Graphic materials

Title: Graphic materials
Dates of Material:
[186-]–1991
Extent:
606 photographs: b&w
463 photographs: col.
516 photographs: col. slides
7 albums (478 photographs: b&w)
400 photographs: b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm
172 photographs: b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm
Scope and content

Series consists of photographs of Kathleen Coburn, her family, friends and colleagues, including her time at Harbord Collegiate, Victoria College and St. Hugh's College in Oxford, England. Series also consists of photographs from her cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario and farmhouse at Echo Valley as well as travel in England, Germany and Israel.

NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title

Title based on contents of the series.

Extent

The series also contains 1 photograph: ambrotype, 94 photographs: col. negative strips ; 35 mm, 39 photographs: col. negative strips ; 16 mm, 4 photographs: b&w negative strips ; 35mm, 30 photographs: b&w negatives ; 7 x 4 cm, 16 photographs: b&w negatives ; 45 mm, 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 8 x 5 cm, 1 photograph: 5 x 3 cm, 1 drawing, 42 postcards, and 1 print: col. poster.

The series is stored in 6 boxes.

Finding aids

Box list available (see below)

BOX FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Box 72
72 /OS11 album (50 photographs: b&w). Photographs of friends, family, Baysville and the Ox Tongue River. [191-?]

   
72 /OS21 album (310 photographs: b&w). "Photographs varied 1919-1928."1919-1928

Photograph album contains photographs of Harbord Collegiate, Wychwood Park, Camp Kitchekewana on Beausoleil Island and Camp Couchiching.  Also contains photographs of Victoria College campus, University of Toronto campus as well as Victoria College class and team photographs, including the Vic 1924 girls softball team and Vic 1928 girls hockey team, with identified individuals (see below).

1 photograph: b&w. Girls softball team Vic1924, Individuals identified: Ruth Hazelwood, Lulu Bates, Helen Brett, Peter Partridge, Marion Horton, Helen White, Marjorie Scott, Francis Swine, Nellie Buckle, Dorothy Carver, K. Coburn.

1 photograph: b&w. Class photograph, individuals identified: Dorothy Endicott, K. Coburn, Isabel Creighton, Jean Nichol, Marie Tremaine, Lorna Cotton, Mrs. E.J. Pratt, Madeleine Stinson, Ruth Jenking.

1 photograph: b&w. Class photograph, individuals identified: K. Coburn, Gwen Fife, Margaret Clare, Marie Tremaine, Muriel West, Mrs. E. J. Pratt, Dorothy Forward, Isabel Oaks.

1 photograph: b&w. Class photograph, individuals identified: Ralph Sargeant, Bill Addison, Stanley St. John, Charlie Carcallen, Marion Forward, Minto Leitch, Dr. Ford, Carl Reinke, Blanche Snell, K. Coburn.

1 photograph: b&w. Class photograph, individuals identified: Mary Lewis, K.Coburn, K.West, Blanche Snell, Anne Rittenhouse, Dorothy Endicott, Evelyn Caswell, Mrs. Pratt, Mabel Henderson, Eileen Gillan.

1 photograph: b&w. Class photograph, individuals identified: K. Carcallen, Mildred Jackson, Helen Day, Lois Girvan, K. Dobson, Eileeen Gillan, Blanche Sneel, Mrs. Pratt, K.Coburn, Norah Holden.

1 photograph: b&w. Girls hockey team 1928. Individuals identified: Daisy Juanee, Edith West, Frances Cameron, Lois Reynolds, Lulu Bates, K. Coburn, K. Eaton, Winnie McMath, Sheila Sissons, Marion Bray, R. Vanstone, Jack Houston.
72 /OS31 album (35 photographs: b&w), 1 photograph: b&w. "Chiefly snaps sent home from England and Germany."1930-1930

Includes a class photograph from St. Hugh's.   
72 /OS44 photographs: b&w. Portraits of Coburn family including Kathleen Coburn's mother and father. [192-?]-[194-?]

   
72 /OS51 album (40 photographs: b&w). Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and family. [190-?]-[193-?]

   
72 /OS61 photograph: b&w ; 34 x 26 cm. Portrait of Kathleen Coburn. [197-?]

   
Box 73
73137 photographs: b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and friends at Camp Couchiching. 1922

See Box 72, File 2 photograph album for related photographs.      
73298 photographs: b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm and 9 x 6 cm. "Georgian Bay and Lockwood." Photographs of family at the cottage, boating. 1924

   
73314 photographs: 7 b&w and 7 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of canoeing, cottage, nature scenes and family members.[192-?]-[193-?]
734190 photographs: 114 b&w and 76 b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm and 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and friends at the cottage, canoeing, scenery and family. [192-?]-[193-?]

Includes photograph titled "Writing PhD. thesis."  Unidentified woman may be Jessie MacPherson.  See Box 75, File 2 for related material. Also includes a photograph of the Midland City steamboat.

