Collection search - Robert James Campbell Stead fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Robert James Campbell Stead fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:10 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list of volumes 1-8. MSS0476 (90: Open)
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Record information Robert James Campbell Stead fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1880-1959.Reference:R2032-0-X-E, MG30-D74Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104682Date(s):1880-1959.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1.3 m of textual records.
60 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of textual records, 1880-1959, including correspondence, diaries, travel journals, literary works (novels, short stories, poems), articles, and addresses. Also included are newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and a holographic manuscript of page 1, chapter 1 of Stead's book, Grain.
Fonds also contains photographs of Robert J.C. Stead's life and family, n.d., and a portrait of Robert J.C. Stead, Ottawa, Ont., ca. 1946.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Stead, Robert J. C., 1880-1959 : Robert Stead, author, was born in Middleville, Lanark Co., Ontario, but moved with his family in 1882 to Manitoba. When he was 18, he founded and edited the Cartwright Southern Manitoba Review and by 1908 he was publishing the Crystal City Courier as well. He sold both weeklies in 1909 and worked on the editorial staff of the Calgary Albertan in 1912. In 1913, he joined the CPR's colonization department and in 1919 the federal department of Immigration and Colonization. In 1936, he was made superintendent of publicity for national parks and resources.
See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol 9, p. 400.Additional information:General note:Textual records received in 1963 from Robert A. Stead of Ottawa, Ontario.Subject heading:- Authors, Canadian, 1880-1959 Earl Grey, 1911-1948
- Authors, Canadian - Diaries, 1919-1958 Ralph Connor, 1911-1948
- Authors, Canadian - Manuscripts, 1893-1950
- Authors, English - Canada, 1880-1959
- Manuscripts - Canada, 1893-1950
- Robert James Campbell Stead - Manuscripts, 1911-1950
- Robert James Campbell Stead - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1880-1959
- Literary agents - Canada, 1911-1948
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D74 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Access restriction documentTextual records[Consultation Restricted]Finding aid box [FA 476] 49[Consultation Closed]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [STEAD, ROBERT J.C. 1946-095] 4149[Consultation Open]Box [STEAD, ROBERT J.C. 1963-026] 4943[Consultation Open]Box [STEAD, ROBERT J. C. 1963-026] SC 0483[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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