Archival Collections Catalogue

Letter, July 1902

CA MUA MG 1022-4-037-0001
Item
July 1902

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from Anna Harrington to Louisa Molson, while Anna was staying at Egerton Park, Rock Ferry.

Harrington, Anna Dawson, 1851-1917

Anna Dawson Harrington

CA MUA MG 1022-4
Series
1851-1917

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Anna Dawson Harrington's papers consist chiefly of incoming correspondence, including: 1.5 cm of letters from J. W. Dawson, 1868-1896; 3 cm from Margaret Mercer Dawson, 1870-1902; 10 cm from George Mercer Dawson, 1865-1901; 7 items from William Bell Dawson, 1868-1876; 5 items from Rankine Dawson, 1871-1899; 15 items from Eva Dawson Atkin, 1880-1896; 13 cm from her husband B. J. Harrington, 1876-1906; 2 cm from her children, 1892-1913; 1 cm of congratulatory letters at the time of her marriage, 1875-1876; 13 letters from friends and associates, 1867-1911; 4 cm of letters of sympathy on the death of her husband, 1907; 2 cm of letters concerning subscriptions for his portrait, a girlhood diary, 1866-1871 and some notes for biographies of J. W. Dawson and George Mercer Dawson. Earlier years contain substantial correspondence from her brother George during his education in London and early travels with the International Border Survey and then the Geological Survey of Canada. Substantial family correspondence with her children during their youth and her husband Bernard relates to domestic matters, such as the household, new house, the children's health and activities, with frequent passing mention of finances.

Harrington, Anna Dawson, 1851-1917