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CA ETRC P006-001-016 · File · [193-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of four documents: the first is a photocopy of a text by Minnie Hallowell Bowen published in the Sherbrooke Daily Record. It is a stirring appeal broadcast on radio to promote Canada's Victory Loans. The second document consists of notes taken by Minnie from The Scottish National War Memorial at the Castle of Edinburgh by Sir Robert Lorimier. The third one, entitled The Parliament Buildings: The Victory Tower - The Memorial Chamber - Ottawa, Canada, was written by Minnie Hallowell Bowen. The last document is a photocopy of a press clipping on a meeting of the King George V Chapter of the I.O.D.E. where Minnie Hallowell Bowen gave a speech on the Parliament Buildings.

Other Poems
CA ETRC P006-001-014 · File · 1883-1941
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of all the poems (manuscripts, typescripts, and photocopies from newspapers) that could not be grouped under the other categories. One document is an issue of the Echo-Vale Trumpet (Vol. 1, No. 1, August 1883) in which a poem by Minnie Hallowell Bowen is published under the pen name "the Drum-Major".

CA ETRC P006-001-015 · File · 1927-1940
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of five poetry yearbooks of the Poetry Group of the Montreal Branch of the Canadian Authors' Association, for the years 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1936, 1937, and 1940 and Minnie's membership receipts to the Association from 1925 to 1927. These yearbooks resulted from a poetry contest held by the Association. Each of them includes a poem by Minnie Hallowell Bowen. The file also includes a photocopy of a press clipping congratulating Minnie Hallowell Bowen, who won honorable mention in the contest one year.

CA ETRC P006-001-010 · File · [193-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of two typescript poems by the Quebec poet Paul Morin (1889-1963), translated into English by Minnie Hallowell Bowen. The poems' titles are "Venetian Noon" and "Ah, I have dreamed so long of you."

Plays
CA ETRC P006-001-012 · File · [193-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of two typescripts of plays: "Remembrance", a verse play in one act in three parts, and "Fools", a play in one act and six scenes. The latter is signed by Rapier, which may be one of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's pen names.

War Poems
CA ETRC P006-001-011 · File · [1914?]-[1941?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists mainly of typescript poems and photocopies of poems published in newspapers. It also includes a list of 24 of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's poems on the World War I, two single pages from periodicals (Quebec Diocesan Gazette and Canadian League) with poems by Minnie Hallowell Bowen on them, one manuscript poem, and one printed poem to be circulated at St. Peter's Church in Sherbrooke on 21 October 1915. All the poems are related to the two world wars; one of them is about the unveiling in Sherbrooke of the Soldiers Memorial by George Hill.

Stories
CA ETRC P006-001-009 · File · [1932?]-[1933?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of five stories for children written by Minnie Hallowell Bowen. Two of them are typescripts: "Carrol and the Brownies" and "Under the Stone". The others, "The Magic Stone", "What Happened to Milly", and "Little Sunwave", are photocopies from the Sherbrooke Telegram. This newspaper published these stories in weekly parts in its "The Children's House" page in 1932 and 1933.

Sonnets
CA ETRC P006-001-008 · File · [1922?]-[1940?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of typescript poems, photocopies of press clippings of poems published in newspapers, and a single page from the September 1922 issue of Canadian Bookman, which includes a poem by Minnie Hallowell Bowen among many others. One of the poems in this file is about the Parliament Buildings.

Nonsense Verses
CA ETRC P006-001-004 · File · [1897?]-[1937?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of handwritten and typewritten poems by Minnie Hallowell Bowen, with some photocopies of press clippings of poems published in newspapers. A number of poems are dedicated to specific individuals (George Thorneloe, Archbishop of Algoma; Mary and Warrick Chipman; and an aunt); one is related to the opening of the Sherbrooke High School in 1924; one to the Page and Sangster Print Company; and one to John Megantic's Mystery Serial. Some poems are signed Jane of Brompton Road, one of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's pen names.

