Andrew James Bell
Box/File List
| Box | File | Title | Year & Additional Information |
| Correspondence: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| See also: correspondence listed under “other material.” | |||
| 3 | a.6 | 4 letters in: n.d. | Correspondents include: Douglas Bush (1 in, n.d.); an academic; students; a friend. |
| 3 | a.5 | 5 letters in: 1885–1899 | Correspondents include: William R. Riddell (1 in, 1899); academics; editors. |
| 3 | b. | 9 letters in n.d., 1887–1923 | Correspondents include academics; an editor; friends. Includes 1 letter from Irene Irwin to George Bell, 1923 |
| 6 | 3. | 2 letters in: 1889, 1894 | Correspondents include: Eduard Meyer [of Breslau?], (1889); Theodore Rand (McMaster University); 1894 |
| 6 | 1 | 7 letters in: 1887–1910 | Correspondents include: 1 from S.S. Nelles (1887); 1 from R.A. Reeve (1889); “Thorn” (n.d.), [fragment; might have been addressed to Helena Coleman?]; academics; colleague in Breslau. |
| 3 | a.4 | 15 letters in: 1890–1910; | Correspondents include: academics; business associates; a politician; friends. Verso of letter dated 1905 contains draft of reply by A.J. Bell. File includes 1 letter from Helena Coleman to Martha Bell, 1910 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 letters in, plus 3 receipts: n.d., 1891–1911 | Correspondents include: American Philological Association (2 in, 1905, 1907); A.B. Macallum (1 in, 1905); E. Masson (1 in, 1900); D. McFayden (1 in, 1902); A.P. Missener (1 in, 1919); University of Chicago Press (1 in, 1907); Vincent Parke Publishers (1 in, 1909); academics; a student. |
| 3 | a.3. | 13 letters in: 1911–1918 | Correspondents include: philologists; academics; family members; friends. File also includes 1 letter from Tina Kromer (Leipzig) to Martha Bell, 1915 |
| 3 | a.2 | 26 letters in: n.d., 1919–1921 | Correspondents include: Douglas Bush (1 in, 1919); Mrs. Douglas Bush (1 in, 1919); William R. Riddell (1 in, 1920); philologists; academics; students; a book dealer; friends. File also includes 1 letter from Margaret E. T. Addison to Martha Bell, n.d. |
| 3 | a.1. | 17 letters in: n.d., 1920–1929 | Correspondents include: James Endicott (1 in, 1920); William R. Riddell (1 in, 1921); academics; students. File also includes 1 letter from Margaret E.T. Addison to Martha Bell, 1920 |
| 3 | c. | 30 letters and memoranda relating to The Latin Dual and Poetic Diction: Publication arranged by Victoria College. Includes correspondence between College officials and Oxford University Press, along with notes made by A.E. Lang, Victoria College Library. | 1921–1936 |
| 4 | a. | 13 letters relating to the acquisition of the Bell library and a portrait of Bell: n.d., 1933–1935 | Correspondents include: F. Louis Barber and other individuals. File includes related notes and reports. |
| 4 | e. | 52 letters and other items relating to the acquisition of a portrait of Bell | 1935, 1936. File includes related lists of donors and receipts for donations. Correspondents include: F. Louis Barber and many academics and community members. |
| 6 | 8 | 8 letters in: 1908–1926 | Correspondents include: R. Falconer, University of Toronto, A.H. Bain, Victoria College, H.W. Auden, Upper Canada College, A. Fraser, Ontario Bureau of Archives, M.W. Wallace, Militia and Defense, M. Brett, and J.W.L. Forster, Toronto artist. |
| 4 | J. | Invoices and correspondence re books and autographs purchases by A.J. Bell | 1912–1923 |
| Literary manuscripts: | |||
| Articles: | |||
| 1 | 1 | The constructions with refert and interest: offprint of Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, [1897?], from an address given February 28, 1897; b. 3 p. | |
| 5 | 10 | The Greek Aorist | holograph |
| 1 | 1 | The Greek Aorist | offprint; b. 8 p. |
| 5 | 11, 12. | The Origin of Gender | holographs |
| 1 | 1 | The Origin of Gender: offprint of Transactions of the Canadian Institute, Vol. VI (1898–99), from an address given February 12, 1898; a. 14 p. | Fragile. Researchers should refer to photocopy (provided). |
| 1 | 1 | The Science of Meanings: reprinted from The School Review, vol. 9, no. 6 (June 1901); b. 9 p. | Two copies. |
| 3 | b. | Tros Tyriusque Again: | ts., annotated, signed |
| 1 | 1 | Virgil and the Drama: reprinted from The School Review, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 1905); b. 17 p. | Two copies. |
| Professional material: | |||
| Thesis: | |||
| 1 | 2 | De Locativi in Prisca Latinitate Vi et Usu: University of Breslau, 1889; a. Three copies, all of them inscribed (to: L.E. Horning; A.F. Langford; Nathaniel Burwash). | One copy bound. |
