File consists of two pieces of correspondence to Mrs. Irvine (niece to Catherine Taylor) from Adelaide Pearson (Noblesville, IN) regarding the illness and death of Catherine Taylor.

Correspondence to and from Harvey J. Sims (carbons), relating to ongoing work at Chicopee, such as the pergola, log cabin, frog fountains, plantings, trees, and shrubs, and problems with wiring for road lights and flood lights. Includes detailed lists of nursery stock. Correspondents include Carl A. Borgstrom, Ball Brothers, Lorne Park Nurseries, A.H. Tomlinson (Department of Horticulture, University of Guelph), and the Mattell & Bierwagen Electric Company.

Correspondence to and from Harvey J. Sims and Carl A. Borgstrom of Carl Borgstrom & H.S.M. Carver, Landscape Architects and Town Planners, relating to nursery stock supplied through Lorne Park Nurseries. Includes a hand-drawn orchard plan.

Correspondence from and to Harvey J. Sims and H.D. Smith, K.C., R.A. McLaren, and Charles C. Bell in Chatham, Ont. about sourcing and procuring seedlings of specific native trees and shrubs found at Rondeau Park and vicinity.

Correspondence from and to Harvey J. Sims and Alfred Rehder, Curator of the Herbarium at The Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, New York, attempting to identify specimens Harvey is sending.

Letter from Jimmy Boyd (Dr. James Boyd) dated February 10, 1942 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing life in the hospital he is at and asking that any overdue accounts be collected for him.

Airmail letter from Jimmy Boyd dated September 3, 1943 in England to Kenneth Sims, describing his billets and activities in England over the past year, writing while waiting for a mobile clinic to be set up in Wales. Return Address is Maj. J.W. Boyd.

Letter from 2nd Lieut. J.H. Luxton, Scots Fusiliers of Canada, dated March 13, 1942, Kitchener to Major J.K. Sims on behalf of "D" Company in appreciation of his leadership. He attaches a list of signatures of the men in the company who had paraded together for the last time as a group, and of whom half of those eligible had offered their names for immediate enlistment.

Letter from Adam Strohm dated August 4, 1945, Manistee, Michigan to Kenneth Sims. He encloses a letter written to him on July 30, 1945 by Harry Bullock, an old friend of both Adam and Harvey, who says of another friend Fred Burden's troubles from feeling his age: "Harvey Sims passing was part of his trouble and yours and mine too. I think he was the finest Canadian I ever knew."

Letters from Elizabeth dated January 10, 1953[sic], Winnipeg; from Sophia and Dick in Guelph , undated, and from Gay Estill Sims, January 10, 1954, Washington D.C , with sympathy on the death of William Harvey Sims who had died on January 7.

Correspondence, originals and carbons, memos, reports etc. regarding membership.

Correspondence to or from:

• Babcock, R. Fayreweather, Chicago, Ill. (1921)
• Bachar, Garald D., Denver, Colo. (1951-1952)
• Bachelder, George L., Mrs., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (1937)
• Bachellor, Irving, Riverside, Conn. (1921)
• Badger, Richard G. Publisher, Boston, Mass. (1913)
• Baer, A.E., Memphis, Tenn. (1949)
• Baer, Arthur, Chicago, Ill. (1920)
• Bailey, Margaret Emerson, New York, N.Y. (1938)
• Bain, Frank D., Santa Barbara, Calif. (1939)
• Baker, Charles E., Rhinelander, Wis. (1921)
• Baker, Clarence Orvel, Pueblo, Colo. (1945)
• Baker, Ethel Mary, Boulder, Colo. (1947-1950)
• Baker, Judith Starr, Prescott, Ariz. (1943)
• Baldwin, Clara, Chicago, Ill. (1946)
• Baldwin, Ellis K., Utica, N.Y. (1946-1947)
• Ball, Eustace Hale, New York, N.Y. (1923)
• Ball, Roy, Chicago, Ill. (1935)
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Baltimore, Md. (1923)
• Baltimore Catholic Review, Baltimore, Md. (1924-1937)
• Baltimore Post, Baltimore, Md. (1934)
• Balzar, Fritz, New York, N.Y. (1914-1915)
• Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Que. (1941-1948)
• Bank of the Manhattan Company, New York, N.Y. (1937)
• Bankers Monthly, Chicago, Ill. (1920)
• Banking World, Chicago, Ill. (1913)
• Banning, Margaret Culkin, Duluth, Minn. (1937-1943)
• Baptist Book Stores, Nashville, Tenn. (1948)
• Baptist Herald, Philadelphia, Pa. (1933-1934)
• Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn. (1924)
• Barb, Marian L., Washington, D.C. (1951)
• Bar-David Literary Agency, Jerusalem, Palestine. (1947)
• Bardwell, Denver, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1939)
• Barker, S. Omar, Sapello, New Mexico. (1951)
• Barnes, William A., Chicago, Ill. (1940)
• Barr, Ann Clevenger, Knoxville, Tenn. (1949)
• Barton, Bruce, New York, N.Y. (1919-1923)
• Barton, George, Philadelphia, Pa. (1939)
• Basement Book Shop, New Orleans, La. (1946-1951)
• Bassler, Bippus & Rose, Chicago, Ill. (1922)
• Ted Bates, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1942)
• Bates & Schoonmaker, New York, N.Y. (1935-1936)
• Batten, A.C., Toronto, Ont. (1935)
• Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (1946)
• Bauerfeind, George L., Chicago, Ill. (1947-1949)
• Bay Ridge Printing & Publishing Co., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. (1924)
• BB Features, Los Angeles, Calif. (1919)

