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Biographical files
Title: Biographical files
Dates of Material:
1928 – 1990
Extent:
0.23 m of textual records
12 photographs: b&w
6 photographs: col.
1 photograph: 4x5 inch b&w negative
1 photograph: 35 mm b&w negative
12 photographs: b&w
6 photographs: col.
1 photograph: 4x5 inch b&w negative
1 photograph: 35 mm b&w negative
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of series.
Extent
The series is stored in 5 boxes.
Finding aids
Item list available (see below).
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 1988 | ||||
| 1988, Box 82 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 6 | Library inventory | n.d. | Handwritten and typed notes. |
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991, Box 0 | ||||
| 0 /OS | 16 | Diploma, Emmanuel College Ordination to the Ministry and certificate from The United Church of Canada constitution as a Minister of the United Church of Canada | 1936 |
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| 1991, Box 49 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | Contains biographical information including photographs and correspondence (1967-1990) with publishers of biographical directories and dictionaries. | 1967-1990 | (Photos P1-2) |
| 49 /OS | 1 | Degree, Bachelor of Arts, Mount Allison University, Vera Victoria Frye | 1924 | Northrop Frye's sister |
| 49 | 2 | Records relating to Frye's wedding to Elizabeth Brown in July 1988. Includes announcement, guest list, reception costs and cards from friends (1988). | 1988 | |
| 49 | 3 | Miscellaneous biographical records relating to the Frye family. | ||
| 49 | 4 | Correspondence with Elizabeth Brown Frye | ||
| 49 | 5 | Vera Frye Estate | ||
| 49 | 6 | Helen Kemp Frye Estate | Includes the wills of Helen Frye and her father, S.H.F. Kemp. | |
| 49 | 7 | Legal documents relating to Northrop Frye. | ||
| 49 | 8 | Health and financial information relating to Northrop Frye. | ||
| 1991, Box 50 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | Holograph autobiographical notes | Includes a copy of Aberdeen High School Closing Exercises, 1928; and a teacher's monthly report on Frye, n.d. | |
| 1992 | ||||
| 1992, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Social Insurance Number and birth certificate cards | ||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1993, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | Ink blotter | 1929 | Printed advertisement on behalf of the Business College in Saint John, N.B. showing a photograph of Northrop Frye beside an Underwood typewriter after winning an Expert Typist Award, 1929. |
| 1993, Box 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | House lease (1950-1951) for 127 Clifton Road, Toronto. | ||
| 5 | 2 | Notebook | Containing wedding announcement of Northrop Frye's parents, Herman Edward Frye and Catherine Maud Howard; their marriage certificate, 1896; clippings; congratulatory letters and lists of presents. | |
| 5 | 6 | Vera Frye Estate | Includes correspondence about the distribution of personal property. | |
| 2023.08 | ||||
| 2023.08, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | Bach Pianoforte Works No. 1 and 2 | Two bound volumes of sheet music for the piano by Johann Sebastian Bach. Critical editions with notes on the music by Dr. Hans Bischoff. Frye’s initials are inscribed at the top of the front endpapers. | ||
