Box/File List

Grace Irwin

BOX(s) FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
“(In little place: a novel)” manuscript (pub. 1959)
11 p. 1–89
12 p. 90–128
13 p. 129–198
14 p. 199–265
“(Contend with horses)” manuscript (pub. 1968)
15 prologue
16 p. 1–92
17 p. 93–131
18 p. 132–224
19 p. 225– 340
“(Servant of slaves: a biographical novel of John Newton)” manuscript (pub. 1961)
110 p.1–116
111 p.117–197
112 p.198–269
113p.270 –319

   
Box 2
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
21 p. 320–400
22 p. 401–473
23 p. 474–509
24 p. 510–586
25 p. 587–621
Box 3
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
“(The seventh earl : a dramatized biography)” manuscript (pub. 1976)
31 p.1–204
32 p. 205–not numbered
2009.04
2009.04, Box 1
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
11 “Servant of slaves: a biographical novel of John Newton”, (part 1)1961

published 1961
12 “Slaves” (part 2)
13 “Strictly Conventional” short story
14 Sermons
15 Sermons
16 Reviews of Andrew Connington (in German)1959-1960
17 Reviews of Servant of slaves (in German)1963-1964
Series: 2: Diaries/journals
18 Britain and France1933
19 Italy and Greece1938
110  1958-1991
111 Martha Irwin’s diary1935
2009.04, Box 2
Series: 2: Diaries/journals
21 Diary/Journal1996
Series: 3: Correspondence
22 Christmas cards
23 (includes postcard from Billie Burke)1917-1919
24 Laura Powell1919-1931
25  1923
26  1924
27  1925-1926
28 1927
29  1928
210  1929
211  1930-1932
212 Joe (Ontario College of Education)1930-1942
2009.04, Box 3
Series: 3: Correspondence
31 1933-1937
32  1938-1940, 1945
33 Aldous Huxley1941
34  1953, 1954, 1959
35 Sympathy re death of Grace Irwin’s mother1954
36 Sympathy re death of Grace Irwin’s mother1954
37  1960-1969
38  1971, 1975
39  1982, 1987, 1989
310  1991-1999
Series: 4: Records relating to family and various activities
311 Examination schedule1929
312 Tribute to Grace Irwin on her retirement from Humberside Collegiate Institute[1969?]
313 Literary Open House itinerary including Grace Irwin’s address1979
314 Notes re teaching principles
315 Photograph b&w (Thompson and Son)
P1 John Irwin
316 Photograph 1937 b&w
P1 A.A. Milne and others backstage at a play
2009.11
2009.11, Box 1
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
11 “Plato” essay
12 “Latin Play”[192–?]
13 Notebooks1926-2002
14 Publishing/option agreements1957-2001
15 “Jeremiah”1967
16 Sermons1977-1986
17 Victoria University Sesquicentennial Dinner address1986
18 Sermons1980-1986
19 “Three lives in mine” 1986published 1986
110 Review of “Three lives in mine”1989
111 Sermon1997
112 “Our family story”1999
113 Sermon—Easter2003
2009.11, Box 2
Series: 2: Diaries/journals
21 Diary1920
22 Diary1971
Series: 3: Correspondence
23 Excerpts from correspondence re books written by Grace Irwin
24 1930-1994
25  1930-2001
26  1936-1999
27  1938-1979
28 McClelland and Stewart1951-1966
29 Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing1957-1966
2009.11, Box 3
Series: 3: Correspondence
31 Retirement/thank you/birthday1969-1996
32 Ruth Vaughn1982
33 Agape Drama Press1982-1983
34  1982-1991
35 Congratulations/birthday1991
36 1992-1998, 2001, 2007
37 Donald Lewis1998
38 100th birthday2007
39 100th birthday (part 2)
Series: 4: Records relating to family and various activities
310 Certificates1917, 1996
311 Script of play performed by the Emmanuel Church Players1971
312 Service bulletin (Grace Irwin guest minister)1996
313 Photograph

col.
P1 Grace Irwin and Laura Powell
2009.18
2009.18, Box 1
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
Partial manuscripts/typescripts, fragments, notes -- Books
11 Various
14“Least of all saints”1952

(pub. 1952)
15 “Least of all saints” omitted chapter
16 “Andrew Connington”1954

(pub. 1954)
17 “Servant of slaves”1961

(pub. 1961)
18 “The seventh earl: a dramatized biography,” research notes1976

(pub. 1976)
2009.18, Box 2
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
22“Three lives in mine”1986

