Legal papers relating to the marriage of the David Garrick (1754-1795), nephew of the famous actor, to Emma Hart (1758-1813), 1778.
Correspondence, drafts of articles and other materials relating to the publication of the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English / edited by Eugene Benson and Leonard Conolly.
Conolly, LeonardPosters and cards advertising Merchants Steamship Line, 1873-1876.
Collection of posters relating to various Canadian authors including Earle Birney, Gratien Gelinas, Margaret Laurence, Hugh MacLennan and E. J. Pratt. Pratt- Towards the Last Spike ; Gelinas - Yesterday The Children Were Dancing ; Birney - David ; Maclennan - Barometer Rising ; Laurence - The Stone Angel.
The collection contains biographical information on various architects in Guelph and area compiled from newspaper clippings S. Kent Rawson, an architect from Toronto. Contents include information on Matthew Bell (1820-1883) with illustrations in "A Gallery of Guelph Sculpture" by Gordon Couling printed in the 1971 Guelph Spring Festival souvenir program; the Roman Catholic Church at Little Germany (Maryhill, later Freiburg), Ontario; the Bruce family; Victor Stewart; and Toronto newspaper references to various Guelph buildings.
Couling, GordonCollection of C.P.R. plans, articles and publications relating to the railway engineering career of H.H. Tripp. H.H. Tripp was born in Homer, N.Y. in 1888 and graduated as a mechanical engineer from Cornell in 1908. He worked for the C. p.R. in various locations beginning with Revelstoke, B.C. where he met his New Brunswick born wife. File 1: C. p.R. Standard plans booklet, rev. ed. 1921.-File 2: Miscellaneous C. p.R. loose plans, 1933, 1943.-File 3: Miscellaneous articles on railway engineering, 1906-1936.-File 4: Tractor power alone / A.J. McAdams, The Country Gentleman, Sept. 1928.-File 5: Miscellaneous publications on use of concrete, 1941-1950.-File 6: Miscellaneous issues of railway journals, 1917-1954
Collection consists of several gazetteers, maps, correspondence, post office listings, name changes, personal books, and memorabilia, 1868-1991.This is the general record for the Canadian Guide Collection, see XT1 MS A0100-A0133 and XT1 MS A0301 for individual records. Include 300 volumes, 10,000 5"x2" cards, 19 boxes, 11 oversize boxes, 7 large maps. Most material for this collection is located in the Annex. See also "The Shipper's Bible: an Introduction to the Canadian Guide Collection" by G.T. Bloomfield, in Archives Reference, call number XT7 MS A001.