Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
George Monro Grant collection
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Collection
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1860-1902 (Production)
- Producteur
- Grant, George Monro
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
0.12 m of textual records, 5 microfilm reels : positive
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Born in Nova Scotia, and educated at Glasgow University, George Monro Grant was ordained in the Church of Scotland ministry in 1860. After working as a missionary, he assumed charge of St. Mathew's Church in Halifax in 1863. He was moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1875 and he became moderator of the Presbyterian Church in 1889. From 1877 until his death he was principal of Queen's University. He was a member of the Imperial Federation League, a spokesman for ecumenicalism and the social gospel. He published works on imperialism, religion and travel.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
Fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda and printed material. Most of the material relates to Queen's University. Includes manuscript in ink written on both sides of three pieces of birchbark concerning religious questions and gospel meeting held at Sharbot Lake, Ont., a letterbook for the period 1868-1873, relating to the finances of Grant's church in Halifax (volume 1); correspondence relating to the biography of Principal Grant by his son, W.L. Grant, 1902-1904 (volume 13). Letters from Grant to several well-known figures including Andrew Drummond, C.J. Low, Charles Mair, Sandford Fleming, Alexander Morris, Alfred E. Lavell, William Snodgrass and James Williamson.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Transferred and assembled through multiple donors by Special Collections. The manuscript written on birchbark was found in the G.M Grant pamphlet collection in Special Collections (Acc 1977-Q11).
Classement
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
2172
2404.1
MF 593-596
MF 783
Map 59
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
Open
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Public domain
Instruments de recherche
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/G/Grant-George_Munro-2172.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/G/Grant-George_Munro-Names_Index.pdf
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/G/Grant-George_Munro_mf.docx
- https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_98180
Éléments associés
See also the George Munro Grant fonds at Library and Archives Canada (https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_98180).
Accroissements
No further accruals are expected