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Records include:

• Collection records and slides produced by Claude Garton
• Site-specific information
• Correspondence between the Herbarium, collectors, curators, and external groups

A letter from Joan Crowe to Claude Garton telling him of the accession numbers in the Herbarium and of her upcoming retirement.

“Natural History Society of Manitoba” 21st Anniversary Bulletin, “Guide Book: The Native Flora of Churchill, Manitoba with notes on the history, geology, and climate of the area” by H.J. Scoggan (National Museum of Canada), copies of the article: “Adventive Plants at Churchill, Manitoba” by Eva Beckett (The Canadian Field Naturalist vol. 73 no. 3, Sept. 1959), booklet: “Manitoba’s Wildlife Heritage: a guide for landowners”

A rough copy of “Checklist of Vascular Plants of Thunder Bay District” by Thunder Bay Field Naturalists from April 2003, with some handwritten comments/notes to be improved upon.

A revised copy of “Checklist of Vascular Plants of Thunder Bay District” by Thunder Bay Field Naturalists from April 2003 with changes made that had been written on the previous copy.

Cavern Lake Provincial Nature Reserve: Management Plan Background Information by MNR, six rough copies of “Some Arctic/Alpine Micro Habitats Adjacent to the North Shore of Lake Superior” (no date or author), draft copy of the management plan for Cavern Lake Provincial Nature Reserve

List of specimens collected at Cavern Lake

Paperwork and results of from testing done by Claude Garton, D. Perraton and Paul Barclay at Castle Creek Ponds, sketches of the area, lists of plants and birds in the area

A copy of “Proposed Squaretop Mountain Park and Nature Reserve” and a copy of “Jack pine site quality in relation to soil and topography in north central Ontario” by Willard Carmean.

Correspondence between Claude Garton and G.O. Koistinen (District Manager, Nipigon District – MNR), “Some Rambling Thoughts on Caribou Distribution and Abundance in the Armstrong-Nipigon Region – 1975” by A.T. Bergerud and H.E. Butler (Department of Biology, University of Victoria)

Correspondence between Claude Garton and D.T. Myren (Mycologist, Forest Insect and Disease Survey Unit) of Canadian Forestry Service concerning the appointment of a new curator and the loan of specimen to their collection

A pamphlet listing Canadian Botanists in 1965 and 1980, Index to Canadian Herbaria from 1979, reports from the Canadian Botanical Association

Correspondence between Susan Bryan and Joan Crowe concerning a joint list of the plants in the Caldwell Lake area, maps of the area, checklist of vascular plants and non-vascular cryptogams of Caldwell Lake

Various reports and memos from the Claude E. Garton Herbarium, as well as some correspondence, mainly of Duncan Ruxton, Joan Crowe, and Erika North, including Joan Crowe’s notice of resignation.

Copies of collections of specimen by Paul Barclay sent to Claude Garton, with some hand-written notes.

Collections and inventories by Sue Bryan of White Lake Provincial Park, Lake of the Woods, Wilson Island, Lake St. Joseph, Teaubeau Lake (Grassy Lake), Achapi Lake/Albany River, Fort Severn, and Savant Lake Area, with some notes/correspondence from Erika North.

Correspondence between Claude Garton and Daniel Brunton, Scot Stewart, the Ministry of Natural Resources and others, as well as a Checklist of Vascular Plants of LaVerendrye Park by Daniel Brunton in 1987

Correspondence between Erika North, Joan Crowe and Terri McClymont with Irwin Brodo, of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

Correspondence between Claude Garton and those working at the British Columbia Provincial Museum, including T.C. Brayshaw (Associate Curator)

booklet: “The Vascular Flora of Liard Hotsprings, B.C., with notes on some Bryophytes” by A.E. Porsild and Howard A. Crum, booklet: “Natural History of Thetis Lake Area new Victoria, British Columbia

Correspondence between Claude Garton and August J. Breitung of California concerning various specimen loans.

“Mapping the Distribution of Plants by Machine” by James H. Soper (Canadian Journal of Botany, vol. 42 1964), handwritten notes on “Why Press Plants?” (no name or date), a permit form and paperwork for allowing Claude Garton to collect “arctic alpine vegetation” at Pukaskwa National Park in 1975, sample label and article from James Soper entitled “Data Processing in the Herbarium and Museum”, “Directions for the Collection and Preservation of Botanical Specimens for the Herbarium” from the Department of Agriculture (Ottawa, 1942) with hand-written notes, copy of the article “Herbaria of the United States” by A.C. Smith (A.I.B.S. Bulletin 1956)

Paperwork and results from testing done by Claude Garton, D. Perraton and Paul Barclay at Highway 614 pond south of Dorothy Lake, Highway 614 ridge south of Black River, and Highway 614 Sedge Meadow site, as well as some sketches of the sites along the highway

Correspondence between Keith Denis (Secretary, Thunder Bay Field Naturalist Club) with Alan Cowie and Ralph L. Beacroft concerning plants collected in the Black Sturgeon Bay area, insects collected at Black Sturgeon, plants collected at Black Sturgeon Bay by Claude Garton

Paperwork and results of from testing done by Claude Garton, D. Perraton and Paul Barclay at Raith District, Abitibi Access Road (Site #5, Jack Pine), sketches of the site #5 area