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Shawinigan Chemicals Ltd. Fonds

  • CA MUA MG4033
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1947

These papers comprise patents for chemical-industrial processes developed by researchers employed by Shawinigan Chemicals, Canada Carbide, and Canadian Electro Products, or transferred to the company from previous holders.

Shawinigan Chemicals Ltd.

Service for Admission to College and University (SACU) Fonds

  • CA MUA MG3088
  • Fonds
  • 1965-1968

The reports, minutes, correspondence and notes included in this archive are those of Colin M. McDougall, Registrar of McGill University, as President and Chairman of the Board of SACU. They include proposals for the establishment of the organization, minutes of administrative bodies, and correspondence about financial support, testing criteria, and appointements.

Service for Admission to College and University

Senior Family Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4266
  • Fonds
  • 1918-2002

The bulk of this fonds concerns the teaching and research activities of Elinor Senior. Her professional activities are documented by files on her career as an academic at Acadia, including correspondence and reports, 1986-1989; professional correspondence, including publishers and book reviews,1978-1988; correspondence and research notes concerning the Rebellions in Lower Canada, 1986-1987, undated, the Montreal garrison, 1969-1978 including criticisms of thesis, and the history of Cornwall project, 1978-1982. Also included loyalist research notes including papers by Hereward and Elinor Senior, 1977-1983 as well as editor’s files and issues of the Cannon’s Mouth, 1984-1986; course lectures and materials chiefly for Canadian history courses, at Acadia, St. Francois Xavier and McGill, 1977-1987 and Marianopolis College on police institutions, 1976, 1979. Her writings include manuscripts for her history publications including the Rebellions in Lower Canada, 1837-38, undated, and the history of Cornwall, 1981-1987. The manuscripts also include her literary writings, poetry, 1944, short stories and articles including publisher’s correspondence, 1951,1953, undated, and a draft of Nellie’s Irish Novel, n.d. Her community activities are reflected by membership files in pro-life groups, 1966-1978 and subject files on abortion, 1973 and sex education, 1974. Her student and family life is reflected by life is reflected through Girl Guide training notebooks, 1943-1947, McGill Daily handbook, approximately 1948, scrapbook on British royalty, 1935-1937, McGill term papers, approximately 1950 and diplomas; correspondence, 1940-1948, 1966-1973 and 1979-1987 and photographs chiefly concerning family events such as weddings and vacations, approximately 1950’s to approximately 1980’s with some professional portraits for her publications, approximately 1980’s.

Hereward Senior’s records, chiefly reflect his research and writing activities, with lesser amounts devoted to community, teaching and family life. There are PhD research notebooks and notes, approximately 1952 as well as later notes on Canadian Orangeism, notes on Loyalist history, 1982-1983; notes and partial drafts on Fenianism: the Canadian phase, 1975. There are drafts for Orangeism in Ireland and Britain, Fenianism and Canadian Orangeism, undated ,1959. There are also drafts of many shorter works such as the Foundation of Canadian Conservatism and In Defense of Tradition and Authority. He also gave speeches to various organizations on the Russian monarchy, the permissive society, Orthodox Christianity and Charles I Martyr.

His professional life is reflected by correspondence, 1950-1992, some with publishers and concerning books reviews but the bulk is made up of correspondence with McGill University, 1966-1973, 1985-1987 and his brother John Senior,1962-1978. He also kept a diary at Memorial University, approximately 1957-1959 and one dated August 24, 1961.

His teaching activities consist of a few lectures, including his first lecture on the history of armies at Royal Roads, 1961 and the historiography course at McGill in 1966. There are other course materials for McGill, 1965-2002 including a course pack on police institutions, 1998.

The bulk of his community activities revolved around the Monarchist League, the records include correspondence, newsletters, clippings, 1974-1987 including a compilation of articles written for Monarchy Canada by Hereward and Elinor Senior, 1974-1993. He also has correspondence with the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, 1987-1988.

His family life is reflected by correspondence, 1945-1969, chiefly with his mother and aunt, 1976, 1978, 1983-1988, inheritance issues, 1973-74, 1985 and his Russian language training, 1978.

Hereward White’s papers are almost all related to his Red Cross career and include correspondence, 1922-1929, notebooks, undated, diary, 1919 and photographs of Red Cross workers and soldiers in Russia, approximately 1920.

Senior Family

Scientific Supplier Fonds

  • CA MUA MG3030
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1947

The company's records consist of a ledger, with stock inventories in the back.

Sarah Eugenie Fischer Fonds

  • CA MUA MG2061
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1975

Madame Fischer's papers are evenly divided between records of her own career as a performer and material on the Sarah Fischer Concerts. Her performing career is documented by newsclippings, tributes and programmes, reports from the Royal College of Music, and publicity photographs in opera costume. Most of the approximately 50 items of correspondence date from the last five years of her life and concern the disposal of her papers. Taped interviews, in which she discusses her career, include recordings from 1918 and 1925. Material connected with the Sarah Fischer Concerts comprises 143 programmes (1941-1975), press notices, announcements, and a report for 1973-1974. Photographs from this period show Fischer with government and musical celebrities.

Fischer, Sarah, 1896-1975

Sandra A. Guillaume Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 2068
  • Fonds
  • 1970-1974

The fonds consists of handwritten diaries and notes relating to the professional activities of Sandra Guillaume as Assistant Archivist at McGill University from 1 February 1970 to 9 August 1974.

Guillaume, Sandra A.

Samuel Joseph Noumoff fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4278
  • Fonds
  • approximately 1935-2010 (predominant 1970s-2006)

The fonds consists of documents, photographs, films, and objects relevant to the professional and personal history of Samuel Joseph Noumoff. The scope predominantly covers the period from 1970-2006, and includes Professor Noumoff’s published articles and unpublished drafts, including some translated editions. His personal papers include professional and personal correspondence, especially letters to and from his wife Francesca and the contacts he made during his travels, materials related to his family history, photographs and ephemera of his travels in South East Asia.

Noumoff, S. J. (Samuel Joseph), 1935-2014

Samuel Clay Fonds

  • CA MUA MG4044
  • Fonds
  • 1902-1906

Clay's professional letterbook contains copies of outgoing legal correspondence generated in his advocate's practice.

Clay, Samuel, 1865-1917

Ruth Ena Taylor Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4276
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1925

Description forthcoming.
Please contact McGill University Archives for further information: 514-398-4711 or refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca

Taylor, Ruth Ena

Russel R. Merifield Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4313
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1964

The fonds consists of McGill published materials and memorabilia owned by Russel R. Merifield and Helen Kydd and includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings mostly related to football at McGill (1935-1939); annotdated Kappa Alpha Theta Pledge Book (1936); 5 Old McGill yearbooks (1904, 1905, 1907, 1938, 1941); Women Graduates of McGill University, 1888-1939; McGill, a Portal to Greatness by J.W. Jeakins; My Old College by Stephen Leacock; 3 issues of McGill News (vol. 2 no. 4, 1921; vol. 25, no. 1, 1943; vol 31, no. 4, 1950); 2 reunion dinner programmes (1921, 1964); 1 Intercollegiate Football Champions dinner programme (1938); and 2 convocation programmes (1903, 1907).

Merifield, Russel R.

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