Collection search - Marjorie McEnaney fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

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Marjorie McEnaney fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1925-1981.

Reference:

R2389-0-9-E, MG30-E342

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101985

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Marjorie McEnaney fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1925-1981.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

60 cm of textual records.
76 audio reels (ca. 40 h).
4 audio discs.
10 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of CBC correspondence and subject files, n.d., 1940-1975, 30 cm; personal correspondence and memorabilia, n.d., 1925, 1942-1972, 10 cm; freelance subject files, and memoirs, n.d., 1935-1945, 1958-1981; 20cm.

Fonds also consists of sound recordings of interviews prepared by McEnaney for various CBC broadcasts.

Also included are portraits of CBC program executives, Toronto, Ont., ca. 1950-1955.

Provenance:

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McEnaney, Marjorie, 1908-

Biography/Administrative history:

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McEnaney, Marjorie, 1908- : Marjorie McEnaney, née Winspear, broadcaster, journalist, public servant, was born in 1908 at Birmingham, England and immigrated with her parents to Alberta in 1911. She received her education at Calgary Normal School and the University of Toronto. During the thirties, Marjorie spent six years with a travelling entertainment firm, the Canadian Chautauquas. In 1938, she married Vincent McEnaney. Following this, she joined the staff and eventually became associate editor of the National Home Monthly Magazine.

In 1942 Marjorie McEnaney joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) where she spent sixteen years as a program organizer in the CBC Talks and Public Affairs Department. Here she won acclaim for her part in planning radio documentaries, talks and interviews, and radio drama. In 1958 she left CBC to become a free lance broadcaster.

Marjorie McEnaney was prominent in the struggle for equal opportunities for women in the CBC and active in the national women's movement during the sixties.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive file list. MSS1155 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002811.pdf

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General note:

Acquired in 1979 and 1981 from Mrs. Marjorie McEnaney of Mississauga, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Broadcasters - Canada - Correspondence, 1925, 1940-1975 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1925, 1940-1975

Radio broadcasting - Canada, 1958-1970 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Talks and Public Affairs Department, 1940-1958

Authors - Canada, 1935-1945, 1958-1981 Elizabeth Long, 1956-1969

National Home Monthly, 1925, 1942-1972

Who stole the cakes, 1925, 1942-1972
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1979-155 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E342
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1155] 97

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holders.
Photographs: Copyright: photographer Gilbert A. Milne. Researchers must contact Gilbert A. Milne to obtain a reference copy. Credit: G.A. Milne / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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