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A door ajar to Eden or Cathay.

16 versions, typescript. 1 p. ; 28 cm. Some versions contain annotations. Published in Singing against the wind (1985): 27 and A time for loving (1986): 61.

Crusz, Rienzi

A fishing trip

Photograph of George Black looking at the camera while standing with a fishing rod and holding fish caught during the trip. Martha is seen standing with a fishing rod at his side, looking down at the fish with a slight smile and hand in her pocket.

A flail of fire.

File consists of three copies of "A Flail of Fire: A Fantasy on a Sculpture by Giselbertus" by Virgil Burnett.

Burnett, Virgil

A guide to Stratford-on-Avon, its church and vicinity : with a description of the historic memorials and relics of Shakespeare.

File consists of a guidebook to Stratford-on-Avon, part of Abel Heywood & Son's series of illustrated penny guide books. Contains illustrations (photographs and drawings) and advertisements. Cover contains ms. annotation: "E.A. / Aug. 20, 1910." Also included is a pamphlet about the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, found loose inside the guidebook. Item probably belonged to Ella Anthes, acquired on her trip to Europe.

Rieder and Anthes family

A harvest of moods.

2 handwritten drafts, 1 typed draft with corrections, 2 typed documents. Variant titles.

Crusz, Rienzi

A History of the Inuit People of Canada.

A typescript draft article (sixty-three leaves) of a book about Inuit written by E Palmer Patterson. The typescript article contains preliminary edits completed by an editor. Also includes correspondence from Jocelyn Smith, a staff member at Grolier, to E Palmer Patterson discussing the preliminary edits, as well as the selection of illustrations and maps to be included in the book.

Patterson, E Palmer

A household God.

File contains typescript photocopy, 11 p.; notebook of further drafts, sketches etc., 1962

Herbert, John

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 1-15.

Contains the first section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ts., 15[2] leaves, original], titled "The early days : February 10, 1920 to October 1930". The section includes a title page and introduction, and is broken into two segments that have been titled "Touring days in the Twenties" and "Sad days". It covers her birth in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, her travels with her parents in the O'Mara Grand Opera Company, the death of her mother, her early school years, and a description of what it was like to live in Britain in the 1920s.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 16-205.

Contains the second section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 190 leaves, original], titled "The second ten years". The section is broken into four segments that have been titled "1934", "End of Blackpool & M/C" [Miss Collier?], "The Bryce's", and "The Gwen's : spring 1938 to fall 1939". This section describes Irene's attendence at Longley Hall School, her employment at the Lewis's Store in Manchester, her move to Blackpool with her father and step-mother, her employment as house maid for two different families, and her stay in a fever hospital for scarlet fever.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 206-226.

Contains the third section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 20 leaves, original], titled "War begins: fall 1939-early 1940". The section includes descriptions of what it was like during the early days of WWII, air raid precautions, the beginning of her interest in nursing, and her acceptance for training at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 227-241.

Contains the fourth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 15 leaves, original], titled "Sept. 1st 1939 to 1940 - April 25th". The section includes a description of Irene Brown's training at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 242-289.

Contains the fifth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 47 leaves, original], titled "Sept. 1st, 1939 to March 1940". The section includes a description of Irene Brown's training at Stepping Hill Hospital, an account of the beginning of WWII, her post in the tuberculosis ward, her post in the male surgical ward, and a general description of her duties and daily life at the hospital.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 290-303.

Contains the sixth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 13 leaves, original], titled "March to April 1940". The section includes a description of daily life during the early part of WWII and the early events of the war, her battle with tonsilitis, foot problems, temporary dismissal from training, and return to Blackpool.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 304-319.

Contains the seventh section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 15 leaves, original], titled "April to June 1940". The section includes a description of the early events of WWII, daily life in Blackpool, the treatment of Irene's foot problem, and the death of her step-mother's mother.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 320-356.

Contains the eighth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 15 leaves, original], titled "June 1940 to Sept. 1940". The section includes a description of daily life and entertainment in Blackpool, the treatment and eventual recovery of her foot problem, her application to Blackpool Victoria Hospital and acceptance into training there, a description of daily life during the Battle of Britain, daily life at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital, a description of the female surgical ward and an account of the Blitz.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 357-405.

Contains the ninth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 48 leaves, original], titled "Oct. 1940 to May 1941". The section includes a description of daily life at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital, daily life and entertainment in Blackpool, descriptions of patients, a description of the events and issues surrounding WWII, the Blitz, her decision to leave the Blackpool Victoria Hospital, and her application and acceptance into the Civil Nursing Reserve and assignment to the Kirkham hospital.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 405-419.

