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McGill University Archives J.W. McConnell Fonds
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J.W. McConnell Fonds

  • CA MUA MG4240
  • Fonds
  • Approximately 1898-1979

This fonds contains records and supplementary material covering all three major aspects of the life of John Wilson McConnell: business and finance, social and philanthropic commitments, and family life. The records covering these subjects stem mainly from ca1898 to the time of McConnell’s death in 1963. Additional financial records exist past this date into the early 1970s due to the trusts administered by McConnell’s legacies. The nature of the records is reflected in the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Scrapbooks, Journals and Address books; 3) Personal and Family records; 4) Philanthropy; 5) High society; and 6) Business Commitments. The records in Series 4 and 5 are further subdivided into subseries: Philanthropy and Fundraising (Hospitals and Health Care; Higher Education; War Efforts); Business Commitments (Promotion; Commercial Trust Co.; Montreal Star; St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries; Property Holdings).

McConnell, J. W. (John Wilson), 1877-1963

Correspondence

This series contains personal correspondence, mostly addressed to J.W. McConnell, with some letters written by him. The letters date between 1898 and 1970.

Correspondence is organized by ‘bundle’ according to specific recipient/author of the letters or by theme (e.g. Condolence letters) and period of time. Correspondence from specific people include letters writen between J.W. McConnell and his wife Lily, letters from their children (Wilson, John, Kathleen, and David), as well as many friends, particularly members of the British aristocracy and military officers and servicemen. Subject-based bundles include condolence messeges, correspondence about a fire at the McConnell home in Val David, congratulatory messages about anniversaries and career advancements, and material related to society events and charitable work.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1898-1901

This bundle contains miscellaneous correspondence from friends and business associates dated from 1898-1901 as well as one letter from Rev. Thomas Griffith, J.W. McConnell’s father-in-law, to his daughters Agnes and Lily, McConnell’s future wife.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1902

This bundle contains correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Correspondence directly after McConnell’s first marriage proposal to Griffith is included (September 6, 1902) as well as the illness and death of McConnell’s sister Susan (December 1902). The correspondence also reflects McConnell’s travels in Canada and the United States promoting the stock and products of the Standard Chemical Company and other ventures.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1903

This bundle contains correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Narratives in this bundle reveal details of McConnell’s travels throughout Canada and the northern United States on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1904 (1)

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. During this correspondence, McConnell continues to travel throughout Canada on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company. A vast number of letters originate from McConnell’s stays in Toronto but also in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1904 (2)

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. Narratives in this bundle reveal McConnell’s continued travels throughout Canada on promotional tours for the Standard Chemical Company. Letters from this bundle also originate from McConnell’s travels to Scotland, Ireland, and England. These letters from Britain include descriptions of McConnell’s meetings with Lord Strathcona, then Canadian High Commissioner in London.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1904 (3)

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship. This correspondence also continues letters originating from McConnell’s time spent in Britain promoting the products of the Standard Chemical Company to British investors and the War Office. McConnell includes descriptions of meetings with Lord Strathcona as well as other potential investors and politicians of British society such as Joseph Chamberlain.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1904 (4)

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship and during McConnell’s time abroad in Britain promoting the Standard Chemical Company of Canada. Also includes correspondence from additional European countries from McConnell’s travels such as France, Belgium and Germany.

J.W. McConnell/Lily Griffith, 1904 (5)

This bundle continues correspondence from J.W. McConnell to Lily Griffith during their courtship and during McConnell’s time abroad in Britain promoting the Standard Chemical Company of Canada.

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