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This fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, etc. of Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani and their families. Important historical materials relating to the John Beverley Robinson family are included. The fonds also consists of Gilbert's research material as an archaeologist, Stewart's research material relating to her work as an art lecturer, photographs and materials relating to the Bagnani estate, "Vogrie", located in Port Hope, Ontario, and materials concerning Gilbert and Stewart's association with Trent University.

Folder includes the following letters:

• September 10 1832, Niagara - Judge Hagerman to his daughter, Mary Jane (Note: Mary Jane later married Hon. John Beverley Robinson)
• June 5 1847, Cobourg - John Beverley Robinson to his wife (re their 30th wedding anniversary, their children, etc.)
• Note: Two letters were attached to a letter dated June 7 1927 (enclosed in this folder with the two letters) from Henrietta Tupper to Augusta Houston - Tupper refers to the two letters dated Sept. 25 1854 and Dec. 21 1857, and says "...thinking of your grandfather Sir John Beverley Robinson, and of my dear father's correspondence with him. I remembered that a Miss Robinson, his daughter, had come over to Guernsey... resulted in my finding the two letters which I now enclose for your perusal..."). Links to transcriptions of the two letters follow:
• Sept. 25 1854, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to "My Dear Sir" (political matters "My Dear Sir" may be Henrietta Tupper's father see June 7 1927 letter (Transcript)
• Dec. 21 1857, Toronto - John Beverly Robinson to "My Dear Sir" (re the delicate state of health of his young daughter and his wish to send her to Guernsey; also the upcoming general election - "My Dear Sir" may be Henrietta Tupper's father - see June 7 1927 letter) (Transcript)

Folder includes the following:

• "Character & fortune, [Mrs.] Robinson, 1894" - fortune teller's account
• Pedigree chart of [cat] named "Sledwich", born Aug. 1918, owner Miss Stewart Houston
• Order of proceedings for the installation of Christopher Robinson as chancellor of Trinity University, January 15 1902 (Note: Mrs. Stewart Houston sang at the installation ceremony); invitation to the installation to Mr. and Mrs. Houston attached (Christopher is Stewart Bagnani's uncle)
• Statement of assets relating to the estate of Stewart Field Houston, undated
• Two Ontario Blank Writing Books - inside each book is a listing of items for sale and who bought them [sale took place at the home of Augusta Houston on Augusta 15 1934]
• Eulogy for Stewart Houston (Stewart Bagnani's father) by "CTR" [Christopher Robinson]
• "In Commemoration of Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart". Pamphlet of the plaque unveiling ceremony, Toronto, October 6, 1988, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
• "Letters from Thomas Talbot to John Beverley Robinson"/ edited by J.M.S. Careless. Reprint from Ontario History, Vol. xlix 1957, No.1 (note on front says "Sir JBR's letters donated by Stewart Bagnani to Ontario Archives)
• "Sir Isaac Brock. The hero of Upper Canada"/ by Major-General C.W. Robinson, C.B. Reprint [source]: Royal United Service Institution, J.J. Keliher & Co., Ltd. Marshalsea Road, London, S.E. (note on front says "With love from C.W.R.")
• Photo of mother cat with 5 kittens attached
• Character sketch of "Miss Beverley Robinson"
• Tiny silver presentation plate inscribed as follows: "Presented to Mrs. John Beverley Robinson by the Rector and Congregation of St. Johns Church, Darlington as a token of their respect and regards - 15th January 1857"

Folder consists of two diaries:

1. Minnie Robinson, Sleepy Hollow, October /74: covering October 3, 1874 - January 3, 1876
2. Minnie Robinson, February 8 /76: covering February 1976 - January 1880

Folder has the following letters:

