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Dickey Family fonds
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[17--]-1984 (Creation)
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- Dickey (family)
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2 m of textual records
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Biographical history
The Dickey Family, as documented by these records, begins with John Dickey, 1795-1851, who emmigrated from Ireland to Canada in the late 1820's. He became a school teacher and later a Presbyterian clergyman. His son, James Dickey, became a prosperous farmer and politician in the Williamsburg area. John Sutherland Dickey, the son of James Dickey, became a school teacher and later a medical doctor.
Custodial history
The material that constitutes this fonds was created and/or received by various members of the Dickey Family over the course of nearly two centuries. It has remained in the family home through the generations, finally being gathered together by one of the descendants, Murray Barkley, great- grandson of the family patriarch, the Reverend John Dickey. Mr. Barkley donated the family papers to Queen's University Archives in December 2001.
Scope and content
This fonds consists of correspondence; subject files; notebooks; financial and legal records; holograph Presbyterian sermons, 1819-1840, with a few dated as late as 1882, minutes of Kirk sessions, synod addresses, annual stripend list, temperance literature, and other religious tracts; ledger for a store, ca. 1818; material relating to Queen's University at Kingston including course notes, examinations, and ephemera; records of a medical practice; photographs; clippings; local historical documents and artifacts. This material relates to the Presbyterian Minister, the Reverend John Dickey, of Williamsburg, Ontario, and various of his descendants.
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Donated by Mr. J.S. Dickey in 1973; and Mr. Murray Barkley, 1 September 1999.
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- English
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2233
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Open.
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Copyright provisions do apply. Please consult with an archivist.
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