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George Graham Currie fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1890-1926.

Reference:

R1931-0-4-E, MG30-D301

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102493

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George Graham Currie fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1890-1926.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6.8 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, 1900-1926, 7 pages; poems, plays, and songs, 1917-1918, 54 pages; a diary which contains poems, photocopy, 1900, 96 pages; a ledger, 1895-1899, 63 pages; newspapers, 1890-1915, 62 pages; and miscellaneous documents, 1901, 0.5 cm.

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Currie, George Graham, 1867-1926

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Currie, George Graham, 1867-1926 : George Graham Currie, poet, was born in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, the son of F.P. Currie, a native of Scotland. He was educated in Montreal, and served as a clerk for five years for the Grand Trunk Railway. He then went to British Columbia, were he became part proprietor of the Columbia Commercial College in Vancouver, and then treasurer of the Vancouver Liberal Association. Currie travelled widely in North America and used this experience in his writing.

In 1893, he published a volume of verse "How I Felt: Songs of Love and Travel". At the beginning of the 20th century, he went to Florida where he was an attorney at law, and later the mayor of West Palm Beach. He died there in 1926.

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General note:

Received in 1983 from M. Lawrence M. Lande.

Related material:

See also MG 53 No. 341 for other papers of G.G. Currie.
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Accounting - Books of account

Poets - Canada - Diaries, 1900 "Dramitis Personnae", 1917-1918

Poets - Canada - Correspondence, 1890-1926 "Wild Alberta", 1917-1918

Poetry - Canada, 1917-1918 Brennan's International Song and Music Album, 1917-1918

Plays - Canada, 1917-1918 The City of Flowers, 1917-1918

Songs - Canada, 1917-1918 The Gulfstream Boulevard, 1917-1918

Sympathy letters, 1900-1926 The Old Time Singing School, 1917-1918

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D301
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