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Dana Harris Porter fonds. English
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Correspondence : Bill.

File consists of one postcard addressed to Dana Porter from Bill [?] featuring a photo of an Atomic Detonation in Nevada.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence : Farrell, R.A.

File consists of one item of correspondence from R.A. Farrell of the News Bulletin of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence re. congratulations (2 of 3).

  • H. Mary
  • Hall, Emmett M.
  • Hamilton, William E.
  • Hammell, John E.
  • Hanna, John W.
  • Harkness, W.U.K.
  • Harris, Roland A.
  • Hart, G. Arnold
  • Hastings, Mable
  • Heal, R.F.
  • Hearing, George J.
  • Herbert, Rober
  • Hermant, Sydney
  • Hewitt, Gordon; Hilton, John D.
  • Hobson, J.A.
  • Hasting, R.S.
  • Huffman, John
  • Hughes, Frank J.
  • Hukee, Margie Magone
  • Hungerford, Jack
  • Inch, George
  • Innes, H.B.
  • Isber, Rose M.
  • Jamieson, H.T.
  • Jasperson, Fred K.
  • Johnston, Roddy
  • Jones, Oakah L.
  • Kelly, J.M.
  • Kents, Palmer
  • Kingston, R.A.
  • Kirkpatricks, A.M.
  • Kirkwood, Helen
  • Kucherepa, John
  • Laidlaw, Robert
  • Langford, Henry
  • Leal, Allan H.
  • Leal, W. Allen
  • Levinter, Isodore
  • Lough, Donald
  • Lewis, Dev
  • Long, Norman W.
  • Lowe, Carl
  • Luxenberg, Benjamin
  • Lyle, F.
  • MacLean, Ian
  • McLaughlin, Hugh J.
  • McCutcheon, M. Wallace
  • McGibbon, J.A.
  • McLead, Douglas J.
  • McKenzie, A.C.
  • McTague, Charles P.
  • Mabee, Oliver B.
  • Mack, Ron L.
  • Maddocks, Fred
  • Mahoney, Ed.
  • Martin, Walter M.
  • Mauskell, J.Q.
  • Mendels, M.M.
  • Mernill, S.B.
  • Millar, J.D.
  • Mills, Ralph S.
  • Milner, H.R.
  • Mitchell, George
  • Montague, W.H.
  • Moore, Trevor
  • Morrison, William
  • Mungovan, Lenore
  • Monteith, J. Waldo
  • Murray, Gladstone
  • Nickle, W.M.
  • Normandin, Rodrigue
  • Ormsly, Gerald
  • Osborne, L.
  • Pepler, H.W.E.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana George : vital records.

File consists of an envelope with vital records and information for Dana Porter, Jr. Includes correspondence regarding the records from the RCAF, as well as a high school graduation diploma, reports of examinations from the Ontario Agricultural College, clippings on Porter's time at OAC and letters of reference.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1953.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1958.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1961.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1962.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1965.

Porter, Dana Harris

Campaign blotter.

File consists of a campaign blotter for Dana Porter for when he was running for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the St. George's riding in Toronto.

Porter, Dana Harris

Campaign flyer.

File consists of one campaign flyer for Dana Porter for the Progressive Conservative party for the St. George's Riding Toronto in 1943.

Porter, Dana Harris

Poem.

File consists of a handwritten poem, possibly by Dana Porter to his wife.

Porter, Dana Harris

Administrator of the Province : John Wellington Pickup.

File consists of materials relating to John Wellington Pickup's time as the "Administrator of the Government of the Province of Ontario" (in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor). Includes commissions appointing John Wellington Pickup interim administrator, instructions for the administrator of the Province of Ontario, a Speech From the Throne regarding the death of Queen Mary, and correspondence.

Porter, Dana Harris

Campaign speeches.

File consists of transcriptions of speeches and articles by Dana Porter from when he was campaigning in anticipation of the 1943 election.

Porter, Dana Harris

Governmental notes.

File consists of alphabetized and tabbed notes on a variety of topics relating to Dana Porter's portfolios and positions in the Ontario Government.

Porter, Dana Harris

Probation - a brief.

