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1931 - 1981 (Creation)
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- O'Hagan, Howard
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1.1 m of textual records
ca. 100 photographs
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Howard O'Hagan was born in Lethbridge, Alberta. When he was 18, his family moved to Jasper, Alberta, where his father, Thomas O'Hagan, became the village's first doctor. Howard worked in Jasper for several years as a mountain guide. He attended McGill University in Montreal, studying Political Science (under Stephen Leacock) and then law, graduating with a law degree in 1925. In the early 1930s, O'Hagan studied at Berkeley, where he met and married Margaret Peterson. O'Hagan's first novel "Tay John" was published in 1939. Other works include "The School-Marm Tree", "Wilderness Man", and "The Woman Who Got on at Jasper Station". In 1958, he and his wife moved to Victoria. O'Hagan received an honorary doctorate from McGill University in 1982.
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The fonds consists of personal, business and publishing correspondence (1953-1982), and also five handwritten letters to Arthur William Wallace (1931-1978); typescripts of O'Hagan's unpublished autobiography, proposed novels and unpublished short stories and articles; notes, variant drafts and page proofs of "The School-Marm Tree"; photographs of O'Hagan and other O'Hagan family members and friends; published articles about O'Hagan and his work, programmes of ceremonies, greeting cards, and bibliography of O'Hagan's works; audio tape interview with O'Hagan, conducted by E.J. Hart in Victoria. Also included is a small amount of Margaret Peterson (O'Hagan) material, consisting of a typescript of "My Life With Howard O'Hagan" and manuscript poetry drafts.
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Canadian literature--20th century
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- Peterson, Margaret, 1902-1997 (Subject)
- O'Hagan family (Subject)
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Revised by JF, July 10, 2013.