Contains the tenth section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms. 14 leaves, original], titled "June 1941 to Sept. 1942". The section includes a description of daily life at the Kirkham Emergency Hospital, where she worked for three years.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 420-432.

Contains the eleventh section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms., 12 leaves, original], titled "Sept. 1942-May 1943". The section includes a description of daily life and patients at the Kirkham Emergency Hospital, daily life in the Kirkham and Blackpool areas, and a description of the difficulties of daily life during WWII.

Brown, Irene

A life story by Irene Brown : pages 433-474.

Contains the twelfth (and final) section of Irene [Coombs] Brown's autobiography [ms, 41 leaves, original], titled "May 1942-". The section includes a description of daily life and patients at the Kirkham Emergency Hospital, Irene's introduction to Frances Brown, and through her Edward Brown (Irene's future husband), a description of meeting (in Manchester) and then marrying Edward Brown, and a short description of her honeymoon in the Lake District of Westmorland, some description of the events of the war in relation to her husband's involvement and discharge before D-Day, descriptions of the birth of their children, the end of the war, her husband's training as a machinist and supervisor of a tractor plant, and the emigration of Irene and Edward Brown and their three children to Canada in 1956.

Brown, Irene

"A Love for the Land": Homer Watson House, 1994.

Contains correspondence, ephemera, handwritten notes, and clippings re an exhibition held at the Homer Watson Gallery, curated in part by Nancy-Lou Patterson, and entitled "A Love for the Land". Also includes handwritten and original typed versions of biographical note about Nancy-Lou Patterson, in addition to some photocopied handwritten and typed information sheets on exhibit pieces submitted by the participating artists themselves.

Other items contained in this file include draft manuscript and draft tss. (original and photocopied, some with holograph corrections) and final version of the guide produced for this exhibition. A calendar from the Harbinger Gallery and an information package relating to an exhibition entitled "The Power of Place" at the Legislative Building at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ont. are also contained in this folder.

Patterson, Nancy-Lou

A Miscellaneous (file 1 of 3).

Correspondence to or from:

  • Abbott, Eleanor Halowell, Wilton, N.H. (1931-1932)
  • Abbott, Jane, Ridgeway, Ont. (1932-1936)
  • Abbott, William Ben, Tampa, Fla. (1934)
  • Abdullah, Jean Wick, New York, N.Y. (1932-1933)
  • Abernethy, Arthur Talmage, Burke County, N.C. (1937)
  • A.C. Corporation, Miami, Fla. (1932)
  • Academy of American Poets, New York, N.Y. (1935)
  • Ace-High Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1925)
  • Action Stories, New York, N.Y. (1921-1925)
  • L'Action Sociale Catholique, Quebec, Que. (1940-1941)
  • Adams, Samuel Hopkins, Auburn, N.Y. (1936)
  • Adirondack Advertising Service, Hudson Falls, N.Y. (1936)
  • Administrative Clearing Corporation, New York, N.Y. (1936)
  • Advance Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1940)
  • Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii. (1942)
  • Advertising & Selling, New York, N.Y. (1939)
  • Aero Digest, New York, N.Y. (1924)
  • AFG Literary Agency, New York, N.Y. (1935)
  • African Publicity Service, Cape Town, South Africa. (1943)
  • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. (1922)
  • Agee, J.B., Mrs., Yuba City, Calif. (1926-1927)
  • Agence Litteraire Internationale, Paris, France. (1930-1936)
  • Agricultural Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. (1921)
  • Ahbe, W.F. and O.W., Chicago, Ill. (1932)
  • Ahlen & Akerlunds Forlag, Stockholm, Sweden. (1937)
  • Air Lanes Magazine, Chicago, Ill. (1936)
  • Air Lines, Chicago, Ill. (1935)
  • Air-Mart, Hamlet, N.C. (1940)
  • Airport Journal, Conneaut, Ohio. (1932)
  • Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio. (1938)
  • Akron Evening and Sunday Times, Akron, Ohio. (1921)
  • Akron Times-Press, Akron, Ohio. (1921-1938)
  • Alabama Traveler, Birmingham, Ala. (1923)
  • Alaska Life, Seattle, Wash. (1941-1942)
  • Albany Argus, Albany, N.Y. (1916-1917)
  • Albany Times-Union, Albany, N.Y. (1913-1942)
  • Aldis, Dorothy, Lake Forest, Ill. (1935)
  • Aldrich, Bess Streeter, Elmwood, Neb. (1932-1935)
  • Alexander, Charles, Albany, Or. ([1910?])
  • Alexander, W.P., New York, N.Y. (1916)
  • All-American Fiction Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1938)
  • All Around Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1916)
  • All Fiction Magazine, Detroit, Mich. (1940)
  • All Outdoors, Los Angeles, Calif. (1932-1933)
  • All Story Magazine, New York, N.Y. (1932-1936)
  • Alleghany Chronicle, Pittsburgh, Pa. (1939)
  • Allen, C. Snell, New York, N.Y. (1936)
  • Allen, Henry J., New York, N.Y. (1928)
  • Allen, Ruth S., Hollywood, Calif. (1921-1922)
  • Allen, W. Harry, Penniac, N.B. (1920)
  • Alliance Book Corporation, Chicago, Ill. (1942)
  • Allied Advertising Agencies, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. (1937)
  • Allied Publications, Toronto, Ont. (1941)
  • Altemus, Henry Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. (1926)
  • Alvord, Adeline M., Hollywood, Calif. (1922-1936)

