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W. D. Lighthall Papers

The papers of W.D. Lighthall are divided into a number of different series: an Original Series, Letters and Papers, 1881-1946, and a New Series, Letters and Papers, 1865-1954. The greater part of the correspondence is to be found in these two series. Correspondents include the following Canadian literary figures: Duncan Campbell Scott, Charles Sangster, Charles G.D. Roberts, W.W. Campbell and Stephen Leacock. Other represented in these series are Sir Wilfrid Laurier on political questions and Sir William Van Horne on artistic ones. Among other subjects covered are the McCord Museum, the Château de Ramezay, the McGill University Library, the Manitoba school question, conscription and imperial government.

There are series for the Canadian Authors' Association, the Metropolitan Parks Commission, the Great War Veterans' Association and the Royal Society of Canada. The papers of the Montreal Armenian Relief Committee (1920s) are included, as are the papers of secretary, George S. Wilson, of the Society of Canadian Literature, 1889-1890. There is some material on various legal cases in which Lighthall was involved including some Indian land claims. There is a series of personal financial records and some material on church union (ca. 1910). There is also a long series of documents, both originals and copies, dealing with the region of Huntingdon, Chateauguay and Beauharnois, Quebec. Most of Lighthall's literary works are represented in draft and / or annotated form including The False Chevalier (1898) and The Master of Life (1908). There is also Lighthall's index of Canadian authors' pseudonyms (ca. 1880- ca. 1900). Finally, the papers include the dossier of eighteenth-century documents on which Lighthall based his romance The False Chevalier. Among these is a transcription of extracts from the diary of Michel Chartier de Lotbinière (1723-1798).

In addition to this manuscript material, there is the Lighthall Special Collection of books. This collection contains some five hundred titles of works, including reprints, on metaphysics, history and Canadian poetry. Many contain Lighthall's annotations; others are inscribed to him by the author.

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954

Typescript legal documents

File contains the typed copies of 3 legal documents involving James McGill and his family.

  • Deed of sale of a house and lot of ground situated in Saint Paul Street to Mr. John McGill (1792)
  • Deed of Conveyance from the Commissioners for the removing the old walls and fortifications of Montreal (1805)
  • Deed of sale - McGill to Hoyle, Henderson and Gibb (1808)

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954

William Douw Lighthall Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 216
  • Fonds
  • 1875-1954

Most of Lighthall's varied interests and activities are represented in his papers which fall into a number of series. There is a general series of letters and papers 1875-1954 which includes much but not all of the correspondence. There are letters from many Canadian literary figures (before ca 1940) including Duncan Campbell Scott, Charles Sangster, Charles G.D. Roberts, W.W. Campbell and Stephen Leacock. Others represented in this series include Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir William Van Horne (about his and Lighthall's collections of pictures). Among the subjects covered are the McCord Museum, the Chateau de Ramezay, the McGill University Library, the Manitoba School question, conscription and imperial government. There are series for the Canadian Author's Association, the Canadian Union of Municipalities, the Metropolitain Parks Commission, the Great War Veterans Association and the Royal Society of Canada. The papers of the Montreal Armenian Relief Committee (1920s) are included, as are Captain MacKenzie Forbes' files from the Military Hospitals Commission, 1917. There is some material on various legal cases in which Lighthall was involved including some Indian land claims. There is a series of personal financial records and some material on Church Union (ca 1910). There is a large series of documents, both originals and copies dealing the region of Huntingdon, Chateauguay and Beauharnois. Most of Lighthall's literary works are represented in draft and/or annotated form including The False Chevalier (1898) and The Master of Life (1908). There is as well Lighthall's index of Canadian author's pseudonyms (ca 1880-ca 1900). In addition to this manuscript material, there is the Lighthall collection of books which contains some three hundred volumes of metaphysics, history and poetry many of which are either inscribed to W.D.L. or contain his annotations.

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954

Lighthall Family Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 216
  • Fonds
  • 1875-1954

For purposes of arrangement, the Lighthall Papers have been treated as one unit. However, for purposes of descriptions, they have been divided into two parts: the W.D. Lighthall papers and the Lighthall Family papers.

The papers of W.D. Lighthall are divided into a number of different series: an Original Series, Letters and Papers, 1881-1946, and a New Series, Letters and Papers, 1865-1954. The greater part of the correspondence is to be found in these two series.

Although more than forty members of the Lighthall and allied families are represented in the collection, only those with significant bodies of papers are mentioned here, including Cybel Wilkes Lighthall, Alice M. S. Lighthall, Anne Dean Lighthall, W. F. Lighthall, and the Reverend Dr. Henry Wilkes, among others.

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954