William R. Bird fonds. 1910-1973.

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William R. Bird fonds. 1910-1973.

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The fonds includes correspondence covering the years 1962-1978; scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence and photographs (1926-1973); manuscripts for a number of Bird's published and unpublished works-including novels, stories and articles (undated); hardcover novels, fiction and non-fiction published in magazines, journals and newspapers (1928-1975); and miscellaneous documents including reviews, articles about Bird and royalty information (1935-1976).

82 cm of textual records. -- 49 large format scrapbooks. -- 2 boxes of index cards. -- 10 volumes.

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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Bird, Will R. (Will Richard), 1891-1984

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William R. Bird was born in East Mapleton, N.S. on May 11, 1891. Born into poverty, he moved to the Canadian Prairies to help harvest crops as a teenager. In 1914, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in the trenches with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (42nd Battalion, Black Watch of Canada) in France and Belgium until 1918. Upon demobilization in 1919, he returned to Cumberland County, N.S, where he married Ethel Sutton with whom he had two children, Stephen and Betty. After a failed ...