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      Virginia Woolf (Jan. 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was one of the most influential writers of her day and continues to fire the popular imagination.

      George Baxter said of his prints, "while their artistic beauty may procure for them a place in the Royal palaces throughout Europe, the prices at which they are retailed introduces them to the humblest cottages."

      Books exhibited are from the Wesleyana Special Collection of Victoria University.

      This exhibition was mounted to commemorate the centenary of Annesley Hall at Victoria University

      Victoria University Library owns a comprehensive collection of Northrop Frye's books, manuscripts, and personal papers.

      Claire Pratt, artist, poet and editor was born in Toronto in 1921. She was the daughter of Viola Whitney (a writer and editor of the magazine World Friends) and E.J. Pratt (noted poet and educator). At the age of four Claire contracted polio and subsequently developed osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease …

      An informative and aesthetic exhibit sampling the impressive Canadian Manuscript collections held within the library. From the early nineteenth century missionary, James Evans, to the seminal geologist, A.P. Coleman, to the medical doctor and suffrage worker, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, this selection of the library's treasures makes for an exciting display.

      In May 1968 France experienced a political and social upheaval that shook the regime to its foundations. Student unrest in the late 60's was a world-wide phenomenon, fueled by American protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam and by sympathy for Latin American revolutionaries such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra.

      Defined as the documents of everyday life intended for short-term use and disposal, ephemera comprises a wide range of printed and handwritten material, including pamphlets, newspapers, calendars, greeting cards, posters, advertising novelties, packaging and other treasures rescued from the wastebasket.

      This exhibition honours the memory of Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman and commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of her founding of the Virginia Woolf/Hogarth Press/Bloomsbury Collection at Victoria University Library.

      Thomas Edward Lawrence, popularly known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', was more than the dashing soldier of fortune depicted in David Lean's film.

      Our exhibit of Baxter's art portrays the image of the world of Baxter's time. The Early Prints, the Missionary Prints, the Needle-box Prints, the Portraits, the Coronation, and the Exteriors and Landscape prints are all represented.

      This exhibition, in celebration of the gift of the Bentley Collection to Victoria University, necessarily presents a limited, yet representative, selection from its riches. The exhibition and catalogue notes show aspects of Blake's social, artistic and business relationships with important members of his circle and those on its fringes, and …

      An interactive history website about Champlain's explorations and travels in French Canada.

      In 1919, there was a universal feeling that the heroic efforts of the sons of Queens in the Great War should be memorialized by some fitting and permanent monument.

      John Buchan was Governor General of Canada from 1935 until his death in 1940. His private papers, along with his personal library, were acquired by Queen’s University, through the generosity of Colonel & Mrs. Robert McLaughlin of Oshawa; the purchase being orchestrated through the good offices of Leonard Brockington, Rector …

      This site, launched in conjunction with Asian Heritage Month 2003, highlights some of the achievements of Canadians of Asian heritage.

      The Lowenthal Dance Collection was acquired through the joint efforts of the Ryerson Library and Ryerson's Dance Program. The collection represents a broad cross-section of dance forms and includes biographical, critical, pictorial and philosophical discourses on dance. This virtual exhibition is based on a display that was assembled in the …

      A selection of images found in the archival collections of Ryerson University, representing people, places, events and activities from Ryerson's history.

      The story of a Canadian Nurse in World War I