saunders family fonds - western university

Saunders Family Fonds

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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)

mailto:[email protected]


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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”


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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. and Mrs. L.P. Babb for attendance at the wedding reception of their daughter, April 29

1885

12. From Margaret Hunter, a party on May 5 (no year given)

13. From Order of Cincinnatus to Miss Emma Lee for the Second Annual Celebration, Sept, 18 1884

Legal Documents

1. Conveyance – Woodland Cemetery, Mr. Hiram Lee – Nov. 28 1884

2. Conveyance – City of London, William E. Saunders – Dec. 11 1885

3. Probate of Will of William Saunders – 1914

4. Indenture – between George Summers and Paul Philips – January 16 1855

5. Requisition for Title – Saunders and Connor – May 5 1880

6. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to Huron and Erie Savings Company – May 31, 1892

7. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to the Huron and Erie Loan and Savings Company – Dec. 4 1894

8. Assignment of Mortgage – Isabella Logie to William E. Saunders – Nov. 25 1911

9. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to the Huron and Erie Loan and Savings Company - Sept 15 1891

10. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to J.W. Wrighton – Jan. 24 1912

11. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to Elizabeth Kennedy – January 10 1908

12. Mortgage – W.E. Saunders to E. Kennedy – June 1902

13. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to London Life Insurance Company – June 1 1899

14. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to Huron and Erie Loan and Savings Company – Sept. 7 1886

15. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to City of London Trust – Dec. 11 1885


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16. List of Mortgages

17. Mortgage – W.E. Saunders to the London Life Insurance Company – May 28 1897

18. Mortgage – William E. Saunders to John S. Gill – Jan. 7 1914

19. Mortgage – William Thomas Ernest Wrighton to Edith Adelaide Wrighton – April 21 1913

20. Deed of bargain and Sale – Hon, G.J. Goodhue and Michael Grace – Nov. 20 1856

21. Mortgage – W.E. Saunders to Thos. W. Wrighton – Nov. 26 1908

22. Mortgage – W.T.W. Wrighton to Edith Adelaide Wrighton – April 21 1913

23. Agreement for Sale of Land – W.E. Saunders and G.R. McLean – Apr. 6 1915

24. Conveyance – Mount Pleasant Cemetery Co., London Ontario to William Saunders – Jan. 29

1876

25. Conveyance – Estate of William Saunders to William Saunders – May 26 1916

26. Land Title – Government of Province of Saskatchewan, Dr. E Smith – Dec. 21 1918

27. By-Law – W.E. Saunders Co., Limited - Harris and Harris, Barristers, Port Perry, Ontario

Maps and Blueprints

1. Map – “The Travels of Vilhjalmur Stefansson in North America 1907-1918”

2. Map – The Channel Islands and France in Connection with the South Western Railway

3. Map and Railway Timetable – showing Southern England and London and environs

4. Railway Timetable Maps – showing Northern England, Manchester, Birmingham, Scotland, all

England

5. Standard Topographical Map of Essex, Lambton, and portions of Elgin, Huron and Middlesex

Counties


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6. Blueprints, showing proposed alterations to Saunders home, Watt and Blackwell Architects,

London and Toronto, April 1920 – 18 pages See CX8

- includes specifications for Proposed Alterations See VF 14

Miscellaneous

1. Various papers

Mourning Cards

1. Death of William Saunders, C.M.G., L.L.D., Sept. 13 1914

2. Death of Jane Scholey, May 25 1890

3. Death of Rev. Joseph Hiram Robinson, April 13 1896

4. Death of Hiram Lee, Dec. 10 1888

5. Death of John Scholey Robins, May 4 1916

6. Book of Remembrance – deceased unknown


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Music

1. Sheet Music – “He that Dwelleth”

- sacred aria by T.C. Jeffers, Toronto: Whaley, Royce and Co., 1897

- autographed

2. Sheet Music – “Ever with Thee”

- words by Barry Cornwall, music by T.C. Jeffers, Toronto: I. Suckling and Sons,

1884

- autographed

3. Sheet Music – “For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee”

- sacred aria by T.C. Jeffers, Toronto: Whaley, Royce and Co., 1897

- autographed

4. Sheet Music – “Under the Trees by the River”

- words by John Reade, music by F.J. Hatton, New York: Wm. A. Pond and

Company, 1885

- autographed

5. Sheet Music – “Lost Love”

- words by Mary Ainge De Vere, music by F.J. Hatton, Cincinnati: John Church and

Company, 1898

- autographed

6. Sheet Music – “Forest Voices”

- by T.C. Jeffers, Toronto: Whaley, Royce and Co., 1908

- autographed

7. Sheet Music – “The Angel of Song”

- by T.C. Jeffers, Toronto: Whaley, Royce and Co., 1905

8. Article from The Ladies Home Journal, April 5, 1905: “How Schumann Should Be Played”, by

Mark Hambourg.