(Photos P1-2)
735127 photographs: 4 b&w and 123 b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm and 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn at the cottage and canoeing, nature scenes.[192-?]-[193-?]
73647 photographs: 3 b&w, 38 col.,1 col. slide and 5 col. negatives ; 35 mm. Photographs of Echo Valley farmhouse and visitors.[193-?]-1977

   
737109 photographs: 13 b&w, 63 col. and 33 col. negatives ; 35 mm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and family at Echo Valley farmhouse and family home. [196-?]-[197-?]

   
738101 photographs: 7 b&w, 61 col. and 34 col. negatives ; 35 mm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and family at cottage and nature scenes. 1969-[198-?]

   

(Photos P1)
73944 photographs: 4 b&w and 40 col. Photographs of cottage scenery.1962-[198-?]

   
731057 photographs: col. slides. Photographs of family, Echo Valley farmhouse and construction site. 1966-1970

   
731145 photographs: 38 col., 3 col. negatives ; 16 mm and 4 b&w negatives ; 35 mm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and her dog.1969-[198-?]

   
731210 photographs: 6 b&w, 2 col., 1 col. slide and 1 b&w negative ; 5 x 3 cm. Portraits of Kathleen Coburn. [193-?]-[198-?]

   
Box 74
74156 photographs: 2 b&w, 54 b&w negatives ; 11 x 6 cm and 7 x 4 cm. "Vic and Harbord." Photographs of graduations from Victoria College and Harbord Collegiate. [192-]-[193-]

Includes 2 photographs of Victoria College buildings, including Annesley Hall.  See Box 72, File 2 photograph album for related photographs.  
7422 albums (36 photographs: b&w). 47 photographs: 23 b&w and 24 b&w negatives ; 11 x 6 cm and 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn's friends and family.[191-?]-[194-?]

   
74342 photographs: 23 b&w and 19 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of family and unidentified children. [193-?]-[194-?]

   
74426 photographs: 9 b&w and 17 b&w negatives ; 11 x 7 cm and 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of unidentified people including a man with a horse on a ship.[193-?]

   
74517 photographs: 9 col., 2 col. slides and 6 col. negatives ; 45 mm and 16 mm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn's family. [196-?]-1987

   
746169 photographs: 2 b&w, 122 col., 1 colour slide and 44 col. negatives ; 35 mm and 16 mm. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn and friends including Valerie Eliot and Ayala Zacks-Ambramov.[196-?]-1982

   
74779 photographs: 30 b&w, 14 col., 33 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm and 2 col. negatives ; 35 mm. Photographs of family in Ireland. [193-]-1968

   
74821 photographs: 9 b&w and 12 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm. Photographs of Paris.[193-?]

   
749300 photographs: 134 b&w, 166 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm. 38 postcards. Photographs of England and Germany including Oxford, St. Hugh's College, London, Winchester Castle, Cornwall, Heidelburg, Dresden and Berlin. 1931-1932

Includes photographs aboard the Duchess of Atholl passenger ship.
74101 album (14 photographs: 7 b&w and 7 b&w negatives). 80 photographs: 25 b&w, 37 col, 7 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm and 11 col. negatives ; 45 mm. Photographs of trips to England and Europe including Dundon Beacon Somerset, Ottery, Battersea Park in London.1946-1981

Includes a photograph of Samuel John Taylor Coleridge, age 3 years, with Grandpa.
741118 photographs: 15 col. and 3 col. negatives ; 16 mm. 1 textual record. 1 postcard. Photographs and postcard of Israel. 1979

Textual record is an announcement of a lecture by Kathleen Coburn at Tel Aviv University.
Box 75
75233 photographs: 22 b&w and 11 col. Photographs of Jessie MacPherson. [190-?]-1967

   
75320 photographs: b&w. 2 Postcards. "Early Days." Photographs of a young Kathleen Coburn and family. [189-?]-[192-?]

   
75469 photographs: 53 b&w and 16 col. 1 textual record. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn, friends, family and colleagues including a photograph of Kathleen Coburn and Northrop Frye as well as George Whalley and Barker Fairley. [191-?]-1991

Textual record is a copy of Kathleen Coburn's obituary.
75556 photographs: b&w. 1 postcard. Photographs of a young Kathleen Coburn, family and children. [191-?]-1944

   
7568 photographs: 2 b&w, 1 b&w contact sheet (48 images), 4 b&w negatives ; 9 x 6 cm and 11 x 6 cm and 1 col. negative ; 16mm. Photographs and portrait of Kathleen Coburn. [193-?] - [197-?]

   
75724 photographs: b&w. Photographs of Kathleen Coburn as a child, her parents and other family members. [189-?]-[194-?]

   
7589 photographs: 8 b&w and 1 ambrotype. Coburn family portraits. [186-?]-[193-?]

   
Box 76
76127 photographs: col. slides. "Angmering and England." 1962-1963
76254 photographs: col. slides. Photographs of Echo Valley Farm and nature scenes. 1966-1972

   
763104 photographs: col. slides. Photographs of vacations to Israel. 1971-1976

   
764124 photographs: col. slides. Israel, various locations. [197-]

These slides were purchased as a set. 
765145 photographs: col. slides. Photographs of cottage, farm house and Cayman Islands vacation. 1960-1970
2007.02
2007.02, Box 3
3 /OSVictoria University poster for "The Grandmothers"[1949?]