Correspondence to or from:

• Cadillac Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich. (1926-1930)
• Cahill, Mortimer L., Chicago, Ill. (1921-1936)
• Calaghan & Company, Chicago, Ill. (1920)
• Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alta. (1933)
• California Dairyman, Los Angeles, Calif. (1923)
• California Fruit Growers Exchange, Los Angeles, Calif. (1929)
• California Guardsman, Sacramento, Calif. (1937-1939)
• California Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif. (1927)
• California Southland, Pasadena, Calif. (1930)
• Call Bulletin, San Francisco, Calif. (1940)
• Call Home Magazine, San Francisco, Calif. (1930)
• Calthorp, Dion Clayton, London, England. (1924)
• Camden Daily Courier, Camden, N.J. (1904)
• Campbell, A.F., Delavan, Wis. (1936)
• Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J. (1929)
• Cameron, Edgar S., Chicago, Ill. (1919)
• Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. (1930)
• Canadian Bookman, Toronto, Ont. (1924-1925)
• Canadian Business, Montreal, Que. (1940-1942)
• Canadian Customs Department, Ottawa, Ont. (1940)
• Canadian Forum, Toronto, Ont. (1924)
• Canadian Insurance, Toronto, Ont. (1920-1927)
• Canadian Messenger, Toronto, Ont. (1933-1940)
• Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart, Montreal, Que. (1931)
• Canadian Motorist, Toronto, Ont. (1927-1928)
• Canadian National Railways Magazine, Toronto, Ont. (1921)
• Canadian Newspaper Service, Ltd., Toronto, Ont. (1920)
• Canadian Popular Magazine, Sidney, N.S. (1931)
• Canadian Railway and Marine World, Toronto, Ont. (1931)
• Canadian Short Stories, Toronto, Ont. (1941)
• Canadian Stories, Deseronto, Ont. (1928)
• Cape Cod Ship Building Corp., Wareham, Mass. (1936)
• Capital Publishing Co., Bismarck, N.D. (1939)
• The Car, Philadelphia, Pa. (1932)
• Carbonator and Bottler, Atlanta, Ga. (1928)
• Cargo, Nashville, Tenn. (1937)
• Carillon, Montclair, N.J. (1934)
• Carlton, W.N.C., Chicago, Ill. (1914)
• Carneiro, A.M. & Company, New York, N.Y. (1938)
• Carolina Motorist, Greensboro, N.C. (1927-1931)
• The Carpenter, Indianapolis, Ind. (1928)
• Carpet & Rug World, New York, N.Y. (1928)
• Carroll, J.C., Chicago, Ill. (1924)
• Carroll Press, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. (1933)
• Carruth, Gordon, Waterbury, Conn. (1921)
• Carson, L.R. Inc., Crisfield, Md. (1935)
• Carson, Pirie Scott & Co., Chicago, Ill. (1936)
• Carteret Publications, New York, N.Y. (1942)
• Cartoons Magazine, Chicago, Ill. (1921)
• Carwood Publishing Co., New York, N.Y. (1927)
• Cary, Lucian, Westport, Conn. (1921)
• Case, B.E., Hartford, Conn. (1934-1935)
• Case, Robert Ormand, Portland, Or. (1934-1937)
• Case and Comment, Rochester, N.Y. (1928)
• Case Eagle, Racine, Wis. (1926-1937)
• The Casket, Antigonish, N.S. (1928)
• Cassell, Charles E., Chicago, Ill. (1923)
• Castle, Everett Rhodes, Cleveland, Ohio. (1937)
• Catching, Paul J., Middletown, Ohio. (1940)
• Caterpillar Tractor Co., San Leandro, Calif. (1928)
• Catholic Boy, Minneapolis, Minn. (1932-1942)
• Catholic Bulletin, St. Paul, Minn. (1924-1928)
• Catholic Citizen, Milwaukee, Wis. (1928-1930)
• Catholic Columbian, Columbus, Ohio. (1927)
• Catholic Girl, Belleville, Ill. (1941)
• Catholic Home, Oklahoma City, Okla. (1924)
• Catholic Mirror, Springfield, Mass. (1924-1925)
• Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, Montreal, Que. (1923)
• Catholic Northwest Progress, Seattle, Wash. (1931)
• Catholic Observer, Pittsburgh, Pa. (1925-1927)
• Catholic Press Union, Cleveland, Ohio. (1925-1927)
• Catholic Register & Canadian Extension Magazine, Toronto, Ont. (1931)
• Catholic Review, Baltimore, Md. (1927-1941)
• Catholic Transcript, Hartford, Conn. (1928)
• Catholic Union and Times, Buffalo, N.Y. (1935-1938)
• Catholic Vigil, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1924)
• Catholic Virginian, Richmond, Va. (1942)
• Catholic Women's World, Montroe, Mich. (1939)
• Caux, Len de, Washington, D.C. (1940)
• Caxton Club, Chicago, Ill. (1920)
• Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho. (1937-1938

