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McLennan family fonds
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McLennan family fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1717
  • Fonds
  • 1710-2000, predominant 1850-1940

The fonds consists of photographs and textual records spanning the period 1710-1984, predominantly 1850-1940, related to business and personal lives of five generations of the McLennan family (immediate and extended), as well as to the work of Montreal lawyer, Frederick Griffin. McLennan family materials consist of photographs; incoming and outgoing correspondence; genealogical information and family histories; diaries and remembrances; newspaper clippings and ephemera; official documents; obituaries and tributes; drafts of writings, research notes, and sketches; and other documents.

The McLennan family materials includes a series reflecting William McLennan’s writing career, personal interests, and family life. William McLennan’s materials include full and partial drafts of published and unpublished works; research and reference materials; incoming and outgoing correspondence; legal and official documents; collected historical materials and documents; notes; sketches; journals; newspaper clippings and ephemera; photographs; and other materials.

The fonds also consists of a series reflecting Frederick Griffin’s occupation as a lawyer and his role as founder of the Canadian Loan Company. Frederick Griffin’s materials include incoming correspondence and draft responses; various financial and legal documents; legal research notes and drafts of legal documents; memoranda; meeting minutes; land and property documents and surveyors reports; newspaper clippings and ephemera; and other documents.

Finally, the fonds contains a series consisting of William Durie McLennan’s records, which were primarily created between 1914 and 1915 and pertain to his military service during the First World War. Record types in this series include the following: a handwritten, personal notebook; a typescript of this notebook; correspondence; service records from the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces; news clippings; black and white photographs; collected signatures from Canadian dignitaries; and materials from the 5th Battery Association of 1914.

McLennan (family)

Family in general

File contains family photographs; Stewart and McLennan genealogical information; newspaper clippings; and a list of family members serving in World War I and World War II.

[Hugh S. McLennan]

Portrait of Hugh S. McLennan with a newspaper clipping on the back regarding his death.

Hugh McLennan, 1825-1899

File contains personal correspondence from Hugh McLennan to Isabella Stewart McLennan; a 1875 diary; remembrances and recollections; marriage certificates for Hugh McLennan and Isabella Stewart and Mary Anne Stewart and Gavin Walker; copy of Hugh McLennan's will; privately printed monograph on Hugh McLennan and his family; and recollections of the S.S. Sardinian wreck.

John McLennan, 1853-1939

File contains correspondence between John Stewart McLennan and Principal Arthur Currie of McGill University regarding the establishment of a scholarship.

Francis McLennan, 1857-1940

File contains notes about family history; correspondence to Isabella and Alice McLennan; obituaries and tributes; and correspondence and notices regarding Francis McLennan's death.

Bartlett McLennan, 1868-1918 (1 of 2)

File contains World War I leather field notebook; correspondence regarding Bartlett McLennan's death and memorials; photographs, clippings, and ephemera; memorandum regarding Pincher Creek and the death of Alexander McLennan; and a typed copy of war diary entries relating Bartlett McLennan's death.

Edith-MacD. 1819

Picture of graves at Longueau British Cemetery. A sign reading "British Graves" is on the far left. Bartlett McLennan's grave is on the right.

1920

Picture of the Longueau British Cemetery from across the road. A car is in the right foreground.

[Longueau British Cemetery]

Picture of the Longueau British Cemetery surrounded by a wood and wire fence. A sign on the right reads "Longueau Military Cemetery." A stamp of the back of the photograph reads "Canadian Official Photograph." Bartlett McLennan's grave is visible just right of centre.

1920

Picture of Bartlett McLennan's grave with flowering plant.

E. MacD. 1819

Picture of Longueau British Cemetery from across the road. Cemetery is surrounded by a wood and wire fence and a sign reading "Longueau Military Cemetery" is visible in the centre. A woman is walking up the road is visible on the right.

Bartlett McLennan, 1868-1918 (2 of 2)

File contains correspondence regarding Bartlett McLennan's death; memorials, photographs, clippings, and ephemera; and a typed copy of war diary entries relating Bartlett McLennan's death.

Forceville

Picture of Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension in Somme, France. A stamp on the verso of the photograph reads "Denhams, Albert. Somme."

Forceville

Picture of Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension from a distance. A stamp on the verso of the photograph reads "Denhams, Albert. Somme."

Forceville

Picture of memorial cross in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension. A stamp on the verso of the photograph reads "Denhams, Albert. Somme."

Isabella McLennan, 1870-1960

File contains McGill University's announcement of Isabella Christine McLennan's death and miscellaneous incoming correspondence to Isabella McLennan and Katharine McLennan.

Hugh McLennan, 1887-1915

File contains a typed copy of Hugh McLennan's World War I diary and correspondence from Hugh McLennan to his father and family from Europe.

William McLennan, 1856-1904

File contains a letter to Neil Stewart; sketches and poems to William McLennan's children; incoming and outgoing correspondence; William McLennan and Marion Paterson's marriage certificate; photographs; drafts of writings and research notes; newspaper clippings; and diary pages.

[William McLennan seated]

Portrait of William McLennan seated, with a monocle in his right hand and an open document on his lap.

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