Most of the records consist of letters written to Mark Young Stark and his wife, Agatha, in Dundas. Correspondents include friends and family in Scotland or friends and colleagues in Upper Canada. Of the Scottish letters, those from Stark’s stepmother (Mary Bannatyne) and aunt (Grace Young) are the most numerous. Some letters predate Stark’s immigration to Canada in 1833. Other letters were written to his wife and to their daughter, Mary Ann, after Stark’s death in 1866. Topics addressed in the letters revolve around personal and family news but occasionally touch on current events, including politics and ecclesiastical affairs.
Stark, Mark YoungScribble coving the entire sheet. Consellor's note says: Snow storm.
Six family members and ghost. Angry father at upper left corner. Notes indicate effects of others.
House with accounts of what's inside.
Consellor's notes: Clouds, trunkless elephant, teddy bear.
Pouring cloud above boy on grass. Consellor's note: boy's nipples, navel and penis.
Crowned daddy brings flower to mother, by Caroline, 6.
Character has dark face and dark sweater, by Nancy, 4
Several circle shapes, 29 Jan 1982, by Nancy, 3
Consellor's note: Rabbit above devil, house, and warning to mother to get inside
Tadpole man, 12 Oct 1980, Valérie, 4.
Under house, four family members. Signed by Christine, 7, grade 2.
Sun, tree, smiling girl and sad character.
Heart, sun, tree, house, stove, animals and five family members. By Caroline, 6.
Self-portrait, 30 Oct 1976, Christine, 7.
Tadpole man, 30 Oct 1976.
Five sun or spider-like figures, by Nancy, 4.
Scribble made on 12 Oct 1980, by Nancy, 20 months
Person with a dark head, bird like arms and feet, no trunk but visible nipples and navel, undated, initialled.
Scribble on 30 octobre 1976, by Dominique, 2.