File consists of a four part report on probation by Dana Porter. Parts consist of A. Historical ; B. Evolution, Procedure, Qualifications, Task ; C. The Need for Probation in Canada and Ontario ; D. What is Probation?

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbooks and Clippings

Series consists of clippings and scrapbooks created primarily by Dana Porter. Some books also contain posthumous clippings on Dana Porter and his legacy collected by Julian Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Clipping.

File consists of two photocopies of a clipping from the May 20, 1948 edition of the Toronto Evening Telegram. Clipping discusses Porter's position as Minister of Planning and Development.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings and magazine articles on Porter, his work, and related interests.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings, magazine articles, ephemera and correspondence created and accumulated by Porter, relating to his work, family and interests.

Porter, Dana Harris

Shakespeare

Series consists of materials relating to Dana Porter's interest in, and study of, Shakespeare with particular emphasis on his Sonnets. Includes essays written by Porter, research notes, clippings, correspondence regarding the publication of his works, and one item of correspondence consisting of a posthumous review of Porter's works by Professor Alan C. Coman.

Porter, Dana Harris

Shakespeare's Sonnets : essay.

File consists of an untitled essay by Dana Porter of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Includes three drafts of the essay, as well as reference photocopies sent from the Bodleian Library.

Porter, Dana Harris

Sonnet order.

File consists of a chart giving Dana Porter's proposed order for Shakespeare's sonnets alongside the order established in 1609 and by Denis Bray.

Porter, Dana Harris

What if a Day.

File consists of a typed passage from What if a Day by A.E.H. Swaen from Modern Philology Vol. 5 p. 384.

Speech File : 1960.

File consists of the transcripts for eleven speeches given by Dana Porter at various convocations and events. Includes one for the University of Waterloo Convocation for the Installation of the Chancellor The Honourable Dana Harris Porter. Also includes four photographs showing Dorothy Porter, Julian Porter and Dana Porter Jr. standing under a painting of Dana Porter at the dedication ceremony for the Dana Porter Library.

Porter, Dana Harris

Immigration photographs.

File consists of forty one photographs showing immigrants coming to Canada under Dana Porter's 1947 plan to airlift 10,000 British immigrants to Canada. Individual photographs feature descriptions on the verso.

Porter, Dana Harris

Magone, Clifford.

File consists of one photograph of Clifford Magone, the Deputy Attorney General of Ontario under Dana Porter. The photograph was taken by William Scott, Fire Marshal of Ontario. Also includes an item of correspondence from Scott.

Porter, Dana Harris

Ontario Cabinet.

File consists of one photograph showing members of Leslie Frost's Cabinet from 1954. Identification based on photograph of 1949 cabinet.

  • Frost, Leslie
  • Porter, Dana Harris
  • Dunbar, George
  • Daley, Charles
  • Goodfellow, William
  • Gresinger, Bill

Porter, Dana Harris

Ontario Cabinet.

File consists of one photograph showing members of Leslie Frost's Cabinet from 1949. Includes : Louis Cecile ; [Horrsscort] ; Bill Gresinger ; Charles Daley ; Dana Porter ; William Goodfellow ; Arthur Walsh ; George Dunbar ; Tom Kennedy ; Leslie Frost ; George Doucette ; George Challies. Identification from attached sheet, not all names are legible.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana.

File consists of one re-touched photograph used to create zinc plates as well as eight prints made from the plates of a portrait of Dana Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana.

File consists of one portrait of Dana Porter. Also includes one item of correspondence regarding the use of the portrait in a notice about Porter's death in the Digest Business & Law Journal. Portrait, by Ashley & Crippen, Toronto

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana.

File consists of two portraits of Dana Porter as well as ten prints of the portrait taken by Karsh, Ottawa, Ont..

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dorothy and others.

File consists of three group portraits showing a group of women that includes Dorothy Porter. The women are dressed in formal clothes and hats.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from Dana Porter regarding a variety of topics in his personal and professional life. Includes approximately three hundred and thirty-six items. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Note that where applicable items of correspondence have been left in their original file and subsequently correspondence can also be found in :

  • Series 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ;
  • Series 4. Ephemera ;
  • Series 5. Political and Legal Career ;
  • Series 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ;
  • Series 7. Shakespeare ;
  • Series 8. Speeches and Addresses ;
  • Series 9. Visual Materials.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence : Black, Ed.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Ed Black along with a campaign brochure for the YMCA that features a baby with a resemblance to Leslie Frost.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence : Karsh, Yousuf.

