Details

Title

Chemistry Building, University, Saskatoon, Sask.

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

L.M. Montgomery lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan with her father and step-mother from 1890-1891. For further information about this item, refer to: Cavert, Mary Beth (2020). "L.M. Montgomery’s Picture Postcards to George Boyd MacMillan 1904–1941." Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. (December 14, 2020). n.p. https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/jlmms/cavert/lm-montgomerys-pict...

Genre

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.004a

Abstract

A postcard, dated October 10 1930, bearing a message in L.M. Montgomery's handwriting addressed to "Mr. Geo. B. MacMillan". George Boyd MacMillan (1881-1953) was a Scottish journalist and writer, and a favourite correspondent of L.M. Montgomery. The two were first introduced, by letter, in 1903, through an American writer who was developing a circle of literary pen friends. Although Montgomery and MacMillan only met briefly in-person, during her 1911 honeymoon in Scotland, their voluminous exchange of letters, postcards, and gifts continued until late 1941, just months before Montgomery's death. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: "Prince Albert Sask. October 10/30. Greetings from the wild and woolly. Am enjoying a holiday trip in our great-Western land. L.M. Macdonald."