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Eileen Wurtele Autograph Album [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1792-1949.

Reference:

R8281-0-1-E, MG22-A15, Volume number: 1--2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101203

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Eileen Wurtele Autograph Album
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1792-1949.

Place of creation:

Various places

Extent:

1.5 cm of textual records; originals.

Language of material:

English

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This autograph album, attributed to Eileen Wurtele, is inscribed as having been given in 1945 by G.F. Abbott to Helen Fraser and shows evidence of havng been expanded by her. The autographs range from complete letters (notably several from William Kingsford to John Reade, literary editior of the Montreal Gazette) and notes, through postal franks on envelopes, to signatures excised from documents. Identification is provided for many of the signatures. There is no apparent order to the entries.

Provenance:

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Wurtele, Eileen

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Textual material (Paper) The finding aid provides a list of the autographs in this collection, arranged in alphabetical order by surname. MSS0727 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001273.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1969; previously catalogued as MG 29 I 29. Scarcely twenty pages of the album have been used.

Note on the state of conservation:

The scotch tape affixing many letters and notes to the pages is now severely deteriorated and discoloured.
Subject heading:

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Autographs - Canada, 1792-1949

John Reade - Correspondence

Authors, Canadian - Autographs, 1792-1949

William Kingsford, 1819-1898 - Autographs

Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888 - Autographs

Frederick Temple Dufferin and Ava, 1826-1902 - Autographs

Goldwin Smith, 1823-1910 - Autographs

Newspaper editors - Montreal (Quebec)

Sir James Grant, 1831-1920 - Autographs
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG22-A15
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG22 A 15] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 727] 72

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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The original album (volume 1) has been withdrawn from circulation as a protective conservation measure. Substitution photocopies (volume 2) are available for consultation and reproduction purposes. Photographic reproductions from the originals may be made for exhibition or publication projects.

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