File consists of eighteen items of correspondence between the secretaries of Yousuf Karsh (Joyce Large) and Dana Porter (Margaret Saunderson) regarding portraits of Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence re. Admiral A.R. Parker and Dalton Davies.

File consists of three items of correspondence. Two are between Admiral A.R. Parker (Dana Porter's father-in-law) and Dalton Davies. The other item is possibly from Porter's mother-in-law to him or to his wife. All three items were in the same envelope and the letter from Mrs. Ramsey discusses the estate of Dalton Davies.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence re. congratulations (3 of 3).

  • Pepper, Elliott R.
  • Porteous, J.G.
  • Purcell, G.M.
  • Portstein, Meyer
  • Powel, W. Kent
  • Reilly, Gladys and Edward
  • Rigney, T.J.
  • Robbins, Harry M.
  • Robertson, N.S.
  • Robinette, T.L.
  • Robinson, Cecil W.
  • Rodgers, A.B.
  • Rogers, Arthur W.
  • Rogers, H.W.
  • Roebuck, Joseph
  • Rooney, Veronica Plunkett
  • Rosenburg, Henry
  • Ross, A.
  • Ross, Allan
  • Ross, Douglas
  • Ross, James F.W.
  • Sale, Rhys M.
  • Samuel, Sigmund
  • Sedgwick, Joseph
  • Sowby, Rev. C.W.
  • Schwenger, William F.
  • Savage, Claude C.
  • Schmon, Arthur A.
  • Seed, Jack A.
  • Seitz, Joseph L.
  • Shenstone, Norman S.
  • Simpson, D.G.
  • Slemin, J.A.D.
  • Smalley-Baker, Dean C. E.
  • Smith, Adam W. Simpson
  • Soward, Reginald H.
  • St. John, Bascom, Starr, Anne
  • Stephen, Alan G.A.
  • Sullivan, Joseph A.
  • Tayts, Paddy
  • Templeton, Gilbert
  • Thaufrou, Joe
  • Torrance, F.W.
  • Trebilcock, A.J.
  • Tyrrell, T.A.C.
  • Wadsworth, J.P.R.
  • Walker, C.L.
  • Walker, David J.
  • Walker, J.W.
  • Ward, Alfred B.
  • Wardrope, G.C.
  • Warrender, W.K.
  • Weiss, Herbert J.
  • Weldon, D.B.
  • Weldon, J.O.
  • Whalley, J.F.C.
  • Williams, E.K.
  • Wilson, Harry H.
  • Wilson, Roland F.
  • Wilton, Glen
  • Wintermeyer, John J.
  • Winters, Robert
  • Woodland, F.A.L.
  • Wren, Albert
  • Yaremko, John
  • Yavell, L.L.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence re. speeches.

File consists of three items of correspondence regarding speeches given by Dana Porter. These items do not correspond with a speech in the collection.

Porter, Dana Harris

Directions to wake.

File consists of a small card giving directions from the church to the reception area for Dana Porter's wake at 32 Heath Street West in Toronto.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1963.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1966.

Porter, Dana Harris

Note and envelope re. Professor R.S. Knox.

File consists of one envelope addressed to Professor R.S. Knox, Department of English, University of Toronto as well as an attached note indicating that Professor Knox is out of the country.

Porter, Dana Harris

Political and Legal Career

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Dana Porter during the course of his political and legal career. Includes legal and political notes, legal proceedings and judgements, commissions, etc.

Porter, Dana Harris

Clippings.

File consists of clippings accumulated by Dana Porter and family on Dana Porter, his work, personal life, and interests.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one scrapbook documenting the immigration of British and Dutch citizens to Canada following the Second World War, in which Porter was involved. Includes clippings and photographs, most of which have captions.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with five pasted-in photographs of Dana Porter and others at various events. No identification is given for the photographs.

Porter, Dana Harris

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