Sous-fonds SF06 - Hale-Garvin

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Hale-Garvin

Level of description

Sous-fonds

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1891 - 1956 (Creation)
    Creator
    Hale, Katherine
  • 1891 - 1959 (Creation)
    Creator
    Garvin, John
  • [ca. 1812]-1961 (Collection)
    Collector
    Pierce, Lorne Albert
  • [ca. 1812]-1961 (Collection)
    Collector
    Pierce, Edith Chown

Physical description area

Physical description

0.25 m of textual records

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1878-1956)

Biographical history

Katherine Hale is the pen name for Amelia Beers Warnock. Born in Galt, Ontario, educated in Toronto and trained as a soprano in New York and Europe, she toured as a singer and published fiction and poetry. She wrote on contemporary literature for the ... »

Name of creator

(1872-1934)

Biographical history

John Garvin was a prolific editor and published numerous literary anthologies.

Scope and content

Sous-fonds consists predominantly of correspondence to Katherine Hale and John Garvin from 1911-1959. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and include such notable names as: Audrey Alexander Brown, Bliss Carman, Mazo de la Roche, ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchase from Herbert Orr, 1961.

General note

Partial

Control area

Status

Revised

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