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Archival description
Writings
SCA231-GA228-10 · Series · 1942-1943
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

Series consists of works authored by Dana Porter that are not on the topic of Shakespeare. Includes essays and a play.

What if a Day.
SCA231-GA228-7-146 · File · 1907
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a typed passage from What if a Day by A.E.H. Swaen from Modern Philology Vol. 5 p. 384.

Visual Materials
SCA231-GA228-9 · Series · 1905-[19--]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

Series consists of visual materials created and accumulated by the Porter family. Includes photographs, prints, paintings, drawings, and printing plates.

Unidentified photographs.
SCA231-GA228-9-262 · File · [19--]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of three unidentified photographgraphs. One shows a baby (possibly Julian or Dana Porter Jr.), one shows a wedding photograph, and one shows three unidentified individuals possibly at a racetrack.

Time Magazine page.
SCA231-GA228-6-106 · File · September 29, 1958
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a page taken from the September 29, 1958 issue of Time Magazine with an article titled Where will our heroes come from by Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg featuring a photograph of Dana Porter.

SCA231-GA228-7-134 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of Dana Porter's essay The Shakespeare Sonnet Sequence. This essay is sometimes also titled The Shakespeare Sonnets. Also includes notes on the vowel sounds of the sonnets.

SCA231-GA228-7-116 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of an easy on Shakespeare's Sonnets by Dana Porter titled The Familiar Ghost. File includes hand written versions as well as a typed annotated version, notes and a second untitled essay.

SCA231-GA228-9-261 · File · 1949
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of two photographs showing Dana Porter and others at the opening of Steele's Restaurant in Toronto. Also includes one item of correspondence from Steele regarding the photographs.

Speeches and Addresses
SCA231-GA228-8 · Series · 1945-1966
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

Series consists of transcripts and notes of speeches and addressed given by Dana Porter. Includes speeches from convocations, luncheons, meetings, etc. Some speeches are described individually and some in files grouped together by year.

Speech File : 1960.
SCA231-GA228-8-178 · File · 1960
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of the transcripts for eleven speeches given by Dana Porter at various convocations and events. Includes one for the University of Waterloo Convocation for the Installation of the Chancellor The Honourable Dana Harris Porter. Also includes four photographs showing Dorothy Porter, Julian Porter and Dana Porter Jr. standing under a painting of Dana Porter at the dedication ceremony for the Dana Porter Library.

Speech File : 1954-1959
SCA231-GA228-8-177 · File · 1954-1959
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of transcripts of approximately 35 speeches given by Dana Porter at a variety of events between the years 1954-1959. In some cases there are multiple copies, ms. copies, and annotated copies of the speeches.

Sonnet order.
SCA231-GA228-7-142 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a chart giving Dana Porter's proposed order for Shakespeare's sonnets alongside the order established in 1609 and by Denis Bray.

Sonnet notes.
SCA231-GA228-7-141 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a notebook with notes on Shakespeare's Sonnets. Each page has a pasted down copy of a Sonnet, and handwritten notes on the form, meter and language.

SCA231-GA228-7-132 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of an untitled essay by Dana Porter of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Includes three drafts of the essay, as well as reference photocopies sent from the Bodleian Library.

Shakespeare notes.
SCA231-GA228-7-129 · File · [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of typed and handwritten notes on Shakespeare, Edmund Spencer, and related topics. Notes primarily consists of passages and sentences from books, articles, etc.

Shakespeare
SCA231-GA228-7 · Series · [ca. 1923] - 2001, predominant [195-]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

Series consists of materials relating to Dana Porter's interest in, and study of, Shakespeare with particular emphasis on his Sonnets. Includes essays written by Porter, research notes, clippings, correspondence regarding the publication of his works, and one item of correspondence consisting of a posthumous review of Porter's works by Professor Alan C. Coman.

Scrapbooks and Clippings
SCA231-GA228-6 · Series · 1929-1990
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

Series consists of clippings and scrapbooks created primarily by Dana Porter. Some books also contain posthumous clippings on Dana Porter and his legacy collected by Julian Porter.

