Langton (John) Family fonds

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
2 Hugh Hornby Langton series Series 1851-1953
B1965-0014/001(02) Correspondence File 1892, 1894, 1904
B1965-0014/001(04) Diary. Indices to diaries. "Recorded in diaries as sharing entertainment either in our house or in theirs or perhaps with a mutual friend" File n.d.
B1965-0014/001(10) Diary. Visit to England File 14 June - 5 Sept 1901
B1965-0014/001(11) Diary. "England and Abroad". Holiday, 25 June - 3 Oct 1909; Sabbatical, 25 Jan 1912 - 8 Nov 1913 File 1909-1913
B1965-0014/001(12) Diary. Rockies and Yellowstone File 23 July - 25 Sept 1919
B1965-0014/002(01) Diary. European travels File 6 June 1922 - 22 Sept 1923
B1965-0014/002(05) Article. Notes for "Comparison of the Gospels". MSS 74 p. File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(08) Article. "Some Reminiscences". MSS File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(10) Article. "Summary of the Langton Family". MSS 9 p.; TSS, 2 copies 9 p. each File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(11) Article. "A Study of Gerhart Hauptmann", East & West, I, 4 (February, 1900), 108-116 2 copies File Feb 1900
B1965-0014/002(16) Poem. "The Grace of God! It rests upon the earth". File July 1941
B1965-0014/002(17) Poem. "The Grace of God! It rests on all the earth", slightly revised copy of (16); "Like notes that float in circumambient air", November 3, 1941 [one copy, which appears to be an earlier version, is written on paper dated January 7, 1942 [au verso] File 1941-1942
B1965-0014/002(21) Poem. "Like dreams that fade before the waking eye", with a second slightly revised version File July 1951
B1965-0014/004(01) Sir Daniel Wilson's Journal. Photocopy of B1965-0014/003(01), p. 1-107 File View
B1965-0014/004(03) Obituaries File 1894
B1965-0014/004(16) Obituary. The Manchester Guardian File 30 Sept 1881
B1965-0014/002(04) Address. "Cellini". Delivered in Colorado Springs File 2 Mar 1896
B1965-0014/002(07) Article. "A Little Story About a Necklace". TSS 12 p. File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(09) Article. "Some Reminiscences". TSS 21 p. File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(14) Poem. "Less known is not less loved"; "O thou who for the sin of man dost grieve" File Aug 1918
B1965-0014/003(01) Sir Daniel Wilson's Journal. Typescript. Copied and edited by H.H. Langton, containing entries relating to the University of Toronto. Portions concerning the domestic troubles of Sir Daniel's daughter, Jessie, have been omitted. 211 p. With covering letter from Langton to W.S. Wallace, June 13, 1953 File 29 Dec 1851 - 29 June 1892, 1953
B1965-0014/004(05) Profession. Province of Canada. Legislative Assembly. return to an Address of the 19th June, 1856; for copy of all correspondence relative to the charge made by the Commissioner of Crown Lands in his place, in Parliament, against hte Auditor of Public Accounts. 26 June 1856. Annotated File 1856
B1965-0014/004(09) Correspondence. John Langton [to William Langton?], giving his estimate of William Cayley. Copy File 1855
B1965-0014/004(10) Correspondence. John Langton [to William Langton?], November 9 and November 12, 1856, relating anecdotes about Joseph Morrison, Chancellor (William Hume) Blake, and James Beaven. These were omitted from his book, Early Days in Upper Canada. Copy File 1856
B1965-0014/004(11) Correspondence. John Langton [to William Langton?], December 1, 1867, reporting on his new duties as an arbiter of the division of assets and liabilities between Canada East and Canada West. Copy. File 1867
B1965-0014/004(12) Correspondence. John Langton to William Langton, 1870, enclosing a memorandum giving background information on how the books were kept prior to and after Confederation. Copy (TSS) 9 p. File 1870
B1965-0014/004(13) Speech. Given during the last session of Parliament, along with a letter of July 1, 1854, announcing his candidacy in the upcoming elections; both printed in the Peterborough Dispatch, July 4, 1854 File 1854
4 William Langton series Series 1881
B1965-0014/004(17) Memorial Service. "'Pure' In memoriam of the late William Langton, Esq", Sunday Evenings at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, No. 439 pp. 103-116 File 2 Oct 1881
1 Ellen Langton series Series n.d.
B1965-0014/001(01) Article. "The true story of the building of Holy Trinity Church, Toronto". MSS, TSS and copy File n.d.
B1965-0014/001(07) Diary. English and foreign trip. File 25 June - 30 Aug 1891
B1965-0014/001(09) Diary. Trip to south-western U.S.A. 14 pp File 1-5 Apr 1896
B1965-0014/002(02) Diary. Trip to Mediterranean and Eastern Europe File 25 Feb - 25 Aug 1928
B1965-0014/002(06) Article. "A Little Story About a Necklace". MSS 21 p. File n.d.
B1965-0014/002(18) Poem. "At times we read, with backward gaze", with later revised copy File Jan 1946
B1965-0014/002(19) Poem. "Somewhere she lives, though far beyond our ken". File Mar 1947
B1965-0014/002(20) Poem. "When trouble overtakes us" File 7 Mar 1948
B1965-0014/004(02) Sir Daniel Wilson's Journal. Photocopy of B1965-0014/003(01), p. 108-211 File
3 John Langton series Series 1837-1894
B1965-0014/004(04) Profession. Province of Canada, Board of Audit. Minute, February 1 and September 29, 1856; correspondence between John Langton, Chairman, and William Cayley, Inspector General, February 1 and July 18, 1856 File 1856
B1965-0014/004(06) Correspondence. Letter from John Langton to Hugh Hornby, February 20, 1838 [sic, 1838], regarding the Rebellion of 1837 and the economic depression in Upper Canada. Copy File 1837-1838
B1965-0014/004(07) Correspondence. John Langton [to William Langton?], December 1843 [sic, 1843], forecasting either another rebellion or the breakup of Canada because of strife between the Governor and the Assembly; John Langton [to Wililam Langton?], 21 Oct 1844, reporting that an election has been called by Sir Charles metcalfe. Copies File 1843-1838
B1965-0014/004(08) Correspondence. John Langton [to William Langton?], 1 July 1848, commenting on the current political crisis, his organization of a branch of hte British North American League int eh Peterborough area, and his wililngness to stand at another election. Copy File 1849
B1965-0014/004(14) Article. "Some peculiarities in the formation of ice" MSS, 7 p. File n.d.
B1965-0014/004(15) Article. "Remarks on the census of 1871" MSS, n.d. 6 p. File 1871
5 Photographs series Series n.d.
B1965-0014/004(18) List of illustrations, taken from a book about the Langton family, which are reproduced below File
B1965-0014/001(03) Diary. Indices to diaries. Holidays and travel File n.d.