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| <tab>Charles W. Gordon revisited GC in 1924 and in 1936. (//Cornwall Freeholder// and //Cornwall Standard //11 Dec. 1924, //Standard Freeholder// 13 Nov. 1936) In connection with the 1924 visit he is quoted as saying, “I visited the County of Glengarry the other day, after 54 years’ absence.” (//Cornwall Freeholder// 25 Dec. 1924) The story that he stayed at the Moose Head Inn, South Lancaster, when he was writing or researching the GC novels, must be dismissed as just one more of the GC myths. His vivid, detailed, and essentially accurate descriptions of GC life were based primarily on his recollections of childhood experiences. However, during his many years in Winnipeg he was in contact with numerous Glengarrians who were Winnipeg residents or visitors to the city. If he did not revisit GC, then GC came to visit him. | <tab>Charles W. Gordon revisited GC in 1924 and in 1936. (//Cornwall Freeholder// and //Cornwall Standard //11 Dec. 1924, //Standard Freeholder// 13 Nov. 1936) In connection with the 1924 visit he is quoted as saying, “I visited the County of Glengarry the other day, after 54 years’ absence.” (//Cornwall Freeholder// 25 Dec. 1924) The story that he stayed at the Moose Head Inn, South Lancaster, when he was writing or researching the GC novels, must be dismissed as just one more of the GC myths. His vivid, detailed, and essentially accurate descriptions of GC life were based primarily on his recollections of childhood experiences. However, during his many years in Winnipeg he was in contact with numerous Glengarrians who were Winnipeg residents or visitors to the city. If he did not revisit GC, then GC came to visit him. |
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| <tab>For Connor’s place in a succession of GC-area authors beginning with James Drummond see Pierre Cholet. | <tab>For Connor’s place in a succession of GC-area authors beginning with James Drummond see [[cholet_pierre|Pierre Cholet.]] |
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| <tab>Charles W. Gordon died in Winnipeg. For more than a third of a century he had been the most famous of all living Glengarrians. The London //Times// obituary, which was a fine tribute to him, says he “was known wherever the English language is read.” The obituary mentions both //Glengarry School Days// and //The Man from Glengarry//, and says of GC that “Gaelic is still spoken there and it is declared to have a firmer hold in those parts than in its original home in Scotland.” He was married in 1899 to Helen Skinner King. (seven children, including J. King Gordon) Charles W. Gordon received the C.M.G. in 1935. His friends included British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, who spent a holiday with him at Gordon’s Lake of the Woods summer home. For MacDonald, see also E. R. Peacock in this dictionary. The Lake of the Woods home was later owned by the historian A.R.M. Lower. | <tab>Charles W. Gordon died in Winnipeg. For more than a third of a century he had been the most famous of all living Glengarrians. The London //Times// obituary, which was a fine tribute to him, says he “was known wherever the English language is read.” The obituary mentions both //Glengarry School Days// and //The Man from Glengarry//, and says of GC that “Gaelic is still spoken there and it is declared to have a firmer hold in those parts than in its original home in Scotland.” He was married in 1899 to Helen Skinner King. (seven children, including J. King Gordon) Charles W. Gordon received the C.M.G. in 1935. His friends included British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, who spent a holiday with him at Gordon’s Lake of the Woods summer home. For MacDonald, see also [[peacock_sir_edward_robert|E. R. Peacock]] in this dictionary. The Lake of the Woods home was later owned by the historian A.R.M. Lower. |
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| <tab>The name “Man from Glengarry,” from Connor’s novel, has been applied as a term of praise to various Glengarrians including Fr C.H. Gauthier. Also, Valentine Chisholm was thought to resemble the hero of the novel. (Villeneuve, 62; //Butternuts and Maple Sugar// 230) An //Ottawa Journal// article (repr. //Standard Freeholder// 29 Sept.1949) on W. J. Major, MP, termed him the “New Man from Glengarry.” | <tab>The name “Man from Glengarry,” from Connor’s novel, has been applied as a term of praise to various Glengarrians including Fr C.H. Gauthier. Also, Valentine Chisholm was thought to resemble the hero of the novel. (Villeneuve, 62; //Butternuts and Maple Sugar// 230) An //Ottawa Journal// article (repr. //Standard Freeholder// 29 Sept.1949) on W. J. Major, MP, termed him the “New Man from Glengarry.” |
