Lewis family fonds. 1914-1954.

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Lewis family fonds. 1914-1954.

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The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks and photgraphs pertaining to Hunter Lewis and other members of his family including Stella Lewis (wife), Bertha Lewis (mother) and Dr. George Albert McGuire (father-in-law) who served as a Conservative MLA for Vancouver about the time of World War I. The fonds also includes four Bertha Lewis' diaries (1934-1957). Included in this family material is a large assortment of records from the Federation of Canadian Artists, which Hunter Lewis collected in the 1940s and early 1950s.

1.38 m of textual records.4 photographs.2 scrapbooks.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781466

University of British Columbia Library

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McGuire, George Albert.

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Lewis, Bertha

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Civil Liberties Union (Montréal, Québec)

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Federation of Canadian Artists.

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Lewis (family)

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Hunter Campbell Lewis was born in Tamworth, Ontario in 1897 and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. (1923) and M.A. (1928) in English. He joined the Department of English in 1929 and remained on staff until his retirement in 1962. Lewis was well known to generations of students for his course in contemporary English literature. In addition to his teaching duties, Lewis was also recognized for his activities in the art world, serving as president of the Federation of Can...

Lewis, Hunter Campbell, b. 1897.

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Lewis, Stella Rose

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