9. Article from The Ladies Home Journal, February 1905: How to Play Chopin and Beethoven” by

Mark Hambourg.

10. Article from The Ladies Home Journal, March 8, 1905: “Playing the Piano Successfully”, by Josef

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11. Promotional Notice

- Henry S. Saunders, Violoncello soloist and Teacher, circa 1900.

12. Article from Scientific American, November 1962: “The Physics of Violins” by Carleen Maley

Hutchins – photocopy

13. Article in Sound, July-August 1962: “Violins Old and New – an experimental study”, by F.A.

Saunders – 3 photocopies

14. Hymn – “Victoria Memorial Hymn” by Mrs. Charles G. Moore, London Ontario: London Free

Press

Musician’s Pamphlets

1. Henry S. Saunders – violoncellist

2. Madame Melba and her Concert Company

3. Paderewski

Newspaper Clippings

1. Biographical Sketches

2. World War I

3. Nature Week by Week by W.E. Saunders

4. Obituaries

5. Miscellaneous

6. Royalty

Order of St. Michael and St. George

1. Letter – dated Nov. 9, 1905 from Government House, Ottawa

- signed by Grey

- includes envelope with seal of Government House


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2. Letter – dated Nov. 8, 1905 from Chancery of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, signed by

the Chancellor

3. Letter – Dated Dec. 26, 1905 from Governor General’s secretary – includes envelope

4. Letter – Dec. 16, 1905 from the Secretary of the Chancery of the Order of St. Michael and St.

George

5. Warrant – proclaiming William Edwin Saunders a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of

St. Michael and St. George

6. Pamphlet, containing Statures of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1902

7. Letter – Nov. 9, 1905, from Colonial Office

Pharmaceutical Series

1. Examination

- Ontario College of Pharmacy

- possibly Dec. 1883

2. Examination


- June 17, 1884

3. Examination


- Dec. 8, 1885

4. Examination


- June 16, 1885

5. Pharmaceutical Record vol. v no. 13 July 1, 1885

6. Article by Charles E. Saunders “Notes on Deazobenzene Perbromide”

Poetry

1. Typed Manuscript – circa 1893 “Hail thou youth of the eye-glass” (first line) untitled

2. Handwritten Manuscript – “Hail thou youth of the eye-glass”

- dedicated to A.P.S.


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3. Typed Manuscript – “Hail thou youth of the eye-glass”

- includes glossary

4. Typed Manuscript – lines written by Charles E. Saunders, Christmas 1895

5. Typed Manuscript – first line “Happy Travelers by the Water”

- Undated

- author unknown

6. Typed Manuscript – first line “Sitting lonely by Mendota”

- undated, no author given (Possibly Percy Saunders)

7. Handwritten Manuscript – written by Charles E. Saunders, Christmas 1895

- first line: “We of the hollow Hall of busy name”

8. Printed Card – in French “L’Automne”, Charles E. Saunders, Nov. 1923.

Naturalist Papers

1. Bibliography Cards – Typed, organized alphabetically by subject: antelope, beavers, cabins and

camps, conservation, ducks, ducks and eider, fish/whitefish, foxes/silver and black, fur

conservation, goose/blue, gulls, lynx, muskrats, pigeon/wood, sanctuaries

2. Hand Drawings of Flowers – given as gifts to various people from Henry Saunders

- 15 drawings

3. Drawing – of a bird egg

4. Note card – with some of dried plant on the cover

5. Booklet of stereoscopic scenes: Birds and Their Nests, photographs by Riley Fortune

6. Picture of Lady’s Slipper Orchids, from Supplement to Amateur Gardening, May 21, 1910

- in colour

7. Endangered Species Stamps, distributed by Canadian Wildlife Federation

8. Checking List of Nomenclature of North American Birds, by South wick and Jencks, Providence

Rhode Island, 1883

- 3 copies


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9. Three fragments of Bird Lists, undated, untitled

