MS. COLL. WALKER (SIR EDMUND) PAPERS EXTENT:

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1 Correspondence, journals, typescripts of articles, on economic, political matters; subject files on University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Some family papers EXTENT: 69 boxes and volumes, and mapcase. Gift of the Estate and gifts from members of the family in 986, 987, 988, 989, 99, 992. K. Martyn, R. Grover, M. Steele E. Hajnal April, 983 Revised 986, 988,989, 99 & 992

2 2 A. CORRESPONDENCE Arranged in two groups: Letters received by E. Walker, or "In" correspondece Letters sent by E. Walker, or "Out" correspondence CALENDARS Within each group arranged chronologically. Calendared (chronologically) by Professor Glazebrook, with short indication of content of each letter. Item Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Box 0 Box Box 2 Box 3 In correspondence, In correspondence, Out correspondence, Out correspondence, IN CORRESPONDENCE Aug. 90 Sept Box 4 ' Box 5 Box June 99 July Mar. 924

3 r Box 7 Out Box 8 Box 9 Box 20 Box 2 Box 22 Box 23 Box 24 Box 25 Box 26 A Box 26 B Box 26 c Box 27 A Box 27 B Box 27 c Box 27 D Box 28 A oversize. Nov June 94 July Mar. 924 B. SUBJECT FILES University of Toronto University of Toronto University of Toronto Toronto Board of Education Guild of Civic Art Art Gallery of Ontario ontario College of Art Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Invoices from art dealers, etc. National Gallery of Art (Sept) National Gallery of Art 94 (Oct.) Royal Ontario Museum Banking and the Bank Act Ontario. Royal Commission on the Financial position of the Province of Ontario. 900 Canada Life Assurance Company Miscellaneous business papers

4 4 Box 28 B Invest.ments andjor Directorships A-P Box 28 c Investments and or Directorships Q-Z Box 29 A Th National Battlefield commission Box 29 B The Round Table and Imperial Relations Box 30 Box 3 & OVS Box 50 Box 32 Trips to Japan, South America, Italy, England, World War, War Memorials Reciprocity Canadian Peace Centenary Association Miscellaneous newspaper clippings Box 33 Items relating to Sir Edmund's appointment as honorary consul general of Japan. (one item in map-case) C. ADDRESSES Box 34 A & 34 B Addresses, lectures, notes for speeches D. JOURNALS, LEDGERS, NOTEBOOKS Box 35 Journal Box 36 Box 37 Journal. Journal Box 38 Daily Journal. 923 Daily Journal. 924 Box 39 Ledger. Copy With Microfilm Box Box 40 4 Notebooks and notes on Robert Browning. E. BIOGRAPHICAL PAPERS Unpublished biographical materials,

5 5 MS Box 4 Box 42 Box 43 Boxes 44-46B Box 47 (flat) Item 48 E. BIOGRAPHICAL PAPERS (Cont'd) Includes accounts of Walker's life written after his death by his daughter (unpublished) Microfilm-of scrapbook of obituaries, tributes, etc Newspaper clippings relating to Walker's career Contents of Sir Edmund's Library; Scholarships F. FAMILY PAPERS Walker, Thomas. Notebook Walker, Mary A. Sketches and sketchbooks Walker, Sir Edmund. Sketches. "Notes re fiftieth anniversary". Walker, Sir Edmund. Drawing book Walker, Edmund Murton. Specification of labor amd materials required in the erection of house in Wychwood Park for Dr. E.M. Walker from the plans and under the direction of W.A.Langton. 92. General sketch plan of Wychwood Park. 9-- Edmund Murton Walker. Citation for D. Sc., honoris causa. Carleton University, 963. Clippings: review of E.M. Walker's The North American Dragon Flies, 93; about Wychwood Park, Family Correspondence 3 illuminated addresses in honour of Sir Edmund Walker PRINTED MATERIALS (Association Copies) Bunyan, John. The pilgrim's progress. With notes by Robert Maguire. Illustrated by H.C. Selous and Paolo Priolo. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [867?] With the autograph of Ethelwyn Walker. Item 49 The Golden treasury on the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language.

