Edward Manning Saunders and Marshall Saunders fonds. -- 1870-1938. --

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Edward Manning Saunders and Marshall Saunders fonds. -- 1870-1938. --

There have been two accruals. The first accrual contains the typescript of the Tupper book which has been annotated by Margaret Marshall Saunders as well a typescript of an unpublished work by her, "Poor Phoebe". There is correspondence relating to the Tupper book, including correspondence between Edward Saunders and Sir Charles Tupper (1821-1915). Tupper was a physician from Nova Scotia who briefly served as Prime Minister of Canada in 1896. There is correspondence gathered as part of the research of the Tupper book, including one undated letter from Sir John A. MacDonald (1815-1891) to Tupper. There is also correspondence to Margaret Marshall Saunders, mainly from the 1930s. This accrual also contains photographs and news clippings. This accrual was supplemented by books owned by Margaret Marshall Saunders. They have been separately catalogued. The second accrual is a letter, 28 March 1894, from Margaret Marshall Saunders to Faith Fenton.

87 cm of textual records and graphic material.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940630

McMaster University

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Saunders, Edward Manning, 1829-1916

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Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947

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Margaret Marshall Saunders, b. Nova Scotia and lived in Halifax; author of Beautiful Joe and other children's books. From the description of Letter to Breckenridge K. Tremaine, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55531594 ...