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Senator Norman M. Paterson was born in 1883 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. He began working for his father’s grain business before becoming the owner of multiple elevators, and his own grain and transportation business, N. M. Paterson and Sons. He was appointed to the senate in 1940 by then Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and retired in 1981.

Outside of the senate and his business, Paterson was charitable, giving to multiple organisations focusing on education and church programs. He became the first Chancellor of Lakehead University in 1965, and held the position until 1971. He died in 1983 at the age of 100. He founded a charity in his name through the Presbyterian Church which is still operating. He was a key figure in Lakehead University's history, and he helped open the library on the Thunder Bay Campus which is named after him.

These records include text and photographs related to the Library's connections with Paterson.

Posters advertising a 100th birthday celebration for Senator Norman M. Paterson held in the Chancellor Paterson Library in 1983.

A black and white photograph of Chancellor Paterson Library at Lakehead University.

A typed history of Paterson’s career with grain elevators and steamships.

A typed copy of a speech given by Paterson for the opening of Lakehead University's Library.

A black and white photograph taken of the first elevator company owned by N.M Paterson. Description reads “The first prairie elevator company that N.M Patterson owned. This photo, taken around 1918, shows farmers lining up to empty grain wagons outside the Paterson elevator”

A photograph of the main building for Kaministiquia Lumber Company. Description reads, “Main building of Kaministiquia Lumber Company in the 1920’s. A subsidiary of N.M Paterson & Sons Co. Ltd. from the early 1920s to 1954”

Raymond Souster was born in 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, He lived there until his passing in 2012. He never lived outside of Toronto except during his military service in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the 40s. Outside of his military service he was employed by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce until his retirement in 1985. His literary career began with an association with John Sutherland and his literary magazine First Statement. This led to him launching a literary magazine titled Direction in 1943. He was awarded the governor general award in 1964, and continued publishing works well into the 70s and 80s.

After Souster ended Direction he began a partnership with Louis Dudek and Irving Layton to launch the Contact magazine from 1952-1954, and Contact Press from 1952-1967. This partnership with Louis Dudek would also lead to the two working together on many of Souster’s poetry collections such as Selected Poems released in 1956 and included poems by Souster chosen by Dudek for publication. Souster collaborated with a wide variety of poets through Contact Press and worked to bring attention to Canadian poetry. He was also in contact with many American poets such as Sidney “Cid” Corman, Jonathon Williams, Charles Olson, and Louis Zukofsky. Souster received feedback from these poets on his collections while providing them with feedback of his own. He was incredibly involved in the poetic community especially for Canadian poetry.

Outside of poetry, Souster also published two works of fiction, one titled The Winter of Time in 1949, and the other titled On Target in 1972. He published these under the pseudonyms Raymond Holmes and John Holmes. His contributions to the literary community, not only in his own poetry, but through his collaborations with others and his work in publishing makes him an influential force for many Canadian poets. His publishing work at Contact Press allowed him to uplift new Canadian writing which included work from Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995, and the League of Canadian Poets named an annual prize after Souster in January of 2012.

A bound collection of revised page proofs for poems titled “Place of Meeting” dated June 14, 1961. Poems written by Raymond Souster between 1958-1960. Some notes

A collection of letters from Sidney “Cid” Corman to Raymond Souster. The letters are on a wide variety of topics including poetry and Souster’s career. Dated 1952-1964.

a collection of letters written to Raymond Souster from Canadian poet and collaborator Louis Dudek. Many of these letters contain opinions about poetry, and comments about the poetry landscape in Canada. Dated 1951-1958

A bound collection of manuscripts of Who talks of victory? To endure is all. Dated 1962-1964. Poems are handwritten with some notes, written in a collection of bound up notebooks.

A collection of letters written by Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, all American poets, to Raymond Souster. These letters are primarily about his poetry. Dated 1953-1960.

Manuscripts of work by Canadian poet Al Purdy. Includes a list of the manuscripts that are included and information on whether they are a draft, unfinished, or completed works, along with the copies of the manuscripts themselves.

Two bound collections of typescripts of poems written by Ramond Souster with emendations. Many handwritten notes.

Bound manuscript of poems titled A Lack of Ghosts. Some of the poems were published elsewhere, others are unpublished. Poems have a significant amount of handwritten notes, some are scratched out all together.

Bound manuscript of an unpublished novel by Raymond Souster titled Another time, another place. Or alternatively titled The last year of the war. Some notes.

Includes notes on a book titled The City Without Women: A Chronicle of Internment Life in Canada during World War II by Mario Duliani, as well as photocopies of several reviews for the book; several newspaper clippings about social and financial compensation for interned citizens; a phone call record slip; photocopies from a document about internees; as well as several documents from the National Congress of Italian Canadians including a letter to the government of Canada, a press release, two copies of a brief on internment during World War II, and a letter from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Dr. Penny Petrone concerning research on Italian internment.

Notably, this file contains a list released by the Government of Canada of Italians interned during the Second World War: name, city, and dates of detention, internment, and release. This copy includes Petrone's notes.

This series contains records of Petrone's speaking engagements, including notes and written speeches, and related correspondence and ephemera. Records also relate to awards, travel, writing work, employment at Lakehead University, membership on the Canada Council, and the donation of these records.

There are also an assortment of photographs, posters, and maps at the end of the series.

This file contains documents concerning Indigenous drama and theatre. Several articles from "Letters in Canada, 1991", U of T Quarterly, "New Native American Drama", Books in Canada, etc. Includes information on Indigenous playwrights such as Daniel Davis Moses and Drew Hayden Taylor. Contains several programs for plays by Spirit Song Native Indian Theatre Company, The Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts via the Native Theatre School, Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. and Catalyst Theatre. Some plays include "Teach Me the Ways of the Sacred Circle," "Shadow Warrior," "All My Relations," and "Weesageechak Begins to Dance." Also includes several letters between Penny Petrone and members of staff of different Indigenous theatre companies. There are also some newspaper and magazine articles concerning background info, objectives, motivations, etc. of different individuals and groups involved in Indigenous theatre. A poster advertising "The Tribes of Dawn" by Spirit Song Native Indian Theatre Company Production can be found in Box 17. [Originally titled: Native Drama]

This series contains personal, biographical, and family material: particularly organized around the writing of the memoirs Breaking the Mould (1995) and Embracing Serafina (2000). These records seem to have been gathered together in this order by Petrone as she wrote these memoirs.

The series includes documents from Petrone's parents, and their migration from Italy and later life in Port Arthur; also other family members and other genalogical information. The series includes mementos of Petrone's childhood and early years.

The series also includes drafts and versions of the memoirs Breaking the Mould and Embracing Serafina, related correspondence, and material from book launches.

This file contains transparency, negative, and print copies of illustrations and photographs used in the publishing of Penny Petrone's book, The Selected Short Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford. Material can be found in the Archives' oversize material drawers.

Petrone began her career working as a teacher, and continued to teach future teachers at the Faculty of Education. As well as teaching in Canada, she also worked in Europe in the 1950s, and in Uganda.

Records include information about education and the history of education; material on teacher education and teachers' colleges including Lakehead Teachers' College. Some assignments and papers from Petrone's teaching at Lakehead's Faculty of Education: where these relate to named students, the files are restricted.

Petrone travelled to many places around the world: in relation to her work as a teacher, and for interest. These records document her trips to Europe, the USSR, Asia, South America, within North America.

Records include travel journals, correspondence, ephemera from various sites and events.