Collection search - Josephine Phelan fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Josephine Phelan fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1922-1980.

Reference:

R11787-0-1-E, LMS-0078

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3672295

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Josephine Phelan fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1922-1980.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

45 cm of textual records and graphic material.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Scope and content:

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Fonds documents her private life. The fonds includes manuscripts of unpublished novels and short stories, diaries, family photographs, sketch books and correspondence with Norah Story (1902-1978) and Paul Martin (1903- ), among others. There are no manuscripts of her published works or documents concerning her career as a librarian.

Provenance:

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Phelan, Josephine, 1905-1979

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Phelan, Josephine, 1905-1979 : Librarian and writer, Josephine Phelan was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1905. She earned an honours degree in modern history (B.A., 1926) and a M.A. in history from the University of Toronto. She attended the Ontario College of Education, taught high school briefly, and went on to work for a couple of publishing houses in Montreal. She obtained her degree in library science from the University of Toronto in 193l, and embarked on a 12-year career with the Toronto Public Library (1943-1965). While working as a librarian, Phelan began writing stories for young people, scholarly articles and biographical studies. Her first important work of historical fiction "The Ardent Exile: The Life and Times of D'Arcy McGee" (195l), won a Governor General's Literary Award for creative non-fiction and the University of British Columbia's Medal for Popular Biography. Other publications include "The Boy Who Ran Away" (1954), and "The Bold Heart: The Story of Father Lacombe" (1956).

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Textual records; graphic material (Paper) Finding aid available. Available in reference room. (90: Open)

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1 : 1982-07
2 : 1982-07
3 : 1982-07
4 : 1982-07
5 : 1982-07

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0078

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1982-07 LMS
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0078 1982-07] 1--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

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