L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.
Donor
Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Genre
art reproduction
Call Number(s)
1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.014a
Abstract
A postcard, postdated July 11 1905 Cavendish, PEI and July 22 1905 Alloa, 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: "July 11. 'Loch Lommund' card to hand. Lovely. Yes it is No IV of superstitions I have. Old cannons used in famous siege of Louisberg, and fished out of harbor after ! 60 years immerson. L.M.M."
