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Financial and legal documents

  • CA RBD MSG 1299-3
  • Series
  • 21 January 1719 - approximately 1912
  • Part of Hall family fonds

This series contains financial and legal documents created by or on behalf of members of the Hall family between approximately 1719 and 1912. The documents in the series were predominately created in Montreal, Hinchinbrooke, and Quebec City, with some documents created in New England. Documents include accounts, receipts and invoices, loans, power of attorney, land surveys, wills, inventories of estates, a marriage contract, and other documents.

Publications and presentations

Series consists of materials relating to Armstrong's publication of "A Taste of Quebec" (published 1995 and updated 2001), including promotional materials and book reviews. It also contains records related to her many speaking engagements on Quebec cuisine and Quebec food history, including to the Ontario Historical Society, Tourisme Québec, and academic and culinary conferences. Her speeches files include handwritten and typewritten transcripts and speaking notes, with post-it notes indicating where certain topics are mentioned or with other annotations.

Writings

This series contains personal writings by John Mappin himself. Primarily notes on Canadian authors. Includes notes related to a brief submitted to the Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution. Also includes several drafts, and a final copy, of his Master's thesis, "The Political Thoughts of Francis Masers".

Financial Records

This series contains financial records related to business and personal activities. The files include payslips, grant payments, credit card and income tax statements, invoices, bankbooks. This series is mostly located in Container 4, 5, and 10. Some files in Series 5 also contain financial records (please see the file descriptions).

Poems & Poetry

This series consists of poems written by Endre Farkas. Many of them are sorted alphabetically. All documents relating to other poets and poetry-related endeavours. Newsletters and bulletins from the Montreal Poets’ Information Exchange are also included.

Catalogues and bookseller descriptions

Series consists of bookseller descriptions and catalogue clippings of Bewick works (generally with the catalogue cover appended to a loose page on which Bewick item appears). One folder contains numerous bookseller descriptions printed from internet sale listings. Some items have accompanying correspondence or Geraldine Cole's notes and annotations regarding purchase inquiries. The series also contains a listing of all the items in the Cole-Bewick Collection sold to McGill Library and three spiral-bound volumes containing bibliographic citations and some notes on all the items in the Cole-Bewick Collection in alphabetical order.

Financial Records

Series consists of financial records, including income tax receipts, earnings statements, reports of sales of books, buyers, quotes, invoices, funding applications, contracts, and correspondence related to financial matters.

Subject files

This series contains subject files related to Noel Noel-Buxton's political activities and interests, dating from between roughly 1880 and 1950. The records chiefly concern British politics, and the UK's involvement in world politics, including the First and Second World Wars, Anglo-German relations, the Balkans, Indigenous sovereignty and the treatment of Indigenous populations, the governance of colonies, slavery, refugees, and famine and poverty in Europe after the Second World War. Also includes several files related to Buxton's religious and political beliefs and Paycockes House, a historic 15th century home in Essex that Buxton purchased and restored.

The arrangement of the series reflects the structure of the fonds when it was described by McGill archivists. This may reflect the original order or may be an arrangement that was introduced by Professor H. N. Fieldhouse, who acquired the fonds for McGill and spent many years conducting research in it. Files contain a variety of document types, including reports, notes, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and volumes of parliamentary debates.

Fiction and drama

This series consists mainly of short stories, both handwritten and typed, by Stephen Scobie. The files include early drafts of novels and published and unpublished short stories, as well as a libretto, early notes for an opera and unproduced film scripts. The creator for most of the records in this series was Stephen Scobie. The series is located within Container 4 and 5.

Correspondence

Series primarily contains professional and personal correspondence to and from Selwyn Dewdney. The files include business correspondence related to Dewdney’s position as a teacher, artist and illustrator, as well as an author. Other types of correspondence consist of holiday cards, invitations to events, and a postcard. Also included are mailing lists containing business cards. Additionally, the series includes invoices, mortgage information, notes, a pencil drawing and 2 b&w photographs. The majority of the files are located in Box 3, and are organized in no discernable order. See Series 1 for correspondence related to Dewdney’s written works.

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