File consists of one diary for the year 1996 with accompanying inserted materials.

File consists of correspondence between Kay Rex and others relating to the publication of her book No Daughter of Mine. Also includes accompanying materials. Correspondents include:

• Blackwell, Florence King;
• Fraser, David;
• Nonnon, Mary Ann.

File consists of fifty eight items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others created during the research for her book No Daughter of Mine. Correspondents include:

• Arnot, Terri
• Carter, Alixe
• Connolly, Maureen
• Craig, Jean
• Fraser, Catherine A.
• Hauschildt, Elda
• Hobbs, Margaert
• Hoover, Wendy
• Howard, Debby
• Hoy, Helen
• Jurisic, Wida
• Ludwig, Doris
• Moore, Ishbel
• Quapp, Roma
• Rojas, Leuten
• Sarsfield, Anne
• Silverman, Eliane Leslau
• Smith, Doreen
• Smith, Sylvia Watts
• St. Peter, Christine
• Warren, Isobel
• Woolfrey, Sandra
• Woelfle, Melba
• Wright, Frances.

File consists of a transcript of a speech given by Kay Rex to the Women's Press Club of Toronto upon the publication of her book No Daughter of Mine.

File consists of seven calling cards belonging to Kay Rex. Each is inscribed "Miss. Kathleen Rex."

File consists of one drawing of a lighthouse on an island. The bottom right hand corner is signed F.K.M. (probably Francis Kathleen Montgomery).

File consists of materials relating to the donation of personal affects by Kay Rex to the Woodstock Museum, RCAF Memorial Museum and the Royal Canadian Military Institute. Rex donated military materials of her father's, as well as personal affects and papers of other members of her family. Includes correspondence, donor forms, and lists of materials that were donated.

File consists of materials accumulated by Kay Rex on her brother Kenneth Rex. Includes photographs, clippings, and a CV.

File consists of one composition book belonging to Kay Rex. The compositions include short stories, songs and poems. File also includes accompanying materials.

File consists of Kay Rex's short story Conversation Pieces as well as one item of correspondence regarding the publication of the story.

File consists of three ts. copies of Kay Rex's short story "I Saw the Old Goat Giving me the Eye".

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Kay Rex relating to her work history. Includes staff lists, ephemera, pension information, correspondence, and written histories of her work life primarily at the Globe and Mail and also with CBC.

File consists of one ms. copy of the poem "Presbyterian Hell" by Vincent Starrett. The poem begins with the inscription "This is a poem I discovered and thought you would enjoy it. Aunt Mill and Uncle Ed ought to see it." The poem is in Kay Rex's hand.

File consists of one identification card from the Unemployment Insurance Commission National Employment Service for Kay Rex.

File consists of one ts. draft copy of an unfinished work titled "Welcome to Willoby, the City Beautiful".

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Key Rex during her research for the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book. Includes photocopies, draft copies, and notes.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Key Rex during her research for the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book. Includes primarily draft copies of passages from the appointment book.

File consists of one notebook with research by Kay Rex for the preparation of the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book.

File consists of one notebook with research by Kay Rex for the preparation of the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book.

Series is comprised of materials accumulated by Kay Rex on the history of suffragettes. Includes a sound disc, articles, and historical reproductions.

File consists of one article taken from Saturday Night magazine titled In the "Glorious Days of Feminism" by Myrna Kostash.

Group portrait of a a class of children seen standing, kneeling and seated against a brick wall outdoors. Possibly includes a seven year old Kay Rex. Child seated at front center is holding up a small chalk board that reads: "Wm. Burgess School. May 21st 1925. Room - 2"

File consists of one photograph of an unknown woman captioned "with love, Mary."

File consists of forty four photographs showing relatives and friends of Kay Rex. Photographs show Rex's time at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), vacations, pets, family members and friends. Also includes two pages taken from a photograph album showing friends and events at UWO.

Most people are unidentified with the exception of:

• Rex, Kay
• Edwards, Bess
• Burrows, Marjorie
• Boyd, Barbara
• Boyd, Hugh
• Montgomery, Frederick
• Barss, Rita
• Fetherstone, May
• Mekenacher, Dorothy
• Wright, Charles Austin

File consists of two photographs of Kay Rex and Joan Hollobon.

Photograph of Kay Rex as a child seated at a desk with arms crossed and looking at camera.

File consists of one photograph of Kay Rex from her time working for the Globe and Mail.

File consists of one photograph of Charles Austin Wright. Identification from enclosure.

Series is comprised of artifacts accumulated by Kay Rex. Includes two arrowheads, a sock darner, tatting and lace samples and gifts given to her aunt Frances Kathleen Montgomery.

File consists of two arrowheads from an unidentified First Nation.

File consists of one gold pin awarded to Kathleen Montgomery for 25 years of employment at UWO.

File consists of thirty three examples of tatting and lace work including edging and squares, as well as three samples of fabric borders by an unknown maker. Also includes one sample of heavy coated thread.

File consists of forty three Christmas cards sent to Kay Rex and Joan Hollobon from friends and family.

File consists of materials related to Kay Rex's submissions of short stories. Includes correspondence to and from Rex regarding her stories, clippings, materials on story writing, etc.

File consists of one address book belonging to Kay Rex.

File consists of one small notebook used by Kay Rex as a diary.

File consists of one diary for the year 1936 with accompanying inserted materials.

File consists of one diary for the year 1942 with accompanying inserted materials.

File consists of one diary for the year 1944 with accompanying inserted materials.

File consists of one diary for the year 1977 with accompanying inserted materials.

File consists of one audio cassette of Kay Rex reading from her book No Daughter of Mine.

File consists of fifty eight items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others created during the research for her book No Daughter of Mine. Correspondents include:

• Anderson, Doris H.
• Ayling, Vera
• Baptie, Sue M.
• Berton, Janet
• Berryman, Iris
• Brimmell, Helen
• Burt, Murray
• Butler, George E.
• Canada Council
• Cohen, Ralph
• Colpitts, Margaret
• CP Rail
• Crean, Susan
• Dennis, Deborah
• Dickson, Tim
• Duggan, Jean
• Eriks, Helen
• Fairley, Lillian
• Foster, Sheila
• Grant, R.A.
• Haley, Margaret
• Harrington, Lynn
• Hau, Barb
• Jardine, Rose Ducie
• Jones, Dave
• Lapp, Margaret
• Major, Marjorie
• Malik, Amita
• McClelland, Jack
• Macham, Dorothy
• Pattinson, Mary
• Poole, David
• Reid, Bernie
• Riis, Margaret
• Rojas, Leuten
• Romani, Connie
• Rowe, Kaye
• Ruth Hammond Scholarship Fund
• Sklove, Dora
• Smith, Joan
• Smith, Sybil
• Tomlinson, Lynne
• Tupper, Dorothy
• Turcotte, Dorothy
• Turcotte, Gerry
• Wallace, Pat
• Watt, Ellen
• Woolfrey, Sandra;

File consists of one grant application to the Toronto Arts Council. Includes application form, brief biography of Kay Rex, and an excerpt from what would become No Daughter of Mine.

File consists of materials relating to Canadian Government Annuities for both Kay Rex and Kenneth Rex. Includes annuity contracts, correspondence, and accompanying materials.

File consists of materials relating to the genealogy of Kay Rex's family. Includes descendant sheets, a family tree, family group sheets, notes and photocopies.

File consists of recipes created and accumulated by Kay Rex. Some recipes are taken from publications, or recipe cards, others were handwritten by Rex or family members. Also includes a cookbook written by the University of Waterloo student wives club.

File consists of one copy of the April 28, 1990 edition of "The Byliner", published by the founder of the Toronto National Newspaper Awards Press Club. Includes an article by Kay Rex on the history of the Canadian Women's Press Club and Emily Murphy.

File consists of materials relating to Kay Rex and Maggie Hedden's novel "The Laurie Beat". Includes ms. draft copies of the novel and a plot notebook.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Kay Rex on the life of Mabel Driver who grew up on the Garden River Ojibway Reserve. Includes interviews with Driver, clippings, and a memoir.

File consists of various writings by Kay Rex. Includes poems, short stories, drafts and character sketches.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Key Rex during her research for the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book. Includes draft copies of passages from the appointment book, notes, photocopies, etc.

File consists of one notebook with research by Kay Rex for the preparation of the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book.

File consists of materials relating to a 1976-1977 trip taken by Kay Rex to Nigeria to write on agricultural practices for the Globe and Mail. This file contains nineteen items of correspondence between Rex and others regarding her trip. Correspondents include

• Arnott, Edythe ;
• Arnott, Thomas ;
• Gantzer, Ulrike ;
• Rex, Kenneth.

File consists of materials relating to Kay Rex's trip to Yugoslavia. Includes ephemera, itineraries, postcards, notes and travel information.

Photograph of a classroom of children seated at desks and standing along the back of the room. An adult is seen standing at back left looking on. Possibly includes a nine year old Kay Rex.

File consists of five negatives showing images of University of Waterloo, Mennonite women, Castle Kilbride and a park.

File consists of one photograph album belonging to Kay Rex. Also includes photographs inserted into the front of the album at a later date. Photographs include images of Kay's friends and family and activities.

File consists of one photograph of Alfred Lionel Rex, father of Kay Rex. Identification from verso.

File consists of one photograph showing Kay Rex with five men at the Canadian Press office in Ottawa. Kay and another man are shown looking at a piece of paper from a typewritter while the other four men work in the office.

File consists of thirty two snapshots showing Kay Rex with family, friends, pets, and on vacation.

File consists 324 of slides. Slides shows Kay Rex's trips to Mexico, Africa, Greece and Yugoslavia as well as images of friends and family and Ontario. Some slides belong to Kenneth Rex.

File consists of one copper printing plate of an unknown woman.

Materials created or accumulated by Joan Hollobon about Kay Rex. Includes correspondence to Hollobon and to Hollobon and Rex, photographs of Rex, writings by Rex, and correspondence about the Women’s Press Club of Toronto’s Kay Rex Scholarship.