BELL, Robert MG 29 B 15 Finding Aid No. 585 TABLE OF CONTENTS Note to the researcher: Spacing of dates in this finding aid, originally created in an early version of WordPerfect, is not always correct. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL AND WRITINGS ................................................ 1 Articles, Lectures and Reports .................................................. 1 FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE ............................................................. 12 Extended Family Correspondence ................................................. Agnes Bell Correspondence ....................................................... Robert Bell's Children's Correspondence ........................................... GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE ............................................................ 22 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA ...................................................... 137 FAMILY & PERSONAL SERIES ............................................................ 145 Family ..................................................................... 147 Financial . ............................................. 149 Receipts .................................................................... 149 SUBJECT FILES .......................................................................... 155 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND CLIPPINGS ................................................. 175 Oversize .................................................................... 176 BELL, Robert MG 29 B 15 BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL AND WRITINGS Vol. File Subject Date 1 1 Ami, H.M. "Memorial of Robert Bell" 1927 2 Campbell, Rev. Dr. "Jubilee of a Canadian n.d. Geologist" 3 Hallock, Charles "One of Canada's Explorers" 1901 4 Royal Society of Canada "Biographical Notice 1918 with Portrait of Dr. Robert Bell" 5 Bell, R. Published Biographies n.d. 6 Bell, R. Miscellaneous n.d. 7 Bell, R. Clippings n.d., 1867-1907 Articles, Lectures and Reports 8 Bell, R. Publications - Lists n.d. 9 Bell, R. Proposed Articles, Papers, etc. n.d. 10 Bell, R. [ed.] Canada Mining Gazette n.d. 11 Bell, R. [?] "To Blanche Lake by Canoe" n.d. 12 Bell, R. "The Geology of Hudson's Bay and n.d. Strait" 13 Bell, R. "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway" n.d. - Le Soleil 14 Bell, R. "Hand-Book of the Great North-West n.d. of Canada" - Drafts 15 Bell, [Ed.] Hutchins' Work on Fossils - Editorial Comments by R. Bell n.d. 16 Bell, R. "Origin of Petroleum" n.d. 17 Bell, R. "Petroleum of the Drimera and Neighborhood" n.d. - 3 - Vol. File Subject Date 18 Bell, R. "Report... North West Territory. Including the Athabasca River" n.d. 19 Bell, R. "Survey of the Abittibi River" n.d. 20 Bell, R. "A Very Mixed Dancing Party". n.d. Young Canadian 21 Bell, R. "Gaspe - Its Physical Characters, 1863 Climate, Agricultural. Value, Timber, Fisheries, etc." Newspaper Article 22 Bell, R. "Introduction Address on University 1864 Education". To Medical Students 23 Bell, R. Queen's College Lectures n.d., 1864-1865, 1867 24 Bell, R. "On Certain Chemical Manufactures 1865 Which May Be Advantageously Established in Canada". Natural History Society, Montreal 25 Bell, R. "... Occurrence of Petroleum on Gaspe" 1865-1866 26 Bell, R. Course of 5 Popular Lectures 1866 27 Bell, R. "The Geological Relations of Gold" 1867 - Philosophical Society, Kingston 28 Bell, R. "Grand Manitoulin Island". Lecture, Kingston 1867 29 Bell, R. "Quackery In Mining" 1867 30 Bell, R. "Gold Mining in Nova Scotia". 1868 Guelph Mercury 31 Bell, R. "Mining in Canada - Annual Review" 1868 for 1867. Engineering and Mining Journal 32 Bell, R. "Canada - Her Resources and People". St. John's Athenaeum 1869 33 Bell, R. "A Visit to Newfoundland". Newspaper Article 1869 34 Bell, R. "Explorations in the Nipigon Country" - National History Society, Montreal 1870 35 Bell, R. "The Intelligence of Animals" - National History Society, Monrteal 1870 36 Bell, R. "The Region North of Lake Superior" 1870 - Mechanics' Institute, Toronto - Incomplete 37 Bell, R. "... Natural History of the Nipigon 1870 - 4 - Vol. File Subject Date Country" - Natural History Society, Montreal 38 Bell, R. "... Various Species of Deer Innabiting the Dominion" - Natural History 1870 Society, Montreal 39 Bell, R. "Sir William Logan and Our Geological Survery" - New Dominion Monthly 1870 40 Bell, R. "Coal". Montreal Workingmen's...Provident Society 1873 41 Bell, R. "Furs and Fur Bearing Animals of 1873 Canada" - Somerville Lecture 2 1 Bell, R. "A Summer on the Plains" - National History Society, Montreal 1874 2 Bell, R. "A Journey from Montreal to the Saskatchewan in 1873" 1874 - St. Gabriel Church, Montreal 3 Bell, R. "The Geology...Lake Superior Region...Mines of Thunder Bay District" 1875 - Herbert Hall - St. John's Church 4 Bell, R. "...Grasshopper Plaque of the North West Territory" - Somerville Lecture 1875 5 Bell, R. "Preliminary Report on Work of 1875" 1875 6 Bell, R. "Mining in Canada in 1875, Annual 1876 Review" - Engineering and Mining Journal 7 Bell, R. "Mining in Canada - Annual Review 1877 for 1876" - Engineering and Mining Journal 8 Bell, R. "Mining in Canada - Annual Review 1878 for 1877" - Engineering and Mining Journal 9 Bell, R. "Our Great North-West as a Home for 1879 the Emigrant" - Somerville Lecture 10 Bell, R. "... Petroleum in the North-West Territories..." 