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Bernard Keble Sandwell fonds
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1907-1954 (Creation)
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- Sandwell, Bernard Keble
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0.6 m of textual records, 1 microfilm reel : positive, 1 microfilm reel : negative
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B.K. Sandwell (1876-1954) was born in Ipswich, England and came to Canada as a child. He was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto (B.A. 1897). In 1905 he was the drama critic at the Montreal Herald and, later, editor of the Financial Times. He taught economics at McGill University before becoming the head of the Department of English Literature at Queen's University. Sandwell served as Rector of Queen's University from 1944 to 1947. From 1932 to 1951 he was the contributing Editor of Saturday Night. He died in 1954.
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The fonds consists of correspondence, poems, prose, biographical items, news clippings, and scrapbooks. Correspondents include Sir Robert Borden, Lord Tweedsmuir, Lady Tweedsmuir, Robertson Davies, Stephen Leacock. Louis St. Laurent and Sir Edward Peacock.
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Donated by his nephew, B.D Sandwell, 1963. Purchase
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- English
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2143
MF 584
F3 B4.3 007
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Open
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None
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No further accruals are expected