10. Poem – typed manuscript, concerning the McIlwraith Ornithological Club and its members

11. Prayer – Blessings on the Woods, from the Dept. of Lands and Forests, Nova Scotia

- undated

12. Pamphlet – The Audubon Society, circa 1886

13. Bulletin – School Nature League Bulletin, series 14, no. 7, March 1944

- published by the National Audubon Society

14. Article – “Seton’s Northern Animals” from Forest and Stream, Feb. 12, 1910

15. Article – “’Wonderberry and Wizard Burbank’ Do We Earn that $10,000?”

- from The Rural New Yorker, vol. 68, no. 4002, New York: July 10, 1909

16. Article – “Exploiting the Forest Preserve” from Game, Bag and Gun, March 26, 1910

17. Page from Farm Journal, April 1910, showing advertisements for incubators

18. Article – “A Canoe Trip Down the Thames River from London to Wardsville by W.E. Saunders in

1885” by W.W. Judd in The Cardinal Flight no. 76, February 1973

19. Seven pages, probably from some naturalist newsletter.

20. Notice – regarding subscriptions to The Auk, July 1, 1886

21. List of contributors (?) to October 1943 issue of Wildlife Review, no. 38

22. Typed reply to an article by C.W. Nash in The Naturalist

- Undated, author not given

23. List of Reference on the “Control of Algae”

24. Excerpt from letter, regarding Algae

- Unsigned, undated

25. Article – from July 10, 1908 issue of Science, Special articles


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26. Photocopied article – handwritten entitled “Occurrence in Ontario”

27. Bound (binder) volume of W.E. Saunders letters, 1940-43, to Keith Reynolds and Bill Girling

28. Two pages (blank) entitled “Investigations in Economic Ornithology”

- the U.S. Department of Agriculture

29. Cardboard with 2 names on it re. 1929 Banquet by McIlwraith Ornithological Club honouring

W.E. Saunders

30. Letter to W.E. Saunders 1899 receipt re. bird eggs

Prints and Pictures

1. “Battlefield of the Marne” by Huard, 1916

2. Series of Prints

- “The Silver Fox” – W.B. Hubert

- “Spring Ploughing” – J.E. Collier

- “Tourist Camp” – Fred Finley, O.S.A.

- “Canada Geese” – T.M. Shortt

- “The Speckled Trout” – by Shelley Legier

Programmes

1. Parlour Concert at the home of William Saunders, Jan. 8, 1886

- lists musicians and their selections

- 2 copies

2. Parlour Concert at the residence of William Saunders, April 16, 1884

- lists musicians and their selections

3. Programme – Official Opening of William Saunders Building, Central Experimental Farm Ottawa

- Sat. June 6, 1936

4. Toronto Symphony Orchestra – Second Concert, Nov. 9, 1910

5. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir – Tuesday February 5, 1907

6. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir – Feb. 4, 1907


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9. Massey Music Hall – Gound’s “Redemption” Oct. 25, 1899

10. Massey Music Hall – Madame Melba and Her Concert Company

11. Pittsburgh Orchestra and London Combined Chorus at Grand Opera House London Ontario –

Feb. 16, 1904

12. London Chamber Music Society Recital – Feb. 15, 1941

13. The London Arion Club London – Programme, 1917-1918

14. The London Arion Club London – Victoria Hall, May 22, 1885

15. Women’s Music Club, London – Programme, 1917-1918

16. Women’s Music Club, London – March 8, 1905

- photocopy

17. A Recital – given in St. George’s Hall, Toronto, by Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Saunders, Oct. 10, 1894

18. First Methodist Church, London – Gounod’s “The Redemption” Nov. 21, 1899

19. “Musicale” at the residence of W.E. Saunders, April 12, 1895

- Photocopy

20. Women’s Musical Club of Toronto – March 26, 1908

21. Music at Reunion, April 1922

- Photocopy

22. St. Thomas Women’s Music Club, McLachlin Hall, Alma College, Nov. 25, 1925

23. Hofkirche Luzerne – Orgel-Vortiage – undated

24. Royal Opera Covent Garden, London, England – May 23 (no year)

25. Morning Music Club – St. Patrick’s Hall, Nov. 18, 1909


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26. Dominion Line, R.M.H.S. Canada – A Grand Concert, April 30, 1910

