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Material relating to Duncan Campbell Scott
Title: Material relating to Duncan Campbell Scott
Dates of Material:
Inclusive: 1890–1964; Predominant: 1890–1947
Extent:
26 cm of textual records
2 photographs: b&w
4 photographs: 35 mm b&w negatives
2 photographs: b&w
4 photographs: 35 mm b&w negatives
Biographical sketch
Duncan Campbell Scott (1862–1947) was a poet, a writer and a civil servant. He was the son of William Scott and Janet McCallum. He married Belle W. Botsford in 1894. They had one son and a daughter who died suddenly in 1907. In 1931 he married Desiree Elise Aylen. He died in Ottawa.
Scott was educated in various schools in Ontario and Quebec and at Stanstead College, Quebec. He was first employed as an Extra Clerk in the office of the Indian Commissioner from December 1879 to March 1880, and then served briefly in the Department of the Interior. He was appointed to a permanent position in the Civil Service by Order of Council, effective 8 October 1880. He served as a Clerk in the Accounts Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs, rising to the position of Chief Clerk in 1893. He was appointed Secretary of the Department in 1896 and classified Chief Accountant in 1908. The following year, the position of Superintendent of Indian Education was added to his responsibilities. In October 1913 he was appointed Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, a post he held until his superannuation in 1932.
Scott was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1899 and served as its President in 1921–22. He was awarded an honourary doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1922, made a CMG in 1934 and awarded an LL.D. from Queen’s University in 1939.
By the late 1880s, Scott was a regular contributor to Scribner’s Magazine. He contributed essays to the Toronto Globe in 1892–93 (published as At the Mermaid Inn in 1979). He published many volumes of poetry, including The Magic House and Other Poems (1893), The Magic House: Labor and the Angel (1898), New World Lyrics and Ballads (1905), Via Borealis (1906), Lundy’s Lane and Other Poems (1916), Beauty and Life (1921), The Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott (1926), and The Green Cloister (1935). His collections of short stories include: In the Village of Viger (1896), The Witching of Elspie (1923) and The Circle of Affection (1947), which also contained a number of poems not previously published. He wrote a novel that did not get published until 1979 (as The Untitled Novel). For the Makers of Canada series, which he directed with Pelham Edgar, he wrote a biography of John Graves Simcoe (1905). In 1947 he published a book on Walter H. Phillips. He edited Archibald Lampman’s poetry (1900–47).
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of series.
Extent
The series is stored in 2 boxes.
Finding aids
File list available (see below).
Related groups of records
The Donald B. Smith fonds, Fonds 80,Series 3 contains records related to William Scott, the father of Duncan Campbell Scott.
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correspondence | ||||
| 5 | 36 | Brock, “Miss”: 1 out, photocopied, 1890 | 1890 | |
| 5 | 36 | Copeland and Day: 1 out, 1896 | 1896 | |
| 5 | 36 | Edgar, Pelham: 3 out, 1895, 1899 | 1895, 1899 | Subjects: James David Edgar; Archibald Lampman. |
| 5 | 37 | Bourinot, John: 1 out, 1901 | 1901 | Draft; enclosed in letter from Scott to Pelham Edgar |
| 5 | 37 | Colby, Charles W.: 1 in, 1901 | 1901 | |
| 5 | 37 | Edgar, Pelham: 10 out, 1901 | 1901 | |
| 5 | 38 | Stewart, George: 1 out, 1901 | 1901 | Enclosed in letter from Scott to Pelham Edgar. |
| 5 | 38 | Edgar, Pelham: 7 out, 1901 | 1901 | |
| 5 | 39 | Edgar, Helen: 1 out, 1903 | 1903 | |
| 5 | 39 | Edgar, Pelham: 10 out, 1902–04 | 1902-1904 | Subject: Charles G.D. Roberts. |
| 5 | 40 | Edgar, Pelham: 6 out, 1905 | 1905 | Subjects: William Lyon Mackenzie King; Wilfrid Laurier. |
| 5 | 41 | Edgar, Helen: 1 out, 1906 | 1906 | |
| 5 | 41 | Edgar, Pelham: 6 out, 1906 | 1906 | Subject: Stephen Leacock. |
| 5 | 42 | Edgar, Pelham: 7 out, 1906 | 1906 | Subject: Robert Coats. |
| 5 | 43 | Edgar, Helen: 1 out, 1907 | 1907 | |
| 5 | 43 | Edgar, Pelham: 9 out, 1907 | 1907 | |
| 5 | 44 | Edgar, Pelham: 7 out, 1908 | 1908 | Subject: Pelham Edgar–Royal Society. |
| 5 | 45. b | Edgar, Helen: 1 out, 1913 | 1913 | |
| 5 | 45. f | Edgar, Helen: 2 out, 1919 | 1919 | |
| 5 | 45.a | Edgar, Helen: 2 out, 1912 | 1912 | |
| 5 | 45.a | Edgar, Pelham: 11 out, 1910–1912 | 1910-1912 | Subject: William Wilfrid Campbell. |
| 5 | 45.b | Edgar, Pelham: 9 out, 1913 | 1913 | Subjects: Rupert Brooke; Archibald Lampman. |
| 5 | 45.c | Edgar, Helen: 3 out, 1914, 1915 | 1914, 1915 | |
| 5 | 45.c | Edgar, Pelham: 11 out, 1914, 1915 | 1914, 1915 | Subject: Archibald Lampman. |
| 5 | 45.d | Edgar, Helen: 2 out, 1916 | 1916 | |
| 5 | 45.d | Edgar, Pelham: 9 out, 1916 | 1916 | Subject: Rupert Brooke. |
| 5 | 45.d | McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart: 1 out, 1916 | 1916 | Enclosed in letter to Pelham Edgar. |
| 5 | 45.e | Edgar, Pelham: 8 out, 1917, 1918 | 1917, 1918 | |
| 5 | 45.f | Edgar, Pelham: 10 out, 1919 | 1919 | |
| 5 | 45.g | Edgar, Pelham: 7 out, 1920–1922 | 1920-1922 | Subject: Elise Scott. |
| 5 | 45.h | Edgar, Pelham: 7 out, 1923–1929 | 1923-1929 | |
| 5 | 45.h | Hodder and Stoughton: 1 out, 1923 | 1923 | Enclosed in letter to Pelham Edgar. |
| 5 | 45.h | McClelland, John: 1 out, 1923 | 1923 | Enclosed in letter to Pelham Edgar. |
| 5 | 45.i | Edgar, Pelham: 13 out, 1930–33 | 1930-1933 | Subjects: E.J. (Edwin John) Pratt; Elise Scott. |
| 5 | 45.j | Edgar, Pelham: 10 out, 1934–36 | 1934-1936 | One letter incomplete. Subject: Dona Edgar. |
| 5 | 45.k | Edgar, Pelham: 10 out, 1937, 1938; | 1937, 1938 | |
| 5 | 45.l | Edgar, Pelham: 13 out, 1939–41 | 1939-1941 | Subjects: Audrey Alexandra Brown; Kenneth Leslie; E.J. (Edwin John) Pratt. |
| 5 | 45.m | Edgar, Dona: 1 out, 1942 | 1942 | |
| 5 | 45.m | Edgar, Pelham: 4 out, 1942–46 | 1942-1946 | |
| Literary manuscripts -- Poetry | ||||
| 5 | 45.f | A Note to Pelham Edgar | ts. | |
| 5 | 45.f | Ode on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of James Russell Lowell | ts. | |
| Other material | ||||
| 5 | 43 | Letter from Belle Scott to Helen Edgar: 1 out, [1907] | [1907] | Photograph of Elizabeth Scott (daughter of Duncan and Belle) enclosed. |
| 5 | 45. j | Letter from Elise Scott to Pelham Edgar: 1 out, [1934?] | [1934?] | |
| 5 | 45.i | Letter from “Harry” to Pelham Edgar: 1 out, [1932] | [1932] | |
| Box 6 | ||||
| Correspondence | ||||
| 6 | 46.1 | Edgar, Helen: 1 out, n.d. | n.d. | |
| 6 | 46.1 | Edgar, Pelham: 30 out, n.d. | n.d. | Includes draft of “From beyond,” ts. (poem on letter dated [April, 1908?]) Subjects: Archibald Lampman; William Lyon Mackenzie King; E.J. (Edwin John) Pratt; Duncan Campbell Scott–biographical information. |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Brown, E.K. (Edward Killoran): 1 in, photocopied, 1944 | 1944 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Brown, E.K. (Edward Killoran): 16 out, 1943–47 | 1943-1947 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Brown, E.K. (Edward Killoran): 2 in, 1940, photocopied; 2 out, 1940, 1941, photocopied | 1940, 1941 | Subject: Poetry [journal]. |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Brown, E.K. (Edward Killoran): 3 out, n.d., photocopied | n.d. | Subject: Lawren Harris. |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Brown, Peggy: 2 out, photocopied, 1943, 1944 | 1943, 1944 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Hutchinson, “Miss” 2 out, photocopied, 1946, 1947 | 1946, 1947 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | University of Toronto. Trinity College. Office of the Provost: 1 out, photocopied, n.d. | n.d. | Subject: transfer to Trinity College of archival material relating to Archibald Lampman. |
| Literary manuscripts -- Poetry | ||||
| 6 | 46.2.2 | Intermezzo | ts. Inscribed to Peggy and Edward [E.K.] Brown (photocopied) | |
| 6 | 46.2.2 | Daulac [at the Long Sault] | ts., annotated (photocopied) | |
| 6 | 47 | ...set within a desert lone | ts., cc. Fragment. | |
| 6 | 47 | ...the wine of night in silence | ts., cc., annotated. Fragment. | |
| 6 | 47 | ...yet for withstanding thus the autumn’s dart | ts., annotated. Fragment. | |
| 6 | 47 | At the Gill–Nets | ts. | |
| 6 | 47 | Byron on Wordsworth: being discovered stanzas of Don Juan | Two drafts: ts., and ts., annotated. Written for Byron Centenary. | |
| 6 | 47 | From Beyond | ts., photocopied. Original enclosed in letter to Pelham Edgar [April, 1908?], Box 6, File 46.1 | |
| 6 | 47 | Improvisation on an Old Song | ts., cc., annotated | |
| 6 | 47 | Le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d’une occupation inutile Henri de Regnier | ts., cc. | |
| 6 | 47 | Man to Nature | ts. | |
| 6 | 47 | Nature to Man | ts. | |
| 6 | 47 | Nothing but Leaves | ts., cc., annotated | |
| 6 | 47 | O Turn Once More | ts., cc., annotated | |
| 6 | 47 | Spring on Mattagami | holograph. Inscribed to Pelham Edgar. | |
| 6 | 47. f | A Note to Pelham Edgar | ts., photocopied. Original held in letter to Pelham Edgar, July 14, 1919; Box 5, File 45 | |
| 6 | 47. f | Ode on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of James Russell Lowell | ts., photocopied. Original held in letter to Pelham Edgar, January 31, 1919; Box 5, File 45 | |
| 6 | 51.3 | Byron on Wordsworth: being discovered stanzas of Don Juan: privately printed poem | photocopied. Printed for Byron Centenary. | |
| Other material | ||||
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letter from Pelham Edgar to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 1 out, photocopied, 1948 | 1948 | Subject: Duncan Campbell Scott. |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letter from Ralph Gustafson to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 1 out, photocopied, 1944 | 1944 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letter from unidentified person to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 1 out, photocopied, 1944 | 1944 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letter from [R.H. Coats?] to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 1 out, photocopied, 1949 | 1949 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letters from Elise Scott to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 12 out, photocopied, n.d., 1948–50 | n.d., 1948-1950 | Subjects: Arthur S. Bourinot [uncle of Elise Scott]; transfer of original material relating to Duncan Campbell Scott to the Library, University of Toronto; appointment of E.K. Brown as literary executor for the estate of Duncan Campbell Scott. |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letters from Elise Scott to Peggy Brown: 4 out, photocopied, 1951–69 | 1951-1969 | |
| 6 | 46.2.1 | Letters from T.R.L. MacInnes to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 5 out, photocopied, 1943, 1944 | 1943, 1944 | Subject: Duncan Campbell Scott. |
| 6 | 46.3 | Letter from Arthur S. Bourinot to Peggy Brown: 1 out, photocopied, 1957 | 1957 | |
| 6 | 46.3 | Letters from Arthur S. Bourinot to E.K. (Edward Killoran) Brown: 3 out, photocopied, 1944–50 | 1944-1950 | |
| 6 | 46.4 | Material relating to Ryerson Press. | 1943-1951, 1950, 1951, 1959 | Includes: Two greeting cards from Lorne Pierce [recipient unidentified]: n.d., 1959. |
| Other material -- Photographs | ||||
| 6 | 51.1 | Photograph: black-and-white, [1913]; Of Duncan Campbell Scott and Rupert Brooke | [1913] | Includes 4 35 mm b&w negatives. |
| Material about Scott | ||||
| 6 | 46.2.2 | Clippings | photocopied | |
| 6 | 46.2.2 | Notes by E.K. Brown about Scott’s Untitled novel | photocopied | |
| 6 | 46.3 | Address by Arthur S. Bourinot about Duncan Campbell Scott, The Ever Eager Heart | printed, photocopied | |
| 6 | 48 | Notes, biographical | [copied by Pelham Edgar?] | |
| 6 | 49 | Notes, autobiographical | photocopied | |
| 6 | 50 | Article by [Percy Wright?] | ts., cc., annotated. File includes letter from E.K. Brown to Margaret V. Ray, 1950 | |
| 6 | 51.3 | Clippings and tear-sheets | Includes articles by Leonard Brockington and Elsie Pomeroy. | |
