Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay fonds.
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Fonds
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Physical description area
Physical description
39 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (nee Macpherson), author, was born in Woodstock, Ontario on November 25, 1875. Isabel was educated at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute and began writing for the Woodstock Daily Express at the age of 15. In 1895 Isabel married ... »
Scope and content
Fonds consists of materials relating to the personal and professional life of Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Includes primarily prose and poetry by Mackay, as well as photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks and ephemera.
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Physical condition
Extent is measured in linear metres of shelf space as occupied by the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Phyllis Mackay and D.W. Benedict in 1970, Ronald Grantham in 1985 and Isabel Benedict in 1994.
Arrangement
Arranged in four series as follows:
- 1. Personal and Biographical;
- 2. Scrapbooks;
- 3. Poetry and Prose;
- 4. Photographs.
Associated materials
Isabel Mackay's published works can be located using the catalogue. A bibliography of her works has also been published.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Added to database by Jessica Blackwell, 2015.