27. Concert Hall, Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938

28. Faces Familiar to those Attending the St. Louis Meeting of A.P.H.A in 1871 – circa 1901

29. Orders of Service, in memory of George V – Metropolitan United Church, London Ontario,

January 28, 1936

30. Memorial Service – The Funeral of Queen Victoria, First Methodist Church, London, Ontario,

Feb. 2, 1901

31. Order of Service – First Methodist Church, London Easter Sunday, April 23, 1916

32. Order of Service – First Methodist Church, London Easter 1913

33. Ceremony of Laying of the Corner Stone – The Methodist Church, Dufferin Ave., London Ontario

– July 30, 1895

34. Opening Ceremonies – The Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Building, Oct. 4, 1940

35. Exhibitions – Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Gallery and Museum, Oct. 1940

36. Autumn Convocation – University of Western Ontario, Oct. 23, 1936

- Photocopy

37. Official Program, Diamond Jubilee, London, Ontario – June 20-26, 1897

38. Official Programme of Coronation Day, May 12, 1937, London, Canada

39. Orders of Service – Westminster Abbey, May 8, 1910

- 2 copies

40. The Form of Service

- in Commemoration of His Excellency the Late Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield

- St. Paul’S Cathedral, London, Ontario, Feb. 14, 1940


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Saunders Secondary School

1. 3 Copies of The Sabre’s Tooth – special edition marking the tenth anniversary of the school

2. 4 programmes – Saunders Family Day, Saunders Secondary School March 12, 1982

Tickets, etc.

1. London and South Western Railway from Salisbury to Shanklin

- 2 tickets

2. London and South Western Railway – Salisbury to Southampton

3. Blank Seat Reservation – London and South Western railway

4. Large, Stick-on tag “Engaged”

Travel Guides and Brochures

1. Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition – Guidebook circa 1910

2. Album of Agra, India – containing 36 views

3. The Ancient Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, England – 18 views

4. Winchester College – short history, November 1937

5. Guide to Hanseatic Museum, Bergen 1936

6. Packet of map, pamphlet, souvenir guide, to Bournemouth England 1938-1939

7. Reader’s Guide to the Cambridge University Library, 1955

8. Official Guide to Japan-British Exhibition London, England 1910

9. Brochure to Wiesbaden – The International Spa, 1937-1938

10. Guidebook – Historic Bath, England

11. Guidebook – Historic Winchester, England, 1937


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12. Guidebook – Winchester Cathedral – A Short History for Visitors

13. Key Plan and Index to the Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW – England

14. Souvenir Guide – Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition, April 1938

15. Authorised Guide to the Tower of London

16. Brochure – The Hot Springs of Bath

17. A Few Glimpses of Montreal

18. Brochure – The Ancient Gate House – Wells, Somerset England

19. Brochure – Marlaw Manor, Barrie, Ontario

20. Historical Guide – Ely Cathedral, England

21. Photoguide – Berner-Oberland, Switzerland

Travel Brochures and Schedules

1. River Cruise Brochure – “Rheindampfer-Fahrter” 1938

2. Brochure – Orient Line Cruises, 1937

3. Brochure – Scottish Touring Association Come to Scotland

4. The Niagara Belt Line, Niagara Falls Ontario

5. Wiesbaden – Uralte Heilkraft Ewjunge Schonheit

6. Brochure – Seeing Scotland the S-M-T Way – Loch Lomond and Trossacks

7. Brochure – advertising Lake of Lucerne Switzerland

8. Guide to Wiesbaden, 1938-1939

9. Schedule – London-Edinburgh on Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd,. 1938


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10. Train Schedule Amsterdam, Haarlem etc.

11. Brochure – Orient Line S.S. “Orion” Cruise the Fjords of Norway, July 1938

12. Brochure – R.M.S. Orion, Orient Line

13. Brochure – Kursaal, Lucerne

14. Passenger List – Lake Manitoba, August 4 1910

15. Brochure – Kursaal Interlaken Switzerland

16. Brochure – Kurhotel Wildbad, Rothenburg, Bavaria

Wedding Series

1. Card – Wedding Congratulations, signed Uncle Elmer and Aunt Betty

2. The Wedding Bureau, T. Eaton Co. – invitations lists, registration of gift preferences

3. Catalogue of Sterling Silver Flatware, T. Eaton Co.

4. Invitation – Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee requesting attendance at marriage of Emma and William

