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Thomas Guthrie Marquis fonds
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1899-1940 (Creation)
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- Marquis, Thomas Guthrie
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0.28 m of textual records
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Thomas Guthrie Marquis (1864-1936), author and editor, was born in Chatham, New Brunswick on 4 July 1864. He graduated from Queen's University, Kingston in 1889 with a B.A. and taught school until 1901. He became a free-lance journalist, writer of history and historical biographies and an editor. He edited Builders of Canada from Cartier to Laurier (Toronto 1903) and collaborated with Agnes Maule Machar in Stories of New France (1890). As T.G.M., Mr. Marquis was a well known reviewer of books for Saturday Night and The Canadian Bookman. He died in Toronto 1 April 1936, survived by his wife Alice.
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Fonds consists of manuscripts of his published and unpublished works and some lecture notes and texts. There is biographical information, chiefly from obituaries; a small amount of correspondence from Marquis and also from his wife, Alice, who wished to have some of her late husband's work published, as well as undertaking to have his library sold.
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Donated by Mrs. P.A. Meggs - 1993
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- English
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3199.1
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Open
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Copyright provisions apply, please consult with an archivist.
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