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Philip Pearsall Carpenter Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 144
  • Fonds
  • 1819-1877

Carpenter's "Orations on philosophical topics" stem from his days as a student at Manchester College, York.

Carpenter, Philip P. (Philip Pearsall), 1819-1877

Charles James fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1193
  • Fonds
  • approximately April 1915

Fonds consists of a one document, a manuscript of reminiscences of Charles James, born in Montreal in 1835. The document is internally dated in April 1915. James describes his childhood as the son of a carriage and sleigh builder born in England who conducted much business for the British military stationed in Montreal. The family resided on Craig Street. Reminiscences include descriptions of Montreal, the building of the locks on the Lachine canal, a trip up the Ottawa River to Bytown (Ottawa) and then to Kingston, where the family resided for a time. James joined his father in the trade of carriage trimming as a young man before becoming a Baptist minister in Stratford, Canada, and later Wellesley.

James, Charles, 1835-

James Payn Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 198
  • Fonds
  • 1877

This author's manuscript of What he cost her (1877), contains corrections.

Payn, James, 1830-1898

Mary Kingsley Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 192
  • Fonds
  • 1863-1864

Album written by Mary Kingsley, comprising 17 poems

Kingsley, Mary, active 1863-1864

Edgar Jepson Fonds

  • CA RBD M258.Bd Box VII
  • Fonds
  • 1895-1908

"The Real Ernest Dowson", by Edgar Jepson (ca 1908; later recast as pp.245-248 of Memoirs of a Victorian) is accompanied by a few items of correspondence and some verses by Plarr on journalism.

Jepson, Edgar, 1863-1938

Christopher Sandford Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 800
  • Fonds
  • 1932-1970

This large collection documents Sandford's involvement with various private presses. Included is correspondence relating to the Boars Head Press, 1932-1939, with the Folio Society, Nonsuch Press and Golden Cockerel Press. There is also correspondence with various individuals relating to Sandford's writings about contemporary private presses. Included are original drawings by Dorothea Braby for the Labyrinth of the World as well as 18 boxes of electros and wood blocks from various Boars Head and Golden Cockerel Press Books.

Sandford, Christopher, 1902-1983

W. Richmond Smith Collection Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 72
  • Fonds
  • 1904

This collection consists of letters and documents collected by Smith while acting as correspondent of "The Standard" during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904. Included are several communications from the Japanese General Staff.

Smith, W. Richmond, 1904

Rudyard Kipling Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 201
  • Fonds
  • 1884-1932

Fonds consists of correspondence between Kipling and his wife and his father to Lockwood de Forest and his wife Meta, two drawings by Kipling, and the manuscript Traffics and Discoveries, 1904.

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

Walter Vaughan Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 634
  • Fonds
  • 1910 - 1920

Fonds consists of Vaughn's draft of Sir William Van Horne.

Vaughan, Walter, 1865-1922

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