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Bernard Freeman Trotter fonds. Second accrual. – 1883-1945. – 84 cm of textual records.

Series 1
Correspondence, literary works and documents. – 1883-1945. – 84 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of the series.

Box 3
F.1 Personal notebook with interleaved correspondence. 1916-1922.
F.2 Box of miscellaneous items, including a letter from the “American Man of Letters”, William Lyon Phelps. 1883-1945.
F.3 Commemorative scroll from Leicestershire Regiment. n.d.
F.4 “Compositions” by Bernard Trotter, 1905.
F.5 “Selected College Essays” by BFT. n.d.
F.6 Olive and Gold. Yearbook presented by Reginald Trotter. December 1911.
F.7 Various documents re: studies, military. 1915-1921.

Box 4
F.1 Typescripts of poetry, short stories, essays. 1890-1923. Sheet music, published posthumously.
F.2 Poetry, short stories, essays, ms. and ts. [c. 1900].
F.3 Scrapbook containing published verses, November, 1905-August, 1927.

Box 5
F.1 Family and non-family correspondence with BFT. 40 items. December 13, 1902-December 16, 1906.
F.2 Family correspondence with BFT. 107 items. January 4, 1907-December 30, 1907.
F.3 Family correspondence with BFT. 84 items. January 2, 1908-December 27, 1908.
F.4. Family correspondence with BFT. 61 items. February 17, 1909-December 26, 1912.
F.5 Non-family correspondence with BFT. 30 items. April 13, 1908-August 23, 1912.
F.6 BFT’s letters from Lake Cecebe, near Burke’s Falls, Ontario, May-June 1912.
F.7 BFT’s diary, notepad and miscellaneous. 3 items. 1907-1912.
F.8 Correspondence between BFT and Saturday Evening Post re: “The Dance Coiffure” (short story). Also includes record of BFT’s published manuscripts (1908-1915). 4 items.
F. 9 Correspondence with Hallie and Esther Smith (California). 29 items, 1910-1915.
F.10 Non-family correspondence with BFT. 11 items. November 8, 1913-October 16, 1914.
F.11 Family correspondence with BFT. 27 items. May 6, 1915-June 13, 1916.
F.12 BFT letters to Rex (Reginald Trotter). 7 items. April 10, 1916-May 13, 1917 and undated.
F.13 Correspondence re: BFT’s death. 69 items. July 13, 1917 - December 13, 1917.

Box 6
Published materials:
Acadia Athenaeum. November, 1897 – December, 1897.
Acadia Athenaeum. January, 1900.
Acadia Athenaeum. February, 1900.
Acadia Athenaeum. December, 1900.
Acadia Athenaeum. March, 1901.
Acadia Athenaeum. June, 1901.
Acadia Athenaeum. May, 1905.
Acadia Athenaeum. May, 1906.
Atlantic Advocate, The. November, 1967.
Canadian Magazine, The. October, 1913.
Canadian Magazine, The. January, 1917.
Canadian Magazine, The. December, 1917.
Canadian Magazine, The. February, 1918.
Caswell, Edward S. (ed.) Canadian Singers and Their Songs. December, 1919.
Clarke, George Herbert. (ed.) A Treasury of War Poetry. 1919.
Daily Themes. October, 1909 – November, 1909.
Garvin, John W. (ed.) Canadian Poems of the Great War. 1918.
Garvin, John W. (ed.) Canadian Poets. 1926.
Harper’s Magazine. June, 1915.
Lighthall, W. D. (ed.) Appendix A. Presidential Address: Canadian Poets of the Great War. 1918.
McMaster 1922. May, 1922.
McMaster University Monthly. April, 1896.
McMaster University Monthly. December, 1911.
McMaster University Monthly. February, 1912.
McMaster University Monthly. January, 1913.
McMaster University Monthly. March, 1913.
McMaster University Monthly
. October, 1913 – May, 1914.
McMaster University Monthly. March, 1914.
McMaster University Monthly
. May, 1915.
McMaster University Monthly. November, 1915.
McMaster University Monthly. January, 1917.
McMaster University Monthly. March, 1917.
McMaster University Monthly. October, 1917.
McMaster University Monthly. November, 1917.
McMaster University Monthly. March, 1918.
McMaster University Monthly. May, 1918.
McMaster University Monthly. November, 1918.
McMaster University Monthly. October, 1919.
McMaster University Monthly. January, 1920.
McMaster University Monthly. February, 1920.
McMaster University Monthly. April, 1920.
McMaster University Monthly. October, 1920.
McMaster University Monthly. November, 1920.
McMaster University Monthly. January, 1922.
McMaster University Monthly. May, 1929.
Overland Monthly. March, 1913.
Varsity Magazine Supplement. 1917.
Western Field. April, 1908

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