Agnes Macphail Digital Collection

Proton Township Girl Shoots Father

2009-08-04T14:44:00Z

Proton Township Girl Shoots Father Ruby Campbell, 14-year-old. Proton township girl, shot her father at the farm home on con. 14, early Saturday morning. The father, Robert Campbell, had been in failing health for several years and was not always in the best of humor. Family ...

Agnes Macphail

2009-02-03T10:29:00Z

Portrait photograph of Agnes Campbell MacphailReverse: "PUBLIC ARCHIVES MSS. DATE DEC 30 1958"; also, [handwritten] "MacPhail Papers, Vol.10, File 3" and notation "rec'd from Mrs R J [French?]". Signature on the back is probably Agnes Macphail's.

"Aggie Was a Terror" Agnes Macphail's Story

2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

Excerpt from an article about Agnes Macphail, with pages containing editorial remarks by Lilly Bailey, Agnes Macphail's sister.[Cover] Page 25. Article on Agnes (a good one) Mother so often laughed until tears came and would say "oh Aggie you're a terror" [Page 25] 3 in our family ? what a lie...

Owen Sound Collegiate Institute

2008-03-06T00:00:00Z

High school attended by Agnes Macphail from 1906-1908, at the same time as Norman Bethune and Billy Bishop.This photograph is taken after 1907, after Agnes Macphail had graduated.[top]Owen Sound Collegiate Institute; [bottom]O.S.C.I.; [right][MIZPAH?]

Proposal for International Peace Department

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

House of Commons Debates hansard sent by Agnes Macphail to a constituent in Grey County. The relevant page number is handwritten on the first leaf. See subsequent pages to read Agnes Macphail's motion for the establishment of a government department for International Peace in Canada.Archival...

House of Commons Debates February 6, 1928

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

Agnes Macphail (Southeast Grey) on a variety of subjects that make up her political platform, including poverty, prison reform, women's legal rights, Canada's involvement with the League of Nations, employment, and immigration[p. 225 reference to Ponsonby's book correlates with the Dear Friends...

Dear Friends February 24, 1927

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of Agnes Macphail's letters to her constituents in which she details the recent topics discussed in the House of Parliament, including the Budget and cadet training, and shares her opinions upon those subjects, as well as describing her social experiences as an MP in Ottawa.This letter was...

Answer to Miss Macphail

2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

Letter to the Editor expressing a counter opinion to Agnes Macphail's ideas about "militarists", and her speaking out against the war; the author of the letter had been in World War One.ANSWER TO MISS MACPHAIL. To the Editor of The Globe: Miss Agnes Macphail has never been at any pains to conceal...

Letter to Patrick Sweeny

2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

Agnes Macphail's letter to Patrick Sweeny, a constituent from Markdale, Ontario.According to Carol Black, local historian, the letter accompanied a gift of a silver cup for Sweeny's grand-daughter, Agnes Sweeny (now Agnes Cooper).[Letterhead] House of Commons Canada Ottawa, May 19, 1925 Dear...

Reply to Miss Macphail

2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

Letter to the Editor responding to Agnes Macphail's anti-Cadet stance.REPLY TO MISS MACPHAIL To the Editor of The Globe: From The Globe of March 14 I learn that Miss Agnes Macphail strongly supports the Boy Premier in his "brave-enough-to-be-coward" ideal--she hopes this phrase will ring down...