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Manuscripts and Publications

W. H. Fraser's principal writing was of textbooks on French and German grammar, co-authored by John Squair and William Henry Van der Smissen. They were used for two generations in Ontario schools and had wide acceptance elsewhere. They went through many editions, being published in Canada by Copp Clark, in the United States by D. C. Heath of Boston, and in the United Kingdom by George Harrap in London. On his own, Fraser wrote, in 1887, Un Philosophe sous les toits, Journal d'un Homme Hereux, par Emile Souvestre, and, later, a slim volume of Italian Exercises. Associated with the last is a scrapbook, mounted pages cut from a French grammar text with annotations in Italian.

Essays and presentations

This series contains manuscripts of unpublished essays, speeches and lectures prepared by Dale. His only publication was “Rome’s Greatness – Caesar’s Character – Lucretius” which appeared in Queen’s Quarterly 4 (1896) (pp 227-231). The manuscript has not been traced, although other essays on Roman history in this series may have been the basis for this article. Typed transcripts of many of these essays prepared by Frances Dale will be found in B2002-0017/008 (06-(08).

Addresses

The addresses in this series are largely public talks, some of which were written on cards, that were delivered in conjunction with lantern slide shows that were highly popular at the turn of the century. The subjects are art, architecture, literature and history, the locales largely Italian, with a few nods to Spain. The single non-Romance address is on German proverbs. The talks on Michelangelo and Raphael were much in demand. They were delivered as part of the University's popular Saturday Lecture Series and, along with others, at numerous locales across southern Ontario. Student organizations, especially the Modern Languages Club, were also frequent venues.

There is also [box 005, folder 01] a selection of cards with press clippings of quotations, current events and amusing anecdotes that were collected for use, in part, in his university lectures and in public talks. Only a few of them are dated; those that are range from 1905 to 1911. Most are written in English, but some are in Italian, Spanish, and French.

Lecture notes

This series begins with a register of students in Italian, Spanish, and Phonetics for 1914-1915 for all four years in the pass and honours courses.

Professor W. H. Fraser's lectures in Italian and Spanish cover a substantial portion of the period (1887-1916) that he held the position of lecturer and then professor at the University of Toronto. The lectures in Italian are for third and fourth year students. They begin in 1892 and, though some are undated, end around 1910. Once written, the lectures, or parts thereof, were delivered in subsequent years to students in the same year and, occasionally, other years as well. Accompanying the formal lecture notes are lessons, notebooks on morphology and phonology, miscellaneous exercises, and notes on humour.

The dated lectures in Spanish cover the period 1892-1911; some are undated and were written for third and fourth year students. Topics include the novel, history of the language, phonology, phonetics, prosody, and literature.

There is one file of lectures in French, for a third year course offered in 1893-1894.

Addresses

Consists of:

  • an address delivered at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 27.1.1909, printed in Applied Science, New Series, II, 4 [February 1909], 170-185.
  • Handwritten notes for an address, ca. 1913

Memorabilia

This series of memorabilia includes programmes for reunions of University College clubs (1890, 1900), programmes of the University College Modern Language Club (1892-1905, 1907-1909) and of Victoria Modern Language Club (1904-1905), undated sheet music, and a scrapbook of press clippings on political and other topics from the Toronto Globe, Saturday Night, World Wide, and The Times (1911-12).

Included are W. H. Fraser's prize books, received while a fourth year honours student in modern languages in University College in 1880. Six of these are signed, and the seventh is unsigned.

Education

This series contains certificates and diplomas, correspondence, course and lab notes, term papers and memorabilia documenting aspects of Davidson Black’s education, running from the Wellesley School through Harbord Collegiate and the Faculties of Medicine and Arts at the University of Toronto. There is also a file on Davidson’s summer project in 1907 to earn money for his Bachelor of Arts program, prospecting in the Temagami Forest Reserve.

Memoranda

Consists of 3 files

  1. Memorandum re North Rosedale Annexation. n.d.
  2. Memorandum on the revision of salaries for the Staff of the University & University College, TSS & printed copy, 1905
  3. Memorandum from James Loudon re the separate costs of administering the University of Toronto TSS, ca. 1906

Diaries and personal papers

This series contains five diaries kept by William Dale from his student days (1868) through several years as professor of classics at the University of Toronto (1892). In his article on William Dale, Robert Wilhelm states “In the pages of these journals, all of which deserve publication, we obtain an amazingly intimate picture of his feelings and thoughts on life, religion, politics, his studies, the books he has read and his views on education [1].