• Invitations, etc. to Captain and Mrs. Forsyth-Grant from Hawaiian Royalty: invitations [to Captain and Mrs. Forsyth-Grant] from Princess Ruth [Keelikolani], Honolulu 1882 (2 invitations); invitations to Captain and Mrs. Forsyth-Grant from The King and Queen of Iolani Palace, plus dance programme card 1883 (2 invitations); invitation to Captain and Mrs. Forsyth-Grant from Iolani Palace [1883]; blank envelopes & place cards for Mrs. Grant and Capt. Grant [from Iolani Palace], Royal monogram of the Queen of Hawaii
• Jan. 7 1883, Toronto - Napier Robinson to his sister, Minnie
• March 18 [1883], Government House, Toronto - Augusta Robinson to her sister, Minnie Forsyth-Grant
• April 23 1883, New York - Gustavus Robinson (Augusta Robinson's son) to Minnie Forsyth-Grant
• August 7 1883, Government House, Toronto - Augusta Robinson to her sister, Minnie Forsyth-Grant in Hawaii
• July 4 1984, Toronto - Napier Robinson to his sister, Minnie
• February 18 1888, The Aurania, Cunard Line - covering letter plus diary of events, from Mary Jane Robinson to "My dear boys & girls - for this note is to do duty for all" (describes her trip from Toronto to Liverpool, February 12-21 1888, aboard the Aurania, Cunard Line)
• October 25 (2 letters), and October 26 [1888 or 1889] - Mary Jane (Hagerman) Robinson to 3 acquaintances in London (3 letters to introduce Augusta to acquaintances in London)
• April 20 [1888 or 1889], Leamington - [Augusta Robinson] to her mother, [Mary Jane Robinson]
• 1888, The Queens, Toronto - Agnes Macdonald to Mrs. Robinson (re invitation to tea at Government House; references to her brother "Sir John")

Note: #664 is of a woman, dated Dec. 1880, Government House, Toronto; #716 is of a man and is framed - the inscription is indecipherable, dated 1929.

Loosely inserted in the journal are the following

• ink drawing of the camp with title "Governor's Island, Muskoka"
• pencil room plan of a building
• ink drawing of a building
• pencil drawing and 2 water colours of buildings with titles "Napiers idea," "Captain Wise's idea", and "Katie Merritts idea"
• ink sketch of an artist
• also silhouettes glued into the inside of the front and back covers (the silhouettes indicate that the journal was compiled by a member or acquaintance of the Robinson family - to name a few, the silhouettes are labeled "Augusta Robinson", "Napier Robinson"
• loosely inserted page dated 1891 and written by M. Forsyth Grant (Minnie Robinson, Stewart Bagnani's aunt)

Folder includes opera programmes, listing "Miss Beverley Robinson" as one of the performers. A press notice in this folder indicates that "Miss Beverley Robinson" is "Miss Augusta Beverley Robinson", [Stewart Bagnani's mother], daughter of the Hon. John Beverley Robinson, and granddaughter of Sir John Beverley Robinson). Enclosed with one of the programmes is an unidentified photo of a woman [possibly Augusta Robinson]

Folder includes the following letters:

• October 26 [189_], Sleepy Hollow - Mary Jane Robinson to her daughter, Augusta Robinson (attached is an envelope with title "JBR: Names of songs - sung in bye gone days - by [Mrs.] Beverley Robinson - a copy made by her husband", plus a list of songs)
• [189_] - Mary Jane Robinson to her daughter, Augusta Robinson (6 letters (Jan. 17, Sunday, Oct. 27, March 4, October 19, and undated), all of which are addressed to "Gussie" except for one which is to "My sweet little pet")
• May 17 [189_], Worcestershire - Augusta Robinson to her mother
• February 1 1890 - Mary Jane Robinson to her daughter, Augusta Robinson
• August 16 1890, Highlands, Reading [Lady Emma's home - Highlands, Berks, England] - Augusta Robinson to her sister, Minnie Forsyth-Grant
• December 13 1890, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• February 5 1891, Paris - Augusta Robinson to her mother
• April 13 1891, Waterloo, P.Q. - incomplete letter to Hon. John Beverley Robinson (re ancestral research and the "Robinson book")
• January 18 [1892], Arlington Hotel - letter from [Minnie (Robinson) Forsyth-Grant] to her sister, Augusta Robinson (re the death of their mother)
• January 18 1892 - "Bev" [John Beverley Robinson] to his sister, Augusta Robinson (re the death of their mother)
• January 19 1892, The Arlington, Toronto - Minnie (Robinson) Forsyth-Grant to her sister, Augusta Robinson (re the death of their mother)
• February 11 1892, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson (re death of his wife)
• 1892, etc. - letters, notes, autographs, etc. relating to Miss Robinson's [Augusta Robinso\n] association with music celebrities (2 letters are dated 1892; another is addressed to Mrs. Stewart Houston)
• March 11 1893, Hamilton, Ontario - copy of letter to Sir John [Thompson] from ? (re reasons to consider the "conferring of the honor of knighthood on our former Lieutenant Governor, The Honourable John Beverley Robinson"; also note written at end of page 3 to "Dear Captain Grant" from [S]. [T]. Bastedo)
• March 16 1893 - unknown to Augusta Robinson (incomplete penciled copy of letter re dispersal of family belongings)
• March 29 1893 - Hamilton, Bermuda - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• August 15 1893, Chicago Beach Hotel - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• September 18 1893, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• August 14 1894, Bank of Commerce Building - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• Nov. 10 1894, Bank of Commerce Building - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• March 9 1895, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• March 25 1895, Toronto - John Beverley Robinson to his daughter, Augusta Robinson
• May 5 1898, The Elms, Rollingdean, Brighton - Rudyard Kipling to Stewart Houston (re lecturing in Canada in the fall)
• October 6 1898, London, Ontario - Stewart Houston to his cousin, Herbert Houston (re his upcoming marriage); Herbert is the son of Rev. Houston who performed the marriage ceremony of Stewart Houston and Augusta Robinson - Stewart Houston is the father of Stewart Bagnani

