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 Thomas Mower Martin
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Series1 |
Diaries and notebooks. -- 1856-1930. -- 18 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of volumes written by Thomas Mower Martin, which describe his daily activities, progress on paintings, and also include such things as art sketches; drafts of essays, poetry, literary, and religious writings; financial accounts; lists of carpentry and building supplies; gardening notes (lists of plants and flowers); sketches and descriptions of inventions; and lists of letters received. The 1859-1962 volume (M-8931-2) includes a list of projected costs for a move to Canada. He frequently re-used earlier volumes, by writing in the blank pages at a later date. See also Series3, which includes several "mss" books of literary writings. |
| M-8931-1 | Notebooks. -- 1856, 1860 -- 2 volumes |
| M-8931-2 | Notebook. -- 1859-1862. -- 1 volume |
| M-8931-3 | Diaries. -- 1872-1876. -- 3 volumes |
| M-8931-4 | Diaries and notebooks. -- 1880-1893. -- 4 volumes. -- Includes some entries from 1915. |
| M-8931-5 | Diaries and notebooks. -- 1890-1893. -- 5 volumes |
| M-8931-6 | Diaries and notebook. -- 1896-1904. -- 3 volumes |
| M-8931-7 | Diary and notebooks. -- 1906-1907. -- 3 volumes. -- Includes some entries from 1929 and 1932. |
| M-8931-8 | Diary. -- 1907. -- 1 volume |
| M 8913/9 | Diaries and notebooks. -- 1908-1910. -- 3 volumes. -- Includes some entries from 1930. |
| M-8931-10 | Diary and notebook. -- 1911-1916. -- 2 volumes |
| M-8931-11 | Diaries and notebook. -- 1916-1926. -- 3 volumes. -- Includes some entries from 1930. |
| M-8931-12 | Notebooks. -- 1926-1929. -- 2 volumes |
| M-8931-13 | Church-related notebooks. -- [ca. 1890-1930]. -- 5 volumes |
| M-8931-14 | Inventions notebook. -- n.d. -- 1 volume |
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Series 2 | Correspondence. -- 1864-1934. -- 8 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of letters written by Martin to his family and others; and letters received by Martin about art, travel, New Church and religious matters. |
| M-8931-15 | Miscellaneous personal letters to T. Mower Martin. -- 1886, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1921 |
| M-8931-16 | Letterbook. -- July 7-August 15, 1913. -- Consists of copies of letters written by T. Mower Martin to others. |
| M-8931-17 | Letters written by T. Mower Martin to his family. -- 1889-1899, 1913-1932 |
| M-8931-18 | Letters to T. Mower Martin regarding art, travel, etc. -- 1864[?]-1914 |
| M-8931-19 | Letters to T. Mower Martin regarding art, travel, etc. -- 1914-1934 and n.d. -- Includes a letter from Rudyard Kipling. |
| M-8931-20 | Letters to T. Mower Martin regarding New Church and religion. -- 1872-1915 |
| M-8931-21 | Letters to T. Mower Martin regarding new Church and religion. -- 1916-1934 |
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Series 3 | Literary writing. -- 1873-1931. -- 42 cm cm of textual records. -- The series consists of handwritten manuscripts of complete and unfinished autobiographical works, essays, short stories, a novel, verse, and religious writings. Includes several "mss" notebooks, and also several of his published religious and philosophical tracts. |
Autobiographical writings |
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| M-8931-22 | Autobiographical writings. -- 1919-1930. -- Includes "The Evening of Life", "Incidents in a Long Life", "Wanderings of an Artist in Northern Canada", etc. |
| M-8931-23 | "The Old Man's Book". -- 1931. -- Written when he was 93 years old. |
| M-8931-24 | "A Country Walk in Canada". -- [ca. 1890] and n.d. -- Various versions, including "Meandering". |
Essays |
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| M-8931-25 | Essays - Secular and philosophical. -- [ca. 1887]-1928 and n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-26 | Essays and sermons - Religious. -- 1905-1915 and n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-27 | Essays and sermons - Religious. -- n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-28 | Essays - Religious. -- n.d. -- Fragments only |
| M-8931-29 | Essays and lectures on art. -- n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-30 | Essays - Miscellaneous, unfinished. -- n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles and / or topics at the front of the file. |
Fiction |
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| M-8931-31 | Fiction - Short stories. -- 1895-1905 and n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-32 | Fiction - Short stories. -- 1895-1904 and n.d. -- There is a complete list of titles at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-33 | Fiction - Short stories. -- Fragments only. -- There is a complete list of titles and / or topics at the front of the file. |
| M-8931-34 | Fiction - Novel, "The Whirligig of Time". -- n.d |
"Mss" [manuscript] notebooks |
