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Autobiography [textual record]

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Date:

[ca. 1970]-2003.

Reference:

R2207-9-6-E, MG30-E408

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

212045

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Hugh Whitney Morrison fonds

Speeches and writings

Autobiography
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Sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

[ca. 1970]-2003.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.25 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The sub-series comprises Hugh Whitney Morrison's autobiographical writings, rough notes and research material. Though never completed, Morrison assembled drafts of chapters, anecdotes and supporting documentation into a framework of chapters or parts, generally following the chronological outline of his life, in binders or bound volumes as a first step in the writing of his memoirs. This material covers his childhood in Alberta, father's last illness and death, becoming a Rhodes Scholar, studies at Oxford, newspaper work for the "London Evening Standard" and "Toronto Star", employment with CBC National Radio in the 1930s, and work for TACA during the Second World War. His writings and reference materials often focus on incidents and anecdotes involving well-known individuals like Gladstone Murray with the CBC, Lord Beaverbrook with the "Evening Standard", Ernest Hemingway with the "Toronto Star", and Sir William Stephenson with wartime intelligence.

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Private

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MG30-E408
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Volume [MG30 E 408] 8--9

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Date modified:: 2024-06-04