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Douglas Brymner fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1873-1901.

Reference:

R4257-0-0-E, MG29-D25

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98202

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Douglas Brymner fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1873-1901.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

12.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letterbooks, with copies of letters concerning the Archives, 1892-1894, 2.5 cm; notes on pension and widows' funds of railway companies, banks and churches, n.d., 85 pages; notes on Canadian population between 1608 and 1881, n.d., 60 pages; article by John Lowe entitled "Population, Immigration and Pauperism in the Dominion of Canada", Canadian Economics, 1885; correspondence and notes concerning Indian lands in Upper Canada and the War of 1812, n.d., 1884-1901, 25 pages; unpublished manuscript entitled "The Unknown Hero", n.d., 30 pages; and photocopies of "Scottish American Journal", 2 October 1873, which contains an article by "Tummis Treddles", a pseudonym of Douglas Brymner.

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Brymner, Douglas, 1823-1902

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Brymner, Douglas, 1823-1902 : Douglas Brymner was born in Scotland and came to Canada in 1857, settling in the Eastern Townships. In his early years in Canada he worked as a journalist, as editor of the Presbyterian for a period and subsequently as associate editor of the Montreal Daily Herald. In 1872, he was appointed the first Dominion Archivist and he held this position for 30 years. During this time he collected historical records in Canada, instituted extensive copying programmes in Britain and France, and published the voluminous Archives Reports, recording his work as an archivist. He was made a member of the Royal Society in 1895.

See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 2, p. 133.

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General note:

The majority of the papers were acquired before 1977 except for the photocopies of the "Scottish American Journal", which were acquired in 1977 and the manuscript "The Unknown Hero", which was acquired in 1981. The "Scottish American Journal" and "The Unknown Hero" were acquired from Miss Grace Brymner and Mrs. John Dawson.
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Archives - Canada, 1892-1894 Dominion Archivist, 1884-1901

Railroads - Canada, 1873-1901 Tummis Treddles, 1873

Railroads - Pensions, 1873-1901 Lieutenant Colonel M. Bolton

Pensions - Canada, 1873-1901 "Population,Immigration and Pauperism in the Dominion of Canada, 1885

Banks and banking - Canada, 1873-1901 The Unknown Hero

Churches - Canada, 1873-1901 Scottish American Journal, 1873

Canada - Population, 1608-1881 Canadian Economics, 1885

Indians of North America - Canada - Land tenure, 1884-1901

Canada War of 1812

Canada 1812, Guerre de
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