(pub. 1986 )
24“Compensation”2003

(pub. 2003)
Partial manuscripts/typescripts, fragments, notes -- Unpublished
25 “And heaven bless”—novel
26 “All things are possible”—play
2009.18, Box 3
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
31 Reviews/advertising of Grace Irwin’s books (intended for scrapbook)1955-1976
32 Reviews of Servant of slaves
33 Publisher’s notes re Servant of slaves
34 Publishing agreements1951-1975
36Notebooks containing research/manuscripts
Manuscripts/typescripts of essays, addresses, sermons, funeral messages, articles, poems
37 “Fictional Realism and Christian Reality”
38 “The Odyssey—Saga of Restoration”
39 “A Plea for Identity”
311Poems (intended for individuals—birthdays and other occasions)
312 “What Does the Original Actually Say?”
313 School/University essays[between 1920 and 1932]
314 Various1951-1970
315 Various1953-2000
2009.18, Box 4
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
41 Various1955-2002
42 “The Vanishing Loons”1964-1965
43 Funeral messages1979-1995
44 Sermons1981-2000
45 “Humberside”1988
Series: 2: Diaries/journals
46 Diary1920
47 Diary/journal1938
48 Diary1978
Series: 3: Correspondence
Family correspondence
49 (includes letters to John Irwin)1907-1959
410  1913-1965
411  1917-1922
2009.18, Box 5
Series: 3: Correspondence
51  1918-1942
52  1923-1929
53 To John Irwin from his mother1926
54 To John Irwin from Grace1927-1928
55 To John Irwin from his mother1928-1929
Other correspondence
56 Santa Claus1914, 1916
57 1924-1929
58  1924-1937
59  1932-1944
510  1932-1979
511 Annemarie Hecht–Pordes1937-1949
512 1950-1979
513 For scrapbook1952-1971
514 P.G.Wodehouse1965
515  1979-1988
516  1982-2006
517 1984-1999
2009.18, Box 6
Series: 3: Correspondence
61 Class of 19291984
62 Publishing1966-1973
63 Praising Grace’s writing and teaching1964-1974
64 1988-2003
65 1990-1999
66  1990-2007
67 Congratulations re Doctor of Sacred Letters degree1991
68  1992-2007
69 Birthday cards2008
Series: 4: Records relating to family and various activities
610 Family1884-1981
611 Material intended for scrapbook1894-2002
612 Clippings1910-1995
613 Theatre/movie programmes1916-1929
614 Various activities1917-1993
615 Tributes1967-2002
616 Degree Doctor of Sacred Letters1990-1991

See Also Box 9 O/S
617 Drawings of Grace Irwin
2009.18, Box 7
Series: 4: Records relating to family and various activities
Photographs of Grace Irwin/family/friends
71 Photographs 1925-1954

b&w
P1–9 In various poses
72 Photograph 1935

col. (Gainsborough Studio)
P1 Portrait
73 Photographs 1936

b&w (York Studio)
P1–2 Portraits
74 Photographs

b&w and col.
P1–5 In later years
75 Photograph [197–?]

b&w (Harold Hunter)
P1 Portrait
76 Photograph

b&w
P1 Drawing
77 Photographs 1924-1944

b&w and col.
P1–13 With family and friends
78 Photograph 1978

col.
P1 At a conference table
79 Photograph [between 1981 and 1999]

col.
P1 In front of the pulpit at church
710 Photograph [195–?]

b&w
P1 With Alice Munro and two others on island
711 Photographs 1935

b&w
P1–2 With Rudyard Kipling/with Kipling and others
712 Album (102 photographs : b&w and col.)1928–[199–?]

P1–102 Grace Irwin/friends/classmates/family/events
713 Photographs 1933

b&w
P1–28 On shipboard and in Britain and Ireland with mother
714 Album (19 photographs : col)2007

P1–19 100th birthday
715 Album (12 photographs : col)2008

P1–12 101st birthday
716 Photographs [ca. 1882]–1928

b&w
P1–8 Parents/brother/uncle/sister
717 Photograph 1935

b&w (H.C. Deal)
P1 Rudyard Kipling surrounded by young women
718 Album (82 photographs; b&w)1915-1917

P1–82 World War I hospital/nurses/soldiers/sites/scenery
2009.18, Box 8
Series: 1: Records relating to writing
8Scrapbook1952

Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and congratulatory notes for Grace Irwin's first novel Least of All Saints.

Archivist's note:  Due to preservation concerns, many of the scrapbook pages were separated from the material.  Each folder in the box contains the material from each original page of the scrapbook.  The order of the original scrapbook was: 1 page press clippings, followed by 1 page of congratulatory letters.
2009.18, Box 9
Series: 4: Records relating to family and various activities
9 /OS1Martha Irwin's public school teacher's second class certificate1882

   
9 /OS2Civil defense certificate for sewing awarded to Grace Irwin 1944

   
9 /OS3Victoria University Doctor of Sacred Letters Degree - Grace Irwin1941