Crawford, M.E.W. to Miss Davidson.
- SCA369-GA427-2-69
- File
- [ca 1865]
Part of Sims Family collection.
Handwritten poem "to a parting friend" by M.E.W. Crawford, Toronto, addressed to "Miss Davidson, Toronto." Includes pressed leaf.
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Crawford, M.E.W. to Miss Davidson.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Handwritten poem "to a parting friend" by M.E.W. Crawford, Toronto, addressed to "Miss Davidson, Toronto." Includes pressed leaf.
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Part of Sims Family collection.
Album of custom bound piano music belonging to Elizabeth Davidson, some with lyrics in both German and English, some with illustrated title pages. The volume is ¾ bound with cloth covers and gold-tooled leather lozenges pasted on both front and back covers: the front cover lozenge is red leather with "Miss E. Davidson" in gold; the back cover lozenge is dark brown leather with decorative gold tooling. The spine and corners have some gold tooling; spine has raised bands.
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Davidson, William to Elizabeth Roos.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Letter from William Davidson dated Toronto, December 23, 1925 to his sister Elizabeth Roos, sending Christmas wishes and fond memories (includes stamped envelope)
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King, William Lyon Mackenzie to Florence Sims.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Telegram from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Florence Sims dated January 31, 1928, expressing sympathy for the death of Florence's mother Elizabeth Roos and mentioning close family ties: "I cannot express too sincerely the deep sympathy I feel for you, Maggie, Ethel and Irvine in your overwhelming bereavement. You know how closely our family and yours have been associated for many years. None of your many friends will feel more deeply for you all than Jennie and myself."
Salutation: "Dear Florence"; Signature: "W.L. Mackenzie King."
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Roos, Elizabeth : Red Cross certificate.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Certificate of life membership in the Canadian Red Cross Society presented to Mrs. William Roos, dated August 26, 1915.
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Roos, Elizabeth to C. White Mortimer.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Handwritten draft of a letter by Elizabeth Roos in response to a newspaper advertisement seeking relatives of John Davidson on behalf of the estate of Minnie B. Davidson, providing details of their relationship to the deceased. Attached is the advertisement "Are there heirs here?" Includes a carbon copy of a letter to the same Charles White Mortimer from James Davidson, M.A., M.B., Burnside House, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, describing his knowledge of the John Davidson who had been lost to his family, and also the family genealogy.
Includes a carte de visite, head and shoulders portrait, sepia-toned, signed John Davidson, taken by Caswell & Davy, Duluth, Minnesota.
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Sims, Florence to Elizabeth Roos.
Part of Sims Family collection.
Photographic postcard (damaged) from Florence Sims dated Prince Rupert B.C. August 18, 1922, to her mother Elizabeth Roos, showing a totem pole in Alert Bay, B.C. The postcard is accompanied by handwritten notes and observations made on a trip.
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