This series also includes a file of two pieces of correspondence - a letter of December 11, 1888 from A. M. Bascom, a “friend of father’s in Uxbridge re father’s faith and B’s advice to him to get married” [2] and an invitation to Prof. and Mrs Dale to attend convocation conferring an honorary degree on the Duke of Cornwall, Oct. 11, 1901 (B2002-0017/001(07). For the bulk of correspondence by Dale to his wife Frederika Rykman Dale see Sous-fonds 2, Series 1. Another file contains a Farm Book of expenses (1897-1906) maintained by Dale while farming his property near St. Marys, Ontario (B2002-0017/001(08).

The final item is the testimonial presented to Dale by Classical Association of University College on 20 Feb 1895, following his dismissal by the University. It is signed by members of the Association.

NOTES

[1] Robert McKay Wilhelm, “William Dale – Delicta Maiorum: An Ancient Roman on the battlefield at the University of Toronto”. P. 21 B2002-0017/008

[2] Ms notation by Frances Dale on front of envelope

Correspondence

Consists of 3 files

  1. Thomas Hodgins to Sir William Mulock, April 9, 1897
  2. John George Hodgins to Sir W.R. Meredith, 1900
  3. Letters between Rev. T.C. Street Macklem and J.W. Flavelle, March, 1906

University federation

Consists of 3 files

  1. Report to the Senate on the Federation with Trinity University: Appendices A, B & C, 1901

  2. Draft: Article of Agreement for Federation between Trinity University and the University of Toronto TSS, 1903

  3. Report of the Commission on Federation, Appendices A, B & C, 1903

Province of Ontario - Statutes

Consists of 3 files:

Notes re Government Statutes, n.d.
Notes: from (1897) Revised Statute of Ontario Cap. 298 [for (1901) 1 Edw. VIII

Cap. 41 (Ont.) An Act Respecting the University of Toronto and University College, 1897-1901

Notes: from Revised Statute of Ontario Cap. 299 [see above] 1897

Stott Scrapbook

This series contains a scrapbook of geometric drawings that belonged to Alicia Boole Stott (1860-1940) who originally termed the word “polytope” to describe a four dimensional convex solid. Stott was the third daughter of mathematician George Boole and a colleague of Coxeter. The two met in 1930 and worked on various problems together early in Coxeter’s career. Stott died in 1940.

Teaching and lecture notes

This series contains lecture notes for various courses taught by Prof. Dale, presumably at the University of Toronto, in his position as Lecturer and Associate Professor of Latin and Roman History in the Department of Classics at University College. Files relate to Roman History lectures for third and fourth year students, notes on Livy, Cicero Academica, Caesar, Lucretius, Aristotle's Ethics (with exam questions), and Ancient Greek and Roman History (with exam questions).

Senate

Consists of 8 files

  1. Agreement between the Province of Ontario and Victoria University TSS, 1886
  2. Extracts from Senate Minutes, re Bankers' Scholarship, TSS, 1891
  3. Extracts from Senate Minutes , 1892-3, re the Fulton & MacKenzie Scholarships TSS, 1892-1893
  4. Statute No. 48, re Prince's Prize TSS
  5. Statute No. 108, re Blake Scholarship TSS
  6. Statute No. 146, 1883, re Mary Mulock Classical Scholarship TSS, 1883
  7. Statutes re: Ramsay Scholarship, Moss Scholarship, Math & Physics Scholarship TSS, 1885
  8. Statute No. 251, re Edward Blake Matriculation Scholarships

Illuminated "In Memoriam" volume

Illuminated "In Memoriam" volume produced by the City of Toronto containing the "Resolution of Condolence" dated 10 October 1892 relating to the death of Sir Daniel Wilson.

Correspondence

Copies of correspondence from Daniel Wilson (later Sir Daniel Wilson, former President of U. of T.) to individuals in Edinburgh and to institutions such as American Philosophic Society and Smithsonian Institution.

Notebook

Notebook belonging to George Walter McFarlen and containing sketches of bridges and other constructions, with specifications

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