The grasses scrapbook was compiled by Catharine Parr Traill for her friend James Fletcher and given to him 12 January 1894. The inside cover has the following inscriptions: "Grasses from Stony Lake gathered and mounted by Cathe Parr Traill - Aged 92 years." These specimens are from the Island of Minne Wa-Wa and Otter Island. July-September 1893" and "With Mrs.Traill's kind wishes to her much valued and esteemed friend James Fletcher F.S.L.S. & etc. January 12th, 1894". The scrapbook consists of 20 pages, 18 of which have pressed grasses, from the Stoney Lake area of the Island of Minne Wa-Wa and Otter Island, glued onto them. Also included in the scrapbook is a specimen list of the grasses and a photocopy of an article, entitled "Grasses from Stony Lake Gathered and Mounted by Cathe Parr Traill - Aged 92 Years". The article was written by William G. Dore and published in The Ontario Naturalist in 1966.
The framed mosses were gathered by Catharine Parr Traill in the Stoney Lake area. Prior to the Archives receiving this addition, the pages were taken apart, mounted and framed in two frames each containing three pages of mosses; one medium frame containing "Sedges & grass, with mosses, from the bank below the garden at Westove. Gathered and arranged for Katie. With Grandmother's dear love. Oct. 24th, 1889"; and one small frame with Traill's autograph.
Traill, Catharine ParrThis document is a photocopy of a 1914 newspaper clipping written by Geta Helme. In the article, Helme describes her adventures travelling from Bonn, Germany back to England, and includes her contacts with British, American, and German officialdom. The article was published in the Lancashire Guardian, 22 August 1914.
Helme, GetaThe item consists of a letter book of Mr. George W. Hatton, Barrister, member of the firm Hatton & Wood. Subjects dealt with include legal topics, letters to relatives regarding World War I, and local and national conservative politics.
Hatton, George W.This letter is a hand copy of an indenture between G.B. Hall, his wife, E.M. Hall, and Zaccheus Burnham, for the sale of lands in Otonabee township.
Hall, George BarkerThis item is a notebook which belonged to F.W. Hilshaw, Churchfield House, Halton, near Runcorn in Cheshire. It contains schoolwork, newspaper clippings, accounts and recipes.
Hilshaw, F.W.This fonds consists of correspondence, a petition, and an election poster. One item, the letter of 1827, relates to another Haultain, perhaps Major-General F.M. Haultain. The remainder relates particularly to F.W. Haultain's military and political careers.
Haultain, F.W.Item is a survey dated 1 January 1966 of males employed at Frobisher Bay. The organization that conducted the survey is not identified.
Item is the Friends of the Bata Library Bulletin, No. 9 (September 1988) which includes the following content:
- Executive Committee
- Barrett, Karen. Editor’s Note
- Rahmel, Fern A. John Sutherland, The Northern Review, and the Struggle for Modern Canadian Poetry
- Sadler, Doug. Doug Sadler and How He Came to Write Reading Nature’s Clues. Recorded by Barrett, Karen
- Stubbs, John. The Computerization of the Oxford English Dictionary. Recorded by Rahmel, Fern A.
- Wadland, John. A Tribute to Margaret Laurence
- LePan, Don. On Being a Small Publisher in Canada
- Annual Meeting
- Annual Financial Statement 1 May 1987 to 30 April 1988
- Treadwell, Michael. Report of the Acquisitions Committee
- Library Acquisitions 1987/88
- Friends of the Bata Library – list of members
Item is the Friends of the Bata Library Bulletin, No. 8 (September 1987) which includes the following content:
- Executive Committee
- Cole, Jean Murray. Editor’s Note
- Gordon Roper Feted by Friends. Recorded by Cole, Jean Murray
- Rahmel, Fern A. Peterborough: An Illustrated History
- Genoe, Murray. An Automated Library System for Trent. Recorded by Cole, Jean Murray
- Wilson, Alan. Professor Wilson and the Maritime Oral Tradition. Recorded by - Barrett, Karen
- McWilliams, Velma. William Arthur Breyfogle – A Bibliography
- Executive Re-elected
- Dodge, Bernadine. Annual Financial Statement – to April 30, 1987
- Constitution Amended
- Friends of the Bata Library 1986-1987 – list of members
Item is the Friends of the Bata Library Bulletin, No. 7 (September 1986) which includes the following content:
- Executive Committee
- Cole, Jean. Editor’s Note
- Canadiana Collection to Bata Library – on the life and death of Robert L. Hunter, donor of the Canadiana Collection
- Smith, Denis. Twentieth Anniversary of Journal
- Drew, Wayland. Wayland Drew on “Bibliotropes”
- Parker, George. Publishing and Cultural Sovereignty
- Rueter, William. Canada’s Private Presses
- New Chairman Elected
- Brown, Quentin. A Word from our Retiring Chairman
- McAuley, Darienne. Report of the Acquisitions Committee, 1985-1986
- New Guidelines for the Acquisitions Committee
- Hoyle, Gwyneth. Annual Financial Statement – May 31, 1986
- Friends of the Bata Library – list of members