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Cecil Williams fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1921-1939.

Reference:

R7659-0-1-E, MG30-D407

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

107262

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Cecil Williams fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1921-1939.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

7 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists primarily of correspondence relating to the theosophy movement in Canada and abroad, sometimes in response to Cecil Williams' articles in the "Canadian Theosophist". His correspondents included H.P. Lamont (who wrote under the pen-name Wilfred Saint-Mandé), W.W. Leisenring, Albert E. S. Smythe (A. E. S. Smythe), H.N. Stokes, and W.B. Pease, among others. There is some correspondence relating to the "Hamilton Spectator" and a small amount of family correspondence.

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Williams, Cecil, ca. 1891-1957

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Williams, Cecil, ca. 1891-1957 : Cecil Williams worked for the "Hamilton Spectator" from 1923 to 1957 as a reporter and librarian. He was active in the Theosophical Society in Canada, serving as a member of its executive and organizing an international theosophy convention at Niagara Falls in 1933. He was also a leading contributor to its magazine, the "Canadian Theosophist". Williams wrote a book, "The Foundations of Intelligence" (New York: Comet Press Books, 1953), on the workings of the mind. He died 1 March 1957, aged 66.

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General note:

Transferred in 1990 from the National Archives Library.
Subject heading:

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Theosophical Society in Canada

Hamilton Spectator

Theosophy
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1990-00003-7
1990/0135

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MG30-D407
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Volume [MG30 D 407] 1

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