Details

Title

1000 Islands, St. Lawrence River.

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

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

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

The "new baby boy" must be Montgomery's second son, Ewan Stuart Macdonald, born on October 7th, 1915.

Genre

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.005a

Abstract

A postcard, postdated November 22, 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: "Received your letter. Will write soon. We have a new baby boy here. Born October 7th. Sorry to learn you were not very well. We are all feeling the dreadful strain of the war. L.M. Macdonald."