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Dana Harris Porter fonds.

  • SCA231-GA228
  • Fonds
  • 1905-2001

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulate by Dana Porter during his personal and professional career, as well as materials collected posthumously and created and accumulated by his wife and children. Includes photographs, correspondence, research notes, essays and other writings, ephemera, scrapbooks and clippings.

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 pasted-in clippings on Porter, his life, and his work. Includes many clippings on the British immigration of 1947.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one scrapbook with clippings, speeches and articles on Dana Porter, his work, life, and interests.

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

Clippings.

File consists of clippings primarily related to the interests of Dana Porter, including ones on higher education and book reviews. Also includes two from 1968 on the George Drew years of Ontario parliament.

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

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

Political notes.

File consists of handwritten notes on various political topics such as sovereignty, law, and German political history.

Porter, Dana Harris

Visual Materials

Series consists of visual materials created and accumulated by the Porter family. Includes photographs, prints, paintings, drawings, and printing plates.

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

Legal notes.

File consists of a binder with typed notes on various legal topics and cases.

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

Conservative Port Hope conference.

File consists of materials relating to the Conservative Party Port Hope Conference of 1942. Includes notes, copies of the Port Hope Proposals, ephemera, and forty five items of correspondence. Correspondence relates primarily to concerns with leadership and amendments to the Conservative Party constitution, as well as to the Port Hope Proposal. Correspondents include:

  • Bell, John A.M.
  • Benson, Donald
  • Bowlby, A.T.
  • Bryce, Robert A.
  • Diefenbaker, John
  • Easterbrook, W.T.
  • Finlayson, R.K.
  • Frost, Cecil
  • Hopper, Harry
  • McClinton, James
  • Mackay, Hugh
  • Martin, Argue
  • Milner, H.R.
  • Monette, Gustav
  • Nobel Scott Company
  • Reid, Fred H.
  • Sabourin, Ivan
  • Smith, Charles B.
  • Smith, Sidney
  • Thomas, W.H.A.
  • Thorvaldson, G.S.
  • Timmins, Harold W.
  • Tupper, R.H. ;

Porter, Dana Harris

Speeches and Addresses

Series consists of transcripts and notes of speeches and addressed given by Dana Porter. Includes speeches from convocations, luncheons, meetings, etc. Some speeches are described individually and some in files grouped together by year.

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

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

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

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

Press gallery folios.

File consists of a variety show titled Press Gallery Folios performed at the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, March 22nd at 9 p.m.

Porter, Dana Harris

Poem.

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

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

Dinner invitation.

File consists of one dinner invitation to an informal dinner for commissioners and their wives at the Porter residence to meet the Prime Minster.

Porter, Dana Harris

Campaign materials.

File consists of campaign materials for the 1955 election. Includes materials for Dana Porter, George Drew, James H. Rooney, George Hees, Roly Michener, and Joe Keenan.

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

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

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

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

Business cards : other.

File consists of five business cards from associates of Dana Porter. There are for: F.J. Lyle, Director Trade and Industry Branch ; E.V. McNeill, Commissioner of Police for Ontario ; Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Carrere ; Ray Timson, London Free Press ; Arthur Welsh, Department of Planning and Development.

Porter, Dana Harris

Business card : Porter, Dana.

File consists of one business card for Dana Porter which reads "With the Compliments of Hon. Dana Porter, Q.C. Treasurer of Ontario. Parliament Buildings, Toronto."

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1966.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1965.

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 1962.

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 1960.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1959.

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

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1958.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1957.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1956.

Porter, Dana Harris

Daily diary.

File consists of a daily diary for Dana Porter from October 6, 1951- July 24, 1959. Not all dates feature an entry. Gives a detailed account of how he received the position of Attorney-General of Ontario.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1954.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1953.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Julian : precedents book.

File consists of one handmade precedents book. Includes an alphabetical listing of precedent setting cases for a variety of legal concerns. Some entries appear to be photocopied from a previous book, and some are new.

Porter, Julian Harris

Ephemera

Series consists of ephemera created and accumulated by Dana Porter. Includes business cards, programmes and invitations, typed materials, honourary degrees and campaign materials.

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

Diaries

Series consists of pocket diaries and one daily diary kept by Dana Porter. The pocket dairies cover the period 1953-1966, excepting the years 1955 and 1964. The daily diary covers the years 1955-1959.

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

Unidentified photographs.

File consists of three unidentified photographgraphs. One shows a baby (possibly Julian or Dana Porter Jr.), one shows a wedding photograph, and one shows three unidentified individuals possibly at a racetrack.

Porter, Dana Harris

Steele's Restaurant grand opening.

File consists of two photographs showing Dana Porter and others at the opening of Steele's Restaurant in Toronto. Also includes one item of correspondence from Steele regarding the photographs.

Porter, Dana Harris

Regular Appellate Judges Seminar, by New York University.

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Regular Appellate Judges Seminar held at New York University Law School in 1966. Seated L-R:

  • Bischoff, N.Y.U. ;
  • O' Connell, Oregon ;
  • Hamley, 9th Cir. ;
  • Brennan, U.S. Supreme Ct. ;
  • Traynor, Calif. ;
  • Schaefer, Ill. ;
  • Kenison, N.H. ;
  • Leflar, N.Y.U. ;
  • McKay, N.Y.U.

Standing L-R: Hill, Kentucky ; Kaul, Kansas ; Hodges, Oklahoma ; Heffernan, Wisconsin ; Gibson, 8th Cir. ; Thornberry, 5th Cir. ; Tremblay, Quebec ;
Dufresne, Maine ; Herrmann, Delaware ; Finch, Missouri ; Paolino, Rhode Island ; Porter, Ontario ; McEntee, 1st Cir. ; Goodwin, Orgeon ; Ramirez Bages, Puerto Rico ; Rodgers, Mississippi ; Spear, Idaho ; Bergan, New York ; Summers, Louisiana ; Gordon, Virginia ; Richardson, Hawaii ; Mason, Iowa ; Smith, Nebraska ;
*Pope, Texas.

Identification from recto.

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

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

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