1879-1883 Canadian Institute 11 Bell, R. "Report ... East Coast of Hudson 1879 Bay, 1877" - Geological Survey of Canada Report 12 Bell, R. "A General Account of Hudson's Bay" 1880 13 Bell, R. "The Water Supply of the City of Winnipeg" 1879 Historical and Scientific Society, Montreal, Clipping 14 Bell, R. "The Commercial Importance of 1881 Hudson Bay" - Royal Geographical Society - 5 - Vol. File Subject Date 15 Bell, R. "The Glacial Epoch in Canada" - 1881 Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society 16 Bell, R. "Preliminary Report of the 1882 Exploration of 1882" 17 Bell, R. "Address...Convocation of Queen's 1883 University, Kingston" - On Receiving LLD 18 Bell, R. "The Athabaska-MacKenzie Basin" - 1883 Somerville Lecture 19 Bell, R. "Causes of the Fertility of the 1883 Land in the Canadian North-West" - Royal Society of Canada, Clippings 20 Bell, R. "Geology of Lake of The Woods and 1883 Adjacent Country" - Geological Society of Canada Report 1880-1882 2 21 Bell, R. "...Geology of Moose River... 1883 Adjacent Country" - Geological Society of Canada, Report 1880-1882 22 Bell, R. "Return ...Order of the House of 1883 Commons...Information as to Hudson Bay" - House of Commons Sessional Papers 23 Bell, R. "Mineral Resources of Canada..." - 1884 Prospectus 24 Bell, R. "Canadian Exploration by Forest, 1885 Sea and Plain" - St. Paul's Young Men's Association, Montreal 25 Bell, R. "...Diseases Among the Indians" - 1885 Bathurst and Rideau Medical Association 26 Bell, R. "The Mode of Occurrence of Apatite 1885 in Canada" - Engineering and Mining Journal 27 Bell, R. "Observations...Geology, 1885 Mineralogy, Zoology, and Botany...Labrador Coast, Hudson Strait and Bay" - Geological Society of Canada, Report 1882-1884 28 Bell, R. "Personal Reminiscences of Sir 1885 William Logan" - Somerville Lecture - 6 - Vol. File Subject Date 29 Bell, R. "Report on Part of the Basin of the 1885 Athabasca River, North West Territory" - Geography Society of Canada, Report 30 Bell, R. "Hudson's Bay" - Ottawa YMCA ca. 1886 Incomplete 31 Bell, R. "Hudson's Bay and the Hudson's Bay 1886 Route" - Queen's University, Lecture 32 Bell, R. "The Hudson's Bay Territories and 1886 Their Inhabitants" - Literary and Scientific Society, Ottawa 33 Bell, R. "The Mineraaal Resources of the 1886 Hudson Bay Territories" - American Institute of Mining Engineers, Fragment 34 Bell, R. "On Some Points in Reference to Ice 1886 Phenomena" - Royal Society of Canada 2 35 Bell, R. "Canada as a Producer of Precious 1887 Metals" - Royal Society of Canada, Abstract, Incomplete 36 Bell, R. "Marble Island...Hudson Bay" - 1887 Canadian Institute, Incomplete 37 Bell, R. "Petroleum Field of Ontario" - 1887 Royal Society of Canada, Abstract 38 Bell, R. "Geological Relations of Petroleum 1888 and Natural Gas" - Logan Club 39 Bell, R. "Illustrations of Our Northern 1888 Wilderness" - St. George's Church, Ottawa 40 Bell, R. "Canadian Furs" - St. Bartholomew's Hall 1889 41 Bell, R. "Copper and Nickel Deposits of the 1889 Sudbury District" - Royal Society, Ottawa 42 Bell, R. "The Origin of Gneiss and Some 1889 Other Primative Rocks" - American Association for the Advancement of Science 3 1 Bell, R. "...Glacial Phenomena in Canada" - ....... 1889, 1890 American Geological Society, Logan Club - 7 - Vol. File Subject Date 2 Bell, R. "Report on the District Around 1890 Sudbury 1888-1890" - Drafts 3 Bell, R. In Part "Report of the Royal 1890 Commission on the Mineral Resoruces of Ontario, 1890" - Drafts 4 Bell, R. "A Summer on the Plains" - St. 1890 Andrew's Church Institute 5 Bell, R. "Alexander Murray, FGS, FRSC, CMG" 1892 - Canadian Record of Science 6 Bell, R. "...Succession of the Glacial and 1893 Post Glacial Deposits of Canada" - Chicago 7 Bell, R. "...Forests of Canada" - Rideau 1894 Hall Club 8 Bell, R. "Geology of the Region on the West 1894 Side of Hudson Bay" 9 Bell, R. "Glacial Kettle-Holes in Canada" - 1894 Royal Society of Canada 10 Bell, R. "Honeycombed Limestones in Lake 1895 Huron" - Bulletin of Geological Society of America 11 Bell, R. "The Labrador Pennsula" - 1895 Scottish Geological Magazine. Title Page 12 Bell, R. "...Occurrence of Lignite and 1895 Anthracite Around Hudson Bay" - Geological Mining Associaton, P.Q. 13 Bell, R. "Our Native Mammals of Economic 1895 Value" - Somerville Lecture 14