Saunders – photocopy

5. Announcement – of marriage of Marjorie Fetherston to William Burrows, September 6, 1947

6. Various magazine articles on marriage


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Saunders Collection – Audio-Visual and Miscellaneous Books

B5431

1. 2 cassette tapes – friends reminiscing about W.E. Saunders

2. 4 slides of William Saunders Building Ottawa

3. 1 roll of film

4. 22 photos of Saunders display at Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Saunders Display Room, May

1981

5. 22 lantern slides

6. Postcards – European, Canadian, American

7. 2 binders – essays

8. 1 book of programmes

9. 1 small journal book

Saunders Collection – Display Series

B5432

F.O.N. Display

1. Various materials used in the Saunders Display Room, The Federation of Ontario Naturalists


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Saunders Collection – Photograph and Snap Shot Album

B5440

1. Summer Trip 1905

2. Misc. Ca 1910

3. Misc. Ca. 1920

4. Family Album, Ca. 1900

5. Bicycle Trip, Bruce Peninsula, 1905

6. Misc. Trip, Ca. 1910

7. Western Canada Trip, ca. 1915

8. Empty Photo Album



11. Misc. Photo Album, Ca. 1900

12. Empty Photograph Box

Saunders Collection – Mini Display Relating to the Family

B5433

This is a small display that was put together to show the family background of the Saunders Family. The

contents could be put together very quickly to show the family story. This box contains a family

photograph album, Letters, Notes, Awards and scrapbooks.

Saunders Collection – Correspondence Received by the Family

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1. Two files of Special Letters

1. Five letters from the U.S. Dept, of Agriculture, Ca. 1885

2. Letter from Dept. of Inland Revenue, Nov. 26, 1885

3. Letter from Clifford Sifton, Apr. 18, 1911

4. Six letters from Dept. of Agriculture, 1886-1936

5. Privy Council, Signed, Wilfred Laurier, Sept. 5, 1898

6. Dept of Agriculture, signed A. Blue, May 1, 1911

7. Government House, signed, Tweedsmuir, Dec. 8, 1938

8. Office of P.M., Ontario, signed J.P. Whitney, Dec. 22, 1911

9. Two letters from Geological and Natural History Survey, Ca. 1886

10. Government House, signed Alice Grey, Nov. 10, 1909

11. Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, Signed, A. Blue

12. Two letters about the Experimental Farm, ca 1911

13. National Museum of Canada, Feb. 8, 1929

14. University of Western Ontario, signed W. Sherwood Fox, Sept, 28, 1943

15. London City Clerks Office, Two letters, 1937 and 1943


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Saunders Collection – Correspondence Received by the Family

16. Office of P.M., Canada, signed, R.L. Borden, Dec, 2, 1911

17. Letter from the King of Belgium, Sept, 1, 1915

2. Nine files of miscellaneous family letters, ca. 1870s-1940s

3. One file of telegrams received by the family


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Saunders Collection – Photographs

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General Description Dates Notes & Photographer (if known)

File #1 Wm. Saunders 1836-1914 13 Photographs

1870 1897 1875

Notman & Fraser, Toronto Topley, Ottawa Edy bro’s, London Unknown (6)

File #2 Sarah (Robinson) Saunders 1836-1915) 14 photographs

1875 1890

Edy bro’s, London (3) Topley, Ottawa (4) Unknown (7)

File #3 Wm. & Sarah Saunders Snapshot album

Various 1907

Unknown (9) 50th Anniversary

File #4 Wm. E. Saunders (1861-1943) 20 photographs

1869 1884 1890 1895 1900s

J.H. Griffiths, London (3) D.B. Morat, Philadelphia Westlake, London Edy bro’s, London Frank Cooper, London (3) Unknown (12)

File #5 Wm. E. Saunders (1861-1943) 42 photographs

1885 D.B. Morat, Philadelphia * The remaining photographs were taken by unknown photographers. Mainly snapshots

File #6 *Missing photos

Emma (Lee) Saunders 1865-1943 Wife of W.E. (Jr.) 9 Photographs

1877 1889 1890 1890 1890 1905

Frank Cooper, London (3) Westlake, London Perkins, Toronto Dixon, Toronto Edy bro’s, London Shannon & Nicholson, London

File #7 Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Parents of Emma Saunders 4 Photographs

1870 1870

Edy bro’s, London John Cooper, London Unknown (1)

File #8 Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee 1865? Ambrotype in case

File #9 Unknown (2) 1855? 1860?

