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Rare Books and Special Collections Series
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Writings

This series contains drafts of various biographical works and other writings dating from roughly 1914-1953. Includes Noel Noel-Buxton's autobiography, a tribute to Noel Noel-Buxton by one of his sisters, a biography of their father Sir Thomas Fowell Buxto

Creative Work

This series mainly contains poetry written by Judith Fitzgerald, but also includes other work by her such as books she has edited, play scripts, and short stories. The files include drafts, annotated manuscripts, and copies of her published work. Notably, this series contains manuscripts and published copies of Rapturous Chronicles, Habit of Blues, and Given Names. This series is mostly located in Container 3, 6, and 7, with some files in Container 4 and 5. Some files in Series 1 and 5 also contain creative work (please see the file descriptions).

Roderick Mackenzie-Masson Collection

Series consists of documents related to the fur trade assembled by Roderick Mackenzie. Included is both business and personal correspondents between Roderick Mackenzie, his sons, business partners, and government officials. A number of letters are also from Roderick's brother Henry McKenzie and relate to the estate of Simon McTavish.

Fish

The series consists of 31 watercolour paintings of fish, created while Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds were living in Madras, India (modern-day Chennai). The paintings are preceded by an introductory page of notes by Casey A. Wood. The paintings were originally attributed to Gwillim by Wood, largely on the basis of handwriting, but have more recently been tentatively attributed to Mary Symonds approximately around the year 1805 on the basis of information found in the sisters' correspondence. The fishes depicted are identified by a handwritten caption in the margin of each painting. Approximately one third of the paintings also feature an additional caption written in an Urdu script. These paintings may be copies of Symonds' originals created by a local artist in India. Item 30 (Crocodilus palustris) also contains additional manuscript notes.

Symonds, Mary

Personal Material

Series contains Edel’s personal materials, including notes and drafts for his memoirs, correspondence and notebooks from the war years, family correspondence with Edel's wife Roberta, brother Abraham and other family members, and notebooks kept while abroad during the 1940s.

Audio, Microfilm and Photographs

Series consists of four contains of audio-visual materials and microfilms. here are four boxes. The first container contains microfilm and audiocassettes, for which a full list of items descriptions is found. The second container contains unsorted and uncounted personal photographs of Edel and his friends. The third container contains design and layout materials for some of Edel’s books. The fourth container contains oversized materials from other series.

Holy cards and religious ephemera

Series consists of mostly Christian religious ephemera, including holy cards or prayer cards (small devotional images, often with passages of text from prayers), greetings cards with religious messages (often with the names of their recipients intact), postcards of churches, pamphlets with Biblical passages or intended for spiritual instruction, and some memorabilia such as pendants, necklaces, crucifixes, and church donation envelopes. Most of the religious ephemera is Catholic, with some material from other Christian denominations such as Anglican and Unitarian. Judaism, Hare Krishna, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Scientology are represented by one or two items each. Materials are largely undated, but appear to date from predominantly the 1950s through the 1980s with some earlier items. One booklet contains the official welcoming ceremony for Pope Jean-Paul II at the Cathedral Basilica. Box 2 (Flat box R-1190-18) contains chiefly prayer cards organized by country, including Great Britain, Switzerland, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium.

Series also contains a number of parish publications, such as programmes from church events and recitals as well as newsletters. A number of colour postcards depict Italian churches. Newsletters includes issues of the Le Messager de Saint-Antoine (from the Ermitage Saint-Antoine), the Paulist Fathers News, and Regard de foi. Most church publications are from institutions in the Montreal area, including Notre-Dame Church, Christ Church Cathedral, and Saint-Léon-de-Westmount, but some are from churches in Ontario, the United States (Florida), and France.

There is a great deal of Catholic published ephemera, including many numbers of the series "Est-il vrai que...?" in French written by Jean Delepierre on social values and religion, as well as guides to various sacraments such as confirmation, baptism, communion, etc.

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