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Chester collection
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1918-1961 (Creation)
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- Pierce (family)
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1918-1961 (Creation)
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- Chester (family)
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0.13 m of textual records
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Edith Chown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Chown of Kingston, was born on September 13, 1890. Her mother died in 1896 and Edith and her three brothers were brought up in Kingston by their maternal grandmother and by their aunt, Charlotte Conley.
Edtih graduated from Queen's University in 1912 and attended normal school in Regina. For several years she taught school in the West. While at Queen's University she met Lorne Pierce. They graduated in the same year, and met again when both were in the West, where Lorne was serving as a Minister. On September 9, 1916, they were married. They had two children, Beth (Mrs. J. D. Robinson) and Bruce.
Edith Pierce died on April 23, 1954.
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This collection consists of correspondence and subject files. Almost all of the correspondence is from Lorne Pierce to his sister Sara Chester, but a few letters are from Edith Pierce to Sara Chester. The correspondence for 1943 contains an interesting letter in which Lorne Pierce describes Sir Charles G.D. Robert's funeral and his place in Canadian literary history. The subject files include press comments on Lorne Pierce's 25th anniversary with Ryerson, and articles on his retirement.
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Chester family
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- English
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2001.3
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Open
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Public domain