| Notes: | |||
| 3 | a.6 | Philological: n.d.; [by A.J. Bell?] | |
| 3 | b. | Philological: n.d. | |
| Lecture notes: | |||
| 5 | On grammar, including Latin and Greek grammar | ||
| Personal material: | |||
| Catalogue and lists of books owned: | |||
| 4 | g. | Handlist of Erasmiana in the Bell collection of Victoria College, prepared by Marie Tremaine, Toronto Public Library. | Copy 2 |
| 4 | b, c, d. | Lists of items in the Bell library, Boxes 1–299 | |
| 2 | Sheaf catalogue of the library of A.J. Bell, bound: Holograph entries made by Bell, commencing ca. 1909; bulk of entries made in 1910s, 1920s. | ||
| 6 | 7 | Slips from A.J. Bell’s sheaf catalogue. Note by donor of envelope stated “... received from member of Bell family;” | |
| Diary: | |||
| 6 | 6 | Calendar diary (pocket-sized) for 1910 | [Very fragile condition] |
| Essays: | |||
| 1 | 1 | Five essays: (holograph, undated, signed “A.J. Bell”), [school or college exercises, by Andrew James Bell?], including Friendship; Honesty is the best policy; Patriotism; Success in life; William Cowper | |
| Letter of introduction: | |||
| 1 | 2a. | For delivery to the Rector of the University of Leipzign.d.; Includes related letter | 1889 |
| Letter of appointment: | |||
| 1 | 2a. | As Professor of Comparative Philology, University of Toronto | 1907 |
| Membership form: | |||
| 3 | b. | Archaeological Institute of America | 1919 |
| Memorabilia: | |||
| 4 | a. | Sample bookplate, from the library of (“ex libris”) A.J. Bell, and sample bookplate, photocopied | |
| Passports: | |||
| 1 | 2a. | File includes related correspondence. | 1886, 1906 |
| Photographs: | |||
| 1 | 3 | Album, Breslau | 1889. [Includes portraits of professors, classmates, friends?] Fragile. |
| University degrees and diplomas: | |||
| 1 | 2a. | Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Toronto | 1878 |
| 1 | 2c | Doctor of Philosophy degree, University of Breslau: (oversized; stored separately) With four copies. | 1889 |
| 1 | 2b | Seventeen diplomas, for various courses (oversized; stored separately). | 1874–1878 |
| University documents: | |||
| 1 | 2a | N.d., 1886, 1887?, 1906, 1907 | |
| 3 | b | 1874–75; 1875–76 | |
| Material about A.J. Bell: | |||
| 4 | f. | Article: Andrew James Bell: memorial address...N.W. DeWitt, offprint, [1932?] | |
| 4 | f. | Article: photocopied: Andrew James Bell: a great Toronto book collector; by Larry Pfaff; in Papers of the Bibliographic Society of Canada | May 15, 1976 |
| 4 | i. | Cartoon and clippings | |
| 4 | f. | Clippings | |
| 4 | h. | Paper: Andrew James Bell, Bibliophile by Larry Pfaff | [197–] |
| 4 | f. | Portrait | offprint |
| 4 | g. | Serial: Renaissance and Reformation, Vol. VII (1971) No. 2 [describe according to A.A.C.R. II] Issue subtitle: “The Erasmus collection in the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University in the University of Toronto: a catalogue of its most important materials, with a contemporary portrait of the collector, Andrew James Bell.” |
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| Other material: | |||
| 6 | 2, 3. | Correspondence of Pelham Edgar and Charles G.D. Roberts [possibly purchased by Bell; see custodial history], including: 1 letter from L.J. Maxse (of National Review) to Pelham Edgar (1905); 1 letter from William McDuncan to Edgar (1901); 1 letter from Henry Newbolt to Edgar (1901?); 1 from William Osler to Edgar (1902); 1 letter from Gilbert Parker to Edgar (1905); 1 letter from [George William Ross?], (Canadian Authors’ Association) to Edgar (1905); 1 letter from Alice Meynell to Mrs. Pelham Edgar (1907?); 1 letter from Charles G.D. Roberts to “my dear Scott” [Duncan Campbell Scott?], (1902) | |
| 6 | 5 | Invitations, programs, other items relating to events at McMaster University; the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario; Trinity College (University of Toronto); Wycliffe College (University of Toronto); the University of New Brunswick; several collegiate institutes and schools in Ontario; and several universities and other institutions in the United States | |
| 1 | Miscellaneous items | ||
| 4 | a. | Miscellaneous items | |
| 3 | b. | Memorial card, Conrad Bitzer | 1903 |
| 3 | b. | Memorial card, Samuel S. Nelles | 1887 |
| 6 | 4 | Souvenir booklet and programs relating to events at the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression (Toronto), n.d., 1905–09; the University of Ottawa, 1904; other institutions | |