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Frank Parker Day photographs

Series contains photographs that span the greater portion of Day's life. Materials include photographs depicting his time in university, his time served during World War One, and his time as President of Union College. Series also contains many photographs of the Day family and their friends.

Frank Parker Day, family, and friends

Many of the photographs are of Mabel Killam; some photos are of Day (including in athletic uniform) and his parents. File also contains photographs of Mount Allison and Oxford Universities.

Frank Parker Day fonds

  • MS-2-288
  • Fonds
  • 1899-1957
The fonds includes poetry, plays, short stories, and novel manuscripts which span Day's writing career; correspondence; speeches and essays; personal documents including various legal, financial, academic, and family-related materials; photographs; and various materials and manuals pertaining to his time in the military.

Day, Frank Parker

Friggens - Raleigh

Correspondents are F. Friggens, Mrs. George Fulton (invitation), A.C.G., Reginald R. Gates, R. S. Greenwood, Frans Hahn, Davies Hall, H. E. Halliday, H. H. Hasmilton, N. J. Hardwick, Granger Hargreaves, Fran Harrer, Lena Heartz, Christina F. Hicks, C. S. Hodges, George Hope, Margery Horn, Annie Hunton, Sidney W. Hunton, Nell Irvine(?), A. L. Johnson, A. G.(?) Jones, Carrie Killam, Frank Killam, George Killam, I. H. Killam, Lawrence Killam, Lydia Killam, Mabel Killam, Margaret L. Lee, Flo Lovitt, John S. MacArthur, M. G. Clark, John Maclean, "Mary," Sophie Meldrim, Jane B. Monks, E. B. Moore, J. C. Morris, George H. Muir(?), Dora Nichols, G. N. Northbrook, Hamilton Osgood, Grace R. Osler, May Ottley, M. Jennie Parker, M. R. Parkin, Julius H. Parmelee, H. M. Patterson and Harold E. Bigelow, (Acacia Villa School), G. W. Phillips, E.A. Purcell-Edwards, E. M. Purdy, M. R., Louise Raleigh, W. Raleigh.

Includes correspondence from the Killam family (including Mabel), Walter Raleigh at Oxford, and congratulation letters on receiving a Rhodes Scholarship.

Personal Materials of Frank Parker Day

This series includes files from his time at Mount Allison and Oxford universities, family -related materials and memorabilia, legal and financial documents (which include publishing contracts and insurance forms), as well as documents related to Swarthmore and Union Colleges. Other assorted documents include the address given at his funeral, clippings of book reviews, and scrapbooks (on microfilm) from 1905-1907.

Allison - Foulees(?)

Correspondents are David Allison, "Annie," W. Stanley Armour, Norman Avard, Philip M. Bartlett, George Robie Beals and Frand L. Lewis (Acacia Villa School), Gladys Bee[??], K. J. Bickersletter, J. L. Black and Sons office, Rose Booth, G. E. Brown, R. A. Bowlby, Egerton Brecken, Harry Burgess, Canadian Pacific Railway, Ethel Bradley Carvell(? Carwell?), W. Cash, C. G. Chapman, Josephine Clark, W. G. Clarke, M. B. Cleve, F. L. Cliff, T. G. Cochrane, Ethel M. Collins, Gustavus A. Colpitts, John A. Cooper (Canadian Magazine), Cicely Dean Corbett, E. A. Craig, S. Cunard and Co., Fred Day, George F. Day (F. P. Day's father), Nellie Day, Grace C. Dewstadt, Charles H. Dunn (invitation), J. Dunn, Norman Eckersky, Margaret Egerton, Ralph R. Enfield, V.B.F., Ina Few, "Ford," E. N.(?) Foulees(?). Includes family correspondence and congratulation letters on receiving a Rhodes Scholarship.

Two charcoal sketches by Mabel Killam Day

File consists of two charcoal sketches, one of the head and upper torso of Frank Parker Day, and a self-portrait of Mabel Killam Day.dressed in a full-length formal gown. Both sketches are untitled and undated..

