Correspondence, poems, drawings and translations.
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.
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Papers, 1866-1895. 2 boxes.
Material pertaining to Peculiar Practices (2009) and co-authored book with Leon Rooke: How God Talks in His Sleep And Other Fabulous Fictions (2009).
Papers, [200-]. 12 boxes.
Notes, research materials, correspondence, draft manuscripts relating to her biographies of Hugh MacLennan, Irving Layton, Earle Birney, her other books, and her journal articles; class notes and administrative correspondence.
Papers, 1970-2017. 201 boxes.
Research materials and notes for published and unpublished writings, correspondence, family papers, photographs.
Papers, 1923-1983. 35 boxes.
Business records, correspondence, membership lists.
Records, 1921-1954. 3 boxes.
Collection of photographs and photographs of drawings of 62 Canadian authors. 1 box.
Mainly printed forms, completed in manuscript; some in manuscript only, relating to the civil and military government of Upper and Lower Canada.
171 items in 2 boxes and mapcase
Administrative and financial, primarily the organization of annual and executive meetings, financial reports, day-to-day accounts, bank and investment statements, and grant applications to government funding agencies.
Records, 1967-2004. 27 boxes and 4 filing cabinets.
Correspondence, business records, minute books.
Records, 1889-1921. 7 boxes.
Collection of vintage photograph cards of various 19th and early 20th century female writers, most signed.
Photographs, [ca. 1890-1920].
Printed works with extensive holograph and other manuscript revisions; 1928 diary and photographs.
Collection, ca. 1904-1928. 8 items and boxes.
Typescript of unpublished reminiscences of pioneers and pioneering in Alberta and Manitoba.
Papers, [1920]. 1 box.
Consists of manuscripts, correspondence and papers relating to Margaret Atwood and the book Margaret Atwood: Vision and Forms.
Papers, 1975-2004. 8 boxes.
Watercolours of Canadian flora and mushrooms; subscription books for Canadian Wildflowers, 1868 and 1869 editions; paintings and photographs of Canadian flora and other subjects by Geraldine Moodie, Chamberlin's daughter, 1902-1934.
Papers, ca 1863-1934. 21 boxes.
Correspondence with poets, copies of draft manuscripts of various writers, and books, pamphlets, print and ephemera pertaining to West Indian and Caribbean Literature, history and culture.
Papers, 1970-2012. 27 boxes and items.
A collection of correspondence, manuscripts (holograph, typescript, and photocopied), research materials (mostly photocopies), notes, and background materials relating to various works by Douglas Chambers on the British poet Thom Gunn (1929 - ).
Papers, 1952-2004. 15 boxes.
Administrative records and correspondence, typescripts of some publications, and works not published.
Records, 1905-ongoing. 232 boxes.
Manuscript drafts, research notes, correspondence and photos relating to Dr. Peter Charlebois’ The Life of Louis Riel. Collection also includes several albums of riverboat photographs for his Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers: The Romance of Steamdriven Paddleboats in Canada.
Papers, [1960-197?]. 10 boxes.
Microfilm. Diaries and autobiography.
Papers, 1881-1905. 17 boxes and items.
Correspondence, manuscripts, artwork, material related to the United States Vietnam War draft and anti-war movement.
Papers, 1953-2017. 75 boxes.
Anatomical drawings in graphite and coloured pencil, signed.
Collection of 44 drawings, 1930. 1 oversize box.
Primarily photographs of life in China at the turn of the 20th century taken by Robert John Davidson, a Quaker missionary.
Photographs and papers, 1890-1997 (bulk 1890-1926). 4 boxes.
Correspondence; drafts of published and unpublished reports and conference papers; articles; reprints; diaries; negatives and photographs related to his scholarly studies and life work in wildlife conservation and management.
Papers, 1925-1980. 59 boxes and items + 2 mapcase folders.
Correspondence, manuscript drafts, teaching materials.
Papers, 1975-2017. 676 boxes.
Collection contains files accumulated and maintained by Stan Bevington, founder of the Coach House Press. The papers include accounting materials, correspondence, ephemera, SoftQuad files, information related to programs and other miscellaneous items.
Papers, 1960-2012. 208 boxes.