Folder includes the following:
- information on artwork to be shown in an exhibition titled "A pageant of Canada" at the National Gallery of Canada
- script for a speech at a panel discussion titled ‘The Importance of Traditional Art Museum Practice’ by Nathan Stolow at the National Gallery of Canada
- letter to Stewart Bagnani from the Canadian Museum Association on an Art Gallery Training program
- letter to Stewart Bagnani from the National Gallery of Canada also regarding the Art Gallery Training Program with a copy of a new training manual attached
File consists of correspondence between Stewart Bagnani and Trent University regarding her position as special lecturer in art and as director of Mackenzie Gallery. File also includes lectures schedules; a sketch of the building which housed Mackenzie Gallery before it opened as a gallery, by David Woods, 1971; a wedding photo of Mr. and Mrs. Gengembre-Curwood (1970); miscellaneous letters to Stewart regarding the Bagnani medal, etc.; also financial records, etc. relating to Mackenzie Gallery.
Folder includes the following:
- Letters, 1919-1920, written to Augusta from government agencies and agricultural companies re medicinal plants
- Booklet with title "Old English Herbs from the Olitory at Stonehurst, Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada" (contains uses of herbs, and recipes)
- Augusta's diary, January 24 - February 5 1918, Eton, Windsor (9 pages of entries), mentions her work at the Royal Gardens at Frogmore; also, 1 page in book with title "Bees: Preventing of Swarming" Inserted loosely in the diary are the following: - "Particulars of Under Gardener's Post in Glass Department at Bryanston" - The Gardener: A Practical Journal for all interested in Gardening, July 13 1918 issue (published in London) - Miscellaneous papers
- Envelope with title "Garden items" with newspaper articles, etc. relating to gardening; also, letter dated 1917 to Augusta from Winifred Lewis, Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton, re a joint "enterprise" they are considering
- Handwritten notes on pruning, fruit trees, grafting, bees, melons, water, pears (dated 1917)
Folder includes the following:
- letter to Stewart from (?) Hazelton regarding their trip to Halifax
- letter to Stewart from Peggy regarding her employment teaching the children of staff in a household
- letter to Stewart from Penny withe the top part missing
- Post card for Warsaw, Ontario sent to Stewart from (?) Hazelton
- Letter to Stewart from Budge Wilson regarding the recent death of a loved one
Folder includes the following letters:
- Letters to Gilbert from The Morning Post, London, re contributions he has made to the paper, 1922
- letters from Gilbert to his mother, 1922 & 1926
- letter from Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Ayrshire, re Bagnani lecture, 1922
- letter from [W ] Murray to Gilbert re his analysis of [Stewart's] handwriting, knows Gilbert's mother and sends his regards, 1925
- letter to Mrs. Strong from [C. __loney] re the Cross in the S. Pudenziana mosaic, 1925
- letter from Cath[ryn] Merritt to Florence Bagnani, 1926
- 2 letters regarding the postcards, one from Mrs. Houston to Gilbert and one from Gilbert to Mrs. Houston, 1926
- letters from Stewart to Gilbert, 1929
- letter to Gilbert and Stewart on their wedding day from Gilbert's mother, June 27 1929 (three newspaper clippings attached re the wedding)
- letter to her mother from Stewart in Rome re the engagement of the Crown Prince, 1929
- plus other miscellaneous letters, some of which are written in languages other than English
File includes a booklet from Christmas card from Robertson and Brenda Davies to Gilbert and Stewart - the booklet is comprised of a short story by Davies entitled "The Heart of a Merry Christmas" [1970]).
File includes a card from Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Houston, letters from the Junior Army and Navy Club, and postcards from Rome and Port Hope.
Folder includes a postcard from London
Folder includes postcards from Italy and France. All postcards are to Miss Edith Prichard in Rome and Paris.
Folder includes the following photographs
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- England - various photos of people and places (Note: a child is identified in one of the photos as Stewart - there are several photos of the same group of children)
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- Convocation Hall, University of Toronto
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- Rome - various photos and negatives
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- Scenic photos of forest and lakeshore [Dummer Township?]
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- England - various photos of people and places (Note: one of the photos may be of Stewart)
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- Monzie Castle
Folder includes the following photographs and negatives
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- George Kirkpatrick
- 630-632. Christopher and Alison Woodbury (#632 includes their parents)
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- [Gihello Zyi]
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- [Stewart]'s maid, [Idelma] with her first baby
- 635."Mrs. Charles Magrath, "Cousin Ann", lived in Peter Sr. & died aged nearly 100"
- 636."P.E. Gun, May 29th 1896"
- 637-638. "Proofs - Rev. & Mrs. R.G. Cox" (2 negatives only)
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- Portrait of an unidentified man 1929 [in oversized box]
Folder includes the following photographs:
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- Young man, presumed to be James Dewar; inscribed on backcard: "John [F.] Dewar from his brother James Dewar" (ambrotype - framed in "ninth plate", gold colored, oval mat, metal frame, glass)
- 544-546. [James Dewar] (Note: #545-546 are ambrotypes in framed leather cases, gold colored fancy edged mats, inner covers faced with red silk, cases close with hook and eye fastening)
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- Young woman (in octagonal frame case, elaborate design on outer faces of the case, inner cover faced with velvet stamped design, "gold" mat has elaborate edge)
- 547a. A photograph of 2 photos: photo #547, and a framed photo of a woman
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- Older woman (tinted ambrotype, case of leather has "G.& D. Hay photo graphists, 68 Princess St., Edinburgh" on back, inner cover faced with velvet, portrait is within gold oval mat)
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- "500 Dufferin Ave, London, Ontario - photo taken by Major Bagnani - his son Gilbert is in the foreground" - C.J.S.B.", 1906
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- "Malcolm Dewar aged six 1921 at Binley, Hampshire"
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- "Gertrude Dewar (Staple Bretherton) 1921 Binley, Hampshire"
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- Gilbert in arms of his mother, his grandmother on the left, Rome
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- Mme. Bagnani & volunteers rolling bandages during World War I
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- Photocopy and negative of Florence Ruby (Dewar) Bagnani (Gilbert's mother), Annie Jane (Hughes) Dewar, Gilbert Forrest Guiseppi Bagnani (Stewart's husband) aged 5 or 6
- 554a-554d. Photos on the face of postcards of people who may either be Bagnani relatives or acquaintances, dated 1910-1912 and references to Gilbert Bagnani and Mrs. Ugo Bagnani
Note: #538-539 are of Gilbert and Stewart at Trent University.