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Fonds consists of diaries and enclosed documents of Mark Robinson, Ranger and Superintendent of Algonquin Park from 1907-1936.

This fonds consists of two typescripts of diaries written by Captain Thomas G. Anderson. The first diary consists of reminiscences of his early life, covering the years from 1795 to 1800 (10 pages). The second diary was written while Captain Anderson was the visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Cobourg, Canada West from September to December 1849. It includes an account of a journey to settle an Indigenous land claim on Lake Superior and Lake Huron (34 pages).

Item consists of a multi-page photocopy of the 1895-1896 diary of C.W. Hedley.

File consists of 3 diaries of Dorothy Choate Herriman.

Diary 1 pertains to when Herriman and family lived in Orillia, Ontario where her father was assistant superintendent of the Ontario Hospital at Orillia. Dorothy was in Toronto attending Ontario College of Art (OCA) for her last year. She writes about her new Remington portable typewriter, a new short coat, dreading going home for the summer because the house is "all torn up" and she and her mother seem incompatible. On July 24, she notes a drowning accident in Balsam Lake when 11 boys of St. Andrews Brotherhood died. August 19, "as a united household we would make a good volcanic eruption! We are the acme of disintegration, individualism & misinterpretations. I wish some invisible being would 'write us up' --- as a comedy." September 25, Garvin's book containing poems and photographs of Dorothy Herriman was published, and Dorothy hated her picture, "...I have such a 'hatchet' faced expression.” She returned to OCA. in October and found that "Mr. Reid is very uninspiring in costume. I shall forget all I ever learned with Mr. Varley." On October 18, Herriman notes it is a red-letter day because she was "wangled" into getting her hair bobbed.

Diary 2 starts with Herriman's last few months at OCA. On March 4, she is wondering who will get appointed as administrator of Rockwood. The diary is full of details about courses, instructors, public lectures she has attended, residence problems, health concerns, and letters from her father. On May 30, Herriman talks about her mother who has gone to Battle Creek for a few days and has consulted Dr. Kellogg. Dr. William Herriman had been assistant superintendent at Orillia, and in 1927 was made superintendent of the Ontario Hospital at Cobourg as Herriman notes on September 20. On November 17 she writes, "I seem to crave an impetus of some sort to feel any vital interest in life. I must be suffering from ennui--or the modern craze for excitement & stimulation."

Diary 3 documents a problem in the family with William and his daughter Dorothy's habit of going to bed at 2:00 AM and often later and not arising until noon. The diary also talks about quarrels with her mother and constant tension at home. On May 10 she writes, "Daddy wants to go to Orillia over Sunday but is afraid I won't get up on time while he is away. He looks 'crushed & broken" with his 'domestic troubles'."

File includes two diaries by Dorothy Choate Herriman.

Diary 4 documents Dorothy Herriman at home in Cobourg. Her grandmother's funeral was on June 16. The diary also talks about more family "ructions," and the beginning evidence of economic depression in towns.

Diary 5 has introspective writing with much soul-searching. Dorothy Herriman is living in Toronto, visiting family and friends in Cobourg, Port Hope and Orillia, trying to write. There is conflict with her mother and despair over what she perceives as the lack of courage of a weak father. Her father is going to have trouble financing Cousin Doris, Orillia, at Normal School and Dorothy wished the chance to give back some of her years at Havergal or Tech. or the Ontario College of Art since "my reward for study has certainly not been monetary -- nor has it brought me a peaceful environment." She starts her infatuation with a cousin, Ralph Wilson, which becomes a love affair and lasts until 1938. The economic depression is severe. She notes one Orillia suicide and tells of a neighbour, Mr. Dempsey who has lost his job as manager of local branch of the Northway's store.

File also includes many newspaper clippings.

File consists of two diaries of Dorothy Choate Herriman, along with correspondence between Dorothy and her mother (1927) and newspaper clippings.

In diary 6, Herriman writes of family discord, with thwarted writing. She talks about last illness and death of her mother (May 1934).

Diary 7 talks about her father apparently objecting to her affair with a "relative". Dorothy turned 33 that year and writes of her continuing relationship with "R" [Ralph Wilson].

File consists of 2 diaries and a few newspaper clippings.

Diary 8 talks about the relationship with "R" [Wilson] winding down and a new infatuation with Eric Gaskell, National Secretary of the Canadian Authors' Association (CAA).

Diary 9 discusses the Journal of the CAA. convention and her feelings for Eric of whom she would "trail his footprints like a faithful hound - to Hell or Heaven."

The first item is a diary of historical places in Paris, France, written from November 1911 to July 1912. It includes postcards of historically interesting buildings and notations regarding the use of the buildings and their origins. The second item is a diary of art history, written from February to July 1912. It includes postcards of works of art and notations relating to the history of art.

This item is a journal of events kept by the Post Manager at Eastmain, Outfit 260, James Bay District of the Hudson's Bay Company. His instructions were to record weather conditions, temperatures, activities of Inuit and Native fur trade, animal and bird migration patterns, supply ship and passenger activity, mail arrivals and news of Revillon Freres at an adjoining post. A transcription of the Journal is available.

Fonds consists of one diary belonging to Hugh Caldwell, (Clydesdale Post Office), Chandos Township. Notes inside the cover indicate that Caldwell purchased Lots 16 & 17, 13th Concession, Chandos Township, Peterborough County, on 26 November 1872. Caldwell notes the dates he planted his garden and the varieties of vegetables planted.

This fonds consists of photocopies of the diaries of Hugh Lumsden, from 1901 to 1928. The early diaries show some evidence of surveying activity while the later ones are mainly of a personal nature. Yearly cash accounts are included.

This item is a journal which was kept by James Mitchell while on a tour of Niagara Falls in 1825.

This fonds consists of the original diary of Margaret Jane Scott who attended Lindsay Model School and then Toronto Normal School before teaching in Omemee, Ontario. The diary covers the period of time Margaret spent in Toronto at Normal School. Also included in the fonds is a typescript copy of the diary which is bound and includes an introduction, photograph and a section entitled conversations with Ida Scott which was produced September 12, 1994.

This fonds consists of photocopies of two diaries of Mark Robinson from October 8 to December 31, 1915 and January 1 to March 3, 1917. The 1915 diary deals mainly with recruiting men from Simcoe County. The 1917 diary describes an instructional tour of the trenches in France, time spent in England, and his return to Canada. Leslie and Cecil Frost are mentioned in these diaries.

This item is a diary of a European tour from 2 July to 4 September 1914, and of boat trip aboard the SS Megantic (Montreal, Quebec, to Liverpool, England). There are also passenger lists, menus, and postcards included in the diary. The diary has some references to the outbreak of World War I, and the removal of British subjects from the continent. There is also one piece of correspondence included dated 6 September 1914. The diary chronicles a tour through England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

Folder consists of two diaries by Stewart Bagnani's Aunt Minnie (her mother's eldest sister)

1. Minnie Robinson, Sleepy Hollow, October /74: covering October 3, 1874 - January 3, 1876
2. Minnie Robinson, February 8 /76: covering February 1976 - January 1880