Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds. 1895-1995.

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Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds. 1895-1995.

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The fonds consist of incoming and outgoing letters mainly to Burpee's daughter, Ruth Lowe the wife of Rev. John Lowe, copies of Burpee's passports, published and unpublished works by Burpee, and a collection of autographs that Burpee had accumulated during his tenure as Ottawa's chief librarian.

9 cm of textual records.1 photograph: b&w.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7783865

University of British Columbia Library

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Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946

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Epithet: Canadian historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000205 Lawrence (Laurie) Johnstone Burpee was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 March 1873. In 1899, he married Maud Hanington and together they had five children: Lawrence, Ruth, Margaret, Edward and Arthur. Burpee is remembered for his contributions to Canadiana as a historian, a librarian, and a writer. He served as chief librarian of the C...

Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x7n6k (person)

Epithet: Canadian historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000205 Lawrence (Laurie) Johnstone Burpee was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 March 1873. In 1899, he married Maud Hanington and together they had five children: Lawrence, Ruth, Margaret, Edward and Arthur. Burpee is remembered for his contributions to Canadiana as a historian, a librarian, and a writer. He served as chief librarian of the C...