Folder includes the following letters:

• June 9 1903, Government House, Ottawa - Mary [ ] to Mrs. [Stewart] Houston (re request to be a godmother)
• May 9 1909, May 26 1909 - 2 letters from Stewart Houston to his daughter, Stewart (note: Stewart Houston often addresses his daughter, Stewart, as Baby, Babe, Babs, Babbikins)
• May 31 1909, Massey Music Hall, Toronto - Stewart Houston to his wife, Augusta (Robinson)
• June 8 1909 - Stewart Houston to his wife, Augusta (in this letter, there is a reference to A. Kelly Evans; attached are related newspaper clippings, chairman's notes, a program/menu, a ticket response, and two speeches)

Folder includes the following letters:

• One undated tiny note from Florence (as a child) to her mother, attached is a "little needlebook"
• several letters, most of which are written in Italian (many are addressed to Gilbert Bagnani, to Ugo Bagnani, Gilbert's father, and to his mother, Florence (Dewar) Bagnani
• also a copy in English of a letter dated 1917 and addressed to Heart from Charles in which there is reference to General Bagnani's death - refers also to General Bagnani's wife who is "from Port Hope! ...a Dewar...")
• unidentified letter to Signora Bagnani
• one letter has attached two photos, one dated 1915 of two young men and a woman, and the other of two young men
• also a copy in English of a letter dated 1917 and addressed to Heart from Charles in which there is reference to General Bagnani's death - refers also to General Bagnani's wife who is "from Port Hope! ...a Dewar..."); unidentified letter to Signora Bagnani

Folder includes the following photographs:

• 543. 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)
• 547. 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
• 548. 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)
• 549. "500 Dufferin Ave, London, Ontario - photo taken by Major Bagnani - his son Gilbert is in the foreground" - C.J.S.B.", 1906
• 550. "Malcolm Dewar aged six 1921 at Binley, Hampshire"
• 551. "Gertrude Dewar (Staple Bretherton) 1921 Binley, Hampshire"
• 552. Gilbert in arms of his mother, his grandmother on the left, Rome
• 553. Mme. Bagnani & volunteers rolling bandages during World War I
• 554. 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

File includes the following photographs:

• 180-184. Stewart & others at a school (Note: Stewart appears to be giving a lecture; #184 has a list of names on the back identifying the students in the photo)
• 185-186. Stewart and "Master Ames", who won the silver Cup for "the best pony outfit driven by a small owner"; the Cup was a "memorial to the late Mr. Stewart Houston" and was presented by Stewart, 1910 (newspaper clipping attached)
• 187-190. Stewart and others on sleighs in the snow
• Stewart presenting Glen Park School with a reproduction of Dutch art
• Stewart at Shanty Bay (enclosed in a Christmas card [1972]
• 193-194. S. [Stewart] Houston and M. McLaren, Bridesmaids, wedding of [G.] Houston to [G.] Nordheimer, 1909
• 194a-194e. Stewart Bagnani passport-size photos
• 194f. Stewart Bagnani with an iguana

File includes photographs 201-267. Stewart and Gilbert with their Suluki dogs (Note: #266-267 are of Stewart and Gilbert dressed in what may be Arabic dress, with their dogs, possibly in [Egypt]; also, several negatives).

File consists of photographs of Strathallan, Stewart's family home before she married. One the photos is on the front of a postcard which was sent by Augusta, Stewart's mother, to Mrs. (Minnie) Forsyth-Grant, Augusta's sister.