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Augustus Bridle fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1882-1988.

Reference:

R2359-0-4-E, MG30-D354

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99106

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Augustus Bridle fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1882-1988.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 m of textual records.
6 photographs : b&w.
1 watercolour : watercolour and pen and ink; etching.
1 print.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal papers of Augustus Bridle including correspondence, biographical material, memorabilia, Arts and Letters Club documentation, and manuscripts, typescripts and published copies of Bridle's writings, n.d., 1882-1988.

Fonds contains photographs of Augustus Bridle. ca. 1890-1935.

Fonds also contains a watercolour greeting card by J.E.H. Macdonald entitled, "First Act Massey Hall Dec 21, 1922 with best wishes to the star", sent to Augustus Bridle at Christmas 1922; and an undated greeting card by Nicholas Hornyansky entitled, "Snow and Frost", sent to Augustus Bridle, ca. 1930.

Provenance:

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Bridle, Augustus, 1868-1952

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Bridle, Augustus, 1868-1952 : Augustus Bridle, critic, writer, and editor, was born in Dorset, England. After his mother's early death, he was placed in the care of Dr. Stephenson's National Children's Home and Orphanage in London and sent to Canada in 1878. He spent his youth in homes in the vicinity of Chatham, Ontario, and later attended the Chatham Collegiate Institute. Following an early career as a schoolteacher and choirleader in Blenhein, Ontario, Bridle began his journalism career in Alberta with the Edmonton Bulletin, 1900-1901. He was choir leader in Edmonton as well and when he moved back to Ontario, to the Stratford Herald 1901-1903, he continued his involvement with music.

Bridle settled in Toronto in 1904, joining the staff of the News. He was associate editor of the Canadian Courier 1908-1916 and continued as editor of the Courier until 1930. He joined the Toronto Star in 1922 where he was the art, music and drama critic for more than thirty years. He became very much involved in Toronto's cultural life and was a lifelong member of the Arts and Letters Club, which he was instrumental in founding in 1908. He was a champion of the Group of Seven when its members first began exhibiting their paintings and were encountering a great deal of opposition to their work. He continued to be interested in choral music and soon after joining the Star organized a series of free "Good Music Concerts" in Toronto churches under the auspices of the newspaper.

He also directed music and choral programmes at Massey Hall. In 1927 he planned and staged a pageant, Heart of the World, as part of an international education conference in Toronto. In 1941 he was appointed general director of the Coliseum Chorus Festival.

As well as his newspaper work, Bridle published a number of books, including a collection of short studies of prominent Canadians, Sons of Canada (1916), which included portraits of politicians and artists. In 1921 he published a collection of personal reminiscences of politicians and journalists he had known, The Masques of Ottawa. He was also the author of a novel, Hansen (1924), about the experiences of a Norwegian immigrant in Ontario and Alberta.

Augustus Bridle married Martha Emily Scroggie, daughter of George Scroggie, business manager of the Mail and Empire, in 1913. They had three children.

Finding aid:

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a file list. MSS1762

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1762
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000360.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1988 from Augustus Bridle's son George Bridle of Wellington, Ontario, and grand-daughter Liska Jetchick of Merrickville, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Music - Canada, 1882-1985 Dr. Stephenson, 1882, 1890

Bridle family, 1890-1988 Paul Bridle, 1882-1985

Clubs, Arts and Letters - Canada, 1911-1982 Robert Flaherty, 1913-1914

Authors, Canadian, 1910-1952 Arts and Letters Club, 1911-1982

Amadjuk Bay (N.W.T.) - Description and travel, 1913 Alexander Carver, [1911-1982]

Cape Dorset (N.W.T.) - Description and travel, 1914 Arthur Limer, [1911-1982]

Fox Channel (N.W.T.) - Description and travel, 1914 Grip Engravers, 1911

Baffin Island (N.W.T.) - Description and travel, 1914 Cape Dorset (N.W.T.), 1914

Hudson Strait (N.W.T.) - Description and travel, 1914 Amadjuk Bay (N.W.T.), 1914

Art - Canada, 1910-19152 Fox Channel (N.W.T.), 1914

Hudson Strait (Quebec and N.W.T.)

Baffin Island (Nunavut)

Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1988-200 DAP
1988-309 DAP
1988/0004 MSS
1988/0401 MSS
290-88
291-88
329-88

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D354
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1762] 133

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BRIDLE, AUGUSTUS 1988-200] 3716

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1988-309]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A147-03 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Art: No restrictions. Copyright: Estate of J.E.H. Macdonald and Nicholas Hornyansky. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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