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J. Mackay Hitsman fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1938-1994, predominant 1938-1970.

Référence :

R3169-0-4-E

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

160963

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J. Mackay Hitsman fonds
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Date(s) :

1938-1994, predominant 1938-1970.

Lieu de création :

Ontario

Étendue :

15 cm of textual records
1 photograph

Langue du document :

anglais

Portée et contenu :

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The fonds consists of the personal correspondence and historical writings of J. Mackay Hitsman. The personal correspondence (vol. 1) is primarily letters written to his friends, noted historians Gerald S. Graham and James B. Conacher. They discuss his professional career, colleagues at the Directorate of History, news and gossip of the historical community, personal and family life, and the effects of his debilitating physical condition. They are particularly revealing about scholarship in the field of military history and personalities at the Canadian Army Historical Section and the Directorate of History in the 1950s and 1960s, including figures like C.P. Stacey, Courtney Bond, Murray Hunter, George Stanley and others. In addition, there are letters from friends and colleagues to his stepson Rev. Anthony Hitsman with personal reminiscences of "Mac" Hitsman for a proposed biography.

The writings (vols. 2-3) consist primarily of photocopies and offprints of his articles on military history in journals and magazines such as the "Canadian Historical Review", "Canadian Army Journal", "Military Affairs", "Saturday Night", and "Ontario History". There is also a copy of his master's thesis on "Canadian Naval Policy" for Queen's University (1940), reviews of books by other historians, reviews of his own books, and bound issues of the "Queen's University Journal" for which he was sports editor in 1938 and 1939. Finally, there is a small amount of biographical material including obituaries and his military service record and a photograph taken of John Mackay Hitsman receiving his PhD at the University of Ottawa in 1964.

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Hitsman, J. Mackay, 1917-1970
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Hitsman, Anthony, 1950-

Hitsman, J. Mackay, 1917-1970
Biographie/Histoire administrative :

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Hitsman, J. Mackay, 1917-1970 : John Mackay Hitsman was born 19 April 1917 in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Samuel Hitsman and Minnie Mackay. He studied at Queen's University receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1939 and his Master of Arts in 1940. His Master's thesis, titled "Canadian Naval Policy", was the first thesis written on Canadian naval history. He received his PhD in history from the University of Ottawa in 1964. While at Queen's University, "Mac" Hitsman was a member of the Canadian Officer Training Corps and in April 1941 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He transferred to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in 1942 and went overseas to England in August 1943. During this period he had begun to show signs of the progressive debilitating physical condition that ultimately caused his early death. Deemed unfit for active combat, he was posted to Canadian Military Headquarters in London in October 1943 for service with the Army Historical Section under C.P. Stacey. Promoted to captain in September 1944, Hitsman remained in the Army until his deteriorating health forced his discharge in 1947. At that time, he joined the Army Historical Section, later the Directorate of History, as a civilian historian where he remained until shortly before his death in 1970.

In spite of his difficulty walking or standing, Hitsman was a prolific historian who contributed to the official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War while writing his own articles and books on Canadian military history. The latter included "Military Inspection Services in Canada, 1855-1950" (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1962), "The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History" (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1965), and "Safeguarding Canada, 1763-1871" (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1968), based on his PhD thesis. "Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1977), co-authored with J.L. Granatstein, was published posthumously. It was reprinted in 1985 by Copp Clark Pitman while "The Incredible War of 1812" was reprinted in 1999 by Robin Brass Studio. Hitsman died in Ottawa on 11 February 1970. He married Helen Catherine Munro in 1953 and had three stepsons.

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Textual records: (Papier) The finding aid is a file list of the three volumes of textual records. MSS2206

Textual records: (Électronique) Finding aid. MSS2206
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000713.pdf

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Note générale :

The fonds was donated to the National Archives of Canada in 1999 by his stepson, Rev. Anthony Hitsman of Harrington Harbour, Quebec.

Historique de la conservation :

After the death of J. Mackay Hitsman, Gerald Graham returned the originals of the letters written to him to the Hitsman family.

Note sur l'emplacement des documents connexes :

Additional material relating to J. Mackay Hitsman may be found at the Directorate of History and Heritage at the Department of National Defence.
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Military historians Canada

Historiens militaires Canada

Canada
Source :

Privé

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1999-01356-5
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Document de restrictions à l'accès

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000967.pdf

Documents textuels

[Consultation96 Restrictions varient]

Volume [R3169] 1

[Consultation 18 Restreint]

Volume [R3169] 2--3

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 2206] 507

[Consultation 10 Fermé]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

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