Daguerreotype of Young Man Ambrotype of Two Young Children

File #10 Muriel R. (Saunders) Fetherston & Family, 32 photographs Howard Fetherston Age 1

1895 1895 1900 1889

Frank Cooper, London (3) Topley, Ottawa Pittaway, Ottawa Unknown (24)

File #11 Group and family outings Picnics Family photographs

16 photographs from the mid 1880s to the 1930’s

File #12 Annie Louise Saunders (Spinster) 1858-1938 10 photographs

1864 1874 1875

J.H. Griffiths, London Frank Cooper, London (2) Simpson, Toronto


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1890 Topley, Ottawa (3) Unknown (3)

File #13 Arthur Percy Saunders & Family 1869-1953 17 photographs

1885 Edy bro’s, London Unknown (16) – pictures of children

- Family snaps

File #14 Henry Saunders & Family 1864-1951 13 photographs

1885 Cooper, London Edy bro’s, London Unknown (10)

File #15 Fred Saunders & Family 1875-

1880 1900

Simpson, Toronto Topley, Ottawa Unknown (3)

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File #16 Sir Charles E. Saunders & Family 1867-1951 14 photographs

1871 1880 1900

J.H. Griffiths, London, C.W. (2) Cooper, London Simpson Bro’s, Toronto Unknown (9)

File #17 Rev. J.H. Robinson & Family 24 photographs

Various dates

A number of different family photographs are contained in this file

File #18 Reunions and Picnics 10 photographs

1922-1926

These events were the idea of W.E. after the death of his father. They were held to try and keep the family together

File #19 W,. Saunders Building Ottawa, Ont. Central Experimental Farm 12 photographs

1936 This building was named in the honour of W.E. Saunders Sr. It was opened by W.L.M. King on June 6, 1936. Various photographs of the event are found in this file

File #20 Negatives Various Large numbers can be found from unknown sources.

File #21 Saunders Family Homes- London 16 photographs

1865? Pre-1921 Post- 1921 1900

Family Home 380 Dundas St. Exterior views 240 Central Exterior views 240 Central Interior of old 240 Central

File #22 Ottawa Homes – Experimental Farm 18 views

1890s S.J. Jarvis, Ottawa Various interior and exterior shots of the house (14)

File #23 Misc. Outdoor Scenes 33 photographs

1900 Muir Glacier, Alaska, Thompson Notman & sons, Montreal The remainder are shots that were taken by Charles Saunders


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File #24 Misc. Outdoor Scenes 5 photographs

