Collection consists of records acquired by A. Burke Doran. The collection contains four pages removed from the guest book of the Black Bay Duck Club, a hunting club located near Ottawa. The pages were used as exhibits in the 1946 hearings of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication, by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power. The Royal Commission resulted from the 1945 defection of Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk for the military attache, Colonel Nikolai Zabotin, of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. The pages bear the signature of Colonel Nikolai Zabotin and several other Soviet officials. Also included are correspondence between the legal branch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Department of Justice, as well as J.J. Heeney, an original owner of the Black Bay Duck Club. The collection also contains two dictaphone wartime relocation certificates, and three samples of law firm letterhead.
Doran, A. Burke (Anthony Burke)Fonds consist of records documenting the judicial career of Abraham Lieff. Records in the fonds predominately document work related to instituting pre-trial conferences and mediation programmes as an alternative court room. Fonds also documents Lieff's appointment to and retirement from the bench. Records include consultation papers, meeting minutes, correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, and newspaper clippings.
Lieff, Abraham Herman, 1903-2007Collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted by Christine J.N. Kates with members of the Advocates' Society. The collection consists of interviews with the Honourable John D. Arnup, the Honourable W.D. Griffiths, the Honourable R.E. Holland, Charles McKeon, Barry Pepper, the Honourable R. Reid, and Justice John Sopinka.
Advocates' SocietyFonds consists of photographs, letters, ephemera, a letters patent of knighthood and artifacts relating to the life of Sir Aemilius Irving. Included are an illuminated address and a wooden box presented to Irving by the benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. An engraving of William Osgoode is also included.
Irving, Aemilius, 1823-1913Fonds consists of a self-printed memoir and book of poetry authored by Alan Whiteley.
Whiteley, AlanFonds consists of records maintained by Albert A. Strauss.
Strauss, Albert AbrahamFonds primarily consists of certificates relating to the legal career of Alexander Logie. The remaining items are of a personal nature, including newspaper clippings regarding his uncle, William Logie, and an invitation.
Logie, Alexander, 1823-1873Fonds consists of a notebook maintained by Alfred Bicknell for reference purposes.
Bicknell, Alfred, d. 1932Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Sir Allen B. Aylesworth. These records are primarily correspondence and legal opinions pertaining to his work and activities between 1911 and 1920 after his retirement as a Member of Parliament. Also included are documents relating to his legal education and certification as a lawyer, a selection of collected 19th-century legal documents, and some correspondence concerning his social activities and domestic matters.
Aylesworth, Allen Bristol, 1854-1952Fonds consists of records accumulated by Art Linton in his capacity as a director of Magna Carta Canada 2015, a touring exhibition of the Magna Carta in Canada that travelled to Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton in 2015. Records in the fonds are mostly memorabilia of this event, including posters and a commemorative pin, and related correspondence. Also included is a photograph of the Ontario Superior Court Judges' Association members in 2015, as well as items pertaining to Linton's attendance at a Magna Carta Foundation of Liberty Runnymede 800 event held in the United Kingdom in June 2015.
Linton, Arthur Robert, 1949-Fonds consists of records pertaining to the education and legal career of Arthur Lawrence Scace. The records in this fonds include a membership certificate issued by the Delta Chi Fraternity (Osgoode Hall Chapter), his call to the Bar certificate, and a certificate to appear as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Ontario.
Scace, Arthur Lawrence, 1900-1973Fonds consists of reproductions of records documenting the life and legal career of Aubrey Golden, particularly his activities as a lawyer in social justice and civil liberties cases.
Golden, Aubrey E.Fonds consists of certificates, commissions, a diploma and a class photograph pertaining to Austin Conway's legal education and career.
Conway, Austin, 1918-2007Fonds consists of records relating to Bertram Holford Ardagh in his role as Captain of the Osgoode Hall Rifle Association, a volunteer organization formed in 1914 for members of the legal profession who lacked military training. The fonds includes reports, membership lists, a newspaper clipping and a membership card.
Ardagh, Bertram Holford, 1869?-1933Fonds consists of a letter book containing copies of outgoing correspondence written by Edward Blake and William Hume Blake in the 1840s and 1850s.
Blake, Edward (family)Fonds consists of a scrapbook documenting the musical career of Brenda Macrae Smellie, a vocalist based in Toronto and New York City.
Fonds consists of records relating to the legal career of Britton Bath Osler, a lawyer in Hamilton, Dundas and Toronto, Ontario. Included in the fonds are certificates, a letter, and a balance sheet from the law firm of McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & Creelman.
Osler, Britton Bath, 1839-1901Fonds consists of records documenting the life and research interests of C. Ian Kyer, in particular his work to collect and write about the history of his law firm, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, and its predecessor firms. These records include research materials, memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the Fasken firm and its lawyers. Also included in the fonds are a file pertaining to the activities of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Alumni Association and Kyer's involvement with its Executive Committee and alumni dinners in the early to mid-1980s, as well as a report on the diaries of Edward Marion Chadwick (1840-1921).
Kyer, Clifford IanFonds consists of material binders prepared for conferences and programs presented by the Canadian IT Law Association. Several binders included CD-ROMs, which contained an electronic version of the materials.
Fonds consists of three note books maintained by Cecil Snyder while attending Osgoode Hall Law School during the period 1926 to 1930. The note books contain case notes for courses in constitutional law, trusts, and wills and administration of estates.
Snyder, Cecil Logue, 1900-1974