Series consists of documents pertaining to the publication of Thomas Need: a settler in the backwoods of Upper Canada, including publisher letters, correspondence, publication invoices, and photographs used in the book. Series also consists of research materials on Thomas Need. These materials were used to write articles about him in different publications including the Kawartha Sun newspaper and the Dictionary of Canadian biography. These files include photocopied book excerpts from different publications, the will of Elizabeth Welfitt, and photocopied historical correspondence.
Series consists of transcripts and photocopies of Need’s Woodhouse Journal, which was used to write Six years in the bush. Files also include correspondence, some between John Langton and Thomas Need. See file listing for more details.