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Emma Albani Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 980
  • Fonds
  • 1872-1879

The fonds contains professional and private correspondence from Emma Albani, the first Canadian-born singer of international fame, to Parisian publisher Henri Heugel.

Albani, Emma, Dame

William Howard Pugsley Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 283
  • Fonds
  • 1959

Fonds contains of a typescript of Return to Sea, an autobiography of a former naval man.

Pugsley, William H. (William Howard), 1912-1993

Thomas Davies King Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 237
  • Fonds
  • 1877

Catalogue of books in King's library in Montréal.

King, Thomas Davies, 1819-1884

Clement Shorter Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 111
  • Fonds
  • 1904

Ten letters from Martin Hume to Clement Shorter discuss Spanish literature, particularly Don Quixote.

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

Baron John Buchan Tweedsmuir Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 200
  • Fonds
  • 1937

Fonds contains the author's original manuscript of Augustus, begun in 1934 and finished in 1937.

Buchan, John, 1875-1940

Hannah More Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 125
  • Fonds
  • 1772-1823

Interleaved in a copy of Florio and Bas Bleu are six letters from Hannah More, two from Martha More, and four from Sarah More, one giving an account of Garrick's death.

More, Hannah, 1745-1833

John Lawrence Longstaffe Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 190
  • Fonds
  • 1900

Longstaffe's papers consist of his typescript, with manuscript corrections, of a novel entitled The Twin Sisters: a Poem in Prose.

Longstaffe, John Lawrence, born 1834

William Kingsford Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 650
  • Fonds
  • undated

This collection includes the original manuscript for his History of Canada as well as a large quantity of notes collected for the history.

Kingsford, William 1819-1898

Arthur George Doughty Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 230
  • Fonds
  • 1902-1913

Fonds consists of about 100 letters mostly addressed to A.G. Doughty from 1902 to 1913. Many of the letters contain historical matter relating to the early history of Québec, although some are personal.

Doughty, Arthur George, 1860-1936

Frederick Griffin Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 224
  • Fonds
  • 1827-1876

The fonds consists of documents and letters accumulated during the course of Griffin's legal career, including: dockets of the firm Griffin & Sewell, 1833-1875; legal notes by Griffin concerning wills, sales, and mortgages 1850-1876; legal documents of property transfers and marriage contracts 1826-1860; and notes on marine insurance in the St Lawrence 1843-1848. There are as well two notebooks of legal definitions, dating from approximately 1860.

Griffin, Frederick, 1798-1879

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