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Joan McCurdy fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1953-2008.

Reference:

R5146-0-6-E, MG31-K35

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106920

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Joan McCurdy fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1953-2008.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.084 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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The fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Joan McCurdy, including diaries, calendars, travel journals, writings, and correspondence with family and friends. Her detailed personal diaries and related manuscripts are especially notable for the evidence they provide of the daily life and everyday experiences of a housewife, mother, and "war bride" British immigrant in post-war Canada.

Provenance:

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McCurdy, Joan, 1922-2016

Biography/Administrative history:

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McCurdy, Joan, 1922-2016 : Joan "Joey" McCurdy (née Care) was born in London, England in 1922. During the Second World War she met a Canadian serviceman, Hollis Thompson McCurdy, known as "Mac", while he was serving in London. They returned to Canada together and married in 1946. The McCurdys lived in and around Montreal and Toronto. Her husband worked in broadcasting and rose to become president of Standard Broadcasting Corporation. She stayed home and raised their three children, Anthony, Deborah, and Karen Frith, but also wrote freelance articles for magazines and created a gift basket design business in the 1980s.

The McCurdys travelled extensively, including regular trips to Europe as well as trips to Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Thailand and Africa. They also travelled across Canada and made many sailing trips. In retirement, the McCurdys shared their time between their residences in Toronto and Victoria. Hollis T. McCurdy died December 3, 2003 in Toronto.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list. MSS2086 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000617.pdf

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General note:

Received from Joan McCurdy of Toronto, Ontario, between 1994 and 2008.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.
Subject heading:

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Family - Canada - Diaries

Family - Canada - 20th century

Immigrants - Canada

War brides

Women - Canada - Social life and customs

Women - Canada - 20th century

Women - Emigration and immigration

Diaries

Journaux intimes
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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121-020012-0
121-020076-7
123-020001-0
1993/0107
1993/0246
1995-00012-4
1995/0080
1996/0037
1998-00434-1
1998/0013 (1998-01-30)
2004-01626-4
2005-00400-6
2008-00028-1
2008-00541-0
2008-00614-X
2008-00615-8
MG31-K35

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-K35
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000519.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation10 Closed]

Volume [MG31 K 35] 1--12

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Volume [R5146] 13--14

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Finding aid box [FA 2086] 152

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