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Great detective: Christopher de Hamel, here with a 13th-century manuscript from U of T's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, revealed private collection of Baron de Rothschild.
Great detective: Christopher de Hamel, here with a 13th-century manuscript from U of T's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, revealed private collection of Baron de Rothschild.

Great detective: Christopher de Hamel, here with a 13th-century manuscript from U of T's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, revealed private collection of Baron de Rothschild.

Date2/20/1988
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126545F
Conjecture and fancy abound in biographies of William Shakespeare, whose bust (above) sits in U of T's John Fisher library. Author A. L. Rowse claims to have hit truth in disclosures of Dark Lady
Conjecture and fancy abound in biographies of William Shakespeare, whose bust (above) sits in U of T's John Fisher library. Author A. L. Rowse claims to have hit truth in disclosures of Dark Lady
9/12/1973
Keeping track: Bert Pinnington, in charge of the U of T's alumni operation, says alumi detectives like Carrie Ingram track down grads by guess and by God
Keeping track: Bert Pinnington, in charge of the U of T's alumni operation, says alumi detectives like Carrie Ingram track down grads by guess and by God
12/3/1981
Black and white picture of woman holding a book open to a historical illustration of some build ...
Miss Edith Firth, Head of Manuscripts & Rare Books Collection, TPL, showing an illustration of early logging in Canada
26 January 1958
Moment of Truth comes for house wine at restaurant in Royal York Hotel as Baron Roy Andries de Groot tastes it. Verdict: Not great, but good value. Famed blind gourmet, accompanied by seeing eye dog, Atena, is here for gastronomic festival. He rates city one of two or three greatest eating places.
Moment of Truth comes for house wine at restaurant in Royal York Hotel as Baron Roy Andries de Groot tastes it. Verdict: Not great, but good value. Famed blind gourmet, accompanied by seeing eye dog, Atena, is here for gastronomic festival. He rates city one of two or three greatest eating places.
9/12/1978
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks
2/25/1980
Time for reminiscing: Dr. Andy McGee, one of 191 graduates from the class of '26 at U of T's medical school, points to himself in the graduation photo. Twenty of the 42 survivors of the class will attend a 60-year reunion this week at the Toronto Hunt Club.
Time for reminiscing: Dr. Andy McGee, one of 191 graduates from the class of '26 at U of T's medical school, points to himself in the graduation photo. Twenty of the 42 survivors of the class will attend a 60-year reunion this week at the Toronto Hunt Club.
6/9/1986
New look: Adam and Tiana Koffler, whose father donated $1 million for the building, sit in U of T's Koffler Student Services Centre, which recycled old Central Reference Library (inset)
New look: Adam and Tiana Koffler, whose father donated $1 million for the building, sit in U of T's Koffler Student Services Centre, which recycled old Central Reference Library (inset)
9/4/1985
(3) is the library. The buildings take their names from Sir Thomas More and Archbishop Fisher, statesman and prelate who refused to grant Henry VIII a(...)
(3) is the library. The buildings take their names from Sir Thomas More and Archbishop Fisher, statesman and prelate who refused to grant Henry VIII a(...)
9/14/1936
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
1883-1885.
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
1883-1885.
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
1883-1885.
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
Collection de manuscripts contenant lettres, mémoires
1883-1885.