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Beauchemin, Micheline.

Page from an issue of Maclean's featuring an article written by Dorothy Eber about Canadian textile artist Micheline Beauchemin.

Long, Elizabeth

Beveridge, Minnie.

Clipping from unsourced publication about Minnie Beveridge and her role as Provincial President of the Victoria Club.

Long, Elizabeth

Bingham, Charlotte.

Clippings of Winnipeg Free Press articles that mention Charlotte Bingham, including a review of her memoir Coronet Among the Weeds.

Long, Elizabeth

Bracken, Alice Wylie

Clipping and typescript about Alice Wylie Bracken (nee Bruce), wife of Progressive Conservative Party leader John Bracken.

Long, Elizabeth

Byron, Margaret Brown.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Club Personality of the Month" about Margaret Brown Byron, who founded the Women's Advertising Club of Toronto and was the Associate Publisher of Marketing.

Long, Elizabeth

Casgrain, Emma.

Clipping from an unsourced publication with a brief mention of Emma Casgrain, the first woman dentist in Canada, under the heading "Pioneer Puller". Envelope with "The National Council of Women of Canada" letterhead included in file.

Long, Elizabeth

Cryderman, Hilda.

Two clippings and a typescript biography about Canadian teacher Hilda Cryderman.

Long, Elizabeth

Davis, Doris.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail column "A Gallery of Women" about Doris Davis (nee Guerard), who was president of Toronto's Catholic Women's League.

Long, Elizabeth

De Beauvoir, Simone.

Clippings from various publications with reviews of books by Simone De Beauvoir including The Prime of Life, Djamila Boupacha, Les Belles Images, and Force of Circumstance.

Long, Elizabeth

De la Roche, Mazo.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "A Canadian Best-Seller" by Tom Saunders reviewing Ronald Hambleton's book Mazo De La Roche of Jalna.

Long, Elizabeth

Dean, Vera Micheles.

Biographical typescript about Vera Micheles Dean as part of guest speaker invitation for an event hosted by the Inter Club Council of Business and Professional women's Clubs of Toronto and District. At the time, Dean was serving in New York City as Director, Research Department, Foreign Policy Association.

Long, Elizabeth

Duff, Mrs. Donald.

Clipping of Leader-Post article "Regina woman designs homes" about Mrs. Donald Duff who graduated as an architect from the Canadian Vocational School at Regina.

Long, Elizabeth

Eddy, Cecilia.

Clipping of The Leader-Post article "Former Reginan is actress and playwright in England" about Canadian actress Cecilia Eddy.

Long, Elizabeth

Fewster, W. Jean.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Personality of the Month" about W. Jean Fewster the food editor at the Dairy Foods Service Bureau.

Long, Elizabeth

Fleming, Aida.

Ephemera related to The Kindness Club which was started by Aida Flemming for children under eighteen who pledge to protect animals from suffering. Includes a handwritten note addressed "To the Librarian" with biographical information about Flemming.

Long, Elizabeth

Gray, Jessie.

Clipping of Winnipeg Tribune article "The first lady of Canadian surgery" by Maggie Grant about Dr. Jessie Gray.

Long, Elizabeth

Hobbins, Rene.

Clipping from unknown publication about Rene Hobbins following her appointment as retail director at large for Allied Florists & Growers of Canada.

Long, Elizabeth

Holder, Barbara.

Clipping of Christian Science Monitor article "23-Year-Old Go-Getter" by Karl Detzer about Barbara Holder who sold bathkets, waterproof-lined baskets with pockets designed to hold bath items.

Long, Elizabeth

Johnstone, Barbara.

Clippings of Winnipeg Free Press article about Barbara Johnstone following her appointment as superintendent of the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park after having previously served as curator of the Hudson's Bay Company museum.

Long, Elizabeth

Khan, Begum Liaquat Ali.

Clippings of Independent Woman articles "Modern woman from the world's newest state" (June 1950) and "With Faith and an Ideal" (August 1951) about Begum Liaqat Ali Khan of Pakistan.

Long, Elizabeth

MacGill, Elsie Gregory.

Clippings and biographical information about Canadian engineer Elizabeth Gregory MacGill. Includes a clipping of The American Soroptimist article "Soroptimist of the Month: High Flying Designer", a heavily underlined clipping from an unknown publication, and a typescript biography about MacGill's life. Included is a page torn from an unknown publication with an article by MacGill about her mother Helen Gregory MacGill.