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| M-8931-35 | "Mss" notebooks - Mostly religious. -- 1910-1918 and nd. -- 7 volumes |
| M-8931-36 | "Mss" notebook - Miscellaneous prose and verse. -- 1873, 1882. -- 1 volume |
Published works |
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| M-8931-37 | Printed booklets / tracts - Religious and philosophical. -- 1916-1922 and nd. -- Consists of Discrete Degrees, The Underlying Law of Construction, The New View of Education, The Broader View of War, Plutocracy versus Democracy, Immortality Certain, A Catechism of the Universal Christian Church, The Difference between Men and Animals, The Formative Principle of Education, The Lord's Prayer in Human Form, Why was the War Permitted?, The Word in the Human Form, and ,em>The Doctrine of the Human Form and its Practical Use to Mankind on all the Planes of Human Life. |
| M-8931-38 | Published articles - Religious and art-related. -- 1886-1914 and n.d |
Verse |
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| M-8931-39 | Verse - Loose. -- 1891-1931 and n.d. -- Includes a few poems by others. |
| M-8931-40 | Verse - "Mss" notebooks. -- 1892-1893. -- 2 volumes |
| M-8931-41 | Verse - "Mss" notebooks. -- 1880, 1892-1893. -- 2 volumes |
| M-8931-42 | Verse - "Mss" notebooks. -- 1901-1916. -- 4 volumes |
| M-8931-43 | Verse - "Mss" notebooks. -- 1918-1926. -- 4 volumes |
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Series 4 | Art-related records. -- 1878-1936. -- 19 cm of textual records. -- 12 cm of graphic material. -- The series consists of inventories of his paintings, catalogues of exhibits and sales, promotional material for his studios, and proofs and photographs of his paintings. |
| M-8931-44 | Inventory - List of paintings by T. Mower Martin, prices, and the year painted. -- [ca. 1914]. -- The list includes paintings done from 1873 to 1914. |
| M-8931-45 | Inventories - Lists of paintings chosen for Wilfred Campbell's book on Canada; submitted for exhibitions, and held at various art galleries. -- [ca. 1906]-1936 |
| M-8931-46 | Inventories - "Studio books". -- 1923 and n.d. -- Consists of a "Record of Oil Paintings in Rolls, August 1923"; and "Picture Notes Europe and Studio Pictures Toronto". |
| M-8931-47 | Inventory - List of painting compiled by the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. -- [ca. 1933]. -- The list includes paintings done from 1870-1932. |
| M-8931-48 | Catalogues of exhibitions and sales. -- 1878-[ca. 1902], 1936 |
| M-8931-49 | Promotional material. -- [ca. 1890s-1907]. -- Consists of studio and business cards, cards announcing exhibitions, and labels for paintings (blank). |
| M-8931-50 | Beginners Regional Geography : America. -- 1915. -- Consists of a geography textbook featuring T. Mower Martin's art. |
| M-8931-51 | Album of proofs of paintings by T. Mower Martin. -- n.d |
| M-8931-52 | Proofs and photographs of paintings by T. Mower Martin. -- n.d |
| M-8931-53 | Photographs of paintings by T. Mower Martin. -- n.d |
| M-8931-54 | Photographs of paintings by T. Mower Martin. -- n.d |
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Series 5 | Biographical and personal papers. -- 1850-1989. -- 12.5 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of Martin family genealogical records; T. Mower Martin's membership cards, CPR passes, and will; extensive newspaper clippings about Martin and his life; and miscellany. |
| M-8931-55 | Family tree. -- n.d |
| M-8931-56 | Membership cards and CPR passes. -- 1887-1918 |
| M-8931-57 | Last will and testament. -- 1922 |
| M-8931-58 | Loose photographs of T. Mower Martin. -- [ca. 1920s] |
| M-8931-59 | "In Memoriam" cards. -- 1897-1906. -- For Claude, Winifred and Horace Martin. |
| M-8931-60 | Martin Family Records / J. Montgomery Seaver. -- Philadelphia : American Historical-Genealogical Society, [ca. 1929]. |
| M-8931-61 | Martin's house, Rosedale, Toronto. -- n.d. -- Consists of a description of the home, architectural specifications, and a sketch of the stairway. |
| M-8931-62 | Swedenborgian tracts. -- 1910, 1930-1931. -- Consists of A Declaration, Prepare Ye, The King in Heaven and How God deals with Man. |
| M-8931-63 | Obituary of T. Mower Martin in The New-Church Herald. -- May 12, 1934 |
| M-8931-64 | Newspaper clippings regarding T. Mower Martin and his death. -- 1922-1934 |
| M-8931-65 | Newspaper clippings regarding T. Mower Martin. -- 1923-1932 |
| M-8931-66 | Newspaper clippings regarding posthumous art exhibits. -- 1936-1937 |
| M-8931-67 | Article about a posthumous art exhibit in The New-Church Messenger. -- June 2, 1937 |
| M-8931-68 | Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. -- 1907-1982 and n.d. -- Regarding art, exhibitions, and T. Mower Martin. |
| M-8931-69 | Naming of Pointe Thomas Mower Martin. -- 1986. -- Consists of the application by Michael H. Dunn to have a point of land in the Lake Memphremagog region of Quebec named in honour of T. Mower Martin. |
| M-8931-86 | List: "Residences of Thomas Mower Martin in Canada", beginning in 1862. -- [compiled ca. 1957] |
