A collection of letters from Charles W. Gordon, engineer, World War I Scottish Rifles, writer and bush pilot, written from Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Northern Ontario and Peru to his sister Mrs. Margaret Forsyth, 1915-1936, together some letters from other family members and friends. 1889- 1936.

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A collection of letters from Charles W. Gordon, engineer, World War I Scottish Rifles, writer and bush pilot, written from Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Northern Ontario and Peru to his sister Mrs. Margaret Forsyth, 1915-1936, together some letters from other family members and friends. 1889- 1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625723025

Also includes a file of correspondence to Mrs. Margaret Vallance Taylor, 2nd wife of Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor, Chief Justice of Manitoba, (1887-1899), 1888-1893.

2 boxes (250 items) ; 3 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 30 cm., and smaller ; 1 daguerreotype.

University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7827131

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Gordon, Charles William, 1860-1937

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Charles William Gordon Collection.

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Apparently the nephew of Charles William Gordon (1860-1937) who wrote under the pen name of Ralph Connor. The collection includes a picture of the "Varsity Quintette" (1883) of which the author was a member. All five members went on to study at Glasgow University. From the description of A collection of letters from Charles W. Gordon, engineer, World War I Scottish Rifles, writer and bush pilot, written from Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Northern Ontario and Peru to his sister Mrs. Margar...

Forsyth, Margaret (Gordon)

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Taylor, Thomas Wardlaw, Sir, 1833-1917

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