Archives Catalogue

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[196-?]

Item is a photocopy of a map of an area on the St. Lawrence River. The map is identical to MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 2, but without the handwritten notes.

Map of the Saint Lawrence River with notes

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a photocopy of a map of an area on the St. Lawrence River. There are notes written on the map in red that indicate the position of the Bluenose II and other things (possibly other ships).

Exact chart of the River Saint Lawrence

MS-2-756, OS Folder 10
Item
1775

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Chart of the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, surveyed in 1765

MS-2-756, OS Folder 12
Item
[1799?]

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Item is a chart of the Magdalen Islands created by Thomas Jefferys. The chart was published in A Collection of Charts of the coasts
of Newfoundland and Labrador (London 1765-1768). Item is entry 604 in Kershaw's Early printed maps of Canada.

Warrant for payment issued to Peter Turquand and signed by George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie

MS-2-599, SF Box 96, Folder 4
Item
1826

Item is an order of payment to Peter Turquand, signed by Lieutenant-General, the 9th Earl of Dalhousie, George Ramsay on January 16, 1826.

Turquand, Peter

Letter from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria and Henrietta

MS-2-66, SF Box 18, Folder 21
Item
1828

Item is a letter (1828) from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria (the eldest) and Henrietta, addressed to the care of their uncle, Stephen Sewell, in Montreal. Sewell describes the recent departure of Lord and Lady Dalhousie and exhorts his daughters to travel by steamboat and meet him at Three Rivers, which he calls "The Modern Seat of Science, Literature & Fashion."

Sewell, Jonathan, Justice, c. 1766-1839

Map of East Canada and New Brunswick

MS-2-756, OS Folder 15
Item
1851

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Item is a map of East Canada and New Brunswick drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations on the map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map was published in J. & F. Tallis' Illustrated atlas, and modern history of the World in 1851.

A student's letters, number 1 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 15
Item
May 29 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the July 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 2), dated May 29th, 1857, discussing life as a medical student in London.

A student's letters, number 2 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 16
Item
July 2 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 3), dated July 2nd, 1857, discussing orthopaedic surgery studies.

A student's letters, number 3 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 18
Item
November 25 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the January 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 8), dated November 25th, 1857, discussing clinical teaching methods in medical education.

A student's letters, number 4 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 19
Item
January 4 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the February 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 9), dated January 4, 1858, discussing qualifications for McGill medical students interested in pursuing the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (L.R.C.S.E.).

A student's letters, number 5 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 20
Item
February 1 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 10), dated February 1st, 1858, discussing treatment of an otherwise healthy young man who is "[an] almost unique [case of being] deficient of a sternum".

A student's letters, number 6 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 21
Item
March 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 11), dated March, 1858, discussing the differences between medical schools in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh.

Review of An inaugural dissertation on strychnia / A.P. Reid : [facsimile, clipping]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 22
Item
September 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a review of A.P. Reid's thesis "An Inaugural Dissertation on Strychnia", as appeared in the September 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 6, No. 4).

Seigneurie de Berthier = petition from the residents of Berthier County to the Parliament of the province of Canada concerning seigneurial salaries and land tax assessments

MS-2-345, SF Box 26, Folder 17
Item
1860

Item is a petition from the residents of Berthier County, Québec to the Parliament of the province of Canada concerning seigneurial salaries and land tax assessments.

Seigneurie de Berthier.

Full carte de visite portrait of John Geddie

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white a carte de visite portrait photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with Notman Studios, Montreal.

Private journal [excerpts] of Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
[1883?]

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item is a diary kept by Archibald MacMechan on board a cattle boat between Montreal and London, ca. 1883-1884.

Märchen (Ritterzug), Op. 14, no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 9
Item
1905-1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the second tale in Medtner's Two Tales, Op. 14, for piano. It was published by P. Jurgenson and distributed in Leipzig by Robert Forberg in 1907 and includes an inscription to Ellen Ballon from Alfred La Liberté.

Medtner, Nikolay

Postcard of a general view of Montreal, Quebec

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 163
Item
1909

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent to Clare Gass in Montreal, Quebec from Athelstan in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The front image is of a general view of Montreal, Quebec.

Postcard of Chateau de Ramezay in Montreal, Quebec

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 164
Item
1910

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent to R Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia from his daughter Clare Gass in Montreal Quebec. The image on the front is of Chateau de Ramezay in Montreal, Quebec.

