The scrapbooks contain clippings of art and art related newspaper articles such as pictures of paintings with articles on the paintings as well as poetry book excerpts. The sources and the dates of the articles have been removed. It is believed that these articles are clippings from The Christian Science Monitor.
The scrapbook contains pictures, newspaper articles on a wide variety of topics from architecture to biographic sketches, catalogues, photographs with European and American based articles predominant.
The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, household records, and scrapbooks. Each of the diaries contain information on different trips and events. The outgoing correspondence is mostly directed to her family and friends. The incoming correspondence, mainly originating from her associates at the United Nations, consists primarily of comments and inquiries about her travels abroad. There is a large and diverse collection of memoranda, newsletters and reports from the Women's Volunteer Service and UNICEF. There are several United Nations reports on various international topics such as apartheid, troubles in Rhodesia, and the Nobel Peace Prize. The five scrapbooks range in date from 1922 to 1961 and deal with her early life, the Women's Volunteer Service, the United Nations, and assorted memorabilia. The fonds also includes over 300 photographs.
The fonds consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and research material re: Rev. Michael Sherbinin, well known Winnipeg philanthropist and friend of Tolstoy, who spent three years with Doukhobors in Canada.
CA UMASC Mss 25, Pc 33 (A.80-07, A.80-30, A.80-55, A.83-06)
Fonds
1930-1980
The fonds consists of correspondence dealing with Charles L'Ami's literary work, career development and political views, literary manuscripts, short stories, dramas and poems, articles, radio scripts, letters to editors, and various resource materials such as reviews, scrapbooks and news clippings.
The fonds consists of photographic negatives of Islamic courtyards and gardens from Lehrman's travels in the following countries: Algeria (1978), Egypt (1978), India (1974-1996), Iran (1974 and 1978), Italy (1978), Morocco (1978), Pakistan (1976), Spain (1978), and Turkey (1978). Many of these photographs were used in Lehrman's Earthly Paradise: Garden and Courtyard in Islam, which was published in 1980. In addition to textual records, the fonds contains 900 black and white negatives, 76 enlarged mounted photographs, 1458 photographs mounted in albums, 1440 slides, and 1 video recording.
The fonds consists of papers written by several different authors, publications, photocopies of articles, book reviews newspaper clippings, class notes, transcripts of broadcasts and interviews, and Marshall McLuhan's Report to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare on Project in Understanding New Media.
The fonds consists of a copy of the family tree, a brief history of Jennie Maude Little's life, and diaries detailing aspects of life on the family farm.
The 1978 accession consists of a letter from Florence Randal Livesay to Elizabeth Anderson Varley, dated December 28, 1943 at Clarkson, Ontario. The letter mentions both J.F.B. Livesay and Dorothy Livesay. The 2008 accession contains a scrapbook containing clippings of Florence Randal Livesay's published poetry and reviews.