Also in the file is an incomplete manuscript letter to Elizabeth Long on Valance Patriarche letterhead from Victoria [British Columbia]. The letter may have been written by Betty Patriarche and includes details about the relationships between Helen Gregory MacGill and various families, including the Patriarches and Miles O'Reilly Jarvis, some of whom are mentioned in a biography written about Helen by Elizabeth. A typescript note included in the file to the Librarian from Elizabeth Long indicates that material regarding MacGill's biography of her mother should be "handled with extreme discretion until about 1980", may be referring to the contents of the Patriache letter.

Long, Elizabeth

McGill, Ruth S.

Two clippings about Ruth S. McGill written during her 1948-1950 term as president of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.

Long, Elizabeth

MacIver, Catherine.

Clipping of Leader Post article "CBC talks producer" about Canadian radio producer Catherine MacIver.

Long, Elizabeth

MacMahon, Mary.

Clipping of The Globe and Mail article "300,000 Girls Got Jobs Through Mary MacMahon" about Canadian Mary MacMahon who started the first employment bureau in Canada.

Long, Elizabeth

Manny, Louisa.

Clippings from the Evening Times-Globe and an unknown publication about Canadian folklorist Louisa Manny. File includes a brief typescript note about Manny's notoriety in the Atlantic provinces and her donation of records to Smith College.

Long, Elizabeth

Marshall, Dorothy.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Our Advertising Personality of the Month" about Dorothy Marshall, the media director at The James Fisher Company.

Long, Elizabeth

McKinney, Louise C.

Photocopied ephemera and clipping of Brockville Recording and Times article "Villagers Start Museum, Honor Pioneer Woman" about Louise Crummy McKinney, former Alberta MPP and first woman to sit in a legislature in the British Empire.

Long, Elizabeth

Millichamp, Mary.

Clipping of The Standard (Montreal) article "They Live Together and Like It" about by Mary Scott about Mary Millichamp and Pansy Ramsbottom who, in addition to living together, also worked together at Toronto's Park Plaza Roof Restaurant.

Long, Elizabeth

Osborn, Stella Lee Brunt.

Ephemera about and articles written by Canadian-American author Stella Lee Brunt Osborn, the wife of Michigan governor Chase S. Osborn.

Long, Elizabeth

Patton, Anne.

Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality..." about Anne Patton who ran a travel service.

Long, Elizabeth

Pettit, Mary.

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

Pentland, Barbara.

Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Harmony In Music And Marriage" about Canadian composer Barbara Pentland.

Long, Elizabeth

Powell, Mrs. Grant.

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

Ross, Charlotte.

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

Roy, Agnes.

Clipping of Globe and Mail article "Agnes Roy Appointed YW Head" about Canadian Agnes Roy's appointment as National YWCA executive director.

Long, Elizabeth

Sabrin, Florence.

Clipping of undated Reader's Digest article "Colorado's Lady Dynamo" by Albert Q. Maisel about American Dr. Florence Sabin.

Long, Elizabeth

Saunders, Margaret Marshall.

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

Shafik, Doria.

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

Shipley, Ann.

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

Shipley, Ruth.

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

Shuet-Wah Ng, Betty.

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

Smellie, Elizabeth.

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

Speechly, Mrs. H.M.

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

Spurgeon, Muriel.

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

Steckle, Susannah Isabella Chase.

Head and shoulders studio portrait of Susannah Isabella Chase Steckle, a of The Telegram article "It's been home for 128 years: they want to stay down on the farm" and a brief typescript note about Chase and related records in the Lady Aberdeen Library.

Long, Elizabeth

Stone, Lucy.

Clipping from an unknown publication of an article called "Protest" which consists of a copy of a printed leaflet created by Henry B. Blackwell and American suffragette Lucy Stone. Includes an editor's note about Stone's life and involvement in the suffragette movement.

Long, Elizabeth

Biographical.

File consists of materials related to William Pope Clement and wife Muriel Kerr Clement. Includes clippings, obituaries, funeral service handouts, genealogy notes, a draft of a biography of William, William's passport, and other ephemera.

Clement Bowlby Family

Biographical.