6 6 MS Item 49 (Cont'd) Mapcase WALKER (EDMUND) PAPERS Selected and arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. London: Macmillan, 890. Presentation copy to Mrs. Walker by Lord and Lady Kelvin. Portrait of Sir Edmund Walker. Reproduction of an original by Sir Wyly Grier. OVS Box 50 Document appointing Sir Edmund Walker honorary consul-general for Japan, June, 99. Newspaper account of funeral of Sir Edmund Walker. The Globe, March 29, 924. Box 50 Flat OVS Item 5 PHOTOGRAPHS Accession number Photographs, mainly mounted, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 897, Excursion. 6 black and white, mounted. Lord Kelvin. 3, black and white, mounted; 2 inscribed Lady Kelvin. 2, black and white, mounted; inscribed Lord and Lady Kelvin. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, , black and white. National Battlefields Park, Quebec, 96. 7, black and white. War Memorials (Paintings) Victorian EraBall (2002 Accession) Accession Number Byron Edmund Walker. Album of photographs from Historic Sites and Monuments Board at unveiling of plaque to commemorate Sir Edmund, 5 August 983

7 WALKER (EDMUND) PAPERS 7 Item 52 PRINTED MATERIALS (Association copies) Book of the Victorian Era Ball given at Toronto on the twenty eighth of December MDCCCXCVII. Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchison, 908. Small paper copy, no. 99. Signed by James Mavor. Lady Walker and her daughter, Miss Ethelwyn Walker are on page 8. Miss Walker's copy. Item 53 Book of the Victorian Era Ball given at Toronto on the twenty eight of December MDCCCXCVII. Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchinson, 908. Large paper copy, no. 67. Signed by Lord and Lady Aberdeen. Lady Walker's copy. Box 54 Accession number [Sir Edmund Walker] in Murton, Walter. Reminiscences. Ashford: Kentish Express Office [926?] "For Private Circulation" pp Accession number Walker, Edmund, Sir. "The Financial Situation of the University" contained in The University Monthly, vol. 4, no. 5, March 93, pp Walker, Dorothy. "The Household Science Laboratories" contained in The University Monthly, vol. 4, no. 5, March 93, pp Walker, Dorothy. "The President's Trip to South America" contained in The Caduceus. vol. 2, no. 5-7, August-October 92. "The Late Sir Edmund Walker" contained in The Caduceus. vol. 5, no., April 924. Accession numbers and Collection of correspondence, family and business papers not included by Professor George Glazebrook in original accession. Some correspondence and

8 8 WALKER (EDMUND) PAPERS Accession numbers and (cont'd) papers accidentally destroyed by water during storage. It supplements the first accession. Boxes Box 55 Box 56 Box 57 Box 58 Boxes Box 59 Box 60 Box 6 Box 62 Box 63 Correspondence chronologically arranged. See also Boxes (June) 97 (July) - 98 (October) 98 (November) Correspondence, alphabetically grouped by subject. See also Boxes Appleby School - British Red Cross Appeal Canadian Bank of Commerce Canadian Bankers' Association - Inventories (Estate) Lady Walker - memberships Mendelssohn Choir - Z Accession number Early family papers, , genealogies and photographs, [864?]-962 Box 64 and mapcase Box 65 Boxes Family papers, , include apprenticeship and papers of Thomas Walker, correspondence with his relatives after his emigration to Canada. Genealogies and family histories for the Alexander, Buchan, Murton, and Walker families Photographs of individuals, groups

9 9 WALKER (EDMUND) PAPERS Box 66 Box 67 Box 68 Box 69 Photographs of Alexander, Buchan, Guest, Jones, Murton Families Photographs of Walker Family A-H Photographs of Walker Family J-W Photographs, mainly groups and family homes.