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Robert William Campbell fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1911-1925.

Reference:

R7827-0-0-E, MG29-D86

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101451

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Robert William Campbell fonds
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Date(s):

1911-1925.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of newspaper clippings, mostly of articles written by Campbell as a special correspondent commissioned by the PEOPLE'S JOURNAL of Scotland to travel with and report on Scottish emigration from Lewis, Argyll and the Isles in 1923; notes for a slide show of Campbell's 1823 tour of Canada by train in which he praised Canada as a place to emigrate; and a biographical profile of Campbell in a Canadian newspaper.

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Campbell, R. W., 1883-1949

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Campbell, R. W., 1883-1949 : Robert William Campbell, born in Alloa, Scotland in 1883, was a career soldier, author and lecturer who enlisted in the British Army at the age of 15 and served in the Boer War. He wrote his most widely known book PRIVATE SPUD TAMSON at the beginning of World War I. Campbell was a special overseas correspondent who reported on Scottish emigration to Canada.

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General note:

Received in 1984 from Mrs. E.A. Donoghue of Hastings, East Sussex, England.
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Canada - Emigration and immigration - Scotland, [1911-1925] Peoples Journal of Scotland, 1923

Scottish Canadians, [1911-1925] Argyle (Scotland), 1923

Newspapers - Sections, columns, etc. - Scottish immigration, [1911-1925] Lewis (Scotland), 1923

Canada - Description and travel - 1901-1950, [1911-1925] Isles (Scotland), 1923

Robert William Campbell - Biography, [1911-1925]
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Private

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MG29-D86
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