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Roberts family fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1890-1966.

Reference:

R11797-0-X-E, LMS-0127

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3672629

Context of this record:

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Roberts family fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1890-1966.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

80 cm of textual records and other material.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds includes letters, poems, memorabilia, posters, floor plans, photographs and clippings by and about Roberts and members of his family: his sister Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864-1922), his brother Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), his son Lloyd Roberts (1884-1966), his son Douglas H.B. Roberts (1888-1974), his daughter Edith A.B. Roberts (1886-?), his niece Dorothy Roberts (1906-?), and his biographer, Elsie Pomeroy. Most of the material was found folded up in the books which formed the major part of the National Library's acquisition.

Provenance:

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Roberts (family)

Biography/Administrative history:

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Roberts (family) : Considered the father of Canadian literature and one of Canada's best known poets, Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943) grew up near Sackville, New Brunswick and studied at the University of New Brunswick. He began publishing his writing at age 20 with a collection of poems "Orion and Other Poems" (1880) and in 1883 became editor of the Toronto periodical the Week. He taught English literature at King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1885 to 1895. Following the publication of his first collection of highly popular animal stories, "Earth's Enigmas" (1896), Roberts supported himself through writing prose.

Roberts lived in England from 1907 to 1925. During World War I, he was a private in the British forces and later worked in the Canadian War Records Office. He returned to Canada in 1925 and spent the rest of his life in Toronto. Roberts was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1890, was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal for distinguished service to Canadian literature in 1926, and was knighted in 1935.

Finding aid:

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Textual records; graphic material; architectural drawing; object (Paper) Finding aid available. Available in reference room. (90: Open)

Additional information:

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Note on the state of conservation:

Items in Box 3a require conservation.

Related material:

Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald fonds LMS-0137 [1987-05].

Container note(s):

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1 : 1986-02
2 A : 1986-02
2 B : 1986-02
2 C : 1986-02
2 D : 1986-02
2 E : 1986-02
2 F : 1986-02
3 A : 1986-02
3 B : 1986-02
4 : 1986-02
5 : 1986-02
6 : 1986-02
7 : 1986-02
8 : 1986-02
9 : 1986-02

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0127

Other accession no.:

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1986-02 LMS
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Conditions of access:

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Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0127 1986-02]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1;

[Consultation 90 Open]

4--9;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2 A--2 F;

[Consultation 90 Open]

3 A--3 B;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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