RK Panel Photos

The Hawk panel

The panel from the original exhibit for "The Hawk," with a photo of a red-tailed hawk as a background.

A typewritten ledger with the title: "Accounts of money received for writing." The first section is for 1923. From left to write there are columns for the date, the kind of work, and the amount earned. In 1923 he earned $314 with 17 different sources of income. The bottom section is for 1924, and is a lot more sparse; has no dates and only three entries, but one of them "J. T. F," standing for John T. Frederick, has earnings of $120. In 1924 he earned $177.50. The 1924 section looks incomplete because it's lacking the dates and final sum that is present in the 1923 section.

Raymond Knister's personal account ledger 2

A ledger of Raymond Knister's earnings from his writing work for 1923 and 1924.

Messy handwritten ledger of earnings. The top section is December 1920-March 1921. There is a column for the date, the source of the work, pay, and times written for that publication. In this period he earned $481.30. The bottom sections covers December 1921-January 1923. He earns $1189 in this period when adding everything he's listed. However he's written his total sum as $1109.

Raymond Knister's personal account ledger

A ledger of Raymond Knister's earnings from his writing work for Dec 1920-Mar 1921, and Dec 1921-Jan 1923.

Essays on Canadian Writing Magazine, Winter 1979-80, table of contents

Table of contents from Essays on Canadian Writing Magazine, Winter 1979-80, with annotation from Imogen Knister Givens.

"Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", page 18

Page 18 of "Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?" with annotations by Imogen Knister Givens

"Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", page 10

Page 10 of "Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", with annotations by Imogen Knister Givens.

"Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", page 07

Page 07 of "Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", with annotations by Imogen Knister Givens.

"Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", page 05

First page of "Raymond Knister—Man or Myth?", with Imogen Knister Givens' name handwritten by her at top of page.

Itinerant Workers on Cart During Hop Growing Season

Faded black and white photograph of itinerant workers during hop growing season at Hiram Walker Farms in Sandwich East Township; there are a large number of men, women and children in the photograph; in the foreground are two carts full of people in dark coats and hats; each cart is being pulled by two horses; in front of the first cart, in the bottom right corner of the photograph, is a little boy in a white jacket; in the background there are several more carts filled with people, several farm buildings and a number of people standing on a stack of filled bags; there are also some people standing in a tree in the background, centre, of the photograph

Table of contents page from This Quarter, No. 3

Table of Contents from This Quarter, a (mostly) Parisian modernist literature magazine where Raymond Knister's work was published alongside big names in literature, including Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway.

A beige cover with a black edge on the left side with "Raymond Knister" written in blocky curly font. The title of the book "White Narcissus" is on the top middle in black in the same font, with an illustrated face of a man with a hand on his chin in black ink, colored in orange.

White Narcissus cover

Cover of 1962 edition of White Narcissus by Raymond Knister.

Raymond Knister

Faded and damaged photo of Raymond Knister standing with hands holding suspenders.

Young Raymond Knister

Collage of Raymond Knister at 14 and a bit older.

A black and white photo of Raymond Knister sitting in a suit, holding his daughter, Imogen, who is standing in front of him. He is smiling and she is squinting at the camera.

Raymond Knister with Imogen

Raymond Knister

Collage of various Raymond Knister photos.

Collage of Myrtle and Raymond Knister

Black and white photo of Raymond and Marjorie Knister as children looking directly at the camera. Raymond is standing on the left in a white shirt and black pants, and Marjorie is on the right in a white dress.

Raymond Knister and sister, Marjorie

Collage with photo of Raymond, and sister, Marjorie.

Raymond Knister

Raymond Knister: Poems, Stories and Essays cover

There are four rectangular text panels, the first on the top left has an oval with an illustration of a sky, a pillar with a pot of ivy on top and wreath, with the words "In Loving Memory." The top right is an orbituary statement with the date and location of the funeral. The bottom left gives information about when and where Knister died. The bottom right is the same information about the whereabouts of the funeral.

Death notices for Raymond Knister

The cover has a yellow rectangle on the top half with the title "My Star Predominant" and "By Raymond Knister" written in black think serif font. Underneath there is an illustration of a white man with brown hair holding the back of a chair a white woman with brown hair is sitting on. They are looking at each other intently.

My Star Predominant cover

Sketch of Raymond Knister

Sketch of Raymond Knister reading a newspaper.

The cover has geometric shapes in beige, reds, and browns crisscrossing each other, with black circles in the middle partially covered by the crisscrossing. The title "After Exile" is in red bold font at the top middle. his name "Raymond Knister" is in white at the bottom middle.

After Exile Cover

Letter from Morley Callaghan to Raymond Knister, January 8

Letter from Morley Callaghan to Raymond Knister, November 11

Letter from Morley Callaghan to Raymond Knister, undated

Letter from Morley Callaghan to Raymond Knister, August 15

Letter from Morley Callaghan to Raymond Knister, August 2

Morley Callaghan

Unidentified men with horse-driven thresher

Photo of two unidentified men leading a team of two horses harnessed to a wheat thresher; this image shows the wheat at right to still be whole; the horses display a unique cord and bead tackle.

A man is standing in the foreground bent slightly forward with a scyth in his hands and looks like he's about to cut the long grass in front of him. There's a farm house visible in the background.

Man using scythe

Illustration of man using scythe.

Amherstburg: Park Street.: Fred Bertrand Livery

From back of photo: Roy Sawyer, (team of grey and brown horses)/ Loraine Bertrand (Mrs. Harry Kemp) holding centre team in front Fred Bertrand, proprietor (holding team at right in front row). Drifford Bertrand, son, holding team at left, in front row.

Construction of Barn on Spruceholme Farm

Black and white photograph of a partially constructed barn on the Spruceholme Farm; the farm was located south of Highway 98, between Ruscom and Woodslee; the framing of the barn looks to be near completed and concrete blocks have been laid for the main level and ramp; there are a large number of men and women standing along the top of the completed blocks, as well as men sitting and standing on the wooden frame; building supplies (wooden planks, concrete blocks) are in evidence surrounding the structure. The farm was owned by John Wallace and the barn was still standing in 1962.

Man with grain cradle

Black and white photograph of a man with a grain cradle. He is standing in a field with a grain cradle, there is a house behind him. The man is wearing dark pants and shirt with suspenders and a large, wide brimmed hat. He has a mustache and long, full beard.

Ice harvesting

Prior to the age of refrigerators and air conditioning, lake and river ice cut in the winter was used to keep food cold and create cool spaces in the summer.

Raymond Knister

Portrait of Raymond Knister

Hiram Walker Farm - Tobacco field

Faded black and white photograph of the Hiram Walker Farm tobacco fields; there are several workers in the field; the crops on the far left and the back of the photograph are tall and the crops in the centre and to the right of the photograph have been cut; there are two farm buildings to the far right of the photo and additional buildings at the top and left of the photo in the background.

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