File consists of material relating to the life and death of Florence Grace Clement. Includes death notices written by Margaret (Peggy) Clement Forbes, an article on Florence from the Preston Springs Gardens newsletter, Florence's obituary, an invitation to Florence's 90th birthday and a voting list including Florence.

Clement Bowlby Family

Scrapbook 1 : loose material.

Material collected by John Gartshore Martin relating mainly to his experience in the war, including social and sporting events and regimental memorial services. Includes ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographs, a negative, a guide map of London, and a 1984 letter to John from a researcher regarding his scrapbook.

Clippings relate to the war and John's involvement in particular, and include the October 27, 1945 issue of The Maple Leaf (newspaper for the Canadian Forces, northwest Europe edition); a clipping about a post-war business trip to Europe by John Alexander Martin is also present.

Martin, John Gartshore

Souvenirs.

Items probably collected as souvenirs. Includes a photograph album with a leather cover (empty); blank postcards depicting Clachaig (Scotland), a Vancouver parade, and the University of Toronto; business cards for a hotel in California; autograph booklets; and a print of a boy and a police officer.

Martin, John Gartshore

Clippings : Martin family.

Newspaper clippings collected for their relevance to the Martin and Wilson families. Clippings relate to the death of Richard Todd Wilson, the marriage of John Gartshore Martin and Mary Ann Kabel, the career of Wilson Martin at Dominion Rubber, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kitchener, ON), Kabel's Men's and Ladies' Wear (Kitchener, ON), and other subjects.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 1 : Martin family.

Album containing snapshots of Jessie and John Alexander Martin and their children, Wilson, Jamie, and John, as babies and young children. Other relative are included in some photographs. Album also includes later photographs of the three brothers in uniform, and a photograph of John Gartshore Martin and his father visiting Jamie's grave at Beny-sur-mer cemetery.

Also contained in the album are several press clippings relating to John's achievements in the war, John A. Wilson (cousin) who was killed in action, and the post-war careers of Wilson and John.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 4 : Mary Ann Kabel.

Album belonging to Mary Ann Kabel (later Martin) containing snapshots of her and her friends, friends' wedding photographs, and snapshots of John Gartshore Martin at the military school in Vernon, BC. Album also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia. Clippings relate to news and announcements about Mary Ann's friends and other men from Kitchener-Waterloo serving in World War II (including deaths, injuries, etc.) and the weddings of Mary Ann's friends.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 5 : trip to England and Scotland.

Album containing snapshots and souvenir postcards from a trip to England and Scotland. The trip was probably taken by Margaret (Wilson) More and her husband William More [?], Richard S. Wilson, and other members of the Wilson family. Album also includes loose snapshots of members of the Wilson and Martin families and a photograph of Jamie Martin; a Christmas card; and an manuscript Poem.

Martin, John Gartshore

In memory of Christian Bechler.

A memorial card for Christian Bechler from the Bechler family photo album. The card notes that Christian Bechler died on March 14, 1897 aged 69 years, 2 months, and 6 days.

Bechler family

Radiant Healing Centre and Church of Divine Revelation

Contains material relating to the Church of Divine revelation in St. Catharines, Ontario, Rev. F.J.T. Maines, Minister and to its Radiant Healing Centre. Includes ephemera, printed "form of service", manuscript and typsecript notes (in more than one hand), drafts prepared for forms and literature distribution.

Maines Pincock Family

Leader's Institute : 1955.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1955, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling. Includes a manual on informal education for adults, handwritten notes by Couling prepared for the course, a draft scheudule, list of participants, other information relating to the institute, and correspondence.

Couling, Gordon

Leader's Institute : 1956 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institute (Guelph) in 1956, and in particular the course taught by Gordon Couling (Art, first year). Includes correspondence and memoranda, lists of courses and participants, handwritten notes taken from or created in preparation for the course, a course outline, lists of resoures, and other information relating to the institute.

Couling, Gordon

Leader's Institute : 1960 : Art 3.

File consists of material relating to the Leader's Institute held at the Macdonald Institue (Guelph) in 1960, and in particular to the course taught there by Gordon Couling (Art 3). Includes handwritten and typed course outlines, handwritten and typed notes made by Couling in preparation for the course, lists of participants and recommended resources, correspondence, meeting agendas, other information related to the Leader's Institute, etc.

