Contains materials relating to the work of Neil Fraser Cochrane during his time as a student at the Ontario College of Art (OCA) in the 1970s and thereafter. Cochrane was involved in editing, designing, and illustrating a variety of student publications which reflect the anti-establishment scene of the 1970s.
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.
Displaying 101 - 125 of 575
Papers, 1974-1992. 1 box.
Drafts and typescripts of writings, correspondence.
Papers, 1953-ongoing. 23 boxes.
Includes research, notes and other background material for Joan Coldwell’s The Tightrope Walker: autobiographical writings of Anne Wilkinson (1992).
Papers, 1988-1992. 2 boxes.
Collection in Greek and Latin illustrating the history and development of handwriting from the 4th century until the end of the Middle Ages. [Electronic version]
2 boxes & oversize.
Autographs from the registrar’s office, University of Toronto. Many are circa 1800s, chiefly Canadian.
[ca. 18--?]. 1 box.
Collection of early telegraphic material. Contains material related to the construction of telegraphic infrastructure, such as the log of S.S. Great Eastern and fundraising materials.
1847-[1990?]. 5 boxes.
Collection includes six leaves from four different mediaeval manuscripts.
1 box.
12 medals, including medals from Cenenario de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (1821-1921), Twentieth International American Congress (Rio de Janeiro, 1875-1922), University of Poitiers (1432-1932).
Consists of photocopies of documents from the former Communist Party of L’viv (now: Department of Public Associations at the State Archive of L’viv Oblast, Viddilhromads’kykh ob’iednan’ Derzhavnoho arkhivu L’vivs’koi oblasti). Also contains source materials for Jeffrey Burds’ “The Early Cold War in Soviet West Ukraine, 1944-1948” in The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2001).
Papers, 1944-1956. 12 boxes.
Includes letters by Hardy, his two wives, and members of their extended families; also includes correspondence collected by Richard Purdy and Michael Millgate in the course of their research on Hardy.
Papers, 1840-1928. 6 boxes.
Contains correspondence, photographs and manuscript material related to the life and work of Collignon, including his Martha's Clinic Letters series.
Papers, 1972-1987. 1 box.
Scrapbooks containing research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, offprints of his work in biochemistry and endocrinology, and biographical material about Collip as a biochemist, teacher, and co-discoverer of insulin.
Papers, 1892-14 scrapbooks; 20 books; 3 boxes.
Contains editorial correspondence, typescripts, translations and galley proofs for a variety of Contact Press publications.
Papers, 1960-1966. 1 box.
Contains office files of correspondence, interoffice memos and financial records for Cooper & Beatty designs, as well as proof copies of work completed, copies of work and mounted samples for exhibits, posters, photographs and organizations connected with the firm.
Papers, 1921-1987. 196 boxes.
Includes personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts; academic papers, lectures, and course materials for the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University and other institutions; personal photographs; cultural and political pursuits; community events; extensive work related to the history of African Canadians, and other material related to her life and work.
Papers, 1974-2019. 23 boxes.
Transcriptions and translations by Cornyn of Aztec literature. In some cases, there are parallel texts. The collection also includes Cornyn's translation of Song of Quetzalcoatl.
Papers, [1930-1932]. 1 box.
Contains the only known records of Captain Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe. The collection consists of two leaves from a scrapbook, which has pasted-in watercolours and clippings, as well as three singular watercolours and one pencil drawing.
Papers, 1863-1908. 1 box.
Collection of Dr. William Allan Van Deusen Dafoe [grandfather of Adrian Gibson Dafoe] relating to his medical training and career.
Papers, 1914-1998. 22 boxes.
Includes original colour sketches of costume designs, costume notes, scripts, photographs of designs and cutting instructions for costumes designed by Frances Dafoe.
Papers, 1971-2013. 152 boxes.
Papers, 1710-1907. 1 box (234 items).
Personal and professional papers including writing files, correspondence, speeches, awards, material related to Massey College, promotional material, photographs and other files.
Papers, 1929-2008. 115 boxes.
Contains archival materials pertaining to French explorer Joseph de Brettes’ (1861-1934) expeditions to South America including two to Gran Chaco.
Papers, 1886-1909. 2 boxes.
Papers, 1802-1895. 1 box.
Correspondence, drafts for writings, photographs, biographical materials.
Papers, 1916-1966. 53 boxes and items
Correspondence, drafts for writings and lectures, scrapbooks of newspaper columns, minutes of Canadian Authors' Association.
Papers, 1918-1960. 104 boxes and items.