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Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Morris and Celia Rosenthal (the parents of Saul's wife Lillian) purchased Wapaska Lodge on Muskoka Bay just outside Gravenhurst and ran it as a family resort from 1948-1965.

Scope and Content: File consists of a photograph of Michael Cowan and a cousin in front of a Wapaska Lodge truck, four postcards featuring photographs of the lodge at ground level and from the air, and two envelopes with the hotel's letterhead and an aerial photograph.

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Michael Cowan as a small child, in a group photo of the Homewood Public School choir, as a teenager in front of the family home on Brucewood in Toronto, and with his wife Nancy in Montreal. There is a commencement programme for his 1957 graduation from Bathurst Heights Collegiate, and programmes for recitals, concerts, and theatre events in which Michael was a participant or composed the music. These include the UC Follies at Hart House, University of Toronto, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Temple Sinai Religious School operetta, and The Jazz Singer at the Saidie Bronfman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal. As well there is correspondence between Michael and family members, and a letter written by him at the age of 11 to the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society offering a suggestion for the cause of rheumatism.