Couling, Gordon

Miscellaneous (file 1 of 2).

File consists of material relating mainly to Five Counties Art Association events and workshops as well as the Leader's Institute held in 1954 at McMaster University (Hamilton) and an oil painting teachers' seminar. Includes correspondence, a report and a timetable for the Leader's Institute, reports on various seminars and events, summaries of adult night school classes held in various towns, handwritten notes, lists of members by type of art and region, and other material.

Central Ontario Art Association

Miscellaneous (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material accumulated by Gordon Couling relating to the administration and events by the Five Counties Art Association and material accumulated and created by him relating to art. Includes handwritten and typed draft papers about art, handwritten notes, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a meeting agenda, a newspaper clipping, etc.

Couling, Gordon

Projects : 1954-1955.

File consists of material relating mainly to events and workshops held by the Five Counties Art Association throughout 1955. Includes flyers, announcements, invititations, and notices of events; lists of participants in various activities; incoming and outgoing correspondence, the association news bulletin (vol. 1, no. 1); an exhibitors list; registration forms for a sketching weekend; an insurance policy; and other material.

Couling, Gordon

Events and workshops : 1970-1975 (file 2 of 2).

File consists of material relating to the promotion of workshops and events held primarily from 1970-1973, and includes some material relating the organization of the events. Includes flyers and announcements for workshops and other COAA events, incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, flyers from other organizations, financial statements (1970-1972), a members' mailing list (1973), a directory of art associations in Ontario, handwritten notes, and other material. Most correspondence is addressed to Marlene Jofreit or Oreen Campbell.

Central Ontario Art Association

Sketch trips & workshops.

File consists of material relating to the arrangement of sketch trips and workshops, probably accumulated by program coordinator Margaret Lucas. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, flyers and programs for workshops and trips, a membership list, a meeting agenda, several registration lists, and other material.

Central Ontario Art Association

News : 1983.

File consists of material relating to the association newsletter and flyers for 1983. Includes newsletters, flyers, correspondence and memoranda, a list of members issued a cheque, the agenda for the annual meeting, etc.

Central Ontario Art Association

Clipping.

File consists of a newspaper clipping about the death of Rev. Dr. James A. Paul of New York.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Ephemera.

File consists of ephemera accumulated by Keffer. Includes dinner menus, programs, and guest lists; prayer cards; a concert program (Hart House, University of Toronto); an order of service for the institution of a rector; and a bon voyage card (with two snapshots, probably early self-developing film). Included in one of the dinner menus is a clipping about the F.W. Woolworth company and five snapshots probably taken on a trip to Germany.

Keffer, Ivan Wilbur

Forbes family letters.

Letters exchanged between George Alexander Forbes, Millicent Lyall Forbes, Betty Land, Peg Wilson, Ross Wilson, Pamela Wilson, Janet Land, Jennifer Land, and Thomas Land. Correspondence also contains press clippings, drawings, and greeting cards.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1945 during her time as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, and school dances. The diary includes press clippings, a convocation program, letters, telegrams, notes, pressed flowers, restaurant menus, business cards, event programs, and a photograph likely of Betty and an unknown individual. In addition, numerous entries describe events and activities related to the Second World War including an entry written on Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) on May 8, 1945, an entry written on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 15, 1945 as well as entries describing food rationing, and the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States (1933–45). Also includes one United States Army Anti-Aircraft Command sleeve insignia. The insignia is circular with an embroidered white background, blue border, and two red capital letter A's in the centre.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1946 during her last year as a student at the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Several entries describe Betty’s work at the hospital, student exams, patient care, school dances, a scholarship she received, and her enrollment in a diploma course in Child Study at the University of Toronto. The diary includes press clippings, menus, convocation programs, invitations, postcards, telegrams, tickets, letters, ribbons, and two photographs of unknown individuals.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1947. Several entries describe family events, parties, dances, trips to Buffalo, Sudbury and British Columbia, and Betty’s work at Claremont Nursery School. The diary includes letters, telegrams, invitations, programs, press clippings, pressed flowers, a napkin, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

Forbes, Betty

Betty Forbes's diary.

A diary containing daily entries written by Betty Forbes in 1951. Several entries describe Betty’s work as a nurse, family events, and holidays. The diary includes press clippings, invitations, telegrams, letters, and a photograph of an unknown individual.

