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Archival description- SCA25-WA14-4-339
- File
- 1961, 1967
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings, ephemera, correspondence, photographs, a postcard of Creston, British Columbia, and a typescript biographical sketch related to and about British-Italian travel writer Freya Stark. The correspondence consists responses from staff at the Creston Review regarding a request from Valance S. Patriarche about Stark, as well as two letters written by Stark from her home in Italy to Patriarche regarding her father and his time in Creston. The photos are predominantly of Stark's father and his sculpture work, with the exception of a photo of Stark at the age of 72 in a garden with a dog the living room of a residential home.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-338
- File
- September 6, 1947
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Leader-Post article "Ethel Stark, first woman symphony orchestra leader" by Mark Thivierge about Canadian violinist and conductor Ethel Stark.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-337
- File
- September 17, 1947
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "First Woman Minister Ordained by Baptists" about the ordination of Muriel Spurgeon, the first woman minister of the Baptist Church in Canada.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-336
- File
- [1968]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings and ephemera about Canadian educator Mrs. H.M. [Mary] Speechly who founded the Women's Institute of Manitoba and and was the first woman to sit on the Board of Governors of the University of Manitoba. File also includes a short typescript biography about Speechly's life and a manuscript note from Elizabeth Long about Speechly's distribution of information about birth control Winnipeg.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-335
- File
- June 29, 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Never Had Any Trouble, Woman Cabbie Reports" by Lex Schrag about Toronto taxi driver Dorcas Smith.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-334
- File
- [19--]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript biography and a laminated upper body portrait of Canadian politician Mary Ellen Smith.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-333
- File
- 1965, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings of articles from The Progressive about American author Lillian Smith best known for the 1944 novel Strange Fruit.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-332
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Christine Armstrong Smith.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-331
- File
- May 20, 1963
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of captioned Winnipeg Free Press photo of war time nurses who gathered to honour Elizabeth Smellie. Photo caption reads: "Wartime nursing sisters met with their colonel Tuesday evening at a supper party in honor of Elizabeth Smellie (left front), matron-in-chief of the Canadian army medical corps' nursing service during the Second World War. Also a former chief superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses of Canada, Miss Smellie came from her home in Fort William, Ont. to attend the Canadian Public Health Association meeting. She is show with (from left) Katherine Morton, Evelyn Pepper of Ottawa, and Mrs. Alex Noble at the party in Deer Lodge Hospital nurses' lounge, arranged by the Canadian Nursing Sisters Association, Winnipeg Unit."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-330
- File
- 1947, 1960s
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings from various publications of articles about and poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, as well as review of her works.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-329
- File
- March 7, 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Toronto Telegram article "Magnetic Hill Is Magnet To Tourists" New Brunswick ice cream vendor Muriel Lutes Sikorski.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-3-102
- File
- September 1970
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
September 1970 issue of Christian devotional magazine Signs of the Times.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-328
- File
- 1963
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Weekend Magazine (no. 40) article "Canada Through Chinese Eyes" by Donald Stainby about Chinese-born Canadian artist Betty Shuet-Wah Ng.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-54
- File
- 1961
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Two letters from Lorraine Shortt regarding factual errors about her mother, Elizabeth Smith Shortt, in the first edition of the book Famous Women by Byrne Hope Saunders, details about her mother's life, and the possible donation of books by her sister, Mrs. R. F. Clarke.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-327
- File
- 1951
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Independent Woman article "Watchdog of the State Department" by Andre Visson about American Ruth Shipley, chief of the Passport Division of the Department of State.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-326
- File
- May 6, 1965
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Writer Nan Shipley Woman of the Year" about Manitoba author Nan [Nancy Evelyn Sommerville] Shipley being named Woman of the Year by the Women's Advertising and Sales Club of Winnipeg.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-325
- File
