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Archival description
Edward J. Houston collection
CA ON00311 PF177 · Collection · [1949?]-1988

Collection consists of programmes for various legal events, a letter, an Osgoode Hall Law School students' handbook, and a photograph, all maintained by Edward J. Houston. A signed copy of "The Honourable Society of Osgoode Hall" by C.H.A. Armstrong, which originated from the library of Sir Lyman Duff, has been transferred to the Archives' reference library.

Houston, Edward James, 1918-2003
Edwin Arnold Christie fonds
CA ON00311 PF237 · Fonds · 1928-1957

Fonds consists of law school textbooks accumulated and used by Osgoode Hall Law School student Edwin Christie. Some of the textbooks originally belonged to Hugh S. MacKenzie.

Christie, Edwin Arnold, 1919-2014
E.P. Brown fonds
CA ON00311 PF23 · Fonds · [194-?]-1951

Fonds consists of a memorandum prepared by Brown outlining biographical information and a list of University of Toronto class of 1901 graduates. Also included is a photograph of Brown in a canoe.

Brown, E.P. (Edmund Percival), 1877-1965
Eric R. Murray fonds
CA ON00311 PF170 · Fonds · 1974-1995

Fonds consists of records accumulated and/or used by Eric R. Murray, a Toronto lawyer. These records pertain in particular to Murray's law-related social activities, documenting his participation in dinners celebrating the achievements of colleagues. Included are photographs and emphemera.

Essex Law Association fonds
CA ON00311 PF213 · Fonds · 1884-2011

Fonds consists of records documenting the administration and activities of the Essex Law Association. Records, which include minutes, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, photographs and architectural drawings, document the work of the Association to provide professional development and support to its members, the internal structure of the Association including the activities of its Executive Committee and Complaints Resolution Committee, the duties and functions of the Association's president and librarian, as well as the Association's social and community outreach activities. Also included in the fonds are membership lists as well as newspaper clippings and other memorabilia pertaining to the history of the Association.

Essex Law Association
Eugene Forsey fonds
CA ON00311 PF158 · Fonds · 1950

Fonds consists of letters created and accumulated by Eugene Forsey (1904-1991), an academic, constitutional expert and senator. The letters document Forsey's involvement in politics and his interest in the study of political figures and history, specifically Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Forsey, Eugene Alfred, 1904-1991
CA ON00311 PF189 · Fonds · 1868-2006, [Printed 2012]

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by members of the Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP law firm and its predecessor firms. These records document the nature of the firm's legal practice, its finances, the internal organization of the firm, and its administrative processes, as well as biographical information about firm partners and records pertaining to the history of the firm. Records in this fonds include correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, ledgers, photographs, certificates, reports, newspaper clippings, committee minutes and partnership agreements. The fonds has been arranged alphabetically in seven series. Also included is a sous-fonds containing records of firm partner Walter Williston.

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Fern Levis fonds
CA ON00311 PF223 · Fonds · [188-?]-[1965?], 1989

Fonds consists of postcards written by Fern Levis to her father and a letter received by Levis from the Women's Law Association of Ontario, as well as photographs of Levis' extended family and friends, mostly unidentified.

Levis, Fern Ann
CA ON00311 PF171 · Fonds · 1938-1984

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Foundation of the Bar of Ontario and its founder, Samuel E. Weir, an Ontario lawyer. The records in this fonds document Weir's work to establish an organizational charter, incorporate the foundation, enroll members, and garner support for the foundation from the legal community in Ontario. The records in this fonds include correspondence, memoranda, membership forms, financial records, charters, and petitions.

Foundation of the Bar of Ontario
Frank Denton fonds
CA ON00311 PF36 · Fonds · 1841-1936

Fonds consists of administrative files and miscellaneous legal documents maintained by the law office of Toronto lawyer Frank Denton. Records in the fonds largely document his personal life, his activities as a lawyer and as a member of the Board of Police Commissioners in Toronto. The miscellaneous legal documents included in the fonds were originally maintained by Francis Brown Denton, the father of Frank Denton. The fonds does not include records documenting Denton's time on the bench.