Correspondence of Frank Parker Day

This series contains all correspondence found in the fonds. Due to the broad scope of Day’s correspondence and the sometimes blurry lines that exist between his personal versus business letters, the series is not ordered by subject. Rather, correspondence is ordered chronologically by decade and alphabetically within the decade.

A detailed list of correspondents' names and exact dates of the letters is available in the Archives.

Richard - Wylie

Includes Dya's letter of application for a Rhodes Scholarship and congratulation letters on 0receiving the award. Correspondents are Charles Richard, G. W. Rockwell, [Sep?] S. Rogers, S. Schofield, D. S., Alfred D. Smith, Grace Dykes Spicer, Charles Stewart, Thomas B. Strong, H. Sutton, "Teddy," Jeanette Thomas, W. M. Tweedie [?], Fiske Warren, Lina(?) Weaterspoon, Mr. and W. H. Wells, C. W. Wheeler-Bennett, H. Wenman White, Kingsley Williams, Bill Wood, Senator and Mrs. Wood (invitation), George R. Wright, F. J. Wylie, Kathleen Wylie.

Literary Writings of Frank Parker Day

This series contains manuscripts for all autobiographical writings, essays, novels, plays, poetry, and short stories present in the Frank Parker Day fonds. Most works are not individually dated, so the materials have been group into the following categories: Biographical and autobiographical writings, novels (published and unpublished), plays, poetry, and stories.

A - Z

Correspondents are T. G. Cochrane, "Daisy," Robert G. Dawes, Dorothy Pudsey Dawson, Nellie Day, Belle (Beth?) Liddon, Alice MacLean, Herbert Nord(? Nona?), "Rails" or "Railens," Edward Sedding, Gilbert S. Stairs, Ethel de Selincourt (ca. 1905), Unknown (Oxford, ca. 1905), T. H. Wade, Gretchen Warren (ca. 1907), Norah Webster, R. C. Willard, Laura Wood, F. J. Wylie.

"Adam" to "Expectancy" - Manuscripts and typescripts

"Adam" / "Paul" (on same set of sheets as "Adam") "[Along the Banks]" "Arsenault, Boudreau, etc." - 1903 "A Ballad of the Ring" - including early versions ("The Young Pug" and "The Fight") and notes "Brooks and Rivers" "The Canadian in Oxford" "The Children's Crusade" "The Coquette" - Nov 1, 1926 "Donald from Bras d'Or" "A Dream" "The Dream Song" "Evening" "Expectancy"

Scrapbooks on microfilm

Volume 1 - 1905 - Mount Allison Volume 2 - 1905 - Mount Allison Volume 3 - 1905 - Oxford Volume 4 - 1906-1907 - Oxford
Chanties by various authors

Chanties by various authors

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.

A - Z

Correspondents are Charles Armquist, Yves and Yvonne Chuillies, Donald Day (to his father), Frank Day (to Mabel), Mabel Day (to Frank), "Doug," Hattie Fraser (Canadian Red Cross), Charles A. Hamilton, A. A. Hammerschlag, E. M. Johnstone, Cecil Markham, "Martha" (to "Gustav"), F. B. McCurdy, Betty Munro (to Mabel Day), Margaret Osgood, Hugh Rees, and two letters with illegible signatures.

Speeches and Essays of Frank Parker Day

Series contains a variety of speeches and essays, ordered completely chronologically, that Day gave during his career. Many of these are related to his academic career, particularly on literary subjects and war. Many were given during his time as President of Union College when he was a much sought-after speaker.

Essays and writings

File contains speeches and essays on a variety of subjects, including drama, Russian novelists, and modern fiction.

185th Cape Breton Highlanders

Although most photographs in the two albums in Box 18, Folder 4 (Spring 1916 and Summer 1916) are of military scenes, some include Mabel Day and the couple's dogs. Most photographs in the album in Box 18, Folder 5 are of military scenes; one shows the wives of men in the 185th at Aldershot.
Photograph of the 185th Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.

Photograph of the 185th Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.

File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.

Dodge, H. O.

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