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Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family

Series consists of materials relating to the family of Dana Porter, including his wife Dorothy Porter (nee Parker), and his sons Dana Jr. and Julian. Also includes materials created about Dana Porter posthumously and collected by his family.

Porter, Dana Harris

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

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

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

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

Porter, Dana : reproductions of paintings.

File consists of six high quality colour photocopies of original paintings by Dana Porter. The paintings are typically Northern Ontario landscapes and were stylistically inspired by the Group of Seven. Porter's maternal uncle was Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris.

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

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

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

Child drawings.

File consists of one leaf of paper with drawings by a child on it. Possibly by Julian or Dana Porter Jr.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook : University of Waterloo Convocation.

File consists of a scrapbook relating to the University of Waterloo Convocation where Dana Porter was installed as Chancellor. Includes a programme, clippings, and photographs. All items are glued onto scrapbook pages. Also includes later materials collected by Julian Porter on the Dana Porter Library.

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

Clippings.

File consists of clippings accumulated by Dana Porter and family on Dana Porter, his work, personal life, and interests.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings and magazine articles on Porter, his work, and related interests.

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

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

Correspondence re. Royal Commission on Banking and Finance.

File consists of forty-eight items of correspondence to and from Dana Porter and his secretary regarding the Report of the Royal Commission on Banking and Finance.
Correspondents include:

  • Abbott, Justice Douglas
  • Barber, Clarence L.
  • Cromer, The Earl of
  • Diefenbaker, John
  • Frost, Leslie
  • Gillanders, E.B.
  • Hampson, H.A.
  • Harris, W.C.
  • Haug, Edgar
  • Heward, Brian
  • Hewitt, H.J.
  • Holtroy, Marius
  • Johnson, Harry G.
  • Keir, David Lindsay
  • Kim, John
  • Lafrance, Leo
  • Litchfield, E.
  • Lundberg, Erik
  • McKinnon, Neil J.
  • McLaughlin, W. Earle
  • Mansur, David B.
  • Matthews, Beverley
  • Mercure, G.
  • Neufeld, E.P.
  • Parizeau, Jacques
  • Prentis, Margaret R.
  • Shearer, Ronald A.
  • Sproul, Allan
  • Stanley, David
  • Tanz, Mark M.
  • Trudeau, Pierre.

Porter, Dana Harris

Canadian School Journal.

File consists of a copy of the September-October 1967 (vol. 45, no. 6) edition of the Canadian School Journal which features an obituary for Dana Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Legal notes.

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

Porter, Dana Harris

Directions to wake.

File consists of a small card giving directions from the church to the reception area for Dana Porter's wake at 32 Heath Street West in Toronto.

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

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

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

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

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence to and from Dana Porter regarding a variety of topics in his personal and professional life. Includes approximately three hundred and thirty-six items. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Note that where applicable items of correspondence have been left in their original file and subsequently correspondence can also be found in :

  • Series 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ;
  • Series 4. Ephemera ;
  • Series 5. Political and Legal Career ;
  • Series 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ;
  • Series 7. Shakespeare ;
  • Series 8. Speeches and Addresses ;
  • Series 9. Visual Materials.

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

Porter, Dana.

File consists of one portrait of Dana Porter. Also includes one item of correspondence regarding the use of the portrait in a notice about Porter's death in the Digest Business & Law Journal. Portrait, by Ashley & Crippen, Toronto

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with five pasted-in photographs of Dana Porter and others at various events. No identification is given for the photographs.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana meeting Pope Paul VI.

File consists of four photographs showing Dana Porter shaking hands with the Pope, taken on the occasion of the first anniversary of Paul VI Papacy, July 1, 1964. Dorothy Porter is standing next to Dana.

Porter, Dana Harris

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1963.

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

Diary.

File consists of one pocket diary for the year 1962.

Porter, Dana Harris

Scrapbook.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings, magazine articles, ephemera and correspondence created and accumulated by Porter, relating to his work, family and interests.

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

Correspondence : Chariton, Morris.

File consists of five items of correspondence between Dana Porter and Morris Chariton regarding Chariton's request to lecture in Shakespeare at the University of Waterloo, as well as an essay on Shakespeare that Chariton sent to Porter.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana and others.

File consists of two group photographs of Dana Porter with who appear to be other members of the Ontario Parliament. The photographs were taken the same day, one an informal shot in a meeting room and room a formal posed photograph.

Porter, Dana Harris

Speech File : 1960.

