Print and Manuscript Collections
Collection of works by and about American writer, journalist and filmmaker Norman Mailer (1923–2007). Consists of books.
Collection of works by and about English writer, craftsman and early socialist William Morris (1834–1896), comprising of works produced at the Kelmscott Press and two original wallpaper sample books by Morris & Co. Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of works from the personal library of Canadian and American journalist Mark Gayn (1902–1981). The collection includes books by Gayn as well as research material on the subject of China from 1925–1975. Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of works once belonging to the working library of Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), together with correspondence and marginalia. These works were used while McLuhan was writing such titles as Understanding Media, The Gutenberg Galaxy and The Medium is the Massage. Consists of books, pamphlets, periodicals, and printed ephemera.
Collection of works by and about Scottish writers Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978) and James Thomson (1700–1748), and English writer Samuel Butler (1612–1680). The collection includes various editions of Thomson's The Seasons and Butler's Hudibras. Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of official Nazi propaganda and literature directed toward the youth of Germany. The collection includes schoolbooks and pamphlets published after the War by German and American authorities aimed at rehabilitating schools, teachers, and youth. Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of works published by the Middle Hill Press established by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872). The collection covers discoveries in early English topographical and genealogical history. Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of rare liturgical and scriptural books printed in Ukraine in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Consists of books.
Collection of works by and about American author William Faulkner (1897-1962). Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of works by and about English writer and journalist Graham Greene (1904-1991). Consists of books.
Collection of works by and about English Poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892). Consists of books and pamphlets.
Collection of Italian Renaissance and Spanish literature which includes a large group of sixteenth century plays as well as early editions of European literature dating from before 1800. Consists of books.
Collection of works relating to Yiddish songs and music. Consists of books.
Collection of works related to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) and his family. Consists of books.
Collection of German-language books related to the Mennonites previously owned by the Nash family. Consists of books.
Collection of works by and about British artist William Nicholson (1872–1949). Consists of books.
Collection of Christmas carols and hymns written in various French dialects published between the 15th and early 19th century. Consists of books.
Collection of works related to independent social and political organizations in Poland beginning in 1976. The collection focuses on works published by the Polish trade union Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy “Solidarnosc" as well as works in support of or against the organization. The collection also includes works published by the Polish United Workers Party and other related material. Consists of books, pamphlets and periodicals.
Collection of textbooks and other materials relating to the history of education in Europe and North America dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century originally held by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Consists of books and periodicals.
Collection of works in Hebrew that belonged to Toronto photographer and teacher Orah Buck. Consists of books.
Collection of materials from the working library of Jewish-Czech artist, art historian and writer Otto Schneid (1900–1974) along with copies of his unpublished manuscripts. The collection emphasizes Jewish art and artists of the twentieth century, and includes biographical material, correspondence, and artworks. Consists of books, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs, and prints.
Collection of works by, about, and from the personal library of Canadian poet Richard Outram (1930–2005). The collection includes materials published by Gauntlet Press, the now defunct Canadian private press founded by Outram and his wife Barbara Howard (1926–2002). Consists of books, broadsides, manuscripts, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of signed English publishers’ bindings dating from 1846–1880. Among the designers represented are John Leighton, W. H. Rogers, A. W. Warren, John Sliegh, and Robert Dudley. Consists of books.
Collection of materials related to Louis Riel, the Métis, the Red River Resistance (1869–1870), and the North-West Resistance (1885). Consists of books and periodicals.
Collection of typewritten samizdat works written in Czech and Slovak by authors not permitted to publish officially in Czechoslovakia before 1989. Samizdat refers to works of literature published, copied, and circulated in secret due to censorship. Consists of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of postcards printed in the late twentieth century featuring prints of Portugal in colour. The collection includes depictions of diverse Portuguese regions including Lisbon, Madeira, and the Algarve. Changes in the landscape of Portugal, as well as changes to postcard manufacturing and usage are well documented. Consists of printed ephemera.
Collection of ephemeral material issued during and after the Carnation Revolution that took place in Lisbon in 1974. Consists of printed ephemera.
Collection of works by the French philosopher August Comte (1798–1857) and his followers. Consists of books.
Collection of works that contain accounts of paranormal phenomena. The collection includes psychical research, supernatural histories, and science fiction. Consists of books and periodicals.
Collection of Rabbinic literature, dating from the late fifteenth century to the late twentieth century, from the working library of prominent Canadian Rabbi and scholar Rabbi Abraham Price (1900–1994). Consists of books.
Collection of Radio Free Europe publications with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. The collection includes newspaper clippings about the area from 1948–1976 and numerous issues of a research and analysis publication entitled Prehled tisku. Consists of periodicals.
Collection of works by and about American writer Joyce Carol Oates (1938–). Consists of books.
Collection of material primarily theological in subject and printed before the twentieth century. The collection is on loan from Regis College. Consists of books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of works on the subject of radicalism, communism, and socialism throughout the world in various formats and languages. Among the authors represented are Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin. Consists of books, broadsides, pamphlets, periodicals, and printed ephemera.
Collection of works in multiple editions and printings by British-Canadian poet and writer Robert W. Service (1874–1958). Consists of books.
Collection of works issued by the Royal Canadian Institute. Consists of pamphlets and periodicals.
Collection of text books collected by Canadian writer and Anglican clergyman Henry Scadding (1813–1901). The collection includes works used by Scadding while he was a student and teacher at Upper Canada College during the nineteenth century. Consists of books.
Collection of medieval manuscripts and incunabula. Consists of early printed books.
General collection of works in all branches of the sciences, medical science excluded, with a focus on renaissance and seventeenth century English experimental science. Consist of books, maps, pamphlets, and periodicals.
General collection of works in chapbook format on a variety of subjects. Many of the chapbooks in the Library were collected by the wood-engraver, illustrator and humorist Joseph Crawhall (1821–1896) who, with Andrew Tuer, initiated a brief revival of the chapbook form at the Leadenhall Press in the 1880s. Consists of chapbooks.
Collection of works by minor Scottish poets of the nineteenth century. The collection represents established publishing centres as well as scarce and unusual imprints issued by local printers in smaller communities scattered across the country. Labouring-class poets are well represented alongside poets from middle or upper class backgrounds. Consists of books.
General collection of works on the subject of Australia and Oceania. Consists of books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and printed ephemera.
Collection of the four Shakespeare folios as well as subsequent editions of both collected and individual works dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Some early editions of works believed to be sources for Shakespeare’s plays are also included in the collection along with music settings for Shakespeare’s songs, and general Shakespeariana such as forgeries and biographies. Consists of books.
Collection of works from the library of the first Lieutenant-Governor General of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806) and his father John Simcoe at Wolford Lodge, Devon. The collection is military in focus. Consists of books.
Collection of works on British philosophy. Consists of books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of works on American philosophy. Consists of books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
Collection of trade publications acquired by Southam Press as well as subsidiary publishers. Consists of periodicals.
Collection of works on the subject of the Spanish Civil War and it's impact on the international community. Consists of books.
Collection of Spanish plays dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Consists of books.
Collection of works published by the cloistered order of Benedictine nuns at Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester, UK. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, and printed ephemera.