Henry Franklin Gadsby papers, bulk 1915-1940

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Summary

Creators:
Gadsby, Henry Franklin, 1868-
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.
Extent:
7 manuscript boxes, 7 oversized boxes (14.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Franklin Gadsby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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. TheBiographical 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 theToronto 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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1978.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Franklin Gadsby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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