The Birthday Scripture Text Book

The Birthday Scripture Text book was published by the Book Society, Bristol. This book is signed by Jane Woodruff, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1872. There is also a label in the book which reads "Suite 1208 Chicago Savings Bank Building State and Madison Streets, Chicago". The book measures 10.5cm x 7cm and has a leather cover with metal trim. The clasp is no longer on the book. Some of the pages are stained and all of the pages are falling out. Many of the pages have handwritten birthday, births and death notices. The full text is available in the Brock University Special Collections and Archives.

University of Toronto exams

University of Toronto exams. These are in and envelope which is marked “Arts 1st year”. Included in this package are some text book pages [Latin] with the name Ham K. Woodruff written on them. The exams include: Anatomy, Arithmetic and Algebra, Medicine Chemistry, English, Euclid, French, Greek, Latin, Latin Grammar, Latin Prose (2 copies), Materia Medica and Therapeutics and Physiology for 1879. The exams for 1880 include Arithmetic and Algebra, Greek and Trigonometry. The 1881 Greek exam is also included. There is writing on some of the exams and some are worn and stained. The envelope is torn and stained and the textbook pages are slightly burned. This does not affect the text, 1879-1881.