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Charles R. Drew fonds

  • P226
  • Fonds
  • 1928 - 2010

The fonds consists of textual records and artifacts related to surgeon and researcher Dr. Charles R. Drew. It contains letters, artifacts, and a yearbook from Drew's time as a student at McGill University, including his notable achievements as a student athlete. These items include medals, a track meet program, an athletic shirt, and a yearbook. The fonds also contains invitations, pamphlets, and other ephemera related to tributes and honors awarded to Drew, including printed testimonials and materials associated with schools, lectures, and institutions named after him, such as the Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School. These tributes and honors primarily recognize his contributions to medical science, but also encompass the program from his induction into the McGill Athletics Hall of Fame. Two letters in the fonds addressed to Drew's sister and his wife reflect on his accomplishments and include reminiscences from friends. Additionally, the fonds comprises five reprints of articles authored by Drew and two items concerning his career at Howard University and the Freedman's Hospital, including an outline for gathering a patient's medical history.

Drew, Charles, 1904-1950

Stephen Butler Leacock Fonds

  • MSG 668
  • Fonds
  • approximately 1913-1960

Leacock's papers comprise manuscripts of books, articles, and speeches written ca 1913-1937: included are Leacock's history of Montréal, and comic pieces such as "Too Much College", "The Stamp Album World", "Simple Stories of Success" and "Bed-Time, Stories for Grown-Up People". Correspondence covers the period ca 1915-1944. There are also newspaper articles by and about Leacock; book orders and related correspondence; manuscripts of articles and speeches about Leacock; and correspondence concerning donations to the Leacock Collection (Approximately 1948-1960).

Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944

Paul T. Lafleur Fonds

  • MSG 422
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1924

Fonds consists of seven manuscript poems.

Lafleur, Paul Teodore, 1860-1924

John William Cunliffe Fonds

  • MSG 222
  • Fonds
  • Approximately 1930

This consists of Cunliffe's manuscript of his History of the Dominion of Canada.

Cunliffe, John William, 1865-1946

Alton Goldbloom Fonds

  • MSG 222
  • Fonds
  • 1890-1968

These consist of manuscripts of various Goldbloom's writings on paediatrics as well as various articles and speeches, 1929-1963, the manuscript of an unpublished short story titled "On a Monday Afternoon" and correspondence with Samuel Behrman, 1957-1965.

Goldbloom, Alton, 1890-1968

Frederick William Torrance Fonds

  • MSG 220
  • Fonds
  • 1856-1861

The fonds consist of copies of deeds, some of which concern the British-American Land Co., that were executed by Torrance for the period 1856 to 1861, and a notebook of opinions on Québec legal questions, including copies of letters from the firm Torrance & Morris (1857-1859).

Torrance, Frederick William, 1823-1887

Capacci Family Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG Bd. 18
  • Fonds
  • 1556-1583

Fonds consists of contemporary manuscript copies of various legal records and instruments relating to the Capacci family. Includes one manuscript written on parchment in pale brown ink, ruled in pale brown ink, and bound in full contemporary blind tooled calf with laid paper endpapers and remnants of ties on covers, as well as a smaller booklet, written on parchment glued into a laid paper wrapper. Documents appear to be dated between 1556 and 1583 and are written in Latin and Italian (sometimes alternating within document). The legal instruments appear chiefly related to the dowry of Orietta Capacci (the dowry is also referenced in an Italian note in a later hand (1650?) inside front cover). Some names found throughout the documents include Orietta Capacci (or Orietta de Capacci) and Annibale (or Anibal) Camillo de Capacci.

Capacci family

Natural History Society of Montreal fonds

  • CA RBD MSG BW001
  • Fonds
  • 1827-1925, with gaps

The fonds reflects the scientific and literary outreach activities of the Montreal Natural History Society over the course of its existence and contains correspondence, minutes, financial records, council and committee reports, membership lists, donation lists, catalogues of holdings, newspaper clippings, lecture advertisements and weather maps. In addition, the fonds includes reference material to other societies and information regarding the publication and creation of the Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, Canadian Naturalist and Geologist and the Canadian Record of Science.

The fonds is composed of the following series: 1) Accounting Records (1860-1917); 2) Administrative Records (1833-1887); 3) Catalogues (ca.1829-ca.1925); 4) Correspondence (1871-1896 with gaps); 5) Essays and Lectures (1829-1852); 6) Minutes (1827-1832,1844-1923); 7) Montreal Microscopical Society (1884-1906); 8) Reports (1828-1881 with gaps); 9) Weather Maps (1895-1897).

Natural History Society of Montreal

Frederick Allison Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 996
  • Fonds
  • 1815-1821

Allison's memoirs of Napoleon are accompanied by his watercolour drawings of Napoleon and St.Helena.

Allison, Frederick, active 1815-1821

Artie Gold fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 982
  • Fonds
  • 1952-2007

Fonds consists chiefly of the literary papers of Canadian poet Artie Gold as well as some personal and professional correspondence. Many of his drawings are also included. Within the literary materials it contains poems and poem fragments, notebooks, manuscripts, proofs, and publications. The correspondence included is predominantly personal, many with other Canadian poems and literary figures, as well as some professional correspondence related to publication, poetry readings, grants, etc. There are some files of biographical material as well.

Gold, Artie, 1947-2007

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