- [1952]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping from unknown publication of article "Ann Shipley, Liberal Member-Elect for Temiskaming" about Canadian politician Ann Shipley. Includes typescript copy of first part of article.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-53
- File
- Septemer 19, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript letter from M. N. Sherman, Treasurer of the Victoria Council of Women to Elizabeth Long sending a $45.00 cheque for the Lady Aberdeen Library, and a typescript response with manuscript revisions from Long thanking Sherman for the donation.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-52
- File
- January 7, 1968
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Mrs. Howard F. Shattuck, Jr. requesting that future material from the Committee of Correspondence be directed to the University of Waterloo.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-324
- File
- April 16, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian nurse Gladys J. Sharpe.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-323
- File
- February 21, 1957
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Lone Woman Opposes Nasser" by William D. Cole about Egyptian women's rights activist Doria Shafik with a manuscript note from Elizabeth Long paper-clipped to the front. File also includes a typescript biography about Shafik, two greeting cards, one blank and the other signed by Shafik, and two photographs, one of Shafik and one of her daughters, Jehane and Aziza.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-322
- File
- April 15, 1947
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of the Leader-Post article "She is the Only Woman School Superintendent!" about Marian Scribner of Saskatchewan.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-321
- File
- February 19, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian dermatologist Dr. Ricky Schachter who served as president of the medical staff of Women's College Hospital.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-320
- File
- April 13, 1961
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Halifax Chronicle-Herald article "Mark Anniversary of N.S. Author's Birth" about the life and career of Canadian author Margaret Marshall Saunders.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-319
- File
- 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript letter titled "Archives on Women" and marked Confidential from Elizabeth Long to, likely, Doris Lewis regarding the papers of Mrs. W.E. Sanford and Long's belief that they belonged as part of the National Council of Women of Canada donation to the University of Waterloo Library as Sandford held various roles in the Canadian and International Council of Women. Includes candid views about Sandford's character and the chances of acquiring the papers from Sandford's daughter.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-318
- File
- [1947]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of undated Reader's Digest article "Colorado's Lady Dynamo" by Albert Q. Maisel about American Dr. Florence Sabin.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-317
- File
- 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings (original and photocopied) from various publications about Canadian feminist activist, Laura Sabia. File also includes a copy copy of the April 1966 edition of Women Speaking featuring the article "Canadians - Awake!" by Sabia and two typescripts, one not sourced and one on The St. Catharines Standard letterhead, with biographical facts about Sabia.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-316
- File
- 1963
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript, with corrections in pen, of an item from the August 1963 newsletter of The Federation of Medical Women of Canada about Dr. Helen Reynolds Ryan, the first woman member of the Canadian Medical Association and the first woman to be accepted as an undergraduate in medicine at Queen's University.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-51
- File
- May 22, 1962
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript letter from Sheila MacKay Russell to Elizabeth Long regarding the sending of various editions and translations of Russell's books A Lamp Is Heavy and The Living Earth.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-315
- File
- October 1962
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Manuscript note written by Elizabeth Long about English-Canadian performer Anna Russell's early years in Toronto with a small clipping pinned to the top from an October 1962 edition of the London Times Sunday Edition that reads: "Anna Russell (St. Martin's) is described as "the funniest woman in the world." And she very nearly is."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-50
- File
- November 10, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Marian Royce, Director, Women's Bureau, Department of Labour regarding the University of Waterloo being added to the mailing list for all releases from the Women's Bureau and information about symposium in London about the status of women in Great Britain. File also includes a typescript letter from Marion Royce addressed to "all persons in the mailing list of the Women's Bureau, Canada Department of Labour" about her retirement and replacement by Mrs. Jock Findlay.
Long, Elizabeth
Royal families : Queen Victoria.
- SCA25-WA14-5-468
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
Royal families : Princess Margaret.
- SCA25-WA14-5-467
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
Royal families : Elizabeth Queen Mother.