International Press Bureau

A Miscellaneous (file 2 of 3).

Correspondence to or from:

  • Ambition, Scranton, Pa. (1915)
  • America's Humor, Chicago, Ill. (1926)
  • American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (1926)
  • American Art Association, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1927)
  • American Associated Newspapers, Chicago, Ill. (1913)
  • American Auto News, Los Angeles, Calif. (1932)
  • American Bond & Mortgage Company, Chicago, Ill. (1922)
  • American Book and Magazine Exchange, St. Louis, Mo. (1914)
  • American Book Company, Chicago, Ill. (1918)
  • American Bookfinder, New York, N.Y. (1941)
  • American Brotherhood of Free Reading for the Blind, Los Angeles, Calif. (1932)
  • American Cinema Corporation, Detroit, Mich. (1926)
  • American Cookery, Boston, Mass. (1932)
  • American Cooperative Journal, Chicago, Ill. (1917-1923)
  • American Cotton Grower, New Orleans, La. (1940)
  • American Detective, New York, N.Y. (1935)
  • American Educational Press, New York, N.Y. (1928)
  • American Educational Society, St. Louis, Mo. (1921)
  • American Family, Chicago, Ill. (1943)
  • American Farm Youth Magazine, Danville, Ill. (1935-1941)
  • American Federationist, Washington, D.C. (1940)
  • American Fireside, Chicago, Ill. (1932)
  • American Forests, Washington, D.C. (1923-1937)
  • American Fruit Grower, Chicago, Ill. (1920)
  • American Hebrew, New York, N.Y. (1922-1932)
  • American Historical Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. (1927)
  • American Issue Publishing Company, Westerville, Ill. (1918)
  • American Journal of Clinical Medicine, Chicago, Ill. (1914)
  • American Kennel Gazette, New York, N.Y. (1938)
  • American Lady, New York, N.Y. (1939)
  • American Legion, Indianapolis, Ind. (1925-1939)
  • American Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark. (1939)
  • A.L.A. Informer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (1924)
  • American Library Service, New York, N.Y. (1926-1941)
  • American Luther Association, Milwaukee, Wis. (1924)
  • American Mercury, New York, N.Y. (1939-1941)
  • American Motorist, Washington, D.C. (1923-1937)
  • American Mutual Alliance, Chicago, Ill. (1923-1925)
  • American Naturalist, Boston, Mass. (1917)
  • American News Annual Directory, Philadelphia, Pa. (1924)
  • American News Company, New York, N.Y. (1931)
  • American Newspaper Publishers Association, New York, N.Y. (1916)
  • American News Trade Journal, New York, N.Y. (1939)
  • American Parade, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1926)
  • American Play Company, New York, N.Y. (1934-1935)
  • American Police Review, Chicago, Ill. (1938)
  • American Poultry Journal, Chicago, Ill. (1923)
  • American Publishing Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. (1930-1931)
  • American Railway Express Co., Chicago, Ill. (1920-1935)
  • American Seamen's Friend Society, New York, N.Y. (1923)
  • American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Chicago, Ill. (1922)
  • American Way Magazine, Wichita, Kan. (1938)
  • American Weekly, New York, N.Y. (1924-1942)
  • American Women Magazine, Augusta, Me. (1918)
  • Ames, Joseph Bushnell, Morristown, N.J. (1925)

International Press Bureau

A Miscellaneous (file 3 of 3).