SCA231-GA228-6-105 · File · 1960-1990
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a scrapbook relating to the University of Waterloo Convocation where Dana Porter was installed as Chancellor. Includes a programme, clippings, and photographs. All items are glued onto scrapbook pages. Also includes later materials collected by Julian Porter on the Dana Porter Library.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-97 · File · 1941-1945
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one scrapbook with clippings, speeches and articles on Dana Porter, his work, life, and interests.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-98 · File · 1946-1947
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings on Porter, his life, and his work. Includes many clippings on the British immigration of 1947.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-101 · File · 1955-1957
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one large scrapbook with clippings relating to Dana Porter, his life, work and interests.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-100 · File · 1947-1976, predominant 1947-1952
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings and magazine articles on Porter, his work, and related interests.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-102 · File · 1957-1962
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one large scrapbook with pasted-in clippings, magazine articles, ephemera and correspondence created and accumulated by Porter, relating to his work, family and interests.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-99 · File · 1947
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one scrapbook documenting the immigration of British and Dutch citizens to Canada following the Second World War, in which Porter was involved. Includes clippings and photographs, most of which have captions.

Scrapbook.
SCA231-GA228-6-103 · File · [ca. 1965]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one large scrapbook with five pasted-in photographs of Dana Porter and others at various events. No identification is given for the photographs.

SCA231-GA228-9-260 · File · 1966
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Regular Appellate Judges Seminar held at New York University Law School in 1966. Seated L-R:

  • Bischoff, N.Y.U. ;
  • O' Connell, Oregon ;
  • Hamley, 9th Cir. ;
  • Brennan, U.S. Supreme Ct. ;
  • Traynor, Calif. ;
  • Schaefer, Ill. ;
  • Kenison, N.H. ;
  • Leflar, N.Y.U. ;
  • McKay, N.Y.U.

Standing L-R: Hill, Kentucky ; Kaul, Kansas ; Hodges, Oklahoma ; Heffernan, Wisconsin ; Gibson, 8th Cir. ; Thornberry, 5th Cir. ; Tremblay, Quebec ;
Dufresne, Maine ;
Herrmann, Delaware ; Finch, Missouri ; Paolino, Rhode Island ; Porter, Ontario ; McEntee, 1st Cir. ; Goodwin, Orgeon ; Ramirez Bages, Puerto Rico ; Rodgers, Mississippi ; Spear, Idaho ; Bergan, New York ; Summers, Louisiana ; Gordon, Virginia ; Richardson, Hawaii ; Mason, Iowa ; Smith, Nebraska ;
*Pope, Texas.

Identification from recto.

Probation - a brief.
SCA231-GA228-5-92 · File · [ca. 1951]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a four part report on probation by Dana Porter. Parts consist of A. Historical ; B. Evolution, Procedure, Qualifications, Task ; C. The Need for Probation in Canada and Ontario ; D. What is Probation?

Press gallery folios.
SCA231-GA228-4-68 · File · 1955
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of a variety show titled Press Gallery Folios performed at the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, March 22nd at 9 p.m.

SCA231-GA228-2-40 · File · [ca. 1970]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of one handmade precedents book. Includes an alphabetical listing of precedent setting cases for a variety of legal concerns. Some entries appear to be photocopied from a previous book, and some are new.

Porter, Julian Harris
Porter, Dorothy and others.
SCA231-GA228-9-257 · File · [ca. 1950]
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of three group portraits showing a group of women that includes Dorothy Porter. The women are dressed in formal clothes and hats.

SCA231-GA228-9-236 · File · 1964
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of four photographs showing Dana Porter shaking hands with the Pope, taken on the occasion of the first anniversary of Paul VI Papacy, July 1, 1964. Dorothy Porter is standing next to Dana.

SCA231-GA228-2-26 · File · 1957
Part of Dana Harris Porter fonds.

File consists of an envelope with vital records and information for Dana Porter, Jr. Includes correspondence regarding the records from the RCAF, as well as a high school graduation diploma, reports of examinations from the Ontario Agricultural College, clippings on Porter's time at OAC and letters of reference.