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1902-1970 (Creation)
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- Leacock, Stephen Butler
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2.5 cm of textual records.
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Stephen Leacock was born in England in 1869 and came to Canada at an early age. In 1903, he was appointed a lecturer in political science at McGill University and head of the department in 1908, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. He was the author of many books but it was as a humorist that he achieved his greatest reputation. He became perhaps the best known humorist in the English speaking world. He died on March 28, 1944.
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Presented by Mrs. C. H. Sutherland, 1970.
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Fonds consists of handwritten manuscripts by Mr. Leacock, articles from various publications, a scrapbook of Mr. Leacock on political economy, miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
Papers include:
A. 1) Handwritten manuscripts by Mr. Leacock: “Abdul Aziz Has His”, “The Drama as it Was and Is”, “Whose Move is It?”, “Should Bachelors be Taxed to Extinction” c. 1910-1915 together with price list (1946) for same. Original, 121 pages
2) Canada Vol. 1 #1, January 13, 1906 used as a scrapbook by Colin Forbes and containing his photograph. [Photographic Archives Accession #79-6-2986]
Printed material, 41 pages
Presented by William “Senator” MacDonald, Sydney, in 1960.
B. Scrapbook of clippings of Stephen Leacock’s lectures on Political Economy at McGill University, 1902-1906. Clippings, 1 cm
C. Clippings, 1921-1970