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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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Papers, 1859-86. 1 box.
Thesis on Montreal poets, correspondence.
Papers, 1958. 1 box.
Notes, prose and poem drafts, correspondence.
Papers, [195-]-[200-]. 31 boxes and items.
Manuscript drafts, correspondence and promotional materials relating to the broadcaster and poet's career.
Papers, [ca. 1920-1990]. 48 boxes.
Includes correspondence (mostly copies) of Yiddish writers Chaim Grade (1910-1982), Morris Gruda (1919- ) and Leon Eisner, 1960s-1980s. Also includes print material about Chaim Grade and some unidentified black and white photographs of Grade and others.
Papers, 1970s-1980s. 1 box.
Collection consists of three cycles of original pen on paper drawings by Margaret Bloy Graham (1920-2015).
Two binders of drawings, 1943.
Two unpublished plays, The Wicked Man and The Weather Hen.
Papers, [1898?]. 1 box.
Sketches, book jackets.
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Research notes, drafts, research materials, and correspondence for published and unpublished writings.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.
Typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of stories in North American Russian language newspapers, correspondence.
Papers, 1960. 6 boxes and items.
Family letters, original and transcribed, genealogical materials.
Papers, 1799-1910. 3 boxes and items.
Contains drafts for 'White Porcupine', 'My Banjo & Tiny Drawings'; holograph notebooks; personal and professional correspondence; other people's manuscripts; and personal material.
Papers, 1970-2016. 74 boxes.
Drafts of columns on birds and nature for The Toronto Star Weekly and other publications; correspondence, photographs, notes and sketches.
Papers, 1940-80. 17 boxes.
Drafts of published and unpublished writings, research materials, correspondence, tapes of interviews.
Papers, 1939-1987. 62 boxes.
Early members of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts (R.C.A.), founded in 1880.
Collection of photographs of Canadian artists. 1 box.
Collection of Powys family papers, 1924-1959.
1 box (13 letters and notebook).Notes, manuscripts, galleys, reviews, correspondence about his books.
Papers, 1985-1989. 21 boxes.
Collection of correspondence of Canadian writers and artists, 1898-1940. 2 boxes.
Papers, [193-]-2017. 27 boxes.
Papers consist of records created and acquired by Tom Harpur in the course of his career as a journalist and writer.
Draft manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, print and other material.
Papers, 1969-ongoing. 147 boxes.
Consists of manuscripts and other material relating to Beatriz Hausner’s literary and editorial work; correspondence and manuscripts from her parents, Susana Wald and Ludwig Zeller; email correspondence from artists and surrealists; records related to literary activities, events, and other professional files; juvenilia and other personal records; and notebooks, and agendas.
Papers, 1970-2024. 25 boxes.
Letters to the French philosopher from 18th century writers, philosophers, diplomats, ecclesiastics, government officials, patrons or friends of the arts.
Papers, 1749-1801. 1 box.