Correspondence to or from:

• Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio. (1938)
• Circus Scrap Book, Jersey City, N.J. (1932)
• Citizen Co., Milwaukee, Wis. (1931)
• City National Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, Ill. ([19--]-1930)
• Clabaugh, Hinton G., Chicago, Ill. (1917)
• Clark, Olga, Paris, France. (1930)
• Clark, Ralph, Tomahawk, Wis. (1936)
• Clarke, Ida Clyde, New York, N.Y. (1924)
• Classmate, Cincinnati, Ohio. (1931-1937)
• Clayton Magazine, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1929-1932)
• Cleveland, O.M., Newburgh, N.Y. (1913)
• Cleveland Metal Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio. (1919-1922)
• Cleveland Times and Commercial, Cleveland, Ohio. (1924)
• Cleveland Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio. (1936)
• Clevelander, Cleveland, Ohio. (1933)
• Click, Philadelphia, Pa. (1940-1941)
• Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, Ill. (1913-1921)
• Clover Farm Bee, Cleveland, Ohio. (1941)
• Cloverleaf American and Cloverleaf Review, St. Paul, Minn. (1930)
• Clown Publishing Co., Allentown, Pa. (1933)
• Club and Social Review, Philadelphia, Pa. (1932)
• Clues-Detective Stories, New York, N.Y. (1934-1939)
• Coast Artillery Journal, Washington, D.C. (1938)
• Coast Banker, San Francisco, Calif. (1929)
• Coast Magazine, San Francisco, Calif. (1939-1941)
• Cobb, Irvin S., Santa Monica, Calif. (1923-1937)
• Coburn, Eleanor H.A., Wilton, N.H. (1936)
• Coburn, Walt, Del Mar, Calif. (1936)
• Cohan & Harris, New York, N.Y. (1915)
• Cohen, Albert J., Hollywood, Calif. (1932)
• Cohen, Max, New York, N.Y. (1920)
• Coleman, Kirby, Winnetka, Ill. (1932)
• Collector of Internal Revenue, Chicago, Ill. (1936)
• College Comics, New York, N.Y. (1925-1926)
• College Life, New York, N.Y. (1925-1931)
• College Stories, Forest Hills, N.Y. (1927)
• Collier, Robert Inc., New York, N.Y. (1927)
• Collier & Flinn Co., Ltd., Hollywood, Calif. (1932)
• Collison, Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif. (1933)
• Color Card Corporation, Chicago, Ill. (1932)
• Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Industrial Bulletin, Denver, Colo. (1928)
• Columbia University Press, New York, N.Y. (1935-1937)
• Columbian, Cleveland, Ohio. (1910-1928)
• Columbian Marketer, Kansas City, Mo. (1930)
• Columbian Steel Tank Company, Kansas, City, Mo. (1930)
• Columbus Journal-Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio. (1933)

Correspondence to or from:

• Comer, H.D., New York, N.Y. (1936)
• Comerford, Frank, Chicago, Ill. (1919-1922)
• Comfort, Augusta, Me. (1927-1937)
• Comfort Press, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. (1937)
• Commentator, New York, N.Y. (1937-1939)
• Commerce, Chicago, Ill. (1939)
• Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. (1907-1943)
• Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. (1929)
• Commercial National Bank of Rockford, Rockford, Ill. (1921)
• Commercial Service Company, New York, N.Y. (1921)
• Commercial Travelers Magazine, Springfield, Mass. (1926-1927)
• Commissioner of Customs, Ottawa, Ont. (1940)
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D.C. (1920)
• Commonwealth, New York, N.Y. (1924-1931)
• Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Ill. (1920-1931)
• Community Home Journal, Chicago, Ill. (1924)
• Commuter, Palo Alto, Calif. (1940)
• Complete Detective Novel Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1928-1932)
• Complete Novel Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1926)
• Complete Northwest Novel Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1935)
• Complete War Novels, New York, N.Y. (1942)
• Concordia, Chicago, Ill. (1922-1930)
• Congregationalist, Boston, Ill. (1924-1931)
• Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. (1929-1930)
• Conover, Lawrence P., Chicago, Ill. (1914)
• Conover, Rachel Laramy, Chicago, Ill. (1936)
• Consolidated Film Corporation, New York, N.Y. (1916)
• Consolidated Motor Parts, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1930)
• Consolidated Coal Co., Fairmont, W.Va. (1927-1930)
• Continental Books, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1932)
• Continental Oil Company, Ponca City, Oklahoma. (1931-1932)
• Continental Press Agency, Paris, France. (1927)
• Continental-Illinois Company, Chicago, Ill. (1931)

File consists of material probably accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder and/or Martha Rieder in the process of settling the estate of John S. Anthes. Includes correspondence, statements of the estate, agreements, wills (plus copies) of John S. Anthes and Lydia Anthes, invoices and receipts, a statement of succession duty, ms. notes, ledger balances from the Anthes Furniture Company (1907, 1908), ts. notes from a meeting of executors, etc.

