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Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds
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- Textual record
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48 cm of textual records (3 boxes)
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Custodial history
The fonds was donated to Dalhousie University by Roscoe Fillmore's daughter, Rosa Skinner, in 1977 (Accession No. 1977-052).
Scope and content
Fonds consists of fiction, non-fiction and poetry manuscripts, a notebook, leaflets and periodicals, newspaper clippings, and a hardcover copy of The Growing Question, a gardening book published by Fillmore in 1957. Materials relate to Fillmore's interests in horticulture and political activism.
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Arrangement
The fonds is arranged into five series:
- Clippings, leaflets, and periodicals
- Roscoe Alfred Fillmore's personal correspondence
- Manuscripts
- Personal papers of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore
- Photographs
Files in each series are listed alphabetically by title.
Language of material
- Multiple Languages
Script of material
Language and script note
English. Some correspondence contains notes in Russian.
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Associated materials
See the Charles MacDonald fonds (MS-2-349) for the records of one of Roscoe Fillmore's longtime associates in Centreville, Nova Scotia. Also see the Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic Organizing Committee fonds (MS-10-10) for records related to the semi-annual picnics held in Fillmore's honour.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
General note
Preferred citation: [Identification of Item], Roscoe Fillmore fonds, MS-10-1, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Communism and agriculture
- Communism--Canada
- Correspondence
- Gardening--Canada, Eastern
- Gardening--Canada--History--20th century
- Horticulture--Canada
- Journals (Periodicals)
- Manuscripts
- Personal archives
- Photographs
- Poetry--Manuscripts
- Political activists--Canada
- Socialism--Canada
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- Canadian Workers Party. (Subject)
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August 2011
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Sources
This fonds description comes from the <a href="http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/">Dalhousie University Archives Catalog</a>. The complete, original description is available there.