Items

"A Hole in the Woods" by Mrs. E. Leigh

Printed booklet. Published for the Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Toronto.

Photograph of 8th World Boy Scout Jamboree, Toronto Contingent.

Rolled, panoramic group photo.

Memorial Album of Sir John A. Macdonald

An 18-page memorial album produced after the death of former Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. Primarily photograph images of parts of Macdonald's life and how his passing was marked in Canada and England.

Newspaper clipping scrapbook - Grey / Bruce / Parry Sound area - c.1873-1894

Pasted into an 1843 Journal of the Legislative Assembly are a good number of newspaper clippings featuring stories about local government, editorials, travel, events, and even murder. About a quarter of the c.250-page book has the clippings.

Comics/graphic novels created by and/or printed by Canadians

A small collection of Special Studio and NOW comic book titles in very good condition including Black Scorpion, Green Hornet, Trouble Shooter, The Detectives, Wordsmith, and The Snake. Two to four issues per title. Each comic series features a detective character like the Green Hornet modelled after 1930s detective noir novels. Special Studio published the comics out of Brantford in the early 1990s. The primary writer and publisher of these works was Dave Darrigo of Toronto. Here are some links - https://canadianaci.ca/Encyclopedia/special-studio/ and https://canadianaci.ca/Encyclopedia/darrigo-dave/.

Shelf in the Brock Archives