File #25 Stereographs (2) 1910 G.W. Wilson, Aberdeen, Scotland

File #26 Florida Ostrich Farm Ca. 1900

File #27 Misc. Views of Homes & Places 40 photographs

1920s 1900

London’s Flying Club Old Gov’t Buildings, Ottawa Many unidentified Scenes

File #28 Composite Photograph of the Five Saunder’s Brothers

Ca. 1895

File #29 Misc. Unidentified Views

File #30 Misc. Unidentified Views

Saunders Collection – Oversize Photographs

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1. William Saunders 1865

2. William Saunders 1890s Topley, Ottawa

3. William Saunders 1885

4. Sarah Saunders 1889 Topley, Ottawa

5. Sarah Saunders 1895

6. Sarah Saunders 1905 3 Copies

7. Rev. J.H. Robinson 1880s J.H. Griffiths, London (Father of Sarah)

8. Family Photograph 1907 Ottawa

9. 11 Mounted Family Photographs 1907 Ottawa

10. Group Photograph 1890s 7 men, only Henrt & W.E. identified

11. Group Photograph 1890 Edy Bro’s, London

12. Saunders Family Photo 1885 All Identified (2)

13. Staff at the Experimental Farm 1909 Topley, Ottawa

14. View of Experimental Farmhouse 1890s Topley, Ottawa (2)

15. Farm House 1900 Pittaway and Jarvis, Ottawa

16. View of House and Barn 1880s

17. Family Car – 3 People in it ca 1910 Cooper, London

18. Class Photo – Talbot St. School 1895

19. Old Gov’t Buildings, Ottawa Pre- 1916

C.E. Saunders Photo

20. Arion Society 1910

21. Forest City Bicycle Club in Goderich 1885 R.R. Sallows, Goderich

22. Forest City Bicycle Club 1885

23. American Ornithological Union 1935 Royal Photo Co., Louisville, Ky.

24. P.A. Taverner Dominion of Ornithologists

25. Don Sutton & Dr. Gorden Cummings 1930 Mary Abbot Photograph

26. Outdoor Scene Charles Saunders




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29. Sketch of Gaspé

30. Henry Saunders 1920s Charles Aylett, Toronto

31. Unidentified Print

32. Muriel R. Saunders 1893 Frank Cooper, London

33. Muriel R. Saunders 1893 Frank Cooper, London

34. Muriel Fetherston & Daughters 1922 Morral, Toronto (2)

35. Three Photographs of Muriel Fetherston

1980

36. W.E. Saunders 1935 W.F. Brown

Saunders Collection – Microscope Slides and Negatives

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Microscope slides (3 wooden boxes stored in larger white box)

Photographic Negatives

1. 14 Photo Dry Plates 4”x5” taken by Annie Saunders

2. 4 Glass Photo Plates

a. Wm Saunder’s House C.E.F. Ottawa

b. Wm Saunder’s House 240 Central, London

c. W.E. Saunders on Verandah 240 Central, London

d. Muriel Saunders & Friends on Steps 240 Central, London

3. Jack Miner Geese Farm 6 slides

4. 3 Negatives taken by Annie Saunders

a. 2 views of Exp. Farm

b. 1 view of Wm. & Sarah Saunders

5. Prints of negatives


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Saunders Collection

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Karsh Christmas Cards

1. 1952

2. 1953

3. 1954

4. 1959

5. 5 cards undated

Fetherston Receipts

6 files - dates from 1886-1942

Saunders Collection - Artifacts

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1. Travel Bag

2. Trap – made of wire and cloth mesh; probably for trapping small animals

B5438

1. Wire – probably for trip-wire for trap

2. Portable leather carrying handle with straps

3. Small scale/balance – in wooden box

4. Trowel – with inscription “Rev. Jas. H. Robinson Cornerstone Melbourne May 24, 1886”

5. Mounted Butterfly


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Saunders Family – Travel Series

Business Cards

1. J.H. Booth – Card Board and Paper, Ottawa, Canada

2. G.H. Planto and Company, Seed Merchants, Chester England

3. T.D. Morson, England

4. Mrs. Frank Pearce, Furnished Apartments, Salisbury, England

5. Rowland Rogers, River Don Hotel, England – four cards

Guidebooks

1. Guidebook to Chester and the River Dee, England, 1910

2. Guide to the Cathedral of Berne, Switzerland – 2 undated copies

3. Guidebook for Stoke Poges Church, England, circa 1910

4. Guide to State Apartments in Windsor Castle, England

5. Guide to Snowdon Mountain, Wales, circa 1910

6. Guide to Stratford-on-Avon, circa 1910

7. Guide to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, circa 1910

Letters

1. Various letters, circa 1910

Menus

1. Grand Hotel Funckler, Haarlem – wine list

2. Grand Hotel Tivoli, Lucerne – dinner menu June 1910

3. R.M.S. Canada – dinner menu April 1910

4. North Western Hotel Liverpool – dinner menu May 1910

5. R.M.S. Canada – breakfast menu April 1910

6. Menu – dinner circa 1910


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7. Menu – “Kardoman Tea Rooms” Paris circa 1910

Miscellaneous

1. Various papers etc. from European trip in 1910

Newspaper Clippings

1. Various clippings regarding the death of King Edward VII; classified advertisements; nature

articles

Photographs

1. Showing “Luzern vom Schweizerhof gesehen”

Postcards

1. Panoramic view of Swiss Alps

2. Italian – showing 3 profiles of Leonardo da Vinci – addressed to Dr. A.P. Saunders, 1911

3. English – non-pictorial, addressed to W.E. Saunders, Shanklin Isle of Wight, 1910

4. English – non-pictorial, from T.E. Oliver and Company, Naturalists, Darlington, 1910

5. English – non-pictorial, addressed to W.E. Saunders, c/o Canadian Commissioner London

England – from R. Hewson, 1910

6. English – non-pictorial, addressed to W.E. Saunders, May 29 1910

7. English – non-pictorial, advertisement for Gunn and Son’s, horticulturalists

8. English – envelope containing 6 postcards (Valentine’s series) showing scenes of Japanese-

British exhibition of 1910

9. English – showing “The Blue Bird of Happiness”, Haymarket, 1910, 2 copies

10. Netherlands – series of 10 postcards showing horticultural gardens in Haarlem, 1910

Programmes

1. Programme of Sports – S.S. Dominion, June 24, 1910

2. Programme – A Grand Concert – R.M.S. Canada – includes piano selections by Miss Muriel

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3. Orders of Service, Eton College Chapel – for the week of July 24, 1910

