Collection search - Henry James Morgan fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]

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Henry James Morgan fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1830-1935.

Reference:

R7531-0-8-E, MG29-D61

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105773

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Henry James Morgan fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1830-1935.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4.66 m of textual records.
144 photographs 1 postcard, b&w.
1 print lithograph on wove paper 33.6 x 43.4 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of the following series: Biographical files series containing letters, memoranda and newspaper clippings used by Morgan in the preparation of his biographical studies, 1866-1913; Correspondence files series containing biographical data, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, 1866-1913; Notes and clippings series containing notes and memoranda for biographical studies, documents relating to alleged malfeasance in the public service and subscription lists for Parliamentary Companion and Dominion Annual Register, 1866-1907; Document files series, 1866-1913; Family papers series including correspondence and daily journals of Morgan and family members, 1864-1935; Additional papers series including photocopied letters received by Morgan papers relating to his biographical work, 1855-ca.1900; and Additional papers-second series containing miscellaneous correspondence, theatre programs, and documents collected by Morgan.

The fonds also contains photographs including scenic views in Ottawa, Ont.; an operating room and childrens' ward of a hospital; Morgan and colleagues in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, September, 1864; militia personnel, Sudbury, Ont. Also includes photographs of men and women prominent in Canadian life. Includes a real photo postcard of Morgan and an unidentified man, probably at Old Orchard, Maine, 1913.

Fonds also includes a print of Christ Church Lambs Pond, Elizabeth Town, Upper Canada.

Provenance:

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Morgan, Henry J. (Henry James), 1842-1913

Biography/Administrative history:

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Morgan, Henry J. (Henry James), 1842-1913 : Born in Québec, Henry James Morgan entered the public service of Canada at the age of eleven and he continued in the employ of the government until 1895. He was at various times Keeper of State Records, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, and Acting Under-Secretary of State. Intensely concerned with Canadian development and achievement, Morgan was one of the founders of the Canada First movement. He also published numerous biographical and bibliographical works, including 'Canadian Men and Women of the Time' (1898) and 'Bibliotheca Canadensis' (1861). He founded the 'Canadian Parliamentary Companion' in 1862 and edited it until 1876.

See: 'Encyclopedia Canadiana', Vol. 7, p. 160.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid contains a list of the biographical files, vols. 1-22; a list of the authors of the correspondence files, vols. 23-31; a list of the documents series, vols. 39-40; a list of the letters in the additional correspondence series, vol. 47; and a list of the Additional Papers-Second Series, vol. 48. It also includes a microfilm shelf list for reels C-1990 to C-1997. MSS0160 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000039.pdf

Graphic material: (Electronic) Some item level descriptions are available in the MINISIS database.

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105773

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105773?usrlang=fr

Textual records (Microform) Microfiche : 1 fiche (1 copy) MSS0160 (90: Open)

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General note:

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The National Archives received most of the collection in 1949 from the family of Henry James Morgan in Brockville, Ontario. Subsequent items were acquired from Marion G. Rogers, Brock University, Prof. F.H. Armstrong, the Bibliothèque Nationale, Bernard Amtmann, and the National Postal Museum, between 1963 and 1978.
Most of the Additional Papers - Second Series were purchased by the National Archives as individual items at auction in 1996 from Hoss' Auctioneering Service, Nepean, Ontario; the documents were formerly in the possession of descendants of Henry James Morgan living in Ottawa. Two John Abbott letters in the Additional Papers - Second Series were received in 1996 from Kevin L. Phillips, a descendant of John Abbott, who had purchased them at the same auction. A letter from James Pech was donated by Suanne Rogers in 2001.
The postcard (acc. no. 1997-383) was purchased at the 1996 Hoss auction by James Brennan who then donated it to the National Archives. The print (acc. no. 1996-264) was also bought at that auction.
Subject heading:

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Rideau Canal (Ont.)

Government House

Canada - Officials and employees, 1866-1913 Thomas C. Haliburton

Misconduct in office - Canada, [1866-1907] Robert G. Haliburton

Morgan family, [1864-1935] Nicholas F. Davin

Henry G. Morgan - Diaries, 1888-1893 Benjamin Sulte

Frank Morgan - Diaries, 1891-1894 Hector Langevin

Henry James Morgan - Diaries, 1866, 1871 Edward Langevin

Politicians - Canada - Correspondence Isaac Buchanan

Canadian Literature Charles Tupper

Theatre Programs - Ontario 1873-1888 Col. James H. Powell

Canals - Ontario 1830-1839 Captain Daniel Bolton

Zacariah Mudge

Grand Opera House 1880s

John Abbott

Canal Rideau (Ont.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1960-064 DAP
1984-170 NPC
1996-03000-0
1996-03009-4
1996-264 DAP
1996/0043
1996/0060
1997-02149-8
1997-383 DAP
2001-01032-X
96-080
MG29-D61

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-D61
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 D 61] 1--48

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 160] 24

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel C-1990--C-1997

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative number.
Print: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada. Document must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.

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