Newton McFaul MacTavish fonds [graphic material, textual record (some microform)]
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Newton McFaul MacTavish fonds [graphic material, textual record (some microform)]
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Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) Part I of the finding aid is a file list of volumes 1-4. In addition, it describes the contents of the correspondence series in vol. 1, and provides a microfilm shelf list of reels H-1019 to H-1021. Part II of the finding aid was prepared by the North York Public Library and describes each item in reels M-5563 to M-5564. Both parts of the paper-based finding aid were scanned and are available electronically. MSS1257 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002710.pdf(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_103172(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
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Record information Newton McFaul MacTavish fonds [graphic material, textual record (some microform)]
Date:1863-1974.Reference:R3903-0-4-E, MG30-D278Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103172Date(s):1863-1974.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:62 cm of textual records.
2 microfilm reels positive.
297 photographs b&w and col.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence n.d., 1893-1946; six diaries, 1903-1909; financial records, n.d., 1868, 1890-1893; personal papers, n.d., 1886-1932; manuscripts, n.d., 1894-1911; printed material, n.d., 1891-1938, 1963-1964, 1974. Included are the following microfilmed records: additional correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and memorabilia, 1863-1969, related to Canadian artists and writers who corresponded with MacTavish during his career as editor of The Canadian Magazine and as a member of the Civil Service Commission. This material is located on microfilm, reels M-5563 to M-5564.
Fonds also contains photographs depicting the home and family life of Newton MacTavish; portrait of Kate Johnson MacTavish by Lyonde; carte-de-visite of D. Baker; views of Union and Staffa, Ontario, ca. 1900.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:MacTavish, Newton McFaul, 1877-1941 : Newton MacTavish, journalist, editor and author, was born in Staffa, Ont., where his father practised medicine. Upon completion of his education at Seaforth Collegiate Institute, MacTavish worked briefly as a bookkeeper and salesman before becoming a reporter for the Toronto Globe in 1896. He was its correspondent and business representative in Montreal from 1900 to 1906, while studying English literature at McGill University. In 1906 he assumed the editorship of The Canadian Magazine, a post he retained until 1926 when MacTavish became a member of the Civil Service Commission of Canada.
He wrote articles for such periodicals as The Canadian Magazine, Saturday Night and Scribner's Magazine; contributed to The Encyclopedia of Canada, 1932/35, and The Canada Year Book 1931; and published three books: Thrown in, 1923, The fine arts in Canada, 1925, and Ars longa, 1938. MacTavish was active in several organizations such as the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Authors' Association. Newton MacTavish died in Toronto in 1941.
Exhibition(s): 1983, Private realms of light, PAC, Ottawa, Ont. (group).
See: The Canadian Who's Who, 1936-1937, p. 699.Additional information:General note:Original papers received from MacTavish's son, Lachlan MacTavish of Toronto, Ont.; transferred in 1980 from the Documentary Art and Photography Division. Photographs received from Lachlan H. MacTavish in 1980.Location of originals note:Originals of microfilmed material are in the North York Public Library, Toronto, Ont.Availability of other formats note:Volumes 1-4 also available on microfilm, reels H-1019 to H-1021.Subject heading:- Montreal (Québec) - Family
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Correspondence, 1893-1946
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Family, 1893-1946
- Publishers and publishing - Canada, [1893-1946]
- Dissertations, Academic - Canada, [1893-1946]
- Acadia University - Dissertations, [1893-1946]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Career, [1893-1946]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Authorship, [1893-1946]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Diaries, [1893-1946]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Marriage, [1893-1946]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Finance, Personal, 1890-1893
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1890-1893
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Biography, [1886-1932]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Will, [19-]
- Professor Stephen Leacock - Oratory, [1894-1911]
- Newton McFaul MacTavish - Manuscripts, [1894-1911]
- Journalists - Canada, [1903-1969]
- Authors, Canadian, [1903-1969]
- Editors - Canada, [1903-1969]
- Poetry
- Medicine
- Canada
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D278 -
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