Archives
Welcome to the Digital Archive of McMaster University Library’s Division of Archives and Research Collections. Here you will find a selection of digital copies from some of our archives and rare book collections. Please come back often, as we plan to expand the content of the Digital Archive in the coming months. For more information on the Division, please visit our website: http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/
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- William A. Stephens fonds
- Fonds consists primarily of 6 volumes of diaries, written by Stephens from 1852 to 1881 (with gaps). The diaries provide significant insight into Stephens’ life, and record events in Owen Sound and throughout Ontario; none of the diaries cover the period when Stephens was writing the poem, Hamilton, though he does refer to the work from time to time. The diaries do include several other poems composed by Stephens. The fonds also includes a charcoal drawing of Stephens, a copy of Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress that was read to Stephens as a child, biographical information, documents relating to various family members, and other material.