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E. Lynn Linton collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC254
  • Collection
  • 1890

The collection consists of one leaf holograph letter signed to "Madam or Sir" about her works and where to find biographical material information.

Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898

John Ruskin collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC292
  • Collection
  • ca. 1890

The collection consists of a fragment of a handwritten letter to the poet Jean Ingelow (1820-1897). A few lines prior to his signature have been excised.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

Wilsey Martin fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC410
  • Fonds
  • 1891

The fonds consists of 3 p. manuscript of "Naval song" (Britain's navy).

Martin, W. Wilsey (William Wilsey), 1833-1913

Muriel Gerrard fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC236
  • Fonds
  • 1891

The fonds consists of Muriel Gerrard's scrapbook of greeting cards and costumes.

Gerrard, Muriel

Cavenagh family fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC023
  • Fonds
  • 1790 - 1893

The fonds is comprised of documents relating primarily to army officer and colonial governor Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh (1820-1891), who served as the last India-appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements (now Singapore and Malaysia). The collection also contains material relating to two of his seven siblings, Gordon Cavenagh and Matthew Cavenagh (d. 1864), and their father James Gordon Cavenagh (1766-1844), who was an army surgeon.

Correspondence, commissions, letter books, diaries, printed material, certificates and other documents provide insight into Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh's military career in India and Nepal (1837 -1858) and his tenure as Governor of the Straits Settlements (1859-1867).

Material relating to Gordon Cavenagh (who served with the Bengal Infantry) and Matthew Cavenagh (who emigrated to Canada and died in 1864) can also be found in the fonds. Correspondence from 1864 to 1867 between the Cavenagh family and various correspondents (including R. Calvert) relate to Matthew Cavenagh's estate in Canada. The fonds also includes letter books of Henry William Dent dating from 1881 to 1893.

Cavenagh (family)

R. M. Ballantyne collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC148
  • Collection
  • 1887 - 1893

The collection consists of two handwritten letters to his wife, Jeanie on personal matters, together with one envelope. There is also a handwritten letter to an unknown man telling him he cannot supply him with a copy of one of his books, but is supplying a photo.

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

William White fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC399
  • Fonds
  • 1879 - 1893

The fonds consists of a bound volume of 13 carbon typescript essays and addresses by or collected by Quebec lawyer William White on various subjects such as legal, moral and ethical issues.

White, W. J. (William John), 1861-1934

Indentures collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC557
  • Collection
  • 1853 - 1893

The collection consists of eight 19th-century indentures dated: 25 March 1853; 6 October 1853; 15 October 1860; 30 April 1872; 25 October 1873; 14 February 1876; 7 April 1881; 14 August 1893.

William Wood fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC127
  • Fonds
  • 1866 - 1894

The fonds consists of Wood's private diaries of daily activities and spiritual thoughts and correspondence from family members relating to family and social life.

Wood, William

Emily Robertson fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC289
  • Fonds
  • 1896

The fonds consists of a handwritten letter to an unnamed cousin. In the letter, she mentions her book "Letters and Papers of Andrew Robertson" ed. Emily Robertson.

Robertson, Emily

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