Register of the Henry Franklin Gadsby papers
Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
Access
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.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Franklin Gadsby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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
Biographical File
1912-1949
Scope and Contents
Contains identification records, news clippings, photographs, invitations, membership records, and family documents that detail
Gadsby's personal life and participation in various associations. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 1, folder 1
Biographical sketches
1943-1949
box 1, folder 3-4
Farmhouse records
1937-1949
box 1, folder 6
National Liberal Club membership
1912-1918
box 1, folder 7
Passport and national registration
1918, 1942
box 1, folder 8
Photographs of family
1920s
box 1, folder 10
University of Toronto alumni activities
1935-1949
Correspondence
1908-1949
Scope and Contents
Contains letters received from associates and colleagues, mainly regarding Gadsby's literary endeavors. Arranged chronologically,
then by organization or topic.
General correspondence,
1909-1949, undated
box 2, folder 9
Office of the Prime Minister
1908-1947
box 2, folder 10
Editors and publishers
1910-1949
box 2, folder 11
House of Commons
1913-1934
box 2, folder 13
Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway Company
1921-1933
box 2, folder 14
The American Universities Club of London
undated
Writings
1912-1949
Scope and Contents note
Contains notebooks, research notes, manuscripts, and published works that relate to Canadian political events and Gadsby's
personal poetry. Most of the works are articles he wrote for the
Montreal Standard, Toronto Saturday Night, and the
Toronto Star. Arranged alphabetically.
box 3, folder 1-2
Article sketches, notes, and parliamentary meeting notebooks
undated
box 3, folder 3
"Articles to Work Over,"
undated
box 3, folder 4
"As Things May Go in 1960," draft,
Montreal Standard
1930s
box 3, folder 5
"At the Interpreter's House, with Apologies to John Buryan," draft
undated
box 3, folder 7
"Canada's Wonder Day," draft
undated
box 3, folder 8
"Chromatic" column,
Evening Star
1897-1898
box 3, folder 9
"Description of the House of Commons," draft
1933 May 23
box 3, folder 10
"The Devil and The Deep Sea," draft
undated
box 3, folder 11
"Diary of a Back Bencher," drafts
undated
box 4, folder 1
Edits to articles, drafts
1915-1945
box 4, folder 2
"For the Weeklies,"
undated
box 4, folder 3
"Gadsby Letters (England)," drafts
1912 October-1913 January
box 8
"Gallery Clock" column,
Toronto Star
1900-1912
box 4, folder 4
"Gallery Clock" column,
Toronto Star
1912-1913
box 4, folder 5
"If Jesus Came to Ottawa," draft
circa 1943
box 4, folder 6
"It's Always Fair Weather When Good Fellows Get Together," draft
undated
box 4, folder 7
Joseph Discovered by His Brethen
1917
box 4, folder 9
"The Man from the Moon: An Allegory," draft
undated
box 4, folder 10
"The Man in Charge," draft
undated
box 4, folder 11
"Man of July," draft
undated
box 9
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 10
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 11
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 12
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 13
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 14
Montreal Standard articles
1920-1938
box 4, folder 13
"One Complex Too Many," draft
1940s
box 4, folder 14
"Page Colonel Mellows for Me," draft
undated
box 4, folder 15
"Parlimentary Sketches," drafts
1913 April 29
box 4, folder 16
"The Past Is Over Our Shoulder, draft
undated
box 4, folder 17
Poems,
Canadian Magazine
circa 1898
box 5, folder 1
Poems, jokes, and sketches
undated
box 5, folder 2
"Power of the Press, An Imaginary Conversation," draft
undated
box 5, folder 3
"Quebec and the Draft,"
Century Magazine
circa 1898
box 5, folder 4
"Richard the Fourth, King of Canada," drafts
undated
box 5, folder 5
"The Sample Seven Doing Their Bit: Gadsby on Parlimentary Colonels,"
Ottawa Free Press
undated
box 8
Saturday Night magazine articles,
1914-1919
box 5, folder 6
"Scare the Wealth Gets Together," draft
undated
box 5, folder 7
Speech notes on journalism
undated
box 5, folder 8
"Totem Pole Decoration for Chateau Laurien Tea Garden: An Indian Allegorization of Canada's History from 1867-1928,"
undated
box 5, folder 9-10
Untitled manuscripts,
1914
box 8
War syndicate proofs Nos. 2-11
1918-1919
box 5, folder 11
"When Deep Calls on the Deep, draft
undated
box 5, folder 12
"When None for the Party," draft
1930s
box 5, folder 13
"Why Good Advice Goes Wrong," draft
1930s
box 5, folder 14
"Wind in the Mulberry," draft
undated
box 5, folder 15
"WLO Makes Its Bid," draft
undated
Subject File
1908-1938
Scope and Contents
Contains drafts, pamphlets, booklets, and correspondence regarding Gadsby's research and association with the Press Gallery.
Arranged chronologically.
box 6, folder 1
Quebec Battlefield Association
1908-1910
box 6, folder 2
Mexican War travel documentation
1914
box 6, folder 3
World War I military manuals and research notes
1917-1918
box 6, folder 4-5
Parliamentary Press Gallery
1922-1938
Printed Matter
1906-1930s
Scope and Contents note
Includes a scrapbook, booklets, travel guides, and maps. Arranged by format and subject.
box 6, folder 6-8
Travel documents and mementos
1906-1930's
box 7, folder 1-2
Writers' guides, dictionaries, pamphlets, and ephemera
circa 1910-1930
box 7
Scrapbook of news clippings
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and notes.