Sketches, book jackets.
Archival Collections Finding Aids
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library holds over 750 archival collections (more than 4,500 metres). The archives consist primarily of Canadian literary, historical, and personal papers from individuals and organizations, dating from the 19th to the 21st centuries. 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; as well as drafts, research notes, and correspondence of Canadian authors such as Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Leonard Cohen, Mazo de la Roche, and Josef Skvorecky. 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.
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Artwork, 1948-93. 1 box.
Black and white photographs taken by Sheldon Grimson in the early 1970s of various Canadian writers, primarily to be featured in the book 15 Canadian Poets.
Photographs, 1966-2015 (predominantly 1970s). 1 box.
Research notes, drafts, research materials, and correspondence for published and unpublished writings.
Papers, 1960-2015. 207 boxes.
Collection includes a diary and letters of Harriet Grover (1822-1901), as well as correspondence Rachel Grover had with various Canadian authors.
Papers, 1846-1901, 1973-2000. 9 boxes.
Documents and typescripts of works on the Ontario Education Association, plank roads, emigration, famous Canadian trials, Canadian literary pioneers and the Peter Robinson emigration to Peterborough, Ont.
Papers, 1943-1960. 3 boxes.