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform standing in front of a tent at Valcartier Camp, Quebec

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 2
Item
September 1914

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Postcard of Back Harbor, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 82
Item
1915

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent from Lena O. [sic] in Westmount, Québec to Clare Gass in Montréal, Québec. The image on the front of the postcard is of Back Harbor, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, November 18, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, September 16, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 3
Item
September 16, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 16, 1915, at Valcartier Camp (Quebec City), thanking MacMechan for further outfitting of the Camp's library, general anxiousness around Camp, and the hopes of the Battalion soon being deployed to England.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, August 26, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 2
Item
August 26, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated August 26, 1915, thanking MacMechan for his gift of books and that it is very popular among Jones's fellow officers at Valcartier Camp.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 11, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
October 11, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.

St. James Methodist Church memorial service program for Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener

MS-2-755, Box 2, Folder 25
Item
1916

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Reminiscences of the Fifties : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
September 1920

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an obituary/memorial of Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the September 1920 issue of McGill News.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 14, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 13
Item
October 14, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 14, 1923, in Montreal, Quebec, thanking MacMechan for his presentation copy of "Sagas of the Sea", and of visits from family and friends.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 30, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 13
Item
March 30, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Good Friday, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, outlining Jones's continued recovery, "chaotic" reading habits, and discussions around French politics.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, April 3, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 14
Item
April 3, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated April 3, 1923 from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, discussing Jones's thoughts upon finishing reading Arthur Schnitzler's "The Road to the Open".

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, July 2, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 11
Item
July 2, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated July 2, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, where Jones updates on his recovery.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 7, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 12
Item
March 7, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 7, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, frankly discussing his struggles with his recovery amid fears he is "slowly becoming a wreck; [often] feeling useless and frightened" and angered by not being told his poor prognosis and difficulty of recovery back in 1917.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, May 12, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 15
Item
May 12, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated May 12, 1923 from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, discussing the return of Jones's voracious reading habits, as well as opinions on the League of Nations.

Photograph of R.A. Delahaye, Adhemar Raynault, Rosalie Phillips, Isidore Ballon, and David H. Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 22
Item
[c. 1942 - 1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Ellen Ballon's brother, Dr. David H. Ballon, speaking at the Montreal ceremony where he turned over the Ballon family home to the Canadian Jewish Congress for the duration of World War II to be used as a servicemen's hostel. Also included in the photograph are Group Captain R.A. Delahaye of the Royal Canadian Air Force; Mayor Adhemar Raynault of Montreal; Mrs. Rosalie (Lazarus) Phillips, the head of the Canadian Jewish Contress Women's Division; and Isidore Ballon, K.C.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, and unidentified man in uniform

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 21
Item
[c. 1942 -1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Fiorello H. Laguardia, the Mayor of New York (1934-1945) , signing a scroll of greetings from the "Men in New York at the Stage Door Canteen" to the "Men of Canada." The "Men of Canada" refers to the Canadian service-men's center that opened in Ellen Ballon's family home in Montreal.

Bibliography on constitutional law / F.R. Scott : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 2, Folder 24
Item
September 1948

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a draft bibliography of published constitutional law articles between 1867-1945.

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
October 26, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
March 23, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Ellen Ballon for her honorary Doctor of Music from McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 31
Item
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Proofs from photo shoot of Ellen Ballon, Aaron Copland, and Antal Dorati

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 32
Item
[c. 1940 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a series of proofs from G.D. Hacket's photoshoot with Ellen Ballon, Antal Dorati (conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) and composer Aaron Copland.

Photograph of Geroge Koneak holding a fox

MS-2-130, Box 16, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph taken in Fort Chimo, Quebec. The photograph shows George Koneak holding his pet fox.

Eaton, Rosemary C. (Gilliat)

Recording of an interview with Keith Crow and other recordings

MS-2-130, Box 10, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
[1960?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds describing a group of children playing in a water hole; sounds of children playing; Barbara Hinds talking about her visit with Keith Crow in George River; Keith Crow playing the guitar; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Crow about shipping fish.

Recording of an interview with George Koneak

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak. Koneak talks about a period of time when his family was going hungry and about a measles epidemic in the 1950s.