McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
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Family Herald and Weekly Star Fonds
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Fonds
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CA MUA MG4063
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1.5 m of textual records and photographs
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(1869-1979)
Administrative history
The Montreal Star was an English-language newspaper. Montreal Star owned and published the Family Herald from 1869 until 1968. Subtitled "Canada's National Farm Magazine," the Family Herald published articles on farming subjects as well as fiction and poetry. A memoir about the Family Herald and its last days was published by its last editor, Peter Hendry: Epitaph for Nostalgia (Montréal 1968).
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Scope and content
Included are administrative files with financial and circulation data, correspondence with readers, and subject files, mostly approximately 1950-1968. There is a scrapbook containing examples of printed circulars, brochures, calendars, envelopes, order forms, Christmas cards and special announcements. Also included are photographs taken in conjunction with the magazine articles.
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