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Lena Carolyn McLure fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1875-1982.

Reference:

R2376-0-9-E, MG30-D300

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102495

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Lena Carolyn McLure fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

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

1875-1982.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.
11 photographs b&w.
1 print chromolithograph.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of textual material concerning Emma Albani including a concert programme, magazine, correspondence, photograph and newspaper clippings; broadsheet of "Dominion Day: Our Railway Past and Present" by John LePage, 1875; broadsheet of "Island Hymn" by L.M. Montgomery, 1908; and other material.

Fonds consists of photographic material: view of the South Esplanade, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, ca. 1895; a group portrait of the P.E.I. entry to the Dominion Drama Festival, London, Ontario, 1939; an autographed portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1935; composite group portrait of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, 1923-1927; Province House, Charlottetowne, P.E.I., ca. 1928, hand-tinted b&w print; portrait of Emma Albani ca. 1900; Frank Watkis, accompanist to Albani, ca. 1900; Richard Brehaut family portrait, P.E.I., ca. 1875; portrait of Mrs. J.A. McLeod; group portrait of Alexandre Women's Missionary Society, P.E.I., ca. 1905; unidentified building in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, ca. 1900. Photographs by Craswell, Barefoot, Bayer, Lafayette, Aylett, and unidentified photographers.

Fonds also includes one certificate from the Independent Order of Foresters.

Provenance:

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McLure, Lena Carolyn, 1903-

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Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

Biography/Administrative history:

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McLure, Lena Carolyn, 1903- : Lena Carolyn McLure, music teacher, was born in Charlottetown, P.E.I., the daughter of Evelyn Brehaut and W. Chester S. McLure, who was related to both the author L.M. Montgomery and the poet John LePage through his mother Caroline Woolner and who was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1923-1930, and the House of Commons, 1930-1935, 1945-1953.

Lena McLure graduated from the University of Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1927 and after completing her studies in Boston, and London, England, taught music in the Charlottetown area. She later became women's editor of the Charlottetown Guardian and was involved in the Dominion Drama Festival. She was responsible for entertainment of Canadian troops at Nuffield, England, during World War II, when she made the acquaintance of Ann Haward, former lady's-maid to Canadian soprano Emma Albani. Lena McLure eventually settled in Toronto, Ont., where she taught English to new Canadians.

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Print: (Paper) Black binder.

Print: (Electronic) Item level description available on-line in Minisis.

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General note:

The certificate from the Independent Order of Foresters has been cropped along the bottom edge and has suffered from fading and discolouration. Received between 1982 and 1987 from Lena McLure of Toronto, Ontario.

Availability of other formats note:

Print: Copy negative available: C-103010.
Subject heading:

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Dominion Drama Festival

Teachers - Canada, 1875, 1908-1982 Ishbel Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1948

John Campbell Gordon, Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair, 1948

"Island Hymn", 1908

"Dominion Day: Our Railway, Past and Present", 1875

Emma Albani [ca.1911], 1952-1960

The Gramaphone, 1952

"Madame Albani's Grand Farewell and Benefit Concert", [ca.1911]

Marjorie, Baroness of Pentland, 1967-1982

Martha Louise Black, 1951

Sherbrooke House Club, 1942
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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114-020003-8
1982-214 PIC
1983-057 NPC
1987-185 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D300
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MCLURE, LENA 1987-185] 4035

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MCLURE, LENA 1983-057]

[Consultation 90 Open]

5011;

[Consultation 90 Open]

SC 0535;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Copy negative [R2376] C-103010

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired.
Print: No restriction on use for reproduction or publication. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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