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George Robert Parkin fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1809-1939.

Reference:

R5370-0-5-E, MG30-D44

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102294

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George Robert Parkin fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

23 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1809-1939.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

10.85 m of textual records.
14 prints engravings, lithographs.
11 photographs.
7 drawings pencil, pen and ink.
5 watercolours.
2 medals.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of textual records, graphic material, and medals that document the life and work of author, educator, and political activist Sir George R. Parkin. The greater part of the textual records comprises Parkin's family, personal, and professional correspondence, 1865-1922. But there are also diaries dating between 1872 and 1922, subject files, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous manuscripts. His wife Annie Connell Parkin's correspondence and manuscripts, 1879-1932, constitute a significant series in their own right.

The graphic material in the fonds dates from 1860 to 1939 and includes prints, engravings, and watercolours of notable personalities like Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Queen Mary, the Governors-General and their wives; sketches drawn or collected by Annie Connell Parkin of persons and outdoor views of Quebec; and photographs relating to Cecil Rhodes. There are also two medals commemorating the University of Padua's 700th Anniversary.

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Parkin, George R. (George Robert), 1846-1922
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Parkin, Annie Connell, 1858-1931

Shaw, G. E., Mrs

Parkin (family)

Parkin, George R. (George Robert), 1846-1922

Saint Andrew's Society (Saint John, N.B.)

Anglican Church of Canada

Église épiscopale du Canada

Buck, Mario

Beith, Margaret

Thring, Edward

Erskine, Caroline

Parkin, Alice

Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983

Bartholomew, John, 1890-1962

Willison, John, Sir, 1856-1927

Medley, Margaret

Macdonnell, J. M

Grant, W. L. (William Lawson), 1872-1935

Wimperis, H

Parkin (famille)
Biography/Administrative history:

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Parkin, George R. (George Robert), 1846-1922 : George Robert Parkin was born 8 February 1846 at Salisbury, New Brunswick, the son of John Parkin and Elizabeth McLean. He graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Arts in 1867 and a Master of Arts in 1872. He was the headmaster of the Bathurst Grammar School from 1868 to 1872, and the headmaster of Fredericton Collegiate School from 1872 to 1889. He married Annie Connell Fisher on 9 July 1878 in Fredericton. They had six daughters and one son.

During the 1880s, Parkin became one of the leading figures in the Imperial Federation Movement through his writings and public lecturing. He wrote three popular books on related subjects, "Imperial Federation: The Problem of National Unity", "Round the Empire", and "The Great Dominion: Studies of Canada". He left Fredericton Collegiate School in 1889 on a two-year speaking tour on behalf of the Imperial Federation Movement, visiting all of the major colonies of the British Empire to promote closer ties between Great Britain and the dominions. On his return, he became a special correspondent for the "Times of London" and received an honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1894 from the University of New Brunswick. Parkin became Principal of Upper Canada College in Toronto in 1895, filling this post until 1902 when he left for England to become the first head of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. He was knighted for his service to the Empire in 1920, and resigned his position with the Rhodes Scholarship Trust that same year.

Among his other books were "The Life and Letters of Edward Thring" (1898), and "The Life of Sir John A. Macdonald" (1908). Sir George R. Parkin died 25 June 1922 in London, England and was buried at Goring-on-Thames.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid includes (a) a general description of the fonds, (b) a detailed file list, and (c) an author index for the Correspondence series. The general description (on pages 7 to 21 of the PDF, or pp. vii to xxi) lists the contents of the fonds by the new volume numbers. The file list (on pages 22 to 35 of the PDF, or pp. i to xiv) provides more detail, but uses the old volume numbers. There is a conversion list for the old and new volume numbers on page 4 of the PDF (p. iv). Volumes 1 to 60 were not changed and so are not included in the conversion list. The author index for the correspondence series (found in volumes 1 to 56) is listed alphabetically on pages 36 to 368 of the PDF. It also includes the subjects and dates of the letters. It does not include the volume numbers but instead the page numbers for each letter. There is a conversion list on page 24 of the PDF to convert the page references in the author index to the present volume numbers. Subject and name card indexes to the Diaries series and the Annie Parkin series have been added to the fonds as volumes 139 to 148. See the description of the Index Cards series for more information about these indexes. MSS0185 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001189.pdf

Medals (Electronic) Online item-level description. (90: Open)

Medals (Paper) Medal inventory numbers 2854, 2855. (90: Open)

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General note:

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Due to reboxing of the fonds, the volume numbers do not necessarily each correspond with a single physical container. Below is a brief guide to the containerization:

Vols. 1-6 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 7-12 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 13-18 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 19-24 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 25-30 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 31-36 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 37-42 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 43-48 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 49-54 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 55-60 share one container (20 cm box)

Vols. 61-80 are in separate containers (10 cm boxes)

Vols. 81-85 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 86-90 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 91-95 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 96-100 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 101-105 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 106-110 share one container (20 cm box)
Vols. 111-113 share one container (20 cm box)

Vols. 114-135 are in separate containers (this includes Vol. 114A and 118A; most of the boxes are 20 cm except Vol. 114A which is a 10 cm box)

Vols. 136-138 are folders in oversize horizontal storage

Vols. 139-148 are Index Card boxes

Vol. 149 holds a scrapbook that was removed from vol. 129 for separate storage.

Custodial history:

The material was received at various times between 1952 and 1968 from G. Raleigh Parkin of Montreal and Maude Grant of Toronto. Additional material was received in 1972 from Mrs. Shaw of Burford, Que.; additional correspondence was received from Hart Massey of Port Hope, Ont., and transferred in 1973 from the Massey family fonds, MG 32, A 1.

Related material:

Further material relating to George R. Parkin can be found in the fonds of his son G. Raleigh Parkin (MG 30, D 77); the fonds of his daughter Maude Grant and son-in-law William Lawson Grant (MG 30, D 59); and the Rhodes Scholarship Trust fonds (MG 28, I 58).
Subject heading:

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Memorials

Degrees, Academic

Rhodes Scholarship

Canada

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Canadian diaries (English)

Journaux intimes canadiens-anglais

Écrivains canadiens

Authors, Canadian

Education Canada

Éducation Canada

Telegraph, Wireless

British Empire

Teachers Canada

Enseignants Canada

Bourses Rhodes

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian (English)

Discours canadiens-anglais

Scrapbooks

Titles of honor and nobility

Titres honorifiques et nobiliaires
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1962-120 PIC
1964-039 NPC
1976-028 MED
1983-137 PIC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D44
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 44]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--51;

[Consultation 90 Open]

53--148;

[Consultation 90 Open]

114A;

[Consultation 90 Open]

118A;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 185] 27

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Art: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Library and Archives Canada.
Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.
Medals: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Textual records: No restrictions. Copyright expired.

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