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Miriam Green Ellis
Patricia Demers
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Paperback. Articles, photographs, slides, manuscripts, diaries, and letters; an unparalleled collection of cultural and ethnographic value. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
This catalogue introduces the work of Miriam Green Ellis (1879-1964), pioneer woman journalist of Western Canada. Never one to follow a typical path, she steered clear of the "women's page" and society columns; her livelihood was the agricultural beat. Ellis's daring journey by river steamer from Edmonton to Aklavik in 1922-documented with a diary, travelogue, photographs and slides-launched and illustrated her subsequent "Land of the Midnight Sun" lectures, and secured her position as Western Editor for the Family Herald and Weekly Star. The materials she bequeathed to the University of Alberta include published newspaper articles, photographs, coloured glass slides, manuscripts, ... Read more
This catalogue introduces the work of Miriam Green Ellis (1879-1964), pioneer woman journalist of Western Canada. Never one to follow a typical path, she steered clear of the "women's page" and society columns; her livelihood was the agricultural beat. Ellis's daring journey by river steamer from Edmonton to Aklavik in 1922-documented with a diary, travelogue, photographs and slides-launched and illustrated her subsequent "Land of the Midnight Sun" lectures, and secured her position as Western Editor for the Family Herald and Weekly Star. The materials she bequeathed to the University of Alberta include published newspaper articles, photographs, coloured glass slides, manuscripts, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library
Condition
New
Weight
348g
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781551953151
SKU
V9781551953151
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About Patricia Demers
Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies and the Comparative Literature program at the University of Alberta, teaches and researches in the area of women's writing-from the early modern period to the present.
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