Notice bibliographique du document

Créateur

MacTavish, Newton McFaul, 1875-1941

Titre

Newton McFaul MacTavish fonds
Fonds Newton McFaul MacTavish

Identificateur

MIKAN: 103172
Reels/Bobines: H-1019 to H-1021
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 30 D 278, R3903-0-4-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_103172
lac_mikan_103172

Sujet

Papers
Canadian culture
Papiers
Culture canadienne

Document original

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1886-1974
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Langue

anglais

Description

Newton McFaul MacTavish (1875 - 1941) was a journalist, editor and author. After completing his education at Seaforth Collegiate Institute, he worked for a short period of time as a bookkeeper and salesman before becoming a reporter for the Toronto Globe in 1896, and was its correspondent and business representative in Montreal from 1900 to 1906 at the same time that he was studying English literature at McGill University. In 1906, he became editor of the Canadian Magazine, which he also wrote for. He left that position in 1926 when he became a member of the Civil Service Commission of Canada. He wrote articles for such magazines as Saturday Night and Scribner's, and contributed to the Encyclopedia of Canada during the 1930s as well as the Canada Year Book in 1931. He is the author of three books: "Thrown In"(1923), "The Fine Arts in Canada"(1925) and "Ars Longa"(1938). MacTavish was also a member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Authors' Association, among other organizations.
This collection consists of personal and business correspondence, six diaries, financial records, personal papers, manuscripts, and printed material. Reel H-1020 features notes from a 1904 political science lecture given by noted Canadian writer and humourist Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944).
A finding aid is available at the start of microfilm reel H-1019.
Newton McFaul MacTavish (1875-1941) était journaliste, rédacteur en chef et auteur. Après avoir complété ses études au Seaforth Collegiate Institute, il a travaillé quelque temps comme comptable et vendeur avant de devenir journaliste pour le Toronto Globe en 1896. Tout en étudiant la littérature anglaise à l'Université McGill, il continua de travailler comme correspondant et représentant de ce journal à Montréal de 1900 à 1906. Il écrivait aussi des articles pour le Canadian Magazine puis, en 1906, il en est devenu le rédacteur en chef. En 1926, il a quitté ce poste pour devenir membre de la Commission du service civil du Canada. Il a aussi rédigé des articles pour des revues telles que Saturday Night et Scribner's, et, durant les années 1930, il a collaboré à L'Encyclopédie du Canada, ainsi qu'à l'Annuaire du Canada (Canada Year Book) pour l'année 1931. Il est l'auteur de trois livres : « Thrown In » (1923), « The Fine Arts in Canada » (1925) et « Ars Longa » (1938). McTavish était membre, entre autres, du Arts and Letters Club de Toronto, et de la Canadian Authors' Association (chapitre d'Ottawa).
Cette collection comprend sa correspondance personnelle et d'affaires, six journaux intimes, des états financiers, des papiers personnels, des manuscrits et des imprimés. La bobine H-1020 contient les notes d'une conférence en sciences politiques prononcée en 1904 par le célèbre écrivain et humoriste canadien, Stephen Leacock (1869-1944).
Un instrument de recherche est disponible au début de la bobine de microfilm H-1019.
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. MSS1257 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002710.pdf
From records: Series consists of addresses, poems, prose and notes written by MacTavish. Three notebooks, written in Pitman shorthand, record political science lectures given by Prof. Stephen Leacock of McGill University. Series consists of biographical material, copyright registration, will and miscellaneous items. Series consists of loose pages, n.d., and a notebook, 1890-1893, record MacTavish's expenditures when he boarded out and worked as a bookkeeper-salesman. One fragment apparently from Dr. Archibald MacTavish's account bookk, lists medicines and their prices, dated 1868. Series consists of six diaries that provide insight into MacTavish's personal and business life. The first diary records MacTavish's thoughts on his marriage to Kate Johnson. Subsequent diaries provide glimpses into the life of a middleclass couple in Montreal, their efforts to establish a household and the accidental burning of their son. A number of entries offer comment on contemporary politics and issues. Series consists of letters and telegrams to and from Newton MacTavish, his family, business associates and such acquaintances as Sir John Willison, Pelham Edgar, G.H. Clarke and Duncan Campbell Scott. The correspondence is divided into two sections. The first contains loose letters arranged chronologically, 1893-1936. The second comprises letters pasted into an unbound scrapbookk arranged chronologically as much as possible, 1920-1932. Most correspondence concerns the publication of MacTavish's books, his honorary degrees from Acadia and his appointment to the Civil Service Commission of Canada. The early correspondence touches on MacTavish's work as a bookkeeper-salesman, his drama classes, his elocution lessons and his initial writing attempts. Series consists of articles written by MacTavish, arranged alphabetically by title, n.d., 1901-1931; clippings arranged by subject, n.d., 1891, 1904-1941, 1964, 1974, including pamphlets, brochures, invitations and passes. Oversize clippings and articles have been placed in an oversize box, volume 4.

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