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Edward Thomas Davies Chambers fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1912.

Reference:

R1827-0-0-E, MG30-D120

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103417

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Edward Thomas Davies Chambers fonds
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Date(s):

1912.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records (6 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of four letters from Ross Robertson, founder of the Toronto Evening Telegram, to E.T.D. Chambers concerning Robertson's collection of Canadian art.

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Chambers, E. T. D. (Edward Thomas Davies), 1852-1931

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Chambers, E. T. D. (Edward Thomas Davies), 1852-1931 : Edward Chambers, born in Essex, England, came to Canada in 1870. He was principal of the Model School, St. Andrews, Que., and at the Academy in Granby, Que. He later turned to journalism establishing the newspaper, Progress, in St. Andrews, and joining the staff of the Quebec Daily Chronicle. He became the Chronicle's editor-in-chief in 1897. He later edited several other journals and contributed articles on early Canadian history, hunting, fishing, and the scenery of Northern Quebec to numerous periodicals. He served as an alderman in Quebec, 1884-1894, and as president of the Quebec Press Gallery. He also served on the Champlain Celebration Committee, 1906, and the Quebec Tercentenary Celebration Committee, 1908.

See: Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of The Time, 1912, p. 218.

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General note:

Received in 1971.
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Ross Robertson - Correspondence, 1912

Edward T.D. Chambers - Correspondence, 1912

Art, Canadian - Collectors and collecting, 1912

Ross Robertson - Art collections, 1912
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Private

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MG30-D120
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