Collection search - James Watson Curran fonds [textual record, textual record (microform)]

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James Watson Curran fonds [textual record, textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1889-1967.

Reference:

R2194-0-2-E, MG30-D344

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105274

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James Watson Curran fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1889-1967.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 microfilm reels : negative and positive.
30 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings and photographs. Microfilmed material is located on microfilm reels M-7774 and M-7775.

Provenance:

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Curran, James Watson, 1865-1952

Biography/Administrative history:

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Curran, James Watson, 1865-1952 : Mr. Curran, newspaper editor and author, was born in Ireland and immigrated as a child, with his parents to the Orillia area. He first worked on the Toronto World newspaper in the 1880's, and other newspapers afterwards. He was also the owner and editor of the Sault Daily Star, from 1912 until his death. He operated the Weekly Star at the Sault between 1901 and 1912. He published several books, including Here Was Vinland and Wolves Don't Bite in 1939 and 1943, respectively, which were very popular.

See: The Canadian Who's Who, 1949-1951, p. 238.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS1280 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002618.pdf

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Location of originals note:

The microfilm was copied from the original manuscripts which were loaned for copying by the Trent University Archives, by Ms. Bernadine Dodge for preservation and inter-library loan.
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Authors, Canadian, 1925-1967 Sault Ste Marie, (Ont.), 1889, 1925-1967

Sault Ste Marie - History, 1889, 1925-1967 Diamond Jenness, 1937-1943

Norse cults - Greenland, 1937-1943 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1937-1943

Norse cults - North America, 1937-1943 Lawrence J. Bupree, 1937-1943
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Private

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MG30-D344
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1280] 108

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel M-7774--M-7775

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27