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Mill, Eastern Townships, Quebec Fonds
These records consist of a ledger, 1877-1884, of an unidentified grist mill in the Eastern Townships.
David Hume Manuscript Collection
The David Hume Collection contains letters and other ephemera brought together from multiple acquisitions. The principal manuscripts are found in is the bound volume containing letters from David Hume to the Comtesse de Boufflers. There are also letters from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others for a total of 59 letters. This collection of letters was the basis for the anonymously edited Private Correspondence of David Hume with Several Distinguished Persons, Between the Years 1761 and 1776. Now First Published From the Originals. (London: Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., 1820.) One of the McGill copies of this book belonged to the Montreal lawyer and book collector Frederick Griffin (1798-1877). In addition to this volume there are eight other Hume letters. Some of these have been published by Professor Klibansky and Ernest C. Mosser in New Letters of David Hume. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954). Finally, there are photographic copies of Hume manuscripts held by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and typed copies of official letters on Canada from the manuscripts of Sir Mark Dalrymple.
The fonds consist of one framed illuminated address inscribed and presented to Dr. Grace Ritchie England "in recognition and appreciation of the invaluable and arduous services rendered...to the Montreal Women's Liberal Club since its inception six years before." It bears 24 signatures.
Ritchie, Grace, 1868-1948
This fonds consists of microfilm of a bound volume of Sir. Arthur Doughty's correspondence.
Doughty, Arthur George, Sir, 1860-1936
The fonds consists of the teaching instruction papers of A. R. B. Lockhart and mostly comprises lectures on topics in teaching, such as "Organization and Planning of Instruction", and 7 chapters of what appears to be an instructional book (chapters 1, 2, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14). In addition, there are examples of time tables for four classes, a checklist for school duties, and an example of a program for an 8 grade school titled "Department of Rural Education" from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Lockhart, A. R. B. (Arthur Rolland Boyd), 1880-1943
Description forthcoming.
Please contact McGill University Archives for further information: 514-398-4711 or refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca
Van Horne, Adaline, 1868-1941
The fonds consists of a biographical scrapbook of Presbyterian Minister Reverend William S. Sutherland "Strathnaver," Merrickville, Ontario. Included in this brochure are selected sketches which William Sutherland did, and selected issues of publications which were edited and/or published by him through the years. There are various photographs included.
Sutherland, William S., 1905-1985
The bulk of the records consist of course materials: lecture notes, and supporting documents such as case studies and regulations for courses on air law, particularly hijacking, and on the legal relationship between ICAO and the UN Secretariat. There are also several articles and talks delivered by Fitzgerald at conferences at Potsdam (1970) and elsewhere. Included are several versions of a lecture on multiculturalism in Quebec, ca. 1970. A small amount of correspondence, mainly with the Law Faculty is included.
Fitzgerald, Gerald F.
Description forthcoming.
Please contact McGill University Archives for further information: 514-398-4711 or refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca
Smith, Edgar N.
The fonds consists mainly of Ratzer's teaching and research materials with some student course notes and a Cambridge thesis.
His teaching records consist of 40 videotapes for his FORTRAN courses. course lectures, overheads and notes for computers in engineering as well as a modular course pack from 1972 on the introduction to computers.
Ratzer's research records contain a mss of his publication Micros to SuperMicros: An Overview (1986), source listing program for Air Traffic Control simulation, unified display system program, Star Chart linear programming for school bussing, subject files on projects including air traffic control (1977-1984), 4 reports and a programmer's guide to Hydro Quebec on the Symbl project (1988), a manual and CIDA report on the CAL project at the University of Zimbabwe, Space Research Corporation proposals for air traffic training simulation for Israel (1975, 1977), and digital simulators for traffic control and planning, 1973 and for ATS Aerospace, a tender presented to Dublin airport t o build an air traffic control radar simulation system (1987) and an air traffic tower similar proposal (!994) as well as a proposal from S. Gabr consultants for the North Hatley project.
Ratzer, Gerald F.G.