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George Graham Currie fonds [textual record]
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Record information George Graham Currie fonds [textual record]
Date:1890-1926.Reference:R1931-0-4-E, MG30-D301Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:102493Date(s):1890-1926.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:6.8 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence, 1900-1926, 7 pages; poems, plays, and songs, 1917-1918, 54 pages; a diary which contains poems, photocopy, 1900, 96 pages; a ledger, 1895-1899, 63 pages; newspapers, 1890-1915, 62 pages; and miscellaneous documents, 1901, 0.5 cm.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Currie, George Graham, 1867-1926 : George Graham Currie, poet, was born in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, the son of F.P. Currie, a native of Scotland. He was educated in Montreal, and served as a clerk for five years for the Grand Trunk Railway. He then went to British Columbia, were he became part proprietor of the Columbia Commercial College in Vancouver, and then treasurer of the Vancouver Liberal Association. Currie travelled widely in North America and used this experience in his writing.
In 1893, he published a volume of verse "How I Felt: Songs of Love and Travel". At the beginning of the 20th century, he went to Florida where he was an attorney at law, and later the mayor of West Palm Beach. He died there in 1926.Additional information:General note:Received in 1983 from M. Lawrence M. Lande.Related material:See also MG 53 No. 341 for other papers of G.G. Currie.Subject heading:- Accounting - Books of account
- Poets - Canada - Diaries, 1900 "Dramitis Personnae", 1917-1918
- Poets - Canada - Correspondence, 1890-1926 "Wild Alberta", 1917-1918
- Poetry - Canada, 1917-1918 Brennan's International Song and Music Album, 1917-1918
- Plays - Canada, 1917-1918 The City of Flowers, 1917-1918
- Songs - Canada, 1917-1918 The Gulfstream Boulevard, 1917-1918
- Sympathy letters, 1900-1926 The Old Time Singing School, 1917-1918
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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