Research notes and drafts for New Frontiers, and an unpublished manuscript.
Archival Collections Finding Aids
The Library houses over 750 manuscript collections covering a wide range of subject areas. Holdings range from a collection of about 40 third-century B.C. Egyptian papyri to papers of the co-discoverers of insulin: Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod; and finally to drafts, research notes, and correspondence of Canadian authors such as Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Leonard Cohen, Mazo de la Roche and Josef Skvorecky. The majority of our manuscript collections date from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries and pertain to Canadian historical, literary, artistic or scientific fields.
Collections of personal papers are listed by the surname of the creator or collector, e.g. Birney, Earle. Institutional records are listed under the name of the institution, e.g. Royal Canadian Institute.
Collection level records for many of the manuscript collections appear in the on-line catalogue, along with links to finding aids in pdf format.
Papers, 1952-1956. 5 boxes.
Correspondence, notes, typescripts for writings.
Papers, 1924-1956. 2 boxes.
Collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, print and ephemera.
Papers, 1977-ongoing. 12 boxes.
Research materials, including transcripts of taped interviews with Charles Best for unpublished biography, drafts for other writings, correspondence.
Papers, 1911-1970. 13 boxes.
Correspondence with Lil Greene, Robert Kenny, Ursula Herzberg, as well as material related to the life and work of Ferneyhough, including Singing in the Night.
Papers, 1971-97. 2 boxes.
Family papers and correspondence, notes and drafts for his writings, correspondence, drawings and photographs, printed appearances.
Papers, 1880-ongoing. 169 boxes.
Journals of the fur-trader and surveyor.
Manuscripts drafts, correspondence, reviews and other material related to Fielding's work.
Papers, 1955-2010. 62 boxes.
Drafts and final manuscripts for published and unpublished writings, correspondence, and family papers of his grandfather and his sister.
Papers, 1903-1995. 62 boxes.
See: Rehak, Peter.
Material by Norman Douglas, Lord Dunsany, Sidney H. Sime and Rudyard Kipling collected by Sidney T. and Charles Boddy Fisher.
Manuscripts and correspondence by English authors. 22 boxes.
Correspondence and business records concerning Niagara area.
Papers, 1829-1943. 24 boxes and items.
Typescript of two unpublished books - Beyond the Artic Circle and Arctic Dawn - and related correspondence.
Papers, [193-?]-1973. 2 boxes.
Research materials and drafts for her books and articles.
Papers, 1948-1995. 32 boxes.
Contains manuscripts, drafts, proofs, correspondence, reviews and other material related to Pedlar Press and the life and work of Beth Follett.
Papers, 1960-2013. 166 boxes.
Holograph notes on biblical texts, correspondence.
Papers, 1640-1887. 4 boxes and 7 volumes.
Correspondence, notebooks, speeches, records of the Council.
Collection of Council of Friendship records, 1932-1959. 7 boxes
Correspondence, diaries, natural history notebooks for both England and North America, drawings, scrapbooks.
Papers, 1795-1875. 53 boxes and items.
See: Ronald Peters Gift of the Lester Douglas Personal Archives of Earl Horter, Hans Foy, David Karfunkle and Barbara Shermund under R.
Material related to Red Robin Press and the life and work of Mark and Marion Frank.
Papers, 1978-1994. 13 boxes.
Collection consists of material collected during the course of Dr. Frankford’s career as a doctor, health care activist, and Member of Provincial Parliament.
Papers, 1964-2016. 35 boxes.
Contains handwritten correspondence from Nelson Adams to Shelley Freeman, c.1976-1979 and letterpress materials hand-printed by Shelley Freeman during her time as a student and employee at Coach House Press, as well as related project materials.
Papers, [1973]-1979. 1 box.
Plays in manuscript and typescript, articles, clippings, reviews, photographs pertaining to theatre in the French language.
24 boxes
Correspondence with book reviewers and authors, drafts for reviews, column articles, lectures and speeches.
Papers 1960-1990. 78 boxes.
Detailed daily accounts of business activities and travel between Boston and Montreal.
Papers, 1810-1870. 1 box (12 diaries).