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Bliss Carman fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1882-1933.

Reference:

R4260-0-8-E, MG29-D46

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

98147

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Bliss Carman fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1882-1933.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence from Carman to various publishers regarding his poetry and a letter to S.M. Burnett concerning a voyage to England, 1898-1916, 0.2 cm; copies of letters from Sir George Parkin and Lady Parkin regarding his life and work in England, visits to Australia and New Zealand, introduction of Carman to friends at Oxford, Imperial Federation League, Rhodes Scholarship, international affairs, literary work and family affairs, 1882-1933, 3.8 cm; and manuscripts of Carman's poems, "Above the Gaspereau", "The Choristers", and "A Song", as well as manuscripts by Mary Hathaway who lived in the Fredericton Bliss Carman House, n.d., 0.4 cm. Photocopy, 49 pages.

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Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929

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Rhodes Scholarship Trust

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Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 : Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet and author that lived from April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929. He was among the first Canadian writers to receive international recognition and acclaim. Carman is often classified as one of the "Confederation Poets," alongside Archibald Lampman, Charles G.D. Roberts, and Duncan Campbell Scott.

He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and attended school where he was taught by George Parkin, as was his cousin Charles G.D. Roberts. After graduating from the University of New Brunswick in 1881 and studying in Edinburgh for two years, Carman himself taught at the school under Parkin. He then studied law and practised civil engineering. From 1886 to 1888 he did post graduate work in history and philosophy at Harvard. Subsequently, he was employed on the editorial staffs of various literary publications in New York, Chicago and Boston, including The Literary World. He devoted the later years of his life solely to writing poetry and lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, 1908-1929.

See: Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, p. 291.

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General note:

Correspondence acquired in 1971, 1972, 1977 and 1980. Original manuscripts acquired from D.C. McArthur by Library of Parliament in 1940 and transferred to National Archives in 1960, and from Miss Florence E. MacDougall of Barrie, Ont. in 1965.

Location of originals note:

Photocopies of letters from Sir George Parkin copied in 1964 from originals in Smith College Library, Northampton, Mass.; Queen's University Library; and manuscript copied from originals in the possession of Queen's University Archives.
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Canadian poetry (English), 1882-1933 Sir George Parkin, 1882-1933

Poets, Canadian (English), 1882-1933 Imperial Federation League, [between 1882 and 1933]

Mary Hathaway
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MG29-D46
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