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Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Family Fonds In order to improve access to more of the existing holdings of Western Archives copies of a number of preliminary finding aids are being made available. These preliminary finding aids, some of which were prepared many years ago, vary in degrees of completeness, detail and accuracy. Some provide only basic box listings of the contents of a fonds or a collection, while others provide additional background material. All are intended to be the starting point for access to the records and they should not be considered a definitive source of information on the full nature and contents of the fonds or collection. Questions about the information provided in the preliminary finding aids should be directed to [email protected] Note: In addition to the Saunders Family records listed below, Western Archives also holds: B4302 Papers of Sir Charles Edward Saunders, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa, 1891-1935. B4303, X1496-98 Papers of William Saunders, Pharmacist And Director Of Canadian Experimental Farms, London And Ottawa, 1886-1914 B4303 includes two folders of experimental farm bulletins, handwritten volumes Large Fruits, Small Fruits, Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Plants and 4 volumes titled Insects Injurious to Plants. X1496 - 1 scrapbook X1497 - photographs, 2 scrapbooks X1498 - 1 scrapbook B4415 Photographs, Books, Papers of Henry Scholey Saunders, Pharmacist, Musician, Bibliographer of Walt Whitman, Toronto, 1910 - 1947. (small quantity of material) 1 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 Biographical 1. Announcement of Henry S. Saunders book The Higher Consciousness 2. Two book plates – photo of Dr. William Saunders, C.M.G. 3. Letter from University of Western Ontario notifying W.E. Saunders of his honorary LLD, October 23 1936 4. Card, dated January 1939 with inscription: “W.E. Saunders was presented the first Horticultural Service Diploma for the great service that he had rendered to The Science of Horticulture.” 5. Article from The Auk, vo. 61 July 1944 “Memories of William Edwin Saunders by P.A. Taverner – 2 copies 6. Booklet – Biography of Charles Edward Saunders, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, 1938 – 3 copies 7. London Transit Commission Rider – January 1970, vol. 18, no.1 – contains article on Saunders Secondary School – 2 copies 8. Book Plate – Photo of William E. Saunders 9. Article from The Canadian Entomologist, vol. XXXV on William Saunders Blotters 1. Advertising appearance of Arthur C. Kennedy, evangelist, at Women’s Christian Temperance Union, London 2. Bell Telephone blotter, advertising Long Distance 3. Election – Dr. L. Seale Homes for Alderman Ward 2 4. Wendell Holmes Limited – “To Our Library Patrons” 2 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. Brochures and Menus 1. Brochure – Grand Hotel Tivoli, Lucerne – 3 copies 2. Brochure – Grand Hotel Tivoli, Lucerne – 2 copies 3. Menu – Grand Hotel Tivoli, Lucerne, June 20 1910 4. Pacific Practical Food Dictionary 5. Brochure – Park House, England 6. Brochure – Channel View Private Hotel – 2 copies 7. Menu – Grand Buffet de la Gare, Brunig 8. Menu – Restaurant van Amsterdam 9. Menu – in French; June 11; with a colour picture of a thistle Calendars 1. Heart’s Delight Farm Calendar for 1913 2. Silverwoods, Limited Calendar for August, 1913 3. Calendar for 1907 Calling Cards 1. Lady Laurier 2. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 3. Mrs. Frederick Howard Fetherston 3 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. Catalogues and Price Lists 1. J.A. Ross and Co. – Gun Price List 2. J.S. Steven and Co. – Gun Price List 3. Busch Prism Binoculars Catalogue 4. Buxherer Co. Ltd., Lucerne Switzerland – catalogue of watches etc. 5. Laxton Brothers Nursery, Bedford England – strawberry catalogue for 1910-1911 6. Robert Marshall Games Depot, Toronto Tent Price List 7. Marshall’s Games Depot, Toronto – Sporting Goods Price List 8. Erfrisdung fer die Reise – booklet advertising perfume 9. Sturmey-Archer 3 Speed Gear and Tricoaster Catalogue 10. Zacharias and Smith, New Jersey – Bicycle Catalogue and price list 11. Lamsen Cyclometer Price List 12. Zacharias and Smith, New Jersey – Bicycle accessories catalogue 13. Harding Hall Girls’ School London – prospectus Certificates 1. Hellmuth College London – Certificate of Merit presented to William E. Saunders, Midsummer Examination in Classics 2. Hellmuth College London - Certificate of Merit presented to William E. Saunders, Midsummer Examination in Arithmetic 3. Hellmuth College London - Certificate of Merit presented to William E. Saunders, Midsummer Examination in German 4. Pharmaceutical Examining Board of the City of Philadelphia, certificate William E. Saunders as a qualified assistant, April 4 1881 4 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. 5. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Proctor Prize awarded to William E. Saunders, March 1883 6. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alumni Association presented to William E. Saunders Graduate in Pharmacy, March 1882 7. