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15 cm of textual records (21 folders). - 3 photographs.
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Notice biographique
Author and educator James De Mille was born 23 August 1833 in Saint John, New Brunswick, the third child born to Loyalists Nathan Smith De Mille and Elizabeth Budd. De Mille was educated at the Saint John Grammar School, Horton Academy and Acadia College. During 1850-1851 De Mille toured Europe and Britain with his brother, Elisha. He received an MA from Brown University, Rhode Island, in 1854. In 1858 he married Elizabeth Ann Pryor, daughter of Dr. John Pryor, first president of Acadia College. Together they had three sons and one daughter.
De Mille worked briefly in Cincinnati before returning to Saint John. From 1856-1860 he and a partner ran a bookstore there, a venture that left De Mille in debt; shortly thereafter he began teaching classics at Acadia College. In 1865 he moved to Halifax, where he taught history and rhetoric at Dalhousie University and became well known for his love of Latin and the outdoors. He remained at Dalhousie until he died of pneumonia in 1880.
De Mille was a prolific and popular writer in the later nineteenth century. He began writing for magazines and journals while studying at Brown. Many of his books were published serially in American magazines such as Harper’s, before being published as monographs. His humorous historical romances, adventures and mysteries often reflected his early travels abroad, as did his first book, Martyrs of the Catacombs, published in 1864. He also wrote a series of adventure stories for boys set in the Annapolis Valley, which drew heavily on his experiences at Horton Academy, a textbook entitled The Elements of Rhetoric, and the spiritually-themed poem Behind the Veil, which was published posthumously.
Historique de la conservation
Some records were donated by Arthur Burpee in 1983; other accessions were made in 1970 and 1972 with unknown custodial histories.
Portée et contenu
Fonds consists of records created and collected by the De Mille family, including Arthur De Mille, Anna De Mille, Nathan De Mille, Elisha Budd De Mille, Frederick E. De Mille, and Alfred De Mille. Materials include scrapbooks and journals, correspondence, business papers, photographs, and literary manuscripts by James De Mille.
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Files are listed according to their physical order. Arrangement was imposed by the processing archivist.
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- anglais
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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
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See also the Lawrence Burpee fonds (MS-2-175).
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This fonds description comes from the Dalhousie University Archives Catalog. The complete, original description is available there.