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Isabel Skelton fonds
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1891-1950 (Creation)
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- Skelton, Isabel
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2 m of textual records, 30 photographs
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Isabel Skelton, an author based in Kingston, Ontario, was born Isabel Murphy in 1877 in Antrim, Ontario. She entered Queen's University in 1897, where she studied History and English. In 1901, she received a Master of Arts degree from Queen's University. She also won the University Medal in History. After her marriage to Oscar Douglas Skelton in 1904, the couple was closely associated with Queen's, where he was Dean of Arts. In 1925, the Skeltons moved to Ottawa, where he worked with the Department of External Affairs until his death in 1941. After her husband's death, Mrs. Skelton moved to Montreal, where she spent the rest of her life. Mrs. Skelton was the author of The Backswoodswoman; The Chronicle of Pioneer Home Life in Upper and Lower Canada (1924); The Life of Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1925) and William Bell: A Man Austere, Parson and Pioneer (1947). She died in 1956.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, writings, research notes, legal and financial records and photographs. There are also two scrapbooks related to Skelton family activities, Isabel Skelton's writings, the career of her husband, O.D. Skelton and the Murphy family, ancestors of Mrs. Skelton.
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Donated by Sheila Skelton Menzies - 1990
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- English
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2303.3
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected