The material includes correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and a deed to Polly Cow's Island. Correspondents include Catharine Parr Traill, Katharine Agnes Strickland Traill, Harriette McKay Traill, Mary Traill, James George Traill, Rev. Walter J.S. Traill, William Edward Traill, Harry Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Samual Strickland, Robert and Caroline Strickland, Jane Strickland, Agnes Catherine Vickers, Catherine Vickers, Mary Agnes FitzGibbon, Agnes Chamberlin, Sir Sandford Fleming, A. Llewelyn Roberts, Sarah Gwillym, Goldwin Smith, Annie Traill Fotheringhame Atwood, Florence Atwood, Kate Atwood, Mary Muchall, Hargrave Henry Muchall, Carrol Muchall, Eva Muchall, William Briggs, E.S. Caswell, James Caswell, John Lowe, Susanna Moodie, John W. Dunbar Moodie, John William Todd, Frances Stewart, Frank Stewart, Ellen Dunlop, Anna Hay, Bessie Brown, Katherine Brown, and others.
File consists of a photograph, possibly of Mary Northway, a field day program for Balhen Chipnor Gang, two typescript and one handwritten copy of paper titled "Peru: A Paradise or a Problem," one blank Rosedale address card, and Peru papers ascribed to Theophilus Prune, P.D.Q., R.S.V.P, T.N.T (this character is likely fictitious?).
File includes the following:
- Sociometric Testing: A Guide for Teachers by Mary. Northway and Lindsay Weld, 1966 (1 volume)
- Mary Northway’s remarks on the Institute made at her retirement party from the Institute for Child Study
- Conversation at Caledon: Some Reminiscences of the Blatz Era, by Dorothy Millichamp with Mary Northway, 1977 (booklet)
- "Faster, Faster," by Mary Northway, in ICS Bulletin, n.d.
- A Bibliography of Sociometric Studies, 1957
- The Sociometry of Society: Some Facts and Fancies, by M. Northway, 1971
File contains 2 copies of a published volume titled "Nominigan: The Early Years." 1 copy is autographed.
File includes published, typescript and handwritten materials, along with three articles published under the title "So Went the Summer." Also includes a paper co-authored by Flora Morrison,1 published and 1 handwritten copy of "Our Train: By One Who Loves It" (1984), a typescript of "Psychology for Camp Counselors" (1937), a published copy of "It’s Fun to Cook Out" by Mary Northway and Flora Morrison, and a typescript of "Camping Was Always An Adventure" by Mary Northway (n.d.).
File consists of various published records and a copy of published volume titled "Echoes and Reflections of Flora M. Morrison 1912-1981" inscribed to Mally Gibson. There are 2 photographs stapled to back cover: one of Flora Morrison and an unidentified person (1972) and one of an Algonquin Park picnic with Mary W., Flora Morrison, Mary Northway, and Betty W. 1930. Also included is a Toronto Star newspaper article regarding the Flora Morrison choral fund, 1983.
File largely consists of material about the dispersal of the Morrison family furniture and other belongings from the family home at Carrying Place, Ontario.
File contains letters, postcards, and typed bulletins from Mary Northway to Mally Gibson, some undated, and a calendar image possibly taken at Camp Glen Bernard.
File consists of two notebooks, one tucked inside the other. The larger notebook contains notes, drawings, and lesson plans relating to [Ella Robson's] teaching career and training. The smaller notebook has the name "A. Homer Robson" written on it and contains notes and drawings.
File contains a blank Canadian passport application form from 1915; a brochure for the 1933 season at Bigwin Inn, Lake of Bays; a brochure for the 1952 season of Curtain at 8:30, a program presented by the International Cinema Guild of Canada at the Century Theatre in Lindsay, ON; a receipt from Walter McWatters, baker and confectioner, Lindsay, ON; an undated photograph of a log cabin; and an undated photograph, photomarked MacDonald, Lindsay, of a group of men inside a decorated room.
File contains three letters from P.M. Arthur Meighen in 1924, when he was leader of the opposition, in addition to other textual records.