4. “Official Guide to the Funeral Procession of Edward VII May 20 1910”

5. “Programme of the Funeral Procession of His Late Majest King Edward VII”

6. Programme of Edward VII’s funeral procession, London England

7. Order of Service Westminster Abbey London England, May 8 1910 (2 copies)

8. Order of Services, Westminster Chapel London England, May 8 1910

9. Order of Service, The City Temple London England, May 22 1910 (2 copies)

10. Programme – Brighton Municipal Orchestra, summer 1910

11. Programme – Theatre National de l’Opera, July 11 1910

12. Programme – Queen’s Hall “In Memoriam” Concert, May 19 1910

13. Programme – Theatre Royal, Haymarket “The Blue Bird” Summer 1910

14. Programme – Queen’s Hall, May 24, 1910

15. Programme – Concertzaal der Societeit Vereenging, May 11 1910 (2 copies)

16. Advertising Programme – Queen’s Hall “In Memoriam” May 26 1910

17. Programme – Royal Opera Covent Garden, May 23 1910

18. Programme – Royal Opera Covent Garden, July 21 1910

19. Programme – His Majesty’s Theatre May 12-July 30, 1910 – includes words to “Hansel and

Gretel”

20. Programme – in aid of the Liverpool Seamen’s Orphanage August 12 1910 (2 copies)

21. Programme – Concertzaal der Soc,. Vereeniging, May 11, 1910

22. Programme – The London Coliseum, May 16, 1910


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23. Programme – The London Coliseum, May 16, 1910

24. Order of Service – Westminster Chapel London, for the Weekkof May 8 1910

25. Programme – Cheater and Holyhead Walking and Cycling Tours, ca. 1910

Receipts

1. Various receipts – hotels, restaurant, shoe repair, postal order

Tickets

1. One envelope filled with various tickets and ticket stubs (bus, train, tramway, etc.)

Brochures

1. Dominion Steamship Lines – passenger list for S.S. Canada, April 23, 1910 (3 copies)

2. Tour Book – Polytechnic Holiday Torus for Scotland, Ireland, and Cornish Riviera, 1910

3. Brochure – Canadian Pacific Atlantic Steamship Lines, regarding “One Class Cabin Service”

4. Passenger List for S.S. Lake Manitoba – Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal, August 4 1910

5. Brochure – Souvenir of the Grand Hotel und Benerhof, Berne, Switzerland, undated

6. Brochure – Channel View Private Hotel, Shanklin, Isle of Wight

7. Catalogue – Geo. Jackman and Son. Woking Nurseries, Surrey – catalogue of plants

8. Booklets – coupon allowing price reductions, Lucerne, Switzerland “Kur-Karte”, 1910 (2 copies)

9. Ticket Book – Anglo-Dutch Railway Union, London to Haarlem, 1910

10. Schedule – White Star Dominion Lines, Montreal/Quebec to Liverpool/Avonmouth, 1910

11. Schedule and Map of Midland Railway, ca. 1910

12. Map of Isle of Wight Railway, ca. 1910

13. Brochure – “Hotel Brittanique” Paris

14. Catalogue – Storrie and Storrie, The Nurseries, England, 1910


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15. Catalogue – Curzon Bros, Men’s Fashions, London, England, circa 1910

16. Catalogue – Jarman and Company Seeds, Somerset, England, ca. 1910

17. Catalogue – “Novelities for 1910-11, W.E. Alsen, Denmead Nurseries, Hants England”

18. English – envelope containing one card (Valentine’s series) showing Japanese-British Exhibition,

London 1910

19. English – showing Kensington, High Street, London

20. English – showing St. Clement Danes and Gladstone Memorial, London

21. American – showing a flower – addressed to W.E. Saunders, 1910

22. Postcard Envelope – R. Canning Symons, Photographer

Diaries

1. Diary of a trip to Europe with Withrow Party June 26, 1908-Oct. 3, 1908

2. Diary of her trip around the world by Annie Louise Saunders Jan. 22, 1923 – July 25, 1924

Postcard Album