Forbes, Betty

The Alexandria Quartet.

Eric McCormack. "Spiritual Sunbathing in the Heat of Durrell's Alexandria". Review of The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 15 June 1991, sec. C, page 18. In addition to the review of this novel which appeared in The Globe and Mail, this file also contains a 4 page typescript (computer output) of this review written by Eric McCormack which appears to have been forwarded to Katherine for her consideration.

McCormack, Eric P.

Haunted.

McCormack Eric. "Horror from Walpole to Shelley to Poe". Review of Haunted, by James Herbert. The Globe and Mail, Saturday, November 18 1989, sec. E, page 13.

McCormack, Eric P.

Office of Mayor notebook.

Notebook containing handwritten speech notes by Mayor Leavine including a speech given at the YMCA in January 1957 and one at Waterloo County Automobile Club in February 1957. Also contains notes regarding the construction of the new police building, and regarding the municipalities and local politics. Loose ephemeral material includes gas bills sent to Dr. S.F Leavine in 1957; the business card of life insurance broker Syd Davies; the Civil Defence Identification card issued to Leavine on January 31, 1957; a clipping regarding a debate surrounding the appropriate location for the new police building in Kitchener; and a receipt and letter dated March 12, 1957 to Leavine from the Rev. Albert W. Lotz of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church thanking him for a donation.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

Mayor of Kitchener, 1950-1951, 1957-1958.

Clippings regarding Leavine’s activities as Mayor of Kitchener from 1950-1951. They cover Mayor Leavine and Mayor Bauman of Waterloo attending the official opening of the K-W Family Service Bureau in November 1950, of which both because the first members; Leavine's stance on the issue of civil defence; Leavine's involvement in the plans to build the Kitchener Memorial Arena in 1950; and Leavine’s daily morning walk to work as Mayor in the early 1950s. Another clipping from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, dated June 17, 1958, during Leavine’s second term as Mayor, reports on Leavine's attendance at the official sod turning ceremony for the Kitchener police building.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

M.P.P for Waterloo North, 1951-1956.

START HERE Clippings regarding the activities, political recommendations, and policy changes put forward by Leavine in his capacity as Progressive Conservative M.P.P for Waterloo North from 1951-1956. One clipping shows a photograph of Leavine together with his wife, Desta, and daughter, Pauline, after his election as M.P.P. in November 1951. Another clipping reports that for the first time in a quarter-centry Waterloo North elected a Progressive Conservative to the Ontario Legislature when Leavine won a 201-vote majority over Libearl candidate J.G. Brown. The remainder of the clippings cover topics including: proposed policy measures in the areas of health, particularly the damage caused to the general practitioner by the medical monopoly of hospitals, his belief, as chairman of the Ontario legislature's health committee, that a preventive vaccine for polio would be discovered within two years; his urging of the speedy completion of the Windsor-Toronto section of Highway No. 401 by the Ontario government; and Leavine's desire to see government officials to discuss the problems arising from the use of horse-drawn buggies by the Mennonites with Mennonite leaders.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

Scrapbook 2.

Scrapbook containing loose and pasted-in clippings, ephemera, a photograph, and typed transcripts of speeches made by Dr. S.F. Leavine both during the mayoralty contest of 1949, and after his nomination as Mayor in December, 1949. Clippings describe the progress of the 1949 mayoral race Leavine and Ald. Harry Ainlay; advertising and promotional materials related to Leavine's campaign; coverage of Leavine's win, including reactions from his wife Desta and their two daughters; and Leavine's legacy following his death in 1958.

Loose materials in this scrapbook include clippings, some of which are undated, and others which are dated 1954-1955, and 1957-1958. These clippings report on Dr. S.F. Leavine's speeches in the Legislature as M.P.P for Waterloo North. They report on Leavine's recommendation that a royal commission be set up to investigate the whole field of curative arts and sciences. Another article reports on Leavine's statement to the Legislature that monopolistic practices among local hospitals are destroying the effectiveness of the general practitioner. In another article it is reported that Dr. S.F. Leavine stresses the need for more roads in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Among the scrapbook materials are clippings and a telegram relating to Leavine's campaign for re-election as M.P.P for Waterloo North in 1955. The telegram is dated June 10, 1955 and expresses the condolences of Hon. Leslie Frost on Dr. S.F. Leavine's non-reelection. In 1956 Dr. S.F. Leavine returned to civic politics as an alderman and several clippings in this scrapbook relate to his term of office as alderman from 1956-1957. Other loose clippings relate to Leavine's mayorality campaigns in 1949 and 1957.

