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Kate Eastman fonds
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Fonds
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1921-1929 (Creation)
- Creator
- Eastman, Kate
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Physical description
0.26 m of textual records, 5 photographs
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Biographical history
Kate Eastman, teacher and secretary-manager, was born in 1887 at Oshawa, Ontario. After briefly teaching in an Aboriginal school, she joined the staff of the Foreign Press Service in New York. In 1921 she met Bliss Carman and later became his secretary, managing a cross-country tour of Canada he undertook in 1923/24. In 1924, Miss Eastman moved to Vancouver where she taught literature for many years. Her frienship with Carman persisted and they maintained correspondence for a number of years. Miss Eastman died in 1979.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence from Bliss Carman to Eastman, scrapbooks and photographs relating to Carman.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Miss Kate Eastman - 1975 Donated by the estate of Kate Eastman - 1980
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- English
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Location of originals
2035
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Open
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Public domain
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Associated materials
Bliss Carman fonds
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No further accruals are expected