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Archival description
A. Burke Doran collection
CA ON00311 PF11 · Fonds · 1927-1976

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)
Abraham Lieff fonds
CA ON00311 PF103 · Fonds · 1963-1985, predominant 1976-1979

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, 1903-2007
CA ON00311 PF157 · Collection · 1834-1911

Collection consists of miscellaneous admission and call certificates issued by the Law Society of Upper Canada in the 19th century and early 20th century.

CA ON00311 PF70 · Fonds · 1994, 1996-1997

Collection 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' Society
Aemilius Irving fonds
CA ON00311 PF64 · Fonds · [1883?]-[after 1913]

Fonds 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, 1823-1913
Alan Whiteley fonds
CA ON00311 PF248 · Fonds · 2020

Fonds consists of a self-printed memoir and book of poetry authored by Alan Whiteley.

Whiteley, Alan
Albert A. Strauss fonds
CA ON00311 PF51 · Fonds · 2003, 2005

Fonds consists of records maintained by Albert A. Strauss.

Strauss, Albert Abraham
Albert Abramson collection
CA ON00311 PF201 · Collection · 1930-1979

Collection consists of framed photographs accumulated by Albert Abramson, a lawyer with law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell. These photographs are portraits of five lawyers: John Bell Holden, Sidney Hamlin Robinson, Percy Claire Finlay, James Young Murdoch, and William Smith Walton. Each was a member of the law firm Holden, Murdoch, Walton & Beatty in Toronto during the 1930s.

Abramson, Albert, 1923-2006
Alexander Logie fonds
CA ON00311 PF59 · Fonds · 1843-1872

Fonds 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, 1823-1873
Alfred Bicknell fonds
CA ON00311 PF104 · Fonds · [1887?]-[ca.1920]

Fonds consists of a notebook maintained by Alfred Bicknell for reference purposes.

Bicknell, Alfred, d. 1932
Alice Ross Brown collection
CA ON00311 PF124 · Collection · 1836

Collection consists of a subpoena issued to Hector Ross in 1836.

Brown, Alice Ross, fl. 1963
CA ON00311 PF212 · Fonds · 1843-1920

Fonds 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, 1854-1952
Andrew Tolmie collection
CA ON00311 PF126 · Collection · 1846

Collection consists of a statement of defence made in a divorce action, Outer House, Scotland, in 1846.

Tolmie, Andrew
Art Linton fonds
CA ON00311 PF234 · Fonds · 2015

Fonds 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-
Arthur Lawrence Scace fonds
CA ON00311 PF114 · Fonds · 1923, 1926

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, 1900-1973
Aubrey Golden fonds
CA ON00311 PF53 · Fonds · [Reproduced 2005]

Fonds 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.
Austin Conway fonds
CA ON00311 PF225 · Fonds · 1948-1991

Fonds consists of certificates, commissions, a diploma and a class photograph pertaining to Austin Conway's legal education and career.

Conway, Austin, 1918-2007
Barry Pepper collection
CA ON00311 PF17 · Collection · 1844, 1990, 1995

Collection consists of records accumulated by Barry Pepper. Included are photographs of exterior views of Osgoode Hall and the southeast gate. The photographs were used for the bicentennial stamp submission by the Bicentennial Committee, of which Pepper was a member. The collection also includes material collected by Pepper during the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday Tribute, and a land grant.

CA ON00311 PF217 · Collection · 1875-1902

Collection consists of legal documents accumulated by Benjamin Luxenberg, Q.C. The deeds and mortgages all relate to a parcel of land at lot 99 on the north side of Defoe Street (now Adelaide Street West), Toronto.

Bertram Holford Ardagh fonds
CA ON00311 PF69 · Fonds · 1914-1916

Fonds 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?-1933