| M-8931-70 | Miscellany. -- 1850-1989. -- Consists of book, Rudiments of the Painters' Art (1850); two land deeds (1886, 1919); Swedenborgian "Rules of Life"; sketch of the Oak Bay area of Victoria; blank letterhead for the Rosedale Studio in Toronto; and excerpts from Glenbow magazine articles (1983, 1989). |
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Series 6 | Other family members. -- 1827-1980. -- 12.5 cm of textual records. -- Consists of personal papers of T. Mower Martin's son, Edward Thomas Martin, 1863-1891; his daughter, Emma May Martin, 1865-1957; and Francis Martin, possibly his uncle. |
Edward Thomas Martin |
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| M-8931-71 | Ed.T. Martin's letters. -- 1885-1891. -- Consists of letters to his family and friends before his death in 1891. Includes his obituary. |
| M-8931-72 | Ed.T. Martin's literary works. -- 1885-1888 and n.d. -- Consists of poetry, essays, short stories, and miscellaneous writings. |
Emma May Martin |
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| M-8931-73 | E. May Martin's personal papers. -- 1922-1946, 1980. -- Consists of loose photographs, newspaper clippings about her art, list of her water colours and their prices, notes about the Rosedale Travel Club, Rosedale School reunion program, autobiographical notes, and catalogues for posthumous exhibits of her paintings. |
| M-8931-74 | E. May Martin's fiction notebooks. -- 1891 and n.d |
| M-8931-75 | E. May Martin's fiction notebooks. -- n.d |
| M-8931-76 | E. May Martin - Rosedale Travel Club. -- n.d. -- Consists of her articles about art around the world. |
| M-8931-77 | E. May Martin - Rosedale Travel Club. -- n.d. -- Consists of her articles about art around the world. |
| M-8931-87 | "Journal of Camp Descent". -- August 15-31, 1903. -- Consists of an account of a trip to lake Memphremagog, Quebec. The party included E. May martin and Barbara M. Martin. |
| M-8931-78 | E. May Martin - Versatile Club. -- 1923-1924. -- Consists of poems presented at the club, which was established in 1923, and for which E. May Martin served as secretary. Includes a small wooden art palette. |
| M-8931-79 | E. May Martin - Correspondence. -- 1934, 1936. -- Consists of letters regarding her father's estate, and a memorial art exhibition of her father's paintings at the Art Gallery of Ontario. |
| M-8931-88 | Letter to E. May Martin from General Cemetery Company. -- 1935. -- Re inscription for T. Mower Martin's headstone. |
| M-8931-80 | E. May Martin - Newspaper clippings. -- 1928-1957. -- Includes her obituary. |
Francis Martin |
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| M-8931-81 | Francis Martin's diary. -- 1827-1846. -- Consists of a diary of his "Garter Mission" to Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Prussia, and Germany (1827). The volume also includes his account of visits to Herefordshire and Northern Wales (1828-1829), and his time at Goodrich Court (1830-1946). |
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Series 7 |
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| M-8931-81 | Ted Harbert’s letters to his cousins re status of the memoirs. -- 1983-1984, 1987 |
| M-8931-82 | Drafts of Harbert's memoirs. -- 1983 and n.d. |
| M-8931-83 | "Memoir on the Life of T. Mower Martin" by E.T. Harbert. -- 1986 |
| M-8931-84 | "The Martin Family Story : A Supplement to A Memoir on the Life of T. Mower Martin" by E.T. Harbert. -- 1985 |
| M-8931-85 | Harbert's miscellaneous research materials for memoir. -- [compiled ca. 1983-1986] |
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Series 8 | Photograph albums. -- [ca. 1830-1907]. -- 179 photographs. -- Consists of albums of the Martin, Abernethy and Nichols families, and of the Martin's Rosedale home. |
| PD-340-vol.1 | Loose album pages. -- [ca. 1830-1871]. -- 67 photographs. -- Consists of photographs of T. Mower Martin's father, Edward Horatio Martin; his mother's family, the Abernethys; and his children when very young. Includes several tintypes and hand-tinted photographs. |
| PD-340-vol.2 | Birch bark patterned album. -- [ca. 1864-1887]. -- 30 photographs. -- Consists of views of T. Mower Martin, Emma Martin, and their children. Many of the photographs are unidentified. |
| PD-340-vol.3 | Leather-bound album with clasp. -- [ca. 1881-1907]. -- 30 photographs. -- Consists of views of the Martin children: Edward T., William A., Ethel K., E. May, E. Eleanor, Barbara M., W. Grace, and Claude W. |
| PD-340-vol.4 | Black album. -- 1905. -- 52 photographs. -- Consists of an album compiled and decorated by T. Mower Martin, including views of the Rosedale house and gardens, Elm Street Church, the chess club, Rosedale Drive, the Don River, and various children (perhaps grandchildren). |
| PA-3891-(1-4) | Photographs of Martin home and family. -- 1915, 1940 and n.d. -- 4 photographs. -- Consists of views of Thomas Mower Martin painting outside (n.d.); E. May Martin (1915 and 1940); and house on Erskine Avenue, Toronto (n.d.). |