Denton, Francis William, 1896-1987
Frank Ford fonds
CA ON00311 PF81 · Fonds · 1888-1907

Fonds consists of records and ephemera relating to the education, professional career and social activities of Frank Ford.

Ford, Frank, 1873-1965
CA ON00311 PF87 · Collection · [1941?]-[1948?]

Collection consists of two volumes maintained by Frank J.C. Newbould. The collection includes a case citation notebook maintained by Cyril F.H. Carson and a printed chart of Privy Council decisions with regards to the British North America Act.

Newbould, Francis James Campbell
Fraser and Beatty fonds
CA ON00311 PF241 · Fonds · 1927-1968

Fonds consists of ledgers maintained by Toronto law firm Fraser and Beatty.

Fraser and Beatty
CA ON00311 PF82 · Fonds · 1895-1897

Fonds consists of three notebooks maintained by Frederick Barber Goodwillie while attending lectures during his second year at Osgoode Hall Law School. The notebooks contain his lecture notes for classes on contracts, equity, and personal property.

Goodwillie, Frederick Barber, d. 1951
CA ON00311 PF145 · Collection · [1916?]-[1933?]

Collection consists of records pertaining to the professional career of Frederick Montye Morson, a Quebec-born lawyer and judge who practised in the City of Toronto. These records relate primarily to Morson's retirement from the bench in 1931. The records in this collection include a speech, certificates and photographs.

Morson, Frederick Montye, 1851-1944
Frederick Renné fonds
CA ON00311 PF141 · Fonds · 1793-1808

Fonds consists of photocopies of records relating to and/or accumulated by Frederick Renné, of Osnabruck, County of Stormont. Included are two documents from 1808 pertaining to property belonging to Renné in the Township of Osnabruck, as well as a court decision made in 1793.

Renné, Frederick, fl. 1793-1808
CA ON00311 PF99 · Fonds · 1875-1883

Fonds consists of records maintained by Frederick William Jarvis in his capacity as Sheriff of York County. The fonds consists largely of writs of fieri facias (writs of execution) authorizing the Sheriff to take possession of goods to pay debts. Also included are correspondence, inventories of goods, bank deposits, records of payment, and a volume containing an index of cases in lis pendens (cases pending).

Jarvis, Frederick William, 1818-1887
G. Arthur Martin fonds
CA ON00311 PF184 · Fonds · 1939-1984, predominant 1954-1975

Fonds consists of records documenting the legal career of G. Arthur Martin, a prominent criminal lawyer in Ontario. The records in the fonds document his work as a criminal defence lawyer and legal educator, his association with the Law Society of Upper Canada as a bencher and Treasurer, as well as his participation in committees and organizations concerned with corrections and law reform, particularly his involvement with the Canadian Committee on Corrections. A small number of personal records are included in the fonds. The fonds has two sous-fonds, which contain records created and accumulated by two law partners, Robert J. Carter and E. Patrick Hartt.

Martin, Goldwin Arthur, 1913-2001
George A. Gale fonds
CA ON00311 PF208 · Fonds · 1906-1996

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by George Gale. The majority of the records relate to his career as a lawyer and judge, however, some items pertain to his personal and family life. The fonds includes scrapbooks, certificates, published writings, photographs, speeches, and artifacts.

Gale, George Alexander, 1906-1997
George A. Johnston fonds
CA ON00311 PF21 · Fonds · [ca. 1914]-[ca. 1955]

Fonds consists of records maintained by George A. Johnston. Included are photographs of J.A.R. Mason in military uniform, luncheon events, and Johnston reading in a tent. The fonds also includes two certificates promoting the rank of J.A.R. Mason during the First World War, and a certificate appointing Johnston a King's Counsel.

Johnston, George Arthur, 1892-1993