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alumni Association presented to William E. Saunders, member of Alumni Association, June 13, 1883 8. Ontario College of pharmacy presented to William E. Saunders August 2, 1883 9. Republique Francais – Ministre de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts – presented to Charles Edward Saunders April 1 1938 10. Loyal Knights of ye Round Table, International making Dr. Charles E. Saunders a member of the organization June 1 1932 11. State of Florida, Commissioner of Agriculture, presented to W.E. Saunders, permitting him to conduct ornithological studies in Florida 12. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, enrolling Miss Emma Lee as a member of “The Hall in the Grove”, August 19 1850 13. Normal School for Upper Canada, certifying Sarah Agnes Robinson as a common school Teacher, Oct. 3 1850 – 2 photocopies 14. Registration Card, Western University, London Ontario – F. Howard Fetherston, 1906-07 session – 1 original, 2 photocopies 15. Medical Dept. of Western University, certifying F.H. Fetherston as capable of mounting specimens on slides, April 30 1908 – 2 photocopies 16. Medical Dept. of Western University, certifying F.H. Fetherston as having passed 1st year, May 1907 Children 1. Variety of handmade cards and pictures 5 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. Christmas Cards etc. 1. Card – sent by Dr. and Mrs. William Saunders “With Best Wishes for the New Year”, undated 2. Card – Showing National Gallery and St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London England 3. Card – Yuletide Greetings from Heart’s Delight Farms – includes a prayer by James Whitcomb Riley 4. Packet of Gummed Stars 5. Gummed Address Label 6. Thanksgiving Greetings from Heart’s Delight Farms 7. Christmas Greeting from Heart’s Delight Farms 8. Cordial Greetings from Sir Charles and Lady Saunders, December 1934 – photocopy 9. Valentine Card 10. Gift Card, with signature 11. Christmas Gift Tag – “To Muriel with love from Edith and Fred” Diaries 1. Biographical diary of William Duncan Saunders 1906-1922, son of Arthur Percy Saunders – photocopy 2. Journal of Rev. J.H. Robinson – 2 photocopies 3. Diary of Rev. J.H. Robinson – Sea Diary, June 18 1851 to Sept. 2 1851 – 1 typed original – 2 photocopies 4. European Diary – (in envelope) includes journal, newspaper clippings, letters, travel brochure 5. W.E. Saunders Diary, 1897-98, trip to East Coast of Canada 6 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. Envelopes 1. From – War Memorial Children’s Hospital, London 2. From – Gairdner and company Ltd. 3. From – Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology 4. From – Bell Telephone 5. From – International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd. 6. From – Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. 7. From – Scotia Bank 8. From – Arnoldia, Arnold Arboretum 9. From – Illustrated Canadian Forest and Outdoors 10. From – The Canadian Entomologist 11. From – Prudential Trust Company 12. From – Canada Department of Agriculture 13. From – The Brown Brothers Stationery 14. To – Devore Detroit Management 15. To – William S. Walton, Secretary, Sylvanite Gold Mines, Limited 16. From – Civil Service Commission of Canada 17. 2 miscellaneous envelopes 7 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. Examinations 1. History 340 examination, January 1938, University of Western Ontario 2. Examination Report of Nora Fetherston, 1937-1938 3. Examination Report of Nora Fetherston, 1936-1937 Experimental Farms, Ottawa 1. Notes, handwritten, 2 pages 2. Articles – from Greenhouse-Garden-Grass, vol. 7, no. 4, winter 1968 “The Director’s Wife Describes ‘The Farm’ 73 Years Ago” by W.G. Dore Invitations 1. Extended to Mrs. W.E. Saunders and Miss Muriel Saunders from Her Excellency the Countess of Minto, for Skating and Tobogganing – with envelope – 1903 2. Extended to Dr. and Mrs. Saunders and Miss M. Saunders from Her Excellency the Countess of Minto, for the Competition for their Excellencies Skating Prizes – undated 3. Extended to Mrs. W.E. Saunders and Miss M. Saunders from Her Excellency the Countess Grey, for Skating and Tobogganing – undated 4. Extended to Monsieur W. Saunders by Le Prince Roland Bonaparte of Belgium – Saturday August 11 1900 – en francais 5. Extended by the London Public Library Board for the public opening of the Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Public Library and Art Museum, London Ontario, 1940 6. Extended by the London Public Library Board for the opening of the Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Public Library and Art Museum, 1940 7. Extended to W.E. Saunders for Opening of the Colonial Conference, Ottawa – undated 8. Extended by the Lord Chamberlain on Her Majesty’s Command to Mrs. F.H. Fetherston for an Afternoon Party at Buckingham Palace, 1956 – includes appended note and envelope 9. Extended to Mrs. H. Lee by His Excellency the Governor-General to a garden party - undated 8 Saunders Family Fonds Saunders Papers and Letters Series B5428 cont. 10. Extended to Mrs. W.E. Saunders and Miss Muriel Saunders by His Excellency the Governor- General to a Garden Party – includes envelope – 1906 11. From Dr.