Register of the Henry Franklin Gadsby papers

Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen
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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

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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 2

Family records undated

box 1, folder 3-4

Farmhouse records 1937-1949

box 1, folder 5

Invitations 1918-1932

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 9

Press mentions undated

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 1

1909

box 2, folder 2

1915

box 2, folder 3

1918-1919

box 2, folder 4

1920-1929

box 2, folder 5

1930-1935

box 2, folder 6

1937-1944

box 2, folder 7

1949

box 2, folder 8

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 12

Syndicate 1915

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 6

"Camel's Back," 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 8

The King's Flagon 1899

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 12

Notes undated

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.