Fonds P089 - Roderick Stewart Fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Roderick Stewart Fonds

General material designation

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Based on the documents in the fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Repository

Reference code

CA OSLER P089

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • [ca 1971]-1979 (Creation)
    Creator
    Stewart, Roderick

Physical description area

Physical description

120 cm of textual records and 11 phonotapes.

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1934-2018)

Biographical history

Roderick Stewart was a high school history teacher and writer in Toronto. He spent over 30 years researching the life of Dr. Norman Bethune which began after showing the 1964 National Film Board documentary Bethune to his history class. He wrote several books on Norman Bethune, including Bethune (1973), The Mind of Norman Bethune (1978), Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune (2011), and Bethune in Spain (2014). He contributed to a documentary on Bethune before his death. He also wrote Wilfrid Laurier: A Pledge for Canada (2002) and several high school history textbooks along with editing books for major Canadian educational publishers.

Custodial history

Gift of Mr. Stewart, 23 August 1979. Old accession number 637.

Scope and content

The fonds contains Roderick Stewart's research work and writing for his biography of Dr. Norman Bethune published as Bethune (1973) and The Mind of Norman Bethune (1977).

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Arrangement

Language of material

  • Chinese
  • English

Script of material

Language and script note

The documents are in English and Chinese.

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.

Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

Alternative identifier(s)

Osler Database ID

4608

Osler Fonds ID

79

Osler Alternate ID

P89

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language of description

Script of description

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres