Finding Aid
Thompson family fonds. -- 1864-1904. -- 17 cm of textual records.
BOX 1
F.1-6 Typed transcriptions of Sarah Robson Thompson’s diaries, done by Emily Bradshaw in June 1998. File 1 also contains a letter from Lucy Woodward, [19 June 1998], to Bradshaw, with a list of corrigenda, a note of significant dates, and a précis of the diaries with commentary. The transcriptions begin in 1865, but there is no diary for that date.
F.7 (in envelope) 6 mini disks, Mac Microsoft Word 5.1a, containing electronic files of the transcriptions.
F.8 (in envelope) diary of Sarah Robson Thompson, bound in brown leather, 1 January 1866-30 September 1868.
F.9 diary of Sarah Robson Thompson, 1 March 1871-31 December 1872.
F.10 (in envelope) diary of Sarah Robson Thompson, bound in marbled paper boards, quarter-bound with blue cloth, 1 January 1873-31 August 1875. Enclosures: b&w photo of a river; 2 news clippings from the Family Herald, n.d.
F.11 (in envelope) diary of Sarah Robson Thompson, bound in faded marbled paper boards, half-bound with blue cloth, 1 September 1875-5 May 1878. Enclosure: poems, “Spring” and “Summer”, 2 integral leaves.
F.12 (in envelope) diary of Delia Florence Thompson, bound in dark blue paper boards, half-bound with blue cloth, 22 April 1872-2 April 1889. Contains: clippings of poetry, diary entries (beginning 25 April 1872), drafts of letters to Sarah Robson Thompson (31 October 1876-10 October 1879), and a draft letter to her mother (8 June 1888). Also letter to Sarah Robson Thompson probably from one of her sisters giving an account of travels on the Continent, [3 June?] 1864.
F.13 Correspondence.
Sarah Robson Thompson to Delia Florence Thompson, 14 August 1882.
William Thomas Thompson to Thomas Phillips Thompson, 14 August 1882.
Delia Florence Thompson to her mother, 21 December 1882.
Sarah Robson Thompson to Delia Florence Thompson, 23 March 1883.
William Thomas Thompson to Delia Florence Thompson, 22 April 1883.
Chrisy Cooke to Delia Florence Thompson, 11 July 1883.
Chrisy Cooke to Delia Florence Thompson, 27 April 1884.
Delia Florence Thompson to William Thomas Thompson, 22 April 1885.
E.A. Robson to Delia Florence Thompson, 2 November 1890.
[Delia Florence Thompson] to Fanny Thompson, 4 September 1893.
[Delia Florence Thompson] to Fanny Thompson, 12 July 1895.
Uncle Joe to Elise, 21 October 1904.
Drawing and description of house in Sarah Robson Thompson’s hand, n.d.
“In Memoriam” cards for William Harle Hargrave (30 November 1888) and Ellen Hargrave (9 January 1889).
2 tearsheets from the Richmond Dispatch, 26 April 1883, obituary notice of Sarah Robson Thompson and her husband, William Thomas Thompson.
F.14 Record of the Thompson family, notebook containing genealogical information for Thompson family, Moreland, Liverpool, St. Catharines and Toronto branches. Hand written copy of Toronto and St. Catharines branches of family also included in folder.
