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John Francis Bursill fonds
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- 0.04 m of textual records
- 7 photographs
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John Francis Bursill was born in London, England, and worked in the newspaper industry until 1908, when he emigrated to Vancouver. Bursill wrote for the Vancouver Sun as a columnist under the name "Felix Penne". Bursill was also a poet and lyricist working on occasion with B. C. Hilliam. He also founded Vancouver branches of the Dickens Fellowship and the Shakespeare Society, helped establish the Collingwood Institute and its accompanying library in 1908, and was involved with the Vancouver Vagabond's Club.
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The fonds consists of Bursill's writings, including The Gold Stripe No. 2, 1919, and The Book of the Pageant of Vancouver, 1914; clippings, 1906-1951; correspondence and articles related to the Collingwood Institute Library; memoranda, 1912-1928; and photographs.
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Presented by Hilary T. Bursill-Hall in 1979.
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- Photographs in this fonds have been assigned item numbers with the prefix "CVA 626"
- Includes records from separate accruals formerly identified and described as AM122 and AM679. These descriptions have been amalgamated into a single fonds; citations for these records should use only AM122.
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