Six Nations of the Grand River is a reserve located on the Grand River that is made up of the six Haudenosaunee Nations: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora.
This digitized collection contains a letter book kept by John Brant during his time serving as resident superintendent of the Six Nations of the Grand River (from 1828-1832), and four loose letters that were found in the letter book dating to after the death of Brant.
Western Archives has repatriated the physical documents to the Six Nations Lands and Resources Office.
John Davis Barnett donated over 40,000 books and thousands of pamphlets, the largest single gift ever received by a Canadian library, to the University of Western Ontario in August 1918 and became Western's first librarian. Barnett's goal was to provide the nucleus of a national library, and so the donation was received with the understanding that his books would be available to everyone.
A selection of volumes from our special collections and archives pertaining to medicinal and food recipes, dating from the 1600s to the early 1900s. The selection contains handwritten volumes, scrapbooks, as well as published books, many of which were created or compiled in Canada.
This collection from the John and Amelia Harris Family fonds contains the personal diaries of Amelia Harris (1798-1882) from 1857 to 1882 which detail her day-to-day life primarily in London, Ontario; the travel diary of Lucy Harris (1845-1901) during her 1897 trip to Japan; and the travel diaries of Milly Harris (1868-1959) from 1893 to 1903 which detail her trips around the world and include news clippings, magazine cutouts, photos, and pressed flowers.
The Medical Scrapbooks contain clippings which focus on Western’s Medical School, medicine in London, southwestern Ontario and the world. The scrapbooks were created by Western’s medical school and are a great resource for local medical history.
Photographs taken in and around Muncey, Ontario in the 1940s. These photographs were found with a donation from the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association Lodge No. 89. They were removed as not being relevant to that fonds. The group of photographs were initially named “Peter Family Photographs and Muncey [Munsee] Reserve” and has been renamed “Muncey Photograph Collection."
The Nursing Diaries collection of diaries, certificates, a photograph, and a yearbook about two nurses, from the 1920s and 1950s. This includes material from the Ruby Muriel Carter fonds and the Kathleen McIntyre fonds.
Six Nations of the Grand River is a reserve located on the Grand River that is made up of the six Haudenosaunee Nations: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora.
This digitized collection contains a letter book kept by John Brant during his time serving as resident superintendent of the Six Nations of the Grand River (from 1828-1832), and four loose letters that were found in the letter book dating to after the death of Brant.
Western Archives has repatriated the physical documents to the Six Nations Lands and Resources Office.
The digitized items on this site are a selection of personal correspondence from the Gustav Mahler-Alfred Rosé Collection.
The full collection includes personal correspondence, concert documents, scores, manuscripts, recognition, primary publications, secondary publications, university papers, photographs, recordings, memorabilia and artifacts mainly relating to the private and professional lives of Gustav Mahler, Alfred Rosé, Arnold Rosé, Alma Rosé, Bruno Walter, Justine Rosé, and Maria Rosé.
This collection includes the University of Western Ontario Reports of the President to the Board of Governors from 1928 to 2006.
Note: We do not have copies for the academic years 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, or 2000-2001.
A letter book kept by John Brant during his time serving as resident superintendent of the Six Nations of the Grand River. In it, he recorded outgoing correspondence as well as proceedings of general councils of the Six Nations. James Winnett recorded council proceedings in the letter book following Brant's death for the years 1833 and 1834. The letter book contains an index.
A loose letter found in the letter book dating to after the death of Brant from L. Vankoughnet to Hon. D. Laird, Supt. Gen. of Indian Affairs regarding the settlement of claims of Brantford.
