Details

Title

High Rock, Pen Mar, Blue Ridge Mountains

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

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

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

Message written on front of card.

Genre

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.027a

Abstract

A postcard, postdated April 27 1908, 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: "Many thanks [for?] beautiful sea scenes. I am out of nice cards till I go to town. Do you know a Mr. Cochrane who lives five miles from Alloa - a mechanical engineer? He is just out from Scotland. Says he knows a MacMillan of Alloa who is an engineer. Any relation of yours? Best wishes for a pleasant summer. L.M.M."