Poems and Lyrics
CA ETRC P006-001-006 · File · [1897?]-1941
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of manuscript and typescript poems, photocopies of press clippings of poems published in newspapers (Sherbrooke Daily Record, Sherbrooke Telegram, Montreal Daily Star, etc.), and single pages of periodicals bearing Minnie's poems (The Crucible, The Algoma Missionary News, The University Magazine, The Living Message, etc.). It includes poems about the funeral of Alice Elizabeth Wilson on 21 October 1934 (a biographical sketch of Wilson accompanies the poem); Minnie Hallowell Bowen's departure from Sherbrooke for Lévis in 1939; St. Patrick's Day; the Barnston Church; the people suffering from tuberculosis who were sent to Colorado; the St. Francis River; the story of the Lone Pine. One poem was written for a meeting of the Canadian Authors' Association and a few for the Schubert Club in Sherbrooke. One is a Christmas poem written in 1925 for her son, Lloyd, who was then living in Winnipeg. Some poems were signed Jane of Brompton Road, one of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's pen names.

Patriotic
CA ETRC P006-001-005 · File · [1897?]-[1937?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of poems and texts by Minnie Hallowell Bowen related to the status of Canada in the British Empire, to Queen Victoria, to the British Empire, to the Union Jack, to the Boer war in South Africa in 1899-1900, to Victoria Day and the 1900 Thanksgiving, to blazonry, and to other patriotic issues. It also includes a leaflet including one of Minnie's poems, for presentation of the jeweled badge of life membership in the I.O.D.E. The documents are original typescripts and photocopies of press clippings of poems published in newspapers.

Baby Songs
CA ETRC P006-001-002 · File · [1900?]-[1933?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of poems for children: most of them are typewritten; three are photocopies of 1933 press clippings from the page in the Sherbrooke Telegram called "The Children's House"; and one is a single page, entitled the "Peter Pan Page", from a publication called The Crucible, which includes poems by several authors, including Minnie Hallowell Bowen. It also includes a sheet of music, composed by Minnie Hallowell Bowen for her poem "Lullaby."

Individual Poems
CA ETRC P006-001-003 · File · [1921?]-[1937?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of poems written by Minnie Hallowell Bowen to her friends: Anne Merrill, Mr. E.L. Adams (U.S. Consul) and his wife, Eva Matheson White, Ralph Gustafson, Ethel Sabina Paton; Sara Louise Brooks; George Thorneloe, Archbishop of Algoma; J.A.W.; Sarah A. Jones; Lillian Jefferies; J.E. Hargreave; Elfin Lee; Benjamin Morris Austin; and Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Walsh. It also includes one poem dedicated to an unidentified resident of the Wales Home and a few poems not dedicated to anyone. The poems are typewritten, except two which are photocopies of press clippings.

List of Poems and Writings
CA ETRC P006-001-001 · File · [193-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file consists of a 6-page typewritten list of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's literary works, divided into categories: sonnets, baby songs, individual poems to friends, war, translations, patriotic, and published chap-books. There is also an untitled section listing poems and lyrics in alphabetical order. New titles of poems were added to the list by hand afterward.

CA ETRC P006-001 · Series · 1883-1941
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The series contains texts on different topics such as human life, local events, the world wars, and Canadian politics. The series consists of poems, songs, stories, translations, plays, and texts on political issues all by Minnie Hallowell Bowen. They take various forms: original manuscripts; original typescripts; photocopies of press clippings from different newspapers and periodicals; yearbooks; and books and booklets. Some poems are in different versions.

The series is comprised of the following 16 files: Lists of Poems and Writings ([193?]), Baby songs ([1900?]-[1933?]), Individual Poems ([1921?]-[1937?]), Nonsense Verses ([1897?]-[1937?]), Patriotic ([1897?]-[1937?]), Poems and Lyrics ([1897?]-1941), Published Chap-Books ([1921?]-[1936?]), Sonnets ([1922?]-[1940?]), Stories ([1932?]-[1933?]), Translations of Poems by Paul Morin ([1930?]), War Poems ([1914?]-[1941?]), Plays ([193?]), Christmas Poems ([193?]), Other Poems (1883-1941), Yearbooks of the Canadian Author's Association, Montreal Branch (1927-1940), Texts on War Memorials and Parliament Buildings, and World War II ([193?]).