Correspondence to or from:

  • Anaconda Copper Company, Butte, Mont. (1943)
  • Andersen, Arthur Olaf, Chicago, Ill. (1923-1924)
  • Anderson, Frederick Irving, New Boston, Mass. (1925)
  • Anderson Galleries, New York, N.Y. (1927)
  • Angellotti, Marion Polk, San Rafael, Calif. (1918)
  • Anson, Lyman, Wheaton, Ill. (1933)
  • Anson, Mae Harris, Los Angeles, Calif. (1919)
  • Anthony Bulletin, Anthony, Kan. (1920)
  • AP Features, New York, N.Y. (1943)
  • Appleton Holt Advertising, Palo Alto, Calif. (1932)
  • Arata, Oliver S., St. Louis, Mo. (1927)
  • Arcadian Life Magazine, Caddo Gap, Ark. (1940)
  • Arcane Book Shop, Chicago, Ill. (1934)
  • Archibald, James F.J., New York, N.Y. (1915)
  • Argonaut Publishing Co., San Francisco, Calif. (1935)
  • Argus Book Shop, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (1927-1935)
  • Argus-Australian, Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. (1938)
  • Aries Press, Eden, N.Y. (1926-1927)
  • Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Ark. (1921)
  • Arkansas Farmer, Little Rock, Ark. (1938)
  • Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Ariz. (1924)
  • Arizona State Magazine, Phoenix, Ariz. (1923)
  • Armstrong, C.W., Chicago, Ill. (1923)
  • Armstrong, Louis Peple, Richmond, Va. (1927)
  • Arrowsmith, J.W. Ltd., Bristol, England. (1913-1914)
  • Art Metal Construction Company, Jamestown, N.Y. (1930)
  • Art Press, Inc., Chicago, Ill. (1938)
  • Asmus, Edna I., Chicago, Ill. (1928)
  • Associated Artists of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (1918)
  • Associated Farm Press, Chicago, Ill. (1917)
  • Associated Publishers' Syndicate Service, New York, N.Y. (1913)
  • Association News, Parsons, Kan. (1926)
  • Association Press, New York, N.Y. (1913)
  • Astounding Stories, New York, N.Y. (1933)
  • Atlanta American, Atlanta, Ga. (1918)
  • Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. (1939)
  • Athletic and Outing World, Columbus, Ohio. (1924)
  • Atkinson, Owen, La Jolla, Calif. (1930)
  • Atlantic Book Shelf, New York, N.Y. (1928)
  • Auerbach, Arnold F., Hollis, Long Island. (1935)
  • Au Fait, Rochester, N.Y. (1915)
  • Austin, John Thomas, New York, N.Y. (1928)
  • Austin, Lelah M., English, Ind. (1927)
  • Austin, Mary, Santa Fe, N.M. (1932-1934)
  • Austin American, Austin, Tex. (1918)
  • Australian Women's Wear, Melbourne, Australia. (1932)
  • Author & Journalist, Denver, Colo. (1924-1936)
  • Authors' Exchange Association, New York, N.Y. (1932)
  • Auto Club News, St. Louis, Mo. (1939-1940)
  • Auto Weekly, Tacoma, Wash. (1923)
  • Automobilist, Boston, Mass. (1923)
  • Ayer, N.W. & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. (1920-1936)
  • Ayer, William W., West Englewood, N.J. (1930)

International Press Bureau

A motorized van for Lands for Learning.

Consists of a ts. report prepared by Margaret Killing for the [Grand River Conservation Authority] Information and Education Advisory Board. The report provides an outline for a pilot project for using a van as a mobile nature, resource and exhibit centre.

Grand River Conservation Authority

A network operating system for interconnected LANs with heterogeneous data-link layers / D.D. Cowan, T.M. Stepien, and R.G. Veitch.

A copy of an article titled, "A network operating system for interconnected LANs with heterogeneous data-link layers" by Donald Cowan, T.M. Stepien, and R.G. Veitch. The article was reprinted by the Computer Society Press Reprint from the Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Local Computer Networks, October 10-12, 1988, pages 99-105.

Cowan, Donald D.

A Note on Captain John Williams of the Chilean Navy.

File consists of "A Note on Captain John Williams of the Chilean Navy" by an unknown author. The information was written up for Bertram R. Davis on the bequest of H.W.F. Usher, around the time of the Chilean war ship named for John Williams coming to Bristol under command of Commander Boris Kopaitic.

Davis, Bertram R.

A partial census of trivalent generalized Moore graphs / V.G. Cerf, D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton.

A typed manuscript titled, "A partial census of trivalent generalized Moore graphs" by V.G. Cerf, Donald Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. The manuscript is one hundred and four pages. Also includes a photocopy of the same article, possibly from the source of publication. This photocopy is twenty-seven pages.

Cowan, Donald D.

A perfect five.

Story synopsis for the episode "a perfect five" from the TV show "the outer limits."

Dotto, Lydia

A pollution study of the Grand River.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) report titled : A pollution study of the Grand River, prepared by nine students in a Grade 12 Industrial Chemistry class at Cayuga Technical and Commercial High School, Cayuga, Ont. The student authors are identified by name.

Grand River Conservation Authority

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