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"Chato Arroyo"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape view with wooden buildings and mountains in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 62 / 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 62 / 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts landscape view with wooden buildings and mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Christmas Cards

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Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Scope & Content: 15 files of Christmas cards, typically addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Nina Whiteman, Tronson Draper, and Jim Boyce. Cards are in miscellaneous order due to undated nature of the majority of the cards.

Date Range: ca. 1880-2001

Reference Code: M250 / I / 19 to 33

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I. Correspondence

Accession Number: 6790, 7363

Reference Code: M250 / I / 19 to 33

Date Range: ca. 1880-2001

Physical Description: 36 cm of textual records.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: 15 files of Christmas cards, typically addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Nina Whiteman, Tronson Draper, and Jim Boyce. Cards are in miscellaneous order due to undated nature of the majority of the cards.

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on records.

Processing Status: Processed

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Contracts

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Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Scope & Content: Two legal contracts, regarding the Will of Samuel Henry, 1888 and Indenture between James Boyce and John M. Brooks, 1925.

Date Range: 1888-1941

Reference Code: M250 / III / 3 O.S. Category "B"

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III. A. Legal and Financial Papers: Contracts

Accession Number: 6790, 7363

Reference Code: M250 / III / 3 O.S. Category "B"

Date Range: 1888-1941

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: Two legal contracts, regarding the Will of Samuel Henry, 1888 and Indenture between James Boyce and John M. Brooks, 1925.

Subject Access: Professional and Personal Life

Title Source: Title based on records.

Content Details: Two pages of vellum, text begins: “This is the last will and testament of me Samuel Henry of the City of Toronto.” “In the High Court of Justice-Probate and Matrimonial Division. Ireland. The Principal Registry, Dublin.” Pendant seal, with red wax pressed between two embossed papers reads “Her Majesty’s High Court Justice of Ireland Probate Division.” Page originally pinned to contract states that the deceased Samuel Henry did not have assets exceeding 300 pounds and "Death since 31st of May, 1881. The original envelope addressed to Revd R. Whiteman, 105 Everton Terrace, Crumlin Road, Belfast.; Indenture between James Boyce and John M. Brooks regarding the bargaining of equipment, including 52 head of branded horses, 15 riding saddles, 38 saddle blankets, 22 pack covers, 4 teepees, 3 tents, 3 flys, etc., 1925.; Brantford Young Ladies Collect Diploma for Miss Nina Grenny 1893. Canadian Institute of Chemistry Dorothy Whitman 1927. Canadian Boy Scouts Rev. A. W. R. Whiteman troop captain 1912.

Processing Status: Processed

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Cornelia Cook Adams and Catharine Cook transcribed letters

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining …

Date Range: 1844-1850; 1860-1866; 1944

Reference Code: M555 / I / B / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Series: M555 / I : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: M555

Sub-Series: M555 / I / B : Extended family correspondence

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / I / B / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1844-1850; 1860-1866; 1944

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining to the transcribed letters [ca.1944].

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Correspondence

Geographic Access: United States of America; New York

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Scope & Content: One file of Reverend Richard Whiteman's personal correspondence.

Date Range: 1908-1926

Reference Code: M250 / II / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II. Reverend A. W. R. Whiteman papers

Accession Number: 7363

Reference Code: M250 / II / 1

Date Range: 1908-1926

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history. Reverend Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman was born in 1865 in Teeswater, ON. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Queen’s University and received his Bachelor of Divinity from his studies at the Belfast and Edinburgh Universities. He also attended Robertson College for a year in Edmonton. Rev. Whiteman began his career as a missionary in British Columbia. He worked in Presbyterian churches in Cardston, Cochrane, Calgary and Macleod. At Knox Church in Calgary he was financial secretary and assistant minister for nine years. He was active in the church union question, and organized congregation members at Knox Church and St. Andrew’s, Macleod who voted against union. He married Nina L. Whiteman (nee Grenny) in 1898, and their daughter Dorothy Whiteman was born in 1901. Rev. Whiteman died in 1926 in Macleod, AB.

Scope & Content: One file of Reverend Richard Whiteman's personal correspondence.

Subject Access: Professional and Personal Life

Title Source: Title based on records.

Content Details: Correspondence includes letters regarding the death of Richard Henry, the legal matters between Reverend Whiteman and Knox Church, and the settling of the Grenny Estate. File includes empty envelopes and undated correspondence, including a typed copy of the Sinn Fein Oath.

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence from Europe

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten letters and 6 postcards which Molly Wright Adams sent to her sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin, between 1891 and 1903. Contents pertain to Molly's travels in Europe, including trips to Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Date Range: 1891; 1893; 1896; 1902-1903

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Series: M555 / I : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: M555

Sub-Series: M555 / I / A : Molly Wright Adams correspondence

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Date Range: 1891; 1893; 1896; 1902-1903

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (6 postcards -- letters)

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten letters and 6 postcards which Molly Wright Adams sent to her sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin, between 1891 and 1903. Contents pertain to Molly's travels in Europe, including trips to Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, and the Netherlands.