Items · My Star Predominant: Essex County’s Raymond Knister

A medium sized white house with a grey roof stands in the background with a lawn and some trees standing in front and a river in the foreground. The photo was taken in winter, and the trees all have no leaves.

Former Knister home

Former Knister home near the Ruscom River.

A large house of red brick and a grey roof stands in the background with trees, a fence and a lawn in front. The house has a small circular tower jutting from the right side and white detailing.

Former house of John Wesley Knister

Former house of John Wesley Knister, Raymond Knister's uncle.

A photo of a red brick house with white detailing and grey roof surrounded by a yellowing lawn. The spine of the roof is covered in metal spikes. There is a tree with no leaves to the side in the foreground.

Former house of Dr. Knister, front

Front of the former house of Dr. Knister.

A red brick house with a grey roof stands to the side of a small two lane road. There are trees without their leaves lining the road side beside the house.

Former house of Dr. Knister, back

Back of the former house of Dr. Knister.

A photo of a brick church with a rectangular tower on the left side of the building, and a shorter right side, with an inverted triangular roof.

St. Andrew's United Church

St. Andrew's United Church in Comber, Ontario. Potential place of Raymond Knister's funeral wake.

Photo of grass leading up to limestone boulders on the edge of Stoney Point, at Lake St. Claire.

Lake shore with limestone boulders

Shoreline at Lake St. Clair with limestone boulders.

Photo of grass leading up to limestone boulders visible in the far distance, on the edge of Stoney Point, at Lake St. Claire.

Lake shore

Limestone boulders on the edge of Lake St. Clair.

Photo of a concrete pathway in the foreground between grass. Houses are visible on the left side of the path in the distance, behind a few trees. On the right side there is a back of a rectangular pumping station.

Pumping station and house, back

Back of fenced pumping station and house with concrete pathway in between. Formerly a grassy thoroughfare to the beach.

A photo of a fenced grey pumping station on the left, a narrow concrete pathway in between it and a garage of a house and its driveway. The foreground is a muddy path across the bottom of the photo.

Pumping station and house, front

Front of fenced pumping station and house with concrete pathway in between. Formerly a grassy thoroughfare to the beach.

A large rectangular building with two levels in black and dark grey. The lower rectangle is larger with a smaller black rectangular floor on top. There is a flag pole with a Canadian flag in front, a narrow road running horizontally and a section of dirt in the foreground.

Public works building

Public works building which now stands adjacent to the cottage Raymond Knister was renting at the time of his death.

A photo of four white and beige cottages in the distance under a large blue sky. There is a dirt road running beside them and a patch of grass on the far left side beside the road.

Cottage at Stoney Point

Cottage formerly owned by John Goatbe, Raymond Knister's uncle. This was the same cottage rented by Knister on the weekend of August 29, 1932.

Blue and white highway sign on wooden stakes. The sign reads: "Stoney Point, Pointe-Aux-Roches, Bienvenue - Welcome, Population 600."

Stoney Point road sign

Photo of Stoney Point welcome sign on Highway 77.

York University campus 2

Campus of York University at dusk.

York University campus

Campus of York University at dusk.

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

D. C. Scott is staring at the camera with a serious face, his chin held in his left hand. He has on light wire frame circular glasses, and a suit jacket.

Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott

Portrait of Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott

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.

Sickle

Sickle constructed of steel and wood. lt was used to cut ripened grain. A handful of grain was grasped in one hand and then cut with the sickle.

Corn Planter

Corn Planter made of iron and wood. It was used to drop grains of corn into loose soil. The point of the planter is pressed into the soil and the handles pulled apart to drop a single seed.

Bale Hook

Bale Hook constructed of iron and wood. Two bale hooks would be used to handle bales of hay.

Hay Knife

Hay Knife made of steel and wood. It was used to cut hay from haystack.

Ox Shoe

Remnants of ox shoe made from forged iron.

Gathering Basket

A light brown coloured woven basket.

Iron Horseshoe

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.

Taxi license

Knister's taxi license from Chicago.

To One Lost

Typescript of To One Lost by Raymond Knister.