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MacDonald MacLennan family
Fonds · 1865-1996
Consists of family correspondence (1865-1996); the personal diaries of Katherine “Aunt Katie” MacLennan Anderson (1935-1969); travelogues by May MacDonald (1905-1938), Helen Harris Rand (1977), Robert MacDonald (1982), Katherine MacLennan Anderson (1924,1928), and Frances MacLennan (1913, 1919); speeches by Robert honouring medical colleagues (1970s-1980s), a speech by Hugh MacLennan given at Princeton University (1987); family histories of the MacDonalds, Murrays, Archibalds, Armstrongs, and Harris (1960-1966); family photograph albums for May & Ed and their 3 children (1897-1960s), for Edward MacDonald’s ancestors (ca1880-ca1905), and for May MacLennan’s ancestors (ca1870-ca1900) all from Cape Breton Island, NS; loose photographs of family and individual portraits and snapshots, including Hugh MacLennan (1911-1986); news clippings about Hugh’s literary career collected by his mother and sister (ca1935-1967); published books and essays by and about Hugh, and by his first wife Dorothy Duncan, all inscribed to Katherine or to Frances (1935-1981); and Robert MacDonald’s resumes (1958-1984), award certificates (1967-1987), and incoming and outgoing business correspondence (1938-1947). Also includes business correspondence of Dr. Edward MacDonald (1935-1948); files on Hugh MacLennan’s and Frances MacLennan’s deaths (1989, 1990) kept by Robert MacDonald, a sound recording of skits by Marguerite (MacQuarrie) Spencer, a distant family relative; general family history files; a file on the life of Lilias Toward; and a file of tributes and memorials on Robert MacDonald’s death (1996) kept by his daughter Sharon. Documents the family and social life of two generations of physicians in Nova Scotia for most of the 20th century, as well as the early life of author Hugh MacLennan. It is arranged by family member, in loose chronological order. 2017-043