4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Subject (Geographic):
Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
Papers relating to the American Colonization Company and various American land companies
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 54
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Approximately 80 items which were originally housed in accompanying scrapbook: pamphlets, leaflets, applications forms, forms of receipt and other documents printed by the American Colonization Company and its successor bodies. Also pamphlets, prospectuses and documents relating to the American Railway Securities and Land Agency, the North American Land Association, the Minnesota Land and Farming Company, and the Iowa and Minnesota Land and Farming Company as well as pamphlets and leaflets describing farming and land investment opportunities in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa. Scrapbook includes penciled annotations for some publications regarding number of copies printed, cost of printing, and name of printer.
Description:
Henry Franklin Shearman was involved with several land companies (including the American Railway Securities and Land Agency, the North American Land Association, and the Minnesota Land and Farming Company) that encouraged English investment in the American West during the late 1870s. In 1880 Shearman established a company in London that arranged contracts between American farmers in need of labor and young English men interested in learning about American farm life. As Shearman conceived the program, the immigrants would work as "farm pupils" for a period of years before purchasing their own farms in the United States. The business, which became known as the American Colonization Company, was transferred to Ford, Rathbone & Walter in 1882. The next seven years brought frequent changes in name and ownership as the program expanded to include farm placements in the Northwest, Canada, and Tasmania. William Wilbraham Ford held interests in the companies throughout the period, and continued operations under his own name after 1889. and Items originally mounted in scrapbook.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century
4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brown's 1898 journey to the Yukon in the company of William Ogilvie, the Territory's first commissioner, and of Ogilvie's 1897 interview with Fenton for the Toronto Globe; a draft of Chapter Two, describing Fenton's journey with the Yukon Field Force and her arrival in Dawson; a draft relating Brown's first glimpse of Fenton on the streets of Dawson; and an annotated draft tracing Fenton's family history and early youth. Also includes a TLS on Toronto Globe stationary from A. A. McIntosh to Dr. John N. E. Brown, encouraging a proposed biography of Fenton and permitting Brown's use of Fenton's Globe columns. A cabinet card photograph of Faith Fenton accompanies the papers, taken by J. Bruce of Bruce's Photographic Art Studio, Toronto.
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson to cover the Klondike gold rush. On January 1, 1900, she married Dr. John N. E. Brown, the secretary of the Yukon Territory and physician to the commissioner, William Ogilvie. The couple remained in Dawson for several years, returning to Toronto in 1905. Fenton died on January 10, 1936. and Purchased from Sindell and Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Subject (Geographic):
Dawson (Yukon)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force, Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936, Globe and Mail (Firm), McIntosh, A. A, and Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, Women journalists--Canada, Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley, and Women--West (U.S.)
