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Lena Carolyn McLure fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:3 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information Lena Carolyn McLure fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1875-1982.Reference:R2376-0-9-E, MG30-D300Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:102495Date(s):1875-1982.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:2.5 cm of textual records.
11 photographs b&w.
1 print chromolithograph.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of textual material concerning Emma Albani including a concert programme, magazine, correspondence, photograph and newspaper clippings; broadsheet of "Dominion Day: Our Railway Past and Present" by John LePage, 1875; broadsheet of "Island Hymn" by L.M. Montgomery, 1908; and other material.
Fonds consists of photographic material: view of the South Esplanade, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, ca. 1895; a group portrait of the P.E.I. entry to the Dominion Drama Festival, London, Ontario, 1939; an autographed portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1935; composite group portrait of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, 1923-1927; Province House, Charlottetowne, P.E.I., ca. 1928, hand-tinted b&w print; portrait of Emma Albani ca. 1900; Frank Watkis, accompanist to Albani, ca. 1900; Richard Brehaut family portrait, P.E.I., ca. 1875; portrait of Mrs. J.A. McLeod; group portrait of Alexandre Women's Missionary Society, P.E.I., ca. 1905; unidentified building in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, ca. 1900. Photographs by Craswell, Barefoot, Bayer, Lafayette, Aylett, and unidentified photographers.
Fonds also includes one certificate from the Independent Order of Foresters.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:McLure, Lena Carolyn, 1903- : Lena Carolyn McLure, music teacher, was born in Charlottetown, P.E.I., the daughter of Evelyn Brehaut and W. Chester S. McLure, who was related to both the author L.M. Montgomery and the poet John LePage through his mother Caroline Woolner and who was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1923-1930, and the House of Commons, 1930-1935, 1945-1953.
Lena McLure graduated from the University of Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1927 and after completing her studies in Boston, and London, England, taught music in the Charlottetown area. She later became women's editor of the Charlottetown Guardian and was involved in the Dominion Drama Festival. She was responsible for entertainment of Canadian troops at Nuffield, England, during World War II, when she made the acquaintance of Ann Haward, former lady's-maid to Canadian soprano Emma Albani. Lena McLure eventually settled in Toronto, Ont., where she taught English to new Canadians.Additional information:General note:The certificate from the Independent Order of Foresters has been cropped along the bottom edge and has suffered from fading and discolouration. Received between 1982 and 1987 from Lena McLure of Toronto, Ontario.Availability of other formats note:Print: Copy negative available: C-103010.Subject heading:- Dominion Drama Festival
- Teachers - Canada, 1875, 1908-1982 Ishbel Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1948
- John Campbell Gordon, Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair, 1948
- "Island Hymn", 1908
- "Dominion Day: Our Railway, Past and Present", 1875
- Emma Albani [ca.1911], 1952-1960
- The Gramaphone, 1952
- "Madame Albani's Grand Farewell and Benefit Concert", [ca.1911]
- Marjorie, Baroness of Pentland, 1967-1982
- Martha Louise Black, 1951
- Sherbrooke House Club, 1942
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D300 -
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