Victoriana Collection
About the Collection
The Victoriana collection is a collection of published materials and documents relating to the history and activities of Victoria University.
It contains more than 250 titles and includes books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and other documents.
Most of the collection is located in our closed stacks and is available for on-site viewing from 9am until 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Researchers must submit a retrieval request to see most material. Retrievals take place at 10am, 1pm and 3pm Monday to Friday.
Additionally, microfiche copies of Acta Victoriana and its Index are located in the reference stacks at Pratt Library. Microform readers are available on-site. Duplicate copies of some items can also be found in the circulating stacks at Pratt. Exact locations are given in the library catalogue.
Searching the Collection
All titles are listed in the University of Toronto Library catalogue. They can be searched by using the "Advanced Search" of the Old Library Catalogue: select the Library as "Victoria University E.J. Pratt Library" and then the Location as "Victoria (Pratt) Victoriana Collection."
Highlights
Published Histories on Victoria
- The history of Victoria College by Nathanael Burwash. Toronto: Victoria College Press, 1927.
- On the old Ontario strand, Victoria's hundred years: addresses at the centenary of Victoria University, and the Burwash memorial lectures of the Centennial Year by Victoria University, 1936.
- A history of Victoria University by C.B. Sissons. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1952.
- From Cobourg to Toronto: Victoria University in retrospect: the sesquicentennial lectures, 1986 by John Webster Grant. Chartres Books, 1989.
- It's late, and all the girls have gone : an Annesley diary, 1907-1910 by Kathleen Cowan. Toronto : Childe Thursday, 1984.
Biographies of Victorians
- Margaret Addison: a biography by Jean O'Grady. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. (also available online)
- Egerton Ryerson: his life and letters by C.B. Sissons. Clarke, Irwin, 1937-1947.
- The memoirs of C.B. Sissons by C.B. Sissons. University of Toronto Press, 1964.
- Frederick Clark Stephenson, 1864-1941 by C.C. Love. Published for Victoria University by The Ryerson Press, 1957.
- Many memoriam booklets, including those for Richard Davidson, Arnot Stanley Orton, Augustus Edward Lang, Frank Louis Barber, Edward Wilson Wallace, Margaret Addison, John Fletcher McLaughlin, Alfred Gandier, and Andrew James Bell.
Newspapers, journals and magazines
| Title | Description | Year |
| *Followed by the Varsity Graduate (1948-1967 intermittent), University of Toronto Graduate (1967-1972), Graduate (1973-1986), University of Toronto Alumni Magazine (1986-1988), University of Toronto Magazine (1988-present) or UofT Magazine (2008-present), which are not in the Victoriana collection, but in the periodical stacks at the E.J. Pratt Library. | ||
| Victoria Reports, Vic Report | Victoria newsletter/magazine | 1951-1972; 1972-present |
| Acta Victoriana (and Index to 1990) | Student literary journal | 1878-present |
| Acta Victoriana (some issues online) | Student literary journal | (incomplete online coverage) |
| The Strand | Victoria College student newspaper | 1955-present |
| Torontonensis | University of Toronto yearbook | 1898-1966 |
| Victoriad | Victoria yearbook | 1978-1994 (incomplete holdings) |
| Calendar, Victoria University | Course calendar and guide | 1841-1918 |
| Calendar, Faculty of Theology, Victoria University | Course calendar and guide | 1908-1927 |
| Calendar, Emmanuel College | Course calendar and guide | 1928-present |
| Handbooks, by the Victoria College Union [These are listed individually in the library catalogue] | Victoria College guides for students | 1964-1968, 1978, 1979 |
| University of Toronto Monthly | U of T Alumni magazine | 1900-1947* |
This is only a sampling of what's available in Victoriana. Browse the catalogue for more resources.
Other Resources
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Victoria University Archives
The Victoria University Archives holds the corporate records of Victoria University, the records of student and alumni groups and personal papers of alumni, faculty and staff. -
Canadiana
The Canadiana collection, also part of the E.J. Pratt Library's Special Collections, may also contain materials relating to prominent Victorians and the history of education in Ontario. -
Other special collections
The Special Collections at the E.J. Pratt Library also includes the personal papers of many Victoria alumni, faculty and staff, including Northrop Frye, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, E.J. Pratt, A.P. Coleman and Norman Jewison.