This bundle contains miscellaneous correspondence from friends and business associates dated from 1898-1901 as well as one letter from Rev. Thomas Griffith, J.W. McConnell’s father-in-law, to his daughters Agnes and Lily, McConnell’s future wife.

This bundle contains correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Correspondence directly after McConnell’s first marriage proposal to Griffith is included (September 6, 1902) as well as the illness and death of McConnell’s sister Susan (December 1902). The correspondence also reflects McConnell’s travels in Canada and the United States promoting the stock and products of the Standard Chemical Company and other ventures.

This bundle contains correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Narratives in this bundle reveal details of McConnell’s travels throughout Canada and the northern United States on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. During this correspondence, McConnell continues to travel throughout Canada on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company. A vast number of letters originate from McConnell’s stays in Toronto but also in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Narratives in this bundle reveal McConnell’s continued travels throughout Canada on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company. Letters from this bundle also originate from McConnell’s travels to Scotland, Ireland, and England. These letters from Britain include descriptions of McConnell’s meetings with Lord Strathcona, then Canadian High Commissioner in London.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. This correspondence also continues letters originating from McConnell’s time spent in Britain promoting the products of the Standard Chemical Company to British investors and the War Office. McConnell includes descriptions of meetings with Lord Strathcona as well as other potential investors and politicians of British society such as Joseph Chamberlain.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship and during McConnell’s time abroad in Britain promoting the Standard Chemical Company of Canada. Also includes correspondence from additional European countries from McConnell’s travels such as France, Belgium and Germany.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship and during McConnell’s time abroad in Britain promoting the Standard Chemical Company of Canada.

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. The correspondence also relates McConnell’s return to Canada from Britain and Europe where he was promoting the Standard Chemical Company of Canada. Also includes a lesson plan of McConnell’s for teaching Sunday School.

This bundle contains correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during 1905, the year the couple married. Also contains one business-related letter to McConnell regarding the Canadian Furniture Manufacturers Association and additional letters from Lily McConnell to her new husband and from Rev. Thomas Griffith, Lily’s father.