Samuel Sobieski Nelles fonds

Series 9: Material relating to Victoria College

Series Number

9

Name of Creator

Nelles, Samuel Sobieski

Dates of Material

1843-1884

Title

Material relating to Victoria College

Extent

12 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of various items relating to Victoria College, 1836–1884, including account books, reports, memoranda and lists.

The final box in the collection is comprised of material relating to university matters. The financial records of Victoria are followed by a number of documents gathered in the course of Nelles' work as an administrator. In addition, there is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (mostly letters to the editor) dealing with the university question between 1857 and 1859.

Note(s)

Box/File List

Identifier Title Date
1991.197V-15-302 Account Book for Subscription Scholarships for Victoria College Endowment Fund.
1851–1855
1991.197V-15-303 Account Book for Victoria College Library Fund. 1856–1861. Includes John Ryerson’s account with the Bank of Montreal on behalf of Victoria College.
1857–1858
1991.197V-15-304 Certificate for Subscription Scholarship for Victoria College, Cobourg.
1856
1991.197V-15-305 Report of Financial Committee of Victoria College. Cobourg.
October, 1860
1991.197V-15-306 Minutes of Meeting re: Endowment Fund for Victoria College. Wesleyan Church, Cobourg.
November 10, 1868
1991.197V-15-307 Account Book for Victoria College.
April, June, 1882
1991.197V-15-308 Account Book for Subscriptions to Ryerson Chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Christian Evidences.
November, 1882
1991.197V-15-309 Financial Receipts (Primarily for Subscriptions to Ryerson Chair).
1883–1885
1991.197V-15-310 Report of Select Committee on Religious Grants. No. 108.
1836
1991.197V-15-311 Programme for First Public Examination of Victoria College.
April 1843
1991.197V-15-312 Lists of Victoria College Graduates.
1849
1848
1991.197V-15-313 List of Marks for Victoria College Students. Spring Term
1853
1991.197V-15-314 Notation of Section IV. University of Toronto Act of 1853.
1853
1991.197V-15-315 Scrapbook of Clippings with Reference to the University Question.
1857–1859
1991.197V-15-316 Draft of Legislation for Provincial University.
[1868]
1991.197V-15-317 Building Agreement for Wesleyan Methodist Parsonage in Cobourg.
January 30, 1872
1991.197V-15-318 Manuscript. Opinion on Wills of Edward and Lydia Ann Jackson re: Victoria College by Rose, Macdonald and Merritt.
July 17, 1876
1991.197V-15-319 Memorandum Respecting the Chair of Classical Literature in University College.
August 11, 1880
1991.197V-15-320 Private Memorandum for the Honourable G.W. Ross, Minister of Education re: University Question. (2 drafts)
July 24, 1884
1991.197V-15-321 Report of the President of Victoria College.
n.d.
1991.197V-15-322 List of Members of Board of Regents of Victoria University Noting Their Attitude Toward Federation.
n.d.