaves of church music in Canada and a memorandum on Music in Upper Canada.

Reed, Thomas Arthur

Robert S. Kenny Papers

  • CA OTUTF MS COLL 00179
  • Manuscript Collection
  • [ca.1871]-1976

This collection consists of manuscript and printed materials on all aspects of radicalism in Canada, as well as photographs, sound recordings and assorted ephemera. The manuscript material includes: material on the Communist Party of Canada; Tim Buck, A.E. Smith and other Canadian communists; organizations connected with radicalism and Communism in Canada, including briefs written by them to government agencies; draft articles submitted to the National Affairs Monthly; and translations and reprints, chiefly from Russian publications.

Kenny, Robert S. (Robert Sheldon)

E.R. Hunter Papers

  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1873-1977

Walker, Sir Byron Edmund

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