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{"title":"McGill Women’s Initiations, 1910 & 1919","authors":"R. Michel","doi":"10.26443/fo.v12i.196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v12i.196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69319024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Seeking Employment in the British Empire: Three Letters from Rajah Gobind Ram Bahadur","authors":"Alan M. Guenther","doi":"10.26443/fo.v12i.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v12i.194","url":null,"abstract":"Three short 18th century Persian language letters in the manuscript collection of the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections, McLennan Library, along with the story of how they came to McGill University, provide a fascinating window on the British Empire and the efforts of imperial subjects to obtain employment. The story begins in Bengal where a rising civil servant, Raja Gobind Ram, at a difficult time in his life, petitions his friend David Anderson for assistance. Gobind Ram achieves success, holding eventually posts of considerable responsibility in nascent British India. When, in the late 19th century, the letters come to Canada, the story introduces a young Scottish entrepreneur and immigrant, J. K. Oswald, and his pursuit of employment—first in the financial world of Montreal and later in public service at the then small settlement of Calgary—during the years when the Canadian Pacific Railway was opening up Western Canada, and Louis Riel was leading the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.ResuméUn coup d’œil fascinant sur l’empire britannique et sur les efforts déployés par ses sujets pour trouver du travail est offert par trois courtes lettres en langue perse datant du 18e siècle et par l’histoire du cheminement par lequel elles sont parvenues à l’Université McGill, où elles résident présentement à la Division des livres rares et des collections spéciales de la Bibliothèque McLennan. L’histoire débute au Bengale, avec la demande d’aide adressée par le fonctionnaire Raja Gobind Ram lors d’un moment difficile de sa vie à son ami David Anderson. Gobind Ram accéda éventuellement à des postes d’importance considérable en Inde à l’aube de l’époque d’administration britannique. Ces lettres sont parvenue au Canada vers la fin du 19e siècle, et c’est à cette étape du récit que nous rencontrons James Kidd Oswald, un jeune entrepreneur et immigrant écossais. Nous le suivons alors qu’il cherche du travail—d’abord dans le monde financier de Montréal, puis à titre de fonctionnaire dans ce qui était alors la petite ville de Calgary—au cours des années qui ont vu la compagnie de chemins de fer Canadian Pacific ouvrir les portes de l’ouest canadien et Louis Riel mener la rébellion de 1885.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69319010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“To go abroad from Scotland...” The South American Travel Diary of Thomas Wilson","authors":"M. Richard","doi":"10.26443/fo.v12i.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v12i.193","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an original typescript diary recently discovered in the collections of the McGill University Libraries. Written by an employee of a Scottish engineering firm on a business trip to South America in 1909 and 1910, it affords an intriguing glimpse into the Scottish presence in Latin America at the turn of the century.ResuméCet article décrit un manuscrit original dactylographié récemment découvert dans les collections des Bibliothèques de l’Université McGill. Rédigé par un employé d’une compagnie écossaise de génie en voyage d’affaire en Amérique du sud en 1909 et 1910, ce journal permet d’entrevoir la présence écossaise en Amérique latine à cette époque.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69319435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Launch of the McGill Historical Collections Web Site","authors":"P. Miller","doi":"10.26443/fo.v12i.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v12i.195","url":null,"abstract":"In September 2010, Professor Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and ViceChancellor of McGill University, cut the ribbon to a special McGill web site that has been several years in preparation. A simple site that allows the searcher to access almost all of McGill’s collections from one spot, it stems from an idea initially proposed in 2002 by Professor of History Brian Young to former Principal Bernard Shapiro concerning the appropriate recognition of McGill’s heritage environment. Professor Young had been taking his undergraduates to museums and archives around the city for years and was amazed at the wealth of McGill’s holdings and at how little known they were, especially at McGill. The Principal’s Heritage Advisory Committee was formed, chaired by Professor Young, and Principal Shapiro provided a grant enabling the Committee to hire a professional to produce an inventory of McGill’s collections including library collections, departmental collections, museums and nature reserves. Elizabeth Maloney, MLIS, prepared the inventory and ultimately, the web site. In the course of her work, she combed web pages, conducted interviews and searched in caches.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69319017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"McGill’s East Asian Collection—Past and Present","authors":"M. Zheng","doi":"10.26443/fo.v12i.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v12i.197","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69319039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Legacy of William Bell Malloch, M.D.: The McGill, Moose Factory and McCord Connection","authors":"Cath Oberholtzer","doi":"10.26443/fo.v11i.176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v11i.176","url":null,"abstract":"In 1870, McGillgraduate Dr. William Bell Malloch responded to an urgent request for a Medical OfFcer to serve at Moose Factory. Travelling the last five hundred miles on snow shoes through severe winter conditions, Malloch demonstrated a tenacity, which stood him in good stead for living in the North. His eight years at this remote post allow us to gain an insight into a period seldom covered in fur trade history and an important chapter in Canadian history. Of great importance to a number of research areas, the respect for Malloch and his young family is reflected by the quality of the artifacts given to them by the Cree. Now in the McCord Museum of Canadian History, these objects, along with photographs, archival material, and a few of Malloch's personal possessions, form an invaluable collection of Cree material culture and a native perspective of theirpast. As such, the collection stands as concrete evidence connecting McGill University, Moose Factory and the McCord Museum.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69318266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Tribute to Montague Cohen","authors":"Marika Asimakopulos, F. Groen","doi":"10.26443/fo.v11i.173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v11i.173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69318149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Tribute to Margery Trenholme","authors":"F. Groen","doi":"10.26443/fo.v11i.174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v11i.174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69318199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Paradise Lost: The Merchant Princes and the Destruction of Smyrna, 1922","authors":"A. J. Hobbins","doi":"10.26443/fo.v11i.177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v11i.177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69318330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Gates of McGill: An Unpublished Novel of the 1920's by \"Dink\" Carroll","authors":"R. Michel","doi":"10.26443/fo.v11i.175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v11i.175","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69318217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}