Correspondence is primarily among executors John C. Breithaupt and J.I. Frank Anthes; Peters, Brown & Co. accountants; Millar, Sims, & Gregory, barristers; Talmon Henry Rieder, and others.

File consists of approximately twenty five items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Also includes accompanying materials, and correspondence to her brother and mother. Correspondents include:

• Clark, W.E.;
• Department of Labour;
• Dimbert, Eleanor;
• Doak, Buckingham, Pressley and Perlmutter;
• Hartwell, G.O.;
• Parker, H.L.;
• [?], Frances;
• [?], Maud.

File consists of twenty four items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Correspondents include:

• Casgrain, Therese
• Dennis, Laddie
• Evans-Ehricht, Mark & Barb
• Hauschildt, Elda
• Kiyoshik, Ramona
• Lenaham, Kim
• McCullum, Terry
• Purcell, Gillis
• Renwick, Cathy
• Rex, Beverly
• Scarse, Carole
• Taylor-Turpin, Pam
• [?], Flo,
• [?], Dorothea.

File consists of thirty five items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others. Correspondents include:

• Arnott, Edythe and Al
• Burcher, Dorothy
• Canadian Council
• Dennis, Laddie
• Doyle, Richard J.
• Edwards, Bess
• Evans-Ehricht, Mark and Barb
• Freedman, Sonya
• Gatenby, Greg
• Hamm[?], Rene
• Hauschildt, Elda
• Ludwig, Doris
• Mason, Madge B.
• Pearson, Shirley
• Rex, Sylvia
• Sawyer, Glad
• Stewart, William
• Tanzola Sorbara McClellan and Handler
• Taylor-Turpim, Pam
• Verbugge & Co.
• Warren, Isobel
• Wright, C.F.

File consists of nineteen items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others, primarily members of the Canadian Government. Correspondents include:

• Akiwenzie, Chief Ralph
• Bertrand, Luc
• Birtch, Gilberte
• Bordeleau, Christine J.
• Bourassa, Robert
• Cameron, Christina
• Cameron, Don
• Filmon, Gary
• Foote, Judy M.
• Fraser, John
• Harcourt, Mike
• Hurtig, Mel
• Krackovic, Elvira
• Lobregt, Patricia D.
• McKenna, Frank
• Rae, Bob
• Romanow, Roy
• Valcourt, Bernard.

File consists of sixteen items of correspondence between Kay Rex and other members of her family, as well as between other family members. Correspondents include:

• Montgomery, Jennie
• Montgomery, Jim
• Rex, Beverly
• Rex, Grace Montgomery
• Rex, Kay
• Rex, Lionel
• [?], Mill (Aunt).

Also includes a folder of envelopes without correspondence.

File consists of forty four items of correspondence between Kay Rex and others regarding research for, and publication of, the 1987 RNAO foundation historical appointment book. Correspondents include:

• Anderson, Claudia
• Barrick, C.G.
• Barry, Judy
• Bryce, P.R.
• Cameron, P.M.
• Christie, Kay
• Currow, Maureen
• Desai, Kathy
• Dewar, Jane
• Donner, Gail
• Fisher, Mary
• Flaherty, Josephine
• Gallop, Ruth
• Hurd, G.T.
• Kellough, M.H.
• King, Nancy
• Kirkby, Patricia
• Lee-Hannah, Marilyn
• McKay, E.
• Ogilve, Heather
• Parker, Jacqueline
• Pepper, Evelyn
• Pollett, Elaine
• Reid, B.
• Rossander, Pauline
• Shields, Donna
• Taylor, Mary
• Tumber, Trudie
• Wright-Pelrine, Eleanor
• [?], Barb
• [?], Ora
• [?], Nora

• [?], Ruth.

  Also includes three press releases.

File consists of fifty two items of miscellaneous personal correspondence between James Downey and others for the years 1999-2000. Correspondents include: Adam, Stuart; Archer, Kate; Beattie, Lorraine; Bird, Phil; Butt, Arthur; Campbell, Douglas; Clark, Ian; Cook, John; Cowan, Ann; Flagg, Mary; Frampton, Ethel; Gaulin, Michel; George, Peter; Giroux, Robert; Globe and Mail; Globus, Swani & Morton; Green, Bert; Higgins, Michael; Kalbfleisch, Jim; Konrad, Helmut; Lynch, David; Maymusson, Lynne; McKane, Paul; Milne-Smith, Carol & Ian; Mitchell, Paul D.; Mogridge, Behill; Morris, Claire & John; Parr-Johnston, Elizabeth; Patterson, Stephen E.; Pereira, Maria C.; Piper, Martha; Rymes, Tom K.; Sevcik, Ken; Shantz, Susan; Sievwright, Georgia; Simpson, Ronald D.; Skibsrud, Johanna; Smith, Rev. Mary; Van Loon, Richard J.; Vinnicombe, Elizabeth; Wicks, Ed; Wiffen, Bob; Woerner, Anna; Zanna, Betsy.

