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Letter to Richard Pennington

Manuscript letter to Richard Pennington from Ruth Fritzsche, the daughter of Rainer Maria Rilke and Clara Westhoff. Thanks him for copies of the Rilke letters and notes that the 9 July 1907 was written to a Mrs. Schurgast. Accompanied by typescript English translation.

The family history of James McGill

File contains a typed manuscript of 'The Family History of James McGill, University Founder' by J. M. McGill as well as family trees and a sheet of transcript additions.

Interim Report of RDC Operations

Consists of Interim Report of RDC Operations, Toronto-London-Detroit-North Bay-Angliers-Montreal-Mont. Laurier: A review of traffic, operating and financial betterment achieved, related where applicable to previous application studies prepared by the Department of Research.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Letter from Hedvig Wahlgren

Typescript letter from Hedvig Heurlin-Wahlgren attesting to the supposed date of Item MSG 424-4, the letter from Rilke to Elfriede Nicolaus. Wahlgren translated the poems referenced in the letter with Elfriede. With accompanying English translation.

Typescript legal documents

File contains the typed copies of 3 legal documents involving James McGill and his family.

  • Deed of sale of a house and lot of ground situated in Saint Paul Street to Mr. John McGill (1792)
  • Deed of Conveyance from the Commissioners for the removing the old walls and fortifications of Montreal (1805)
  • Deed of sale - McGill to Hoyle, Henderson and Gibb (1808)

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954

A Sister's Appreciation

File contains a text "A sister's appreciation" written about Noel Noel-Buxton by Victoria Alexandrina de Bunsen (née Buxton), one of Buxton's younger sisters. It seems to have been written in celebration of Buxton after his death.

Henri Jonas & Co. Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1197
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1950

The fonds contains the company's business correspondence related to the importation of food products, essences, and spices from international manufacturers, and other business expenditures, as well as some correspondence with government regulators regarding food labeling and quality. In addition, some letters are from charitable and cultural organizations to which the company donated. Some personal correspondence of Henri Jonas is included, as well as numerous restaurant bills and and menus, including for the Montreal Hunt Club.

Chiefly found is incoming correspondence with product suppliers and invoices for various services, including car repair, advertising, stationary, funeral arrangements, and photography. Suppliers include companies from France, Germany, Norway, UK, Italy, Sicily, Hungary, China, India, and Spain. Products include essential oils, soaps and luxury food products such as sardines, truffles, preserves, jam, Hungarian paprika, Chinese tea, olive oil, caviar, liqueurs, foie gras, sardines, and ketchup. Two Montreal-area manufacturers are represented, with a catalogue from Couvrette Sauriol Limitée (1937) and a brochure for the Stuart Brothers. Included is one letter from postwar France soliciting renewed a commercial relationship following the allied victory (Royal Champignon). There are also bulletins from and correspondence with, including one outgoing letter, the Canadian Department of Agriculture regarding quality and labelling of canned fruits and vegetables.

A few letters are personal in nature and addressed to Henri Jonas himself. There are also telegrams and letters from Canadian organizations such as the Pacific Railway Company, and Canadian societies and organizations to which the company donated money (Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Montreal Orchestra, Hospital for Sick Children London, Salvation Army, McGill University Centennial Endowment).

Some of the company's advertising materials are also found, as well as food labels for products including mushrooms, wine, truffles, olive oil, sardines, and lemonade).

Henri Jonas & Co.

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