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Watson Kirkconnell fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1961-1963.

Reference:

R1847-0-7-E, MG30-D194

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103191

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Watson Kirkconnell fonds
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Date(s):

1961-1963.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

40 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of three drafts of the translation from Ukrainian of "The Poetical Works of Taras Shevchenko", prepared in collaboration with C.H. Andrusyshen of the University of Saskatchewan.

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Kirkconnell, Watson, 1895-1977

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Kirkconnell, Watson, 1895-1977 : Watson Kirdconnell, born in Port Hope, Ont., was educated at Queen's, the Toronto Conservatory of Music and Oxford. He taught in the English and Classics departments at Wellesley College University of Manitoba, 1922-1940, and McMaster University, 1940-1948. He served as president of Acadia University, 1948-1964. He has written works on East European subjects and has translated many literary works from this region. He was elected F.R.S.C. in 1936, and was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1942.

See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, vol. 6, p. 6.

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General note:

Received in 1975 from Watson Kirkconnell of Wolfville, N.S.
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Translating and interpreting - Saskatchewan, 1961-1963 The Poetical Works of Taras Shevcheko, 1961-1963

Translating and interpreting - Nova Scotia, 1961-1963

Watson Kirkconnell - Authorship, 1961-1963

C.H. Andrusyshen - Authorship, 1961-1963
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MG30-D194
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Volume [MG30 D 194] 1--2

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