The scrapbook also contains clippings which report on Leavine's admission to the K-W Hospital in 1958 following a heart seizure, while others are commemorative in nature, including an obituary, following his death on July 27, 1958. Two other articles report that Kitchener's new health department headquarters are to be named after Leavine. Present at the official opening of these new headquarters were Dr. G. E. Duff Wilson, medical officer of health; Dr. Desta Leavine, who unveiled a portrait of her father; Health Minister Dymond; and Dr. Louis V. Lang, health board chairman.

Also in the file is a photograph from [1950?] that appeared in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record.

Leavine, Stanley Francis

The Boston Rivals concert handbill.

  • SCA310-GA346
  • Collection
  • 1891

One handbill advertising a concert of the Boston Rivals. The Boston Rivals were made up of Miss Hamlin, Mrs. Southwick, Mr. Winternitz, and Mr. Conant.

Networking : petition on acid rain.

File consists of material relating to the efforts of Judy Godfrey to network among individuals and organizations to raise awareness of and assistance for the petition for action on acid rain. Includes correspondence (some in draft form), newspaper clippings, and notes. Organizations contacted include the Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Association and the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.

Godfrey, Judy

Related issue : toxic wastes.

File consists of material relating to toxic wastes and water pollution, and in particular the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Includes newspaper clippings; a report to an environmental assessment board regarding the burning of PCBs in Mississauga; a letter to Godfrey from Jim Bradley, Ontario Minister of the Environment; and a newsletter from the Liberal Caucus (Ontario) regarding pollution in Lake Simcoe.

Godfrey, Judy

Augustine, Mary Caroline : ephemera.

Birthday, Christmas, Easter and Valentine greetings, and one postcard. Includes a letter from "Santa Claus," a Dionne Quintuplet postcard, and two hand drawn and coloured pieces relating to China and Japan. One is by Emma Kaufman of a child looking into a goldfish bowl and the other, of rabbits and chicks, is initialled H.T.

Augustine, Ham, Kaufman family

Birthday card.

One birthday card sent to Gordon Bolender by Mrs. W.J. Morley to celebrate Gordon's first birthday.

Bolender Ball Family

Suffrage campaigns.

File consists primarily of newspaper and other clippings and ephemera relating to the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Includes a typescript (1 leaf, carbon) about Alice Riggs Hunt and a hand-drawn map of part of West Virginia for the purposes of distribution of suffrage literature.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Clippings : interests.

File consists of clippings accumulated by Alice Riggs Hunt on various topics of personal interest, including opera, religion and philosophy.

Hunt, Alice Riggs

Handbill for The Public Life of Capt John Brown.

  • SCA357-GA409
  • Collection
  • 1860

One handbill advertising the publication of James Redpath's "The Public Life of Capt John Brown." Redpath and Brown were contemporaries and abolitionists and Redpath wrote this work the year after Brown's execution.

Thayer and Elridge

Receipt for work performed by enslaved Black female.

File consists of one receipt, in French, for work performed by an enslaved Black female named Maria on a chain gang in New Orleans in 1825. Translation reads "Wages for negress on the chain: The city treasury will pay to Mr. D. Fitch the sum of 11 piastre and 50 cents for forty six days of work by his negress Maria, employed by the public works from August 9 to October 3." The document is signed by David Fitch and Precend Lament [?] and is dated at New Orleans, Oct. 3, 1825.

Attached to the receipt is what appears to be a clipping from the vendor catalogue which listed the item for sale. It reads:
"174. NEGRO CHAIN GANG LABOR RECEIPT. Printed document, in French, signed, one page, oblong small quarto. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1825. Interesting if not gruesome document. Receipt for labor in the chain gang performed by a negress."

Eisen, Sol

Falconer Hall.

File consists of a notecard with an image of Falconer Hall. A note on the verso indicated that Anne Innis Dagg lived here in 1955-1956.

University of Toronto

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