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Title: Henry Franklin Gadsby papers
Date (bulk): 1915-1940
Collection Number: 78096
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 7 oversized boxes
(14.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and memorabilia relating to Canadian and British politics, primarily in the inter-war
period, and to British Empire war efforts during World War I.
Creator:
Gadsby, Henry Franklin, 1868-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], Henry Franklin Gadsby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Henry Franklin Gadsby was born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1869. In 1889, he graduated from the University of Toronto and
became a journalist. Gadsby had an illustrious fifty-year literary career as a liberal political satirist examining Canadian
and British parliamentary politics and the Home Rule struggle in Ireland during the inter-war period. He was a feature writer
for the
Montreal Standard, Toronto Saturday Night, and the
Toronto Star and a frequent free-lance contributor to various other Canadian and US newspapers and magazines. In the early 1920s, Gadsby
served as president of the Parlimentary Press Gallery in Ottawa. In addition, he was a war correspondent during the Boer War,
Mexican War, and World War I. Though known for his humorist satires, Gadsby was also a poet and playwright. Gadsby died in
1951.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Henry Franklin Gadsby papers document Gadsby's literary career as a political satirist, poet, and war correspondent through
correspondence, manuscripts, and his published works.
The collection is arranged into five series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Writings, Subject File, and Printed Matter.
The
Biographical File is comprised of personal identification cards, family documents, biographical sketches, and press mentions of Gadsby.
Correspondence mainly reflects Gadsby's professional relationships with the House of Commons, Office of the Prime Minister, and various
editorial and publishing organizations.
Writings consists of manuscripts and published works, mainly Gadsby's political satire columns in the
Montreal Standard, Toronto Saturday Night and the
Toronto Star. The
Subject File predominantly focuses on Gadsby's association with the Press Gallery and research materials relating to the Canadian Military,
including pamphlets, correspondence, and manuscripts. The remainder of the collection is
Printed Matter, which consists mainly of travel mementos such as booklets, maps, and travels guides; also included is a scrapbook of poems,
news clippings, and notes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain
Political satire
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936