Finding Aid
Henry Carl Nunn fonds. 90 cm of textual records.
Series 1 Diaries and Notebooks. 1920-1940.
Nunn kept a regular diary, recording information about his personal and business life. There sometimes sketches, as well as notes and other mementos from his wife and children, bird sightings, and reminders of his faith scattered throughout. Loose material from the front of the diaries has been and placed in an accompanying folder.
Box 1 1920-1925
Box 2 1926-1930
Box 3 1931-1933
Box 4 1934-1937
Box 5 1938-1940, two small notebooks
Series 2 Writing
In addition to his diaries, Nunn wrote poetry and prose on a variety of subjects, most often about the things dearest to him. The titles of the folders reflect Nunns filing titles where extant.
Box 6
F.1 Bird Talks Notes.
F.2 Camp Pluie material.
F.3 Church.
F.4 Essays and Articles.
F.5 F.O.N. [Federation of Ontario Naturalists] Addresses.
F.6 Fun and Frolic.
F.7 Morning in Camp. 1939.
F.8 Notes on Wayside Springs.
F.9 Verse.
F.10 Miscellaneous notes and writing.
Series 3 Correspondence and Business Catalogues
There is a small quantity of correspondence. Notably, there is a letter from Grey Owl and a number of letters from Jack Miner. There are two catalogues from Hallidays.
Box 7
Catalogues
F.11 Hallidays Building Material, Paints and Hardware Catalogue. 1928.
F.12 Halliday Homes Simplex System Catalogue. 1941.
Correspondence
F.13 Grey Owl. 1936. Includes two signed, black and white photographs.
F.14 Jack Miner. Includes 48 black and white photographs.
F.15 Stuart Thompson. 1933-1940.
F.16 Letters to Keep. 1919-1935.
F.17 Letters from HCN to his family.
F.18 Letters of Condolence. 1940.
F.19 Genealogical and biographical material provided by Henry Carl Nunns family. This file also includes a USB of scans of the diaries.
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