File consists of the transcripts for eleven speeches given by Dana Porter at various convocations and events. Includes one for the University of Waterloo Convocation for the Installation of the Chancellor The Honourable Dana Harris Porter. Also includes four photographs showing Dorothy Porter, Julian Porter and Dana Porter Jr. standing under a painting of Dana Porter at the dedication ceremony for the Dana Porter Library.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana and others at meeting.

File consists of five photographgraphs showing Dana Porter with unidentified other men at a meeting of an unknown organization. Some men are wearing ribbons indicating their status in the group (president, director, etc.) and in one photograph a man is seen receiving a scroll from another in a ceremony.

Porter, Dana Harris

Porter, Dana and others : McMaster University Convocation.

File consists of one photograph showing Dana Porter and others in the McMaster University administration dressed in robes for a convocation ceremony.

In the photograph are:

  • Porter, Dana Harris
  • Stewart, Sean
  • Thode, Henry George
  • Young, J.V.
  • Cooper, W.H.
  • Steam, C.H.
  • Hudson, Paul H.
  • Gilmour, George P.
  • Rawley, O.H.
  • Kellach, R.L.

Porter, Dana Harris

Correspondence re. congratulations (1 of 3).

File consists of two hundred and forty six items of correspondence congratulating Dana Porter on his appointment as Ontario Chief Justice, as Chancellor of the University of Waterloo and as a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Toronto.
Correspondents include :

  • Allen, Francis J.
  • Althouse, Mayme
  • Anderson, Hugh A.
  • Archer, William L.
  • Armstrong, C.H.A.
  • Armstong, James S.P.
  • Armstrong, V.W.
  • Ash, W.M.V.
  • Ball, Gordon R.
  • Band, James S.
  • Beaudoin, Gerard
  • Beck, Frederick A.
  • Bell, Dick
  • Bell, Thomas H.
  • Belyea, Roy E.
  • Berlin, S.S.
  • Berry, Nixon T.
  • Berry, J. Wilson
  • Bickle, E.W.
  • Bigelow, S. Tupper
  • Biggar, H.W.
  • Bishop, A.L.
  • Bissell, Claude
  • Bind, H.I.
  • Birbaum, S.U.
  • Blackwell, Leslie
  • Blaird, Sid
  • Blair, Willis L.
  • Blatz, Anne and Bill
  • Boland, John F.
  • Borden, Henry
  • Bowlby, A.T.
  • Bowman, W.C.
  • Brebner, F.R.
  • Brown, Mannie
  • Bruce, Herbert A.
  • Bruce, Maxwell
  • Buckland, Babs and Bert
  • Bunnell, Arthur E.K.
  • Campbell, Fred A.
  • Cawthorne, Frederick
  • Chalmers, Floyd S.
  • Clark, Christie T.
  • Coon, Burwell R.
  • Crate, Alexander V.
  • Currey, Jessie G.
  • Davies, Robertson
  • Duggan, R.B.
  • Duncan, James S.
  • Dunlop, W.J.
  • Durie, Helen
  • Dymond, M.B.
  • Edmonds, George E.
  • Erichsen-Brown, F.
  • Farewell, C.A.
  • Featherstone, Edna
  • Feinberg, Rabbi Abraham L.
  • Fell, Charles P.
  • Forsyth, Bob
  • Frankel, Egmont
  • Fraser, D.G.
  • Gelber, Marvin
  • Gibson, D.H.
  • Gilmour, G.P.
  • Glassco, U. Grant
  • Goodman, E.A.
  • Goodwin, L.H.; Graham, Beatrice B.
  • Graydon, Allan
  • Green, Robert M.
  • Gregory, Wilfrid P.
  • Griffin, John
  • Grossberg, Ben
  • Gundy, Clarke

The Familiar Ghost, by Dana Porter.

File consists of an easy on Shakespeare's Sonnets by Dana Porter titled The Familiar Ghost. File includes hand written versions as well as a typed annotated version, notes and a second untitled essay.

Porter, Dana Harris

Poetry notes.

File consists of notes on poetry handwritten and typed by Dana Porter. Includes notes on Sonnets, excerpts from poems, etc.

Porter, Dana Harris

Shakespeare notes.

File consists of typed and handwritten notes on Shakespeare, Edmund Spencer, and related topics. Notes primarily consists of passages and sentences from books, articles, etc.

Porter, Dana Harris

The Shakespeare Sonnet Sequence.

File consists of Dana Porter's essay The Shakespeare Sonnet Sequence. This essay is sometimes also titled The Shakespeare Sonnets. Also includes notes on the vowel sounds of the sonnets.

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 1959.

Porter, Dana Harris

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