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Susanna Moodie collection [textual record (some microform), graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1828-1914, 1966.

Reference:

R10880-0-X-E, MG29-D100

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101702

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Susanna Moodie collection
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Collection includes:

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

1828-1914, 1966.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual material.
2 microfilm reels negative and positive.
2 watercolours watercolour over pencil.
2 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of Susanna Moodie's manuscripts of three poems and two short stories, n.d., 2.5 cm; correspondence from Thomas Strickland, Susanna Moodie, Catharine Parr Traill, their descendants and friends to family and friends, and miscellaneous clippings, n.d., 1828-1914, 1966, 2.5 cm; correspondence chiefly from Moodie to her daughter Katie Vickers, and a copy of "Roughing It In the Bush", 1869-1876, 5 cm. Also included is correspondence from Moodie and her sisters to James and Emma Bird and Allen Ransome, n.d., 1830-1871, 1 microfilm reel A-1182; material relating to the British publisher, Richard Bentley, 1852-1867, 1 microfilm reel, A-1411.

Also included are watercolours of Marmora Iron Mines, Hastings County, near Peterborough, Ont., by Susanna Moodie.

The fonds also contains photographs of the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in recognition of Susanna Moodie in Lakefield, Ont., 1966. Photographs by the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information.

Provenance:

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Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885

Biography/Administrative history:

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Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885 : Susanna Moodie (née Strickland), was born in England and married John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie, an Army officer on half-pay, in 1831. She immigrated with him to Upper Canada in 1832, first settling on a farm near Cobourg, later moving to Douro township and, in 1839, to Belleville, where Mr. Moodie was appointed sheriff. He died there in 1869. Susanna Moodie began writing in England and continued her literary career in Canada, where she was a regular contributor to the Literary Garland, published by John Lovell in Montreal. She was the author of the study of Canadian pioneer life Roughing It in the Bush (1852) and its sequel Life in the Clearings (1853), as well as a number of sentimental novels.

Among Mrs. Moodie's children were Katie, who married John Vickers of Toronto, and Agnes, who married Charles FitzGibbon and was the joint author with her aunt Catharine Parr Traill of Canadian Wild Flowers (1860). Mrs. Traill, a sister of Susanne Moodie who also married a half-pay officer and immigrated to Canada, was the author of many publications, including The Backwoods of Canada (1836), The Female Emigrants' Guide (1854) and Studies of Plant Life in Canada (1885). Their brother Samuel Strickland also settled in Canada and wrote about his experiences, and three sisters remaining in England, Jane, Elizabeth and Agnes, were authors as well. Susanna Moodie died in Toronto at the home of Katie and John Vickers.

See: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, p. 1163.

Finding aid:

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Textual records: (Electronic) The finding aid is an item level list of contents. MSS2228 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000726.pdf

Watercolours: (Electronic) Online item-level descriptions.

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General note:

Received at various times between 1934 and 1982.

Location of originals note:

Originals are held by the Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich, and the British Library.

Related material:

See also the Patrick Hamilton Ewing Collection in the National Library of Canada (accession 1987-7), which contains Susanna Moodie material.
Subject heading:

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Manuscripts, Canadian, [1828-1914, 1966] "The British Queen", [1828-1914, 1966]

Susanna Moodie - Manuscripts, [1828-1914, 1966] "The Nautical Philosophers", [1828-1914, 1966]

Poets, Canadian - Manuscripts, [1828-1914, 1966] "To Absent Friends", [1828-1914, 1966]

Poetry, [1828-1914, 1966] "The Well in the Wilderness", [1828-1914, 1966]

Manuscripts - Upper Canada, [1828-1914, 1966] "Education to the True Wealth of the World", [1828-1914, 1966]

Short stories, Canadi an, [1828-1914, 1966] Jane Strickland, 1867

Moodie family, [1828-1914, 1966] Kate Vickers, [1869-1876]

Susanna Moodie - Correspondence, [1828-1914, 1966] Roughing It in the Bush, 1871

Publishers and publishing - Canada, 1852-1867 Mary N. Vickers, 1871

Authors and publishers, 1852-1867 James Bird, [1830-1871]

Publishers and publishing - Great Britain, 1852-1867 Emma Bird, [1830-1871]

Richard Bentley - Correspondence, [1852-1867] Allen Ransome, [1830-1871]

Thomas Strickland - Correspondence, [1828-1914, 1966]

Catharine Parr Traill - Correspondence, [1828-1914, 1966]

Frontier and pioneer life - Canada, [1828-1914, 1966]

Women poets - Canada, [1828-1914, 1966]

Poets, Canadian, [1828-1914, 1966]

Poetry - Women authors, [1828-1914, 1966]

Women authors, Canadian
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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118-080321-3
1983-207 NPC
1991-031 DAP

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-D100
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001075.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2228] 509

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Colour transparency [118-080321-3]

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000792;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000794;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Colour transparency [R10880]

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000792;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000794;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R10880]

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000792;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TC-000794;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MOODIE, SUSANNA 1983-207] 4978

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Textual records: Originals in the Manuscripts series have been removed from circulation and replaced by photocopies. Researchers are asked to consult the photocopies.
Watercolours: No restrictions on use. Copyright is expired.
Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction.

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