- SCA25-WA14-5-462
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-314
- File
- Novemer 12, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Manitoba Novel" by Chris Vickers reviewing Gabrielle Roy's The Road Past Altamont and a short typescript biography about Roy's writing career and accolades.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-313
- File
- 1952
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Agnes Roy Appointed YW Head" about Canadian Agnes Roy's appointment as National YWCA executive director.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-312
- File
- 1963
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings, ephemera and a photograph related to Canadian rug hooker Margaret Rowan and the Rittermere Farm Studio in Vineland, Ontario that she ran with her husband Ted. File also includes a typescript biography about Margaret Rowan and her mother, and a manuscript note from Margaret addressed to Mrs. Clarke about press clippings and the photograph.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-49
- File
- 1967
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Three letters (one manuscript and two typescript) from Mattie Rotenberg to Elizabeth Long regarding personal updates, her views on American and Canadian politics including mentions of Richard Nixon, George Wallace and Pierre Trudeau; people in attendance at 1947 event at Lake Success, and people affiliated with the [United Nations] including stenographer Ruth Yeh; Dorothy Fletcher; and Helen James.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-2-86
- File
- 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript titled "Heinrich Pestalozzi and Robert Owen."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-2-84
- File
- 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript titled "Dr. Semmelweiss."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-2-85
- File
- 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript titled "Octavia Hill."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-48
- File
- May 3, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript letter from David Rotenberg to Elizabeth Long regarding a bust of Dr. Emily Stowe with an enclosed Toronto Star article titled "Bust sets committee on ear", and a carbon copy typescript response from Long in which she says she is pleased the bust "has been retained in the new city hall".
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-311
- File
- 1958
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Swedish article and a typescript translation about Agda Rossel, Sweden's representative to the United Nations.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-47
- File
- 1960-1961
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Two typescript letters from Ishbel Ross to Elizabeth Long regarding personal life updates and Alice Nutting, about whom she was approach to write a biography but declined due to other commitments.
Of note are Ross' views in the December 28, 1960 letter about psychiatrists: "These wretches have messed up more lives than one could believe possible. i know of at least a dozen cases myself. in another half century they will take their places among the witch doctors, I hope and believe. I am rabid on the subject."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-310
- File
- April 1947
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Reprint from volume 27 of The Manitoba Medical Review of the article "A Pioneer Woman Doctor of Western Canada" by M. Ellen Douglass about English-born Canadian doctor Charlotte Ross who was the first woman physician in Montreal and served the community of Whitemouth, Manitoba for more than 35 years.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-309
- File
- January 1951
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Independent Woman article "Little Anna Goes to Washington" by Karl Detzer about American public servant Anna Marie Rosenberg.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-308
- File
- January 22, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Mrs. Kenneth R. Rose, president of the Dominion Council of the Woman's Association of the United Church of Canada.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-307
- File
- 1962-1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings from various publications about American political figure and former first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt. File also includes the program from a February 28, 1949 event at the Winnipeg Civic Auditorium at which Roosevelt gave the address "The Accomplishments and Failures of the United Nations".
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-46
- File
- January 25, 1949
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth Long regarding the making of a recording during her time in Canada (cities and dates listed).
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-45
- File
- November 30, 1967
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Photocopy of a typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to J. B. Robinson regarding the donation of a report of the 50th Council meeting at Reykjavik in August 1966.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-44
- File
- September 2, 1961
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Letter from Agnes Robinson to Elizabeth Long regarding Mary Markwell's (Kate Simpson Hayes) life and career.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-306
- File
- 1958
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping from unidentified publication of short article "Mystery Writer Dies at 82" about the death of mystery writer and playwright Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-2-83
- File
- 1949
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Carbon typescript titled "Letters From A Lighthouse: Fog and Foghorns."
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-43
- File
- March 14, 1968
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Carbon copy typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Ruby Rich, MBE, in Sydney, Australia at the suggestion of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Halsey. Long makes reference to an enclosed leaflet about the Lady Aberdeen library and provides information about related activities.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-305
- File
- April 30, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Canadian Bertha Reynolds, chief of the attendance department of the Toronto Board of Education.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-304
- File
- April 30, 1957
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Toronto Telegram article "Her Laughter Lives On" by Judith Robinson about Canadian doctor Minerva Reid following Reid's death.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-303
- File
- October 2, 1947
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Chiropody Offers An Interesting Professional Future" by Pearl McCarthy about English-Canadian chiropodist Irene Randolph.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-2
- Series
- 1949-1970
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Series consists of radio broadcasts by Elizabeth Long and others. Many of these broadcasts are radio letters submitted to Long to be read on air at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-42
- File
- [April 4, 1954]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Letter from Marjorie [R?] regarding the activities of the [council of women?] in Ceylon including a conference planned for December 1957 and a regional meeting in July of 1954. The letter also makes reference to the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the region.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-302
- File
- January 20, 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Toronto Telegram article "Once A Tomboy.. Now A President" about Mrs. Grant Powell following her election as president of Toronto's Council of Women.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-301
- File
- August 20, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings of reviews about The Journal of Beatrix Potter 1881-1897 and articles about Beatrix Potter exhibits celebrating the centenary of the English author and illustrator's birth.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-299
- File
- December 10, 1962
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of articles from various publications about American writer Katherine Anne Porter.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-298
- File
- January 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Independent Woman article "Portia of the Philippines" by Miriam L. Fisher about Josefina Phodaca, Filipina lawyer and politician.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-297
- File
- July 22, 1949
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Telegram article "Cats, Roads, Problems for Warden" by Agnes McKenna about Canadian Mary Pettit who served as the warden of Halton County.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-300
- File
- February 24, 1960
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Harmony In Music And Marriage" about Canadian composer Barbara Pentland.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-296
- File
- November 16, 1968
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Partial edition of The Globe Magazine featuring article "What Vida Wants, Culture Gets" by Betty Lee about Canadian patron of the arts Vida Peene. File also includes manuscript note by Elizabeth Long about Peene and a monetary donation to the Aberdeen Collection.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-295
- File
- [194-?]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Typescript page outlining the candidature qualifications of Dorothy Pearson for the Board of Education in Ward #2 in what is likely Toronto, Ontario. Includes sample telephone script for calling potential voters.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-294
- File
- [19--]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality..." about Anne Patton who ran a travel service.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-41
- File
- March 3, 1966
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Letter from [Valence S. Patriarche] to Elizabeth Long regarding Freya [Stark] the effort to acquire records related to her life. The letter references an enclosed aerial photo (not in file) from Sid. Bell of Creston; Marjorie and Phillis Hamilton who were friends with Freya; and a visit from a distance relation named Grezel Strong-Steel.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-293
- File
- July 15, 1965
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings of articles from The Business and Professional Woman and the Winnipeg Free Press regarding Canadian Irene Parlby, an activist, politician and member of the Famous Five.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-292
- File
- 1954
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clippings of articles from The Business and Professional Woman and Maclean's Magazine about Vljaya Lakshmi Pandit of India, the first woman to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Long, Elizabeth
Pan Pacific Women's Association.
- SCA25-WA14-5-455
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-291
- File
- 1955, 1968, 1969
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Ephemera about and articles written by Canadian-American author Stella Lee Brunt Osborn, the wife of Michigan governor Chase S. Osborn.
Long, Elizabeth
Ontario Women's Resource Centre.
- SCA25-WA14-5-453
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
Ontario Status of Women Council.
- SCA25-WA14-5-451
- File
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-290
- File
- [19--]
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of article "Irene Olynyk, Pharmacist" by Kate Aitken about Irene Olynyk who ran the pharmaceutical division of Women's College Hospital in Toronto.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-40
- File
- July 2, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Letter from Noelle Florence to Elizabeth Long regarding the donation of books from her mother Elizabeth Yates' library and visiting St. Paul, Minnesota where her mother worked as a principal prior to marrying in 1890.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-289
- File
- July 25, 1950
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Company Changed Rules To Get Woman Executive" and typescript of article about L. Grace Nicholls, a managing director at Toronto Mutual Life.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-39
- File
- May 2, 1962
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Letter from Lena Newman regarding the display of a cook book by the Montreal Branch of the [Canadian Women's Press Club], created as a fundraiser for scholarships in journalism, during the triennial meeting.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-4-288
- File
- February 12, 1959
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Jean Newman, vice-chairman of the Toronto Board of Control and president of the City Council.
Long, Elizabeth
- SCA25-WA14-1-38
- File
- July 10, 1967
Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.
Carbon copy letter from Elizabeth Long to William H. Neville regarding three speeches by the Secretary of State [Judy LaMarsh] in which references were made about the contribution of women to Canadian life and the copies being forwarded to Doris Lewis at the University of Waterloo. File includes Neville's business card.
Long, Elizabeth