Personal Material

Various pamphlets, newspaper clippings, articles, and photocopies Viola collected on Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, a French Jesuit settlement, established by Jesuit priests including Jean de Brébeuf, who E.J. Pratt wrote about. Materials include: newspaper clippings on the settlement; invitations to the opening of the reconstruction of the settlement; Christmas card featuring the site; tourist brochure; articles from Martyrs Shrine Message; letters to Mrs. E.J. Pratt from Bas Mason regarding E.J. Pratt's poem "The Osprey," visiting Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and attending a conference in the area

Various convocation pamphlets and Vic Reports, and articles Viola collected, some related to her and E.J. Pratt, including: an article on John D. Robins; Victoria Reports, December 1966; Vic Reports, May 1974; 2 pamphlets from the Convocation of Victoria University, 1956, where Viola received a honorary degree; Vic Report, May 1973, which includes an article written by Viola on her class reunion; Vic Report, October 1973; and a copy of a Victoria University Convocation address, dated May 4, 1966, given by Donald Mathers

Unnamed and undated transcript of an interview with Viola and Claire Pratt, conducted by Lila Laakso and Howard Engel, recorded in the Pratt home in preparation for future broadcast on programme: “By Word of Mouth”; Includes original and photocopy of original

See also: Box 2, file 18 for audio recordings of the interview

Various pamphlets, newspaper clippings, articles, and photocopies Viola collected on subjects including: Victoria College, such as Women at Victoria: 1883-1984 Anniversary Celebrations, an exhibition pamphlet titled "One Hundred Years: Women at Victoria", and biography on Kathleen Coburn; Biblical Botany; methods to relieve arthritis; E.M. Forster; and an article titled "Up from Tadoussac" by Ethel M. Granger Bennett

3 b&w photographs; 3 sepia photographs; 1 colour photograph

Includes photographs of Viola with her family, portraits, and school photographs of Viola

Includes press cutting of a photograph, from the Evening Telegram (Oct. 10, 1978), of Dr. Viola Pratt with Dr. Leslie Harris at a plaque ceremony honouring E.J. Pratt at Western Bay, Newfoundland, related to Photo Number 5

12 b&w photographs; includes clippings from a convocation pamphlets with notes listing Victoria College graduates.

Gift of Viola Whitney Pratt.

1 colour photograph; photograph by Trevor Mills of Portrait Sketch by F.H. Varley, n.d.; oil on canvas; 43.7 x 33.6 cm; gift of Harold Mortimer-Lamb/Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV 57.11).

Includes accompanying correspondence between Lila Laakso, Head of Reader Services at Victoria University Library, and Amy L. Algard, Registrar at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, regarding sending the photographs of the portrait (Sept 10, 1985; Oct. 21, 1985); originally 2 photographs of the portrait, 1 missing.

See related correspondence in Box 2, File 3. Portrait painted in 1924.

Photograph of smaller group of women part of graduating class of 1913, Victoria College; Viola Whitney in centre of front row; 1 b&w photograph.

Gift of Viola Whitney Pratt (Vic 1T3).

Photograph of women part of the graduating class of 1913, Victoria College; Viola Whitney in centre of front row; 1 b&w photograph.

Viola Whitney in top right corner; 1 sepia photograph.

See also: list of graduates; Box 39, File 8.

Gift of Viola Whitney Pratt (Vic 1T3).

Miss V.L. Whitney, Prophetess in back row far right; 1 b&w photograph.

Gift of Viola Whitney Pratt (Vic 1T3).

Photograph of Board for Acta Victoriana, 1911–1912; Viola Whitney is sitting far left; 1 sepia photograph.

1 colour photograph; formal portrait of Viola Pratt.

Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Letters bestowed by Victoria University. 

Originally housed in a vinyl and plastic folder with a red suede exterior with the coat of arms of Canada stamped in it

Contains sheets of stamps

File 1 album titled: Birds in Literature; File 2 album titled: Birds of Passage; File 3 album titled: Bird World

Contains loose stamps

Contains loose stamps

Contains loose stamps

Contains loose stamps

Includes bird poems from John LeVay and Others, correspondence with other writers, and bird stamps

Includes loose bird stamps, bird poems, articles on birds, notebook on birds, and a bird poem index

Material in folder labelled "Claire" but appears to belong to Viola Leone Whitney Pratt

Contains loose stamps

Does not have three pages of stamps as noted in original title

The contents of File 14 correspond to File 1, the contents of File 15 correspond to File 2, and the contents of File 16 correspond to File 3 of Box 4

Archivist attributed album to Viola Pratt but possibly came from Claire Pratt collection

Fragile. Contains loose stamps.

Archivist attributed album to Viola Pratt but possibly came from Claire Pratt collection

Fragile. Contains loose stamps.

Various exhibition catalogues, collected pictures of birds, and news articles including: catalogue for an exhibition of art by J.F. Lansdowne called "Birds of Canada," and poster and catalogue for exhibition of art by Terence Shortt titled "The Painted Bird"; articles on J.F. Lansdowne and birds; and prints of art by Lansdowne

Award designed as a replica of Tom Thomson's palette, one third size.

Fragile.