File consists of seventy six items of miscellaneous correspondence between James Downey and others for the year 2001. Correspondents include:

• Aitken, Lady Violet;
• Anderson, John;
• Armitage, Howard;
• Barry, Michael H.;
• Berland, Kevin;
• Bird, J.W. Bud;
• Carty, Arthur J.;
• Chakma, Amit;
• Cook, Nancy;
• Currie, Richard J.;
• Davenport, Paul;
• De la Durantague, Claire V.;
• Dellandrea, J.S.;
• English, John;
• Foster, Florence;
• Gillham, Robert;
• Goodwin, Ed;
• Graham, Mary;
• Green, Irvin;
• Hallman, Lyle and Wendy;
• Heroux, M. Michel;
• Hiscock, Ethel and Ralph;
• Hnatyshyn, Ray and Gerda;
• Hobday, John;
• Kildaris, Fred;
• Konrad, Helmut;
• Krupke, Erma;
• Lemessurier, Bob;
• MacDonald, Alastair;
• Maiden, Colin and Jenefor;
• McCarthy, Sheila and Mac;
• McCutchan, Walter;
• Mitchell, Paul D.;
• Monkman, Julia;
• Nicholson, Doris;
• O'Donovan, Valentine;
• Parsons, June;
• Reid, Hugh;
• Saunders Bellingham, Susan;
• Simpson, Ronald;
• Strangway, David;
• Szathmary, Emoke J.E.;
• Talbot-Allan, Laura;
• Thayer Scott, Jacqueline;
• Thompson, John;
• Van Loon, Richard J.;
• W., Doug; Watts, Ronald L.;
• Wright, Janet;
• Wurtele, Douglas.

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey related to different areas of Downey's professional life. Includes letters of appreciation, tributes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to awards received and work performed by Downey in different roles and associations.
Also contains drafts of speeches and addresses related to Downey's work or roles, such as "Remarks by the Chancellor" during the official launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys by James Downey (May 15, 2012) or "Commencement Address the University of Waterloo" by Trina McQueen, president, Discovery Channel (June 18, 1999).

Receipts, invoices, correspondence.

Correspondence, forms, payment records.

One envelope of correspondence and ephemera belonging to Yvonna Romanow, mostly from U.S. chapters.

One grocery bag of loose ephemera. correspondence, reports, etc. belonging to Yvanna Romanow.

One grocery bag of loose ephemera. correspondence, reports, etc. belonging to Yvanna Romanow.

Ca. 14 pieces of correspondence.

File consists of 41 Christmas cards from friends and family.

A series of letters from National Manufacturing Co. regarding heading boards.

Modern copy prints of Norman Schneider at Tuerk Gasoline Engine & Co., where he apprenticed. File includes letter from a relative.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his involvement with the Canada-Cyprus Friendship Group. Records include correspondence, an overview of the European Court of Human Rights ruling regarding the legal consequences of Turkey’s invasion and military presence in Cyprus, a resolution created by Canadian citizens in Montreal to mark the twenty-seventh anniversary of Turkish invasion in Cyprus, and related material. Also includes items related to an address of the President of the Republic of Cyprus at the United National General Assembly, and a news release regarding the presidential elections in Cyprus held on February 16, 2003.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to a project focused on eco-planning and environmental management in coastal communities in China that received funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Records include a project proposal prepared by Dr. Geoff Wall, Program Director and David Johnston, President of the University of Waterloo and correspondence confirming funding approval. Also contains material related to the formal announcement of CIDA funding for the project held at the University of Waterloo on January 15, 2002 including an event schedule, news release, and Telegdi’s speaking notes. Andrew Telegdi attended this event as a guest speaker.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Telegdi’s open call for a Liberal leadership convention to remove Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, as party leader in 2002. Also includes material related to a public debate between Telegdi and Warren Kinsella, a Canadian lawyer, and Liberal Party activist. Telegdi believed Jean Chrétien used Kinsella to intimidate Members of Parliament who wanted Paul Martin to become the new leader of the Liberal Party. At the time, Paul Martin served as a Member of Parliament representing LaSalle—Émard and Minister of Finance. Records include press articles, correspondence, news releases, an article possibly written by Telegdi regarding demands for the disclosure of Paul Martin's donations for a future leadership campaign, and multiple drafts of an article titled, Canada Needs a Leadership Convention written by Telegdi.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Canada’s relation to the Iraq War. Records include correspondence from members of the public urging Telegdi to oppose Canadian participation in any military action against Iraq, a report outlining how a war with Iraq might be avoided, a report providing a summary of Canadian views on security and defence issues from various polls, and a fact sheet on the Canadian defence program.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the unemployment and underemployment of immigrants and refugees in Canada. Includes articles with background information and news releases announcing changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations impacting the selection process for skilled workers immigrating to Canada. Also contains material related to two forums held in Kitchener, Ontario in 2003 addressing the unemployment and underemployment of immigrants and refugees in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Records include correspondence, an agenda, printed web articles and press clippings, an invitation, and other textual material.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada. Some of the material documents attitudes among opponents of same-sex marriage and Bill C-250 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda). This includes correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, a report on the implications for Canadian children of same-sex marriage, letters and flyers from Stephen Harper advocating for Bill C-447 An act to protect the institution of marriage.

The file also contains material documenting attitudes among supporters of same-sex marriage and Bill C-250. This includes correspondence, briefs to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and a report from the National Liberal Caucus Research Bureau discrediting the idea of implementing a federal civil registry for same-sex couples.

Additionally, the file contains material documenting Telegdi’s political activities supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada and Bill C-250 such as correspondence, talking points, draft speeches written by Telegdi, and records related to Telegdi’s participation in two town hall meetings in the Kitchener-Waterloo area including the town hall meeting on August 27, 2003 hosted by Tristan Emmanuel.

A report and related correspondence sent to Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament from the Library of Parliament providing an ethnocultural overview of select federal electoral ridings using statistical data including Kitchener-Waterloo, Kitchener Centre, Waterloo-Wellington and Cambridge, Etobicoke as well as for all of Alberta (Peace River, Athabasca, Yellowhead, St. Albert, Elk Island, Lakeland, Edmonton, Wetaskiwin, Red Deer, Wild Rose, Crowfoot, Calgary, Macleod, Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge).

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to immigration to Canada. Records include a policy resolution on immigration prepared by the Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce, a request for a meeting by the Canadian Council of Refugees to discuss family reunification, and correspondence from Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, regarding concerns from the Chinese Canadian National Council about immigration policies and procedures. In addition, the file contains correspondence from KAIROS, a social justice organization of Canadian Churches, concerning the implementation of a Refugee Appeal Division and an invitation from the STATUS campaign to participate in a conference about the regularization of non-status immigrants in Canada. Also includes a draft paper regarding undocumented workers in Canada written by Telegdi, and other textual material.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement. The documents provide general information about the agreement. In addition, the material captures the concerns of some constituents and associations such as Sanctuary Coalition of Southern Ontario and Jesuit Refugee Service Canada regarding the provisions of the agreement. Records include correspondence, notes, and reports.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to his participation in the Canadian Ukraine Election Observation Mission. During this mission, Telegdi served as a Canadian election observer to the Presidential Election in Ukraine on December 26, 2004.

Records include correspondence, phone lists, contact lists, expense claims, presentation slides, reports, forms, and a notepad. Also includes a group picture of participants in the Canadian Observers Mission to Ukraine, a certificate of thanks sent to Telegdi for his participation in the mission signed by Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada as well as a letter of thanks sent to Telegdi signed by Aileen Carrol, Minister of International Cooperation and Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament documenting his personal interest and political involvement in matters relating to Canadian-Hungarian relations. Material in this file is primarily related to the planning of events and activities across Canada commemorating the 1956 Hungarian Revolution such as conferences held by the University of Ottawa Institute for Canadian Studies and the University of Toronto, screenings of the film Freedom’s Fury and the CBC documentary The Fifty-Sixers, the opening of the NEW LIVES photographic exhibition curated by the National Arts Centre, and the development of a special stamp issued by Canada Post. Records include correspondence, invitations, brochures, press clippings, news releases, speaking notes, calendars, and other textual material. The file also contains programs for a state dinner in honour of His Excellency László Sólyom, then President of the Republic of Hungary, as well as a picture of Telegdi and Sólyom shaking hands during the event.

Moreover, the file includes a copy of a framework agreement between St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario and Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary to develop co-operation between the two institutions in the fields of education and research.

Material accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his tenure as a Member of Parliament related to Stride, a program established by Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) and designed to help women transition from prison to the community. Records include a brochure and flyer about the Stride program as well as press clippings featuring articles about Stride and the Canadian prison system. Also includes correspondence to Telegdi from Hermina Richter, Member of the Business and Professional Women Cambridge Board of Directors requesting a meeting to discuss the Stride program.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his campaign to be elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party for the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo in the 2008 Canadian federal election. Records include brochures, flyers, invitations, correspondence, speech transcripts and other textual material. Also includes signed letters sent to Telegdi after he lost the election from numerous individuals such as George Smitherman, Deputy Premier of Ontario; Carl Zehr, Mayor of Kitchener; Elizabeth May; Marie-P. Charette-Poulin; Maria Chaput; Céline Hervieux-Payette; and Terry Mercer.

Letters of congratulations sent to Andrew Telegdi following his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration related to Telegdi’s efforts to help Akatiu Somogyi and his family reclaim financial assets that were seized by the Canadian government during the Second World War. Records include correspondence between Telegdi and many government offices, officials, and fellow politicians including Shelia Copps, Jean Chrétien, and Herb Gray.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration related to Bill C-63 Citizenship of Canada Act. The material documents the opinions of some members of the public and their recommendations to make additional changes to Bill C-63. The material also highlights Telegdi’s efforts to change a word in the Citizenship Oath. Records include correspondence, and a report.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his appointment as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration related to Bill C-16 Citizenship of Canada Act. The material documents Telegdi’s work initially supporting the new bill as well as his later concerns regarding section 17 and 18 of Bill C-16. Many of the documents highlight Telegdi’s efforts to implement changes to section 17 and 18 and solicit support from fellow politicians and members of the public. Also includes correspondence from members of the public, copies of Telegdi’s official resignation letter submitted to Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, and related material. Records include correspondence from individuals and associations, new releases, speech transcripts and notes, reports, copies of an opinion article written by Telegdi for the Toronto Star, and other textual material.

Material created or accumulated by Andrew Telegdi during his post-political career related to crime prevention in the Region of Waterloo. Records include agendas, minutes, notes, and related material from the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council and the Crime Prevention Council of Waterloo Region Alumni Group. Andrew Telegdi was a member of the Crime Prevention Council of Waterloo Region Alumni Group. In addition, the file contains a flyer advertising a day of national remembrance and action on violence against women as well as material related to the Canadian firearms registry including a statement from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

A program for Hilde Maria English’s memorial service held on July 9, 2006 at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ontario. The program includes a list of participants and outlines the order of the service. The service included prayers, musical performances, and tributes. The Master of Ceremony was the Honourable Justice Patrick Flynn. Andrew Telegdi delivered a eulogy for Hilde English during the memorial service. The file also includes draft copies of Telegdi’s eulogy for Hilde English, handwritten notes, and related correspondence. Andrew Telegdi was close friends with Hilde English and her husband John English.

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King on August 28, 1929 in reply to letters received from both Arthur and Lyon after a trip from Denver to Ontario to visit family. In it King states that a letter of thanks is as good as a gift (proposed by Lyon for Aunt Jennie), reminds them to tip the maid at Aunt Jennie’s, envies them their trip to Niagara, and ends by saying he is sending the letter ahead of them to Denver.
Salutation: “My Dear Arthur” [handwritten]; Signature: “Yours affectionately, Uncle Willie" handwritten].
Includes one handwritten correction.

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King on December 19, 1943. King expresses Christmas wishes to Arthur, his wife Kathleen and Kathleen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in Toronto. King notes that he has a gift for them in their new home, “I would like to send you, just as a souvenir of the day itself, and also of a central event in Canadian history, a little picture which was taken at the time of the Quebec Conference[1], and which I am sure you would both like to have.”
Salutation: “My Dear Arthur” [handwritten]; Signature: “With fondest of love, Yours affectionately, Uncle Willie” [handwritten].

Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King, sending Christmas wishes to him, his wife Kathleen and family.
Salutation: none; Signature: “Your loving uncle=W L Mackenzie King ."

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King on May 7, 1945, “dictated in the hour of Victory which has still to be announced.” He says that “dear Lyon” will be “rejoicing with us all today.” He sends good wishes to all at Laurier House, and thanks Arthur for taking Pat for a walk. King was attending the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. [1] On May 7 the Nazis surrendered unconditionally with May 8 to be the end of the war, Victory in Europe day. [2]
Salutation: “Dear Arthur” [handwritten]; Signature: “With fondest love to Kathleen & yourself. Your affectionate uncle Willie” [handwritten].
Includes envelope. Both envelope and letter marked “Personal.”

Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur king, composed on May 20, 1945 and received on May 21, 1945, congratulating Arthur and his wife Kathleen on their second wedding anniversary. Mackenzie King was in Swift current probably in advance of the federal election of June 11, in which he lost his own seat, Prince Albert Riding. [1]
Salutation: none; Signature: "Love and all good wishes=:Mackenzie King."

Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King on February 25, 1947 expressing anxiety about Arthur's "new apartment and removal to Toronto," and asking for specific details about his new home. Arthur had apparently been assisted in finding living quarters through D.B. Mansur, president of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and "Mr. Handy" and King expresses surprise that Arthur has not yet followed up with them: "As soon as I learned of the change you had been able to effect in apartments, I rang up Mr. Mansur and thanked him personally for his kind intervention. I am sure that but for his personal interest in the matter and Mr. Handy's kind interest in advance, you would have had real difficulty in securing any quarters."
Footnote: "let me suggest that you visit Mr Mansur [&] Mr Handy without delay. But for their good office you might be very badly off. W"
King then addresses everyone's state of health and reminds Arthur that he must "do all that is in your power to prove your qualifications for the position you now have and to ensure advancement in the future;" also that "Toronto is a nice city in which to live and you will have opportunities of personal and business contacts there much greater than are likely to come elsewhere. I am sure you will make the most of them."
Includes handwritten correction.
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [handwritten]; Signature: "With love to both, Yours affectionately, Uncle Willie" [handwritten].

Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur King and his wife Kathleen on April 4, 1947, bearing Easter greeting: “Joyous Easter Greetings Fondest Love=Uncle Willie.” [All printed in block capitals.]

Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on August 18, 1947, thanking him and his wife Kathleen for their “charming little letter” on the death of King’s dog Pat, and noting “Naturally I feel his loss very much.” King expresses hope of seeing Arthur and Kathleen when he is “up at the Exhibition” [1] and gives details of his busy schedule during the days of his visit. Although he will not be able to visit them at home he has asked that they be sent tickets to the garden party being given by the Lieutenant Governor the Honourable Ray Lawson in the hopes that they may meet each other. King asks if Arthur remembers going with him and his brother Lyon to the opening of the Exhibition “the last time I was there. I think that was just twenty years ago.”
King asks about the vitamin supply.
Salutation: “My dear Arthur” [typewritten]; Signature: “With fondest love to you and Kathleen, Yours affectionately , Uncle Willie” [handwritten].
Includes handwritten corrections.

Typewritten letter marked "Personal" from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on August 20, 1948, describing his relationship with John D. Rockefeller Jr., and mentioning his invitation to visit Mr. Rockfeller's "summer home at Seal Harbor, Maine." King anticipates going to Europe in three weeks, and notes that he is "now relieved of the leadership of the Party. On my return, I expect to be giving up office as well."[1] King declares the "Convention" as "a great success" [Liberal leadership election] [2] and wishes that Arthur and Kathleen had been there to "witness the ovations." He expresses his pleasure at Arthur and Kathleen's new home in Leaside, although his opening of Sunnybrook Hospital prevented him from visiting in person. He remarks on the pretty names "Southvale Drive" and "Leaside."
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [handwritten]; Signature: "With fondest love to you both, Yours affectionately, Uncle Willie" [handwritten].

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on December 28, 1948, containing effusive thanks to him and his wife Kathleen for letters and Christmas gift of hand-picked and preserved wild raspberry jam. King notes that the jam will be used for special occasions of afternoon tea at Laurier House or Kingsmere. King reminisces "I remember when Lord Athlone and Princess Alice used to come out to Kingsmere occasionally for a walk, there was nothing they enjoyed so much as some of the strawberry jam which I had there. Jam made from wild strawberries is, of course, the most delicious of all. [1]
King refers to his "little gift" to Arthur and Kathleen and says that "Nothing could give me more pleasure than that you should use the cheque toward the purchase of a rug for one of the rooms in your little home." He also extends his thanks to Arthur's mother for her letter and gift of books. King notes that is health is not good and that he was wise to have retired when he did. In closing, King mentions that he is sending Kathleen another supply of vitamins.
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [handwritten]; Signature: "With love to you both Yours affectionately Uncle Willie" [handwritten].

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on March 22, 1949, relaying information from Arthur's friend Wilmot Gordon that his father had died, and encouraging Arthur to contact him.
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [handwritten]; Signature: "With fondest love Yours affectionately Uncle Willie" [handwritten].

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on January 6, 1950, containing belated thanks for their Christmas letters and gift of the book Cry The Beloved Country. King finds it "extraordinary" that three books recommended to him by Violet Markham were given to him by three separate family members that Christmas. The other two were Schweitzer's Out of My Life and Thought and Lead, Kindly Light. [1] King describes his poor health, commiserates with Arthur's disappointment at not seeing his mother at Christmas, and approves of Arthur and Kathleen's plans to use his Christmas cheque to buy a set of nesting tables. King reiterates his pleasure at receiving letters from Arthur and Kathleen, and ends with concern that Kathleen's vitamins might have run out and that he is sending more.
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [handwritten]; Signature: "With fondest love and all good wishes to Kathleen and yourself. [Illegible, possibly Again as?] always, Yours affectionately, Uncle Willie" [handwritten].
Includes handwritten corrections.

Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur and his wife Kathleen on April 7, 1950, with Easter greetings.
Salutation: none; Signature: "Uncle Willie"

Typewritten letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to his nephew Arthur on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1950 in which he describes his own poor health and expresses concern for Arthur's. King asks for all the details about the oil burner that Arthur has acquired for his furnace and notes that the cost of oil makes heating almost as expensive as coal.
King thanks Arthur for congratulations on "the Royal Honours recently received, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold from Belgium," the which he notes belong to the nation and not to him personally. He goes on to quote from a letter from Churchill to himself published on p. 739 of Churchill's most recent work, The Grand Alliance, in which Churchill writes: " ﾑWhat a pleasure it is to see the whole empire pulling as one man, and believe me, my friend, I understand the reasons for your success in marshalling the grand war effort of Canada.' It is a nice tribute from the one who, more than any other, had to do with the direction of affairs at the time of the war." King expresses hope that he will soon be able to start work on his memoirs. He has still not ever visited Arthur and Kathleen's "little home in Toronto", and intends to do so "the first time I am in the city."
Salutation: "My dear Arthur" [typewritten]; Signature: "Yours very affectionately" [typewritten] "Uncle Willie" [handwritten].
Includes handwritten corrections.

Handwritten Air Letter from May King in England to William Lyon Mackenzie King on June 28, 1950, describing her trip to England and thanking him for his gift.

Salutation: "My dear Willie" [handwritten]; Signature: "ever affectionately May" [handwritten].

Engraved calling card: "Mr. W.L. Mackenzie King, Laurier House, Ottawa, Canada," inscribed in King's handwriting to Miss Kathleen M. Thomas on December 24, 1942: "So many thanks for your beautiful card of Christmas greetings. My very best of wishes to you for the New Year. So kind of you to have had me in your thoughts at this season. Again, my very best of wishes to you. WLMK 24-Dec-42."