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| <fs small>//Standard Freeholder//, 1, 3 & 24 Nov. 1937, //Glengarry News// 5 Nov. 1937 * London //Times// 1 Nov. 1937 (about 18 column inches); the issue 29 Oct. had a note on his declining health) * his //Postscript to Adventure// * his life in //DNB//, //MDict//, Hurtig (portrait), and //ODict// * MacGillivray & Ross: esp. 79-94, 685, but see also index * much further material relating to Connor is listed in //Bibliography of Glengarry// (see index) *obituary of his wife, //GN// 23 March 1961 * Morgan (1898), useful for Connor’s reputation even at this early date, also Morgan (1912) * Keith Wilson, //Charles William Gordon// (1981) * H.L. Adams, “The Career of Ralph Connor,” //Maclean’s// (April 1913), & B. Paterson, “Ralph Connor and His Million Dollar Sermons,” //Maclean’s// (15 Nov. 1953) * life of his father-in-law, Rev. John Mark King, in //Dictionary of Canadian Biography// Vol. XII * there are full lists of Connor’s novels in various sources including Watters * A.R.M. Lower, //My First Seventy-Five Years// (1967) 290 * Mary Vipond, “Best Sellers in English Canada,” //Journal of Canadian Fiction// (article in two parts, 1979, 1986), on the Connor novels as best sellers | <fs small>//Standard Freeholder//, 1, 3 & 24 Nov. 1937, //Glengarry News// 5 Nov. 1937 * London //Times// 1 Nov. 1937 (about 18 column inches); the issue 29 Oct. had a note on his declining health) * his //Postscript to Adventure// * his life in //DNB//, //MDict//, Hurtig (portrait), and //ODict// * MacGillivray & Ross: esp. 79-94, 685, but see also index * much further material relating to Connor is listed in //Bibliography of Glengarry// (see index) *obituary of his wife, //GN// 23 March 1961 * Morgan (1898), useful for Connor’s reputation even at this early date, also Morgan (1912) * Keith Wilson, //Charles William Gordon// (1981) * H.L. Adams, “The Career of Ralph Connor,” //Maclean’s// (April 1913), & B. Paterson, “Ralph Connor and His Million Dollar Sermons,” //Maclean’s// (15 Nov. 1953) * life of his father-in-law, Rev. John Mark King, in //Dictionary of Canadian Biography// Vol. XII * there are full lists of Connor’s novels in various sources including Watters * A.R.M. Lower, //My First Seventy-Five Years// (1967) 290 * Mary Vipond, “Best Sellers in English Canada,” //Journal of Canadian Fiction// (article in two parts, 1979, 1986), on the Connor novels as best sellers |
| </fs><tab>//Glengarry News// 7 June 1901, has been preparing the manuscript of //Man from Glengarry// for the press * anon. verses in praise of Connor’s writings on GC, //Cornwall Freeholder// 31 Jan. 1908 * //GN// 11 Sept. 1914, has been invited to attend ceremonies of 50th anniversary of the Gordon Church, St. Elmo * journalist Peter McArthur’s interview with Ralph Connor, on WWI, printed as advert., //Ottawa Farm Journal// 30 April 1918 * writes to Rev. G. Watt Smith with recollections of GC, //CF //4 Aug. 1921 * Mitch Hepburn (not yet Ont. premier) speaking at Alexandria mentions he read //Man from Glengarry// in his boyhood, //CF //9 May 1931 * Connor is guest of British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at 10 Downing Street, //Standard Freeholder// 14 Dec. 1932 * //GN// 2 Dec. 1927, recital from the //Sky Pilot,// at Maxville, by Montreal clergyman * //SFH// 27 Oct. 1937, //GN// 29 Oct. 1937, is seriously ill in Winnipeg * daughter attends church service at St. Elmo, //SFH// 20 April 1938 * editorial, //SFH// 19 Feb. 1948, on Ralph Connor and purchase of his Winnipeg home by the Women’s University Club of Winnipeg * //Glengarry News// 15 Oct. 1959, historical plaque unveiled at St. Elmo (earlier editorial & letter on plaque, //SFH// 25 Feb. 1948) * his MSS given to Univ. of Manitoba, //GN// 28 Aug. 1969 | </fs> |
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| | <tab>//Glengarry News// 7 June 1901, has been preparing the manuscript of //Man from Glengarry// for the press * anon. verses in praise of Connor’s writings on GC, //Cornwall Freeholder// 31 Jan. 1908 * //GN// 11 Sept. 1914, has been invited to attend ceremonies of 50th anniversary of the Gordon Church, St. Elmo * journalist Peter McArthur’s interview with Ralph Connor, on WWI, printed as advert., //Ottawa Farm Journal// 30 April 1918 * writes to Rev. G. Watt Smith with recollections of GC, //CF //4 Aug. 1921 * Mitch Hepburn (not yet Ont. premier) speaking at Alexandria mentions he read //Man from Glengarry// in his boyhood, //CF //9 May 1931 * Connor is guest of British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at 10 Downing Street, //Standard Freeholder// 14 Dec. 1932 * //GN// 2 Dec. 1927, recital from the //Sky Pilot,// at Maxville, by Montreal clergyman * //SFH// 27 Oct. 1937, //GN// 29 Oct. 1937, is seriously ill in Winnipeg * daughter attends church service at St. Elmo, //SFH// 20 April 1938 * editorial, //SFH// 19 Feb. 1948, on Ralph Connor and purchase of his Winnipeg home by the Women’s University Club of Winnipeg * //Glengarry News// 15 Oct. 1959, historical plaque unveiled at St. Elmo (earlier editorial & letter on plaque, //SFH// 25 Feb. 1948) * his MSS given to Univ. of Manitoba, //GN// 28 Aug. 1969 |
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| <tab>FILMS: //Glengarry News// 24 March 1922, //Man from Glengarry// and //Glengarry School Days// to be filmed * //Cornwall Freeholder// (much detail) & //Cornwall Standard //both19 Oct. 1922, showing of film of //Man from Glengarry// in Cornwall * //CF //26 Oct. 1922, film of //Man from Glengarry// to be shown at Martintown * advert. for film of //Man from Glengarry// in //CF //& //CS //both 18 Oct. 1923 * editorial notice of film //Glengarry School Days//, in //CS //15 Nov. 1923 (with advert.) * //GN// 10 Nov. 1922, film of //Man from Glengarry// shown in Alexandria | <tab>FILMS: //Glengarry News// 24 March 1922, //Man from Glengarry// and //Glengarry School Days// to be filmed * //Cornwall Freeholder// (much detail) & //Cornwall Standard //both19 Oct. 1922, showing of film of //Man from Glengarry// in Cornwall * //CF //26 Oct. 1922, film of //Man from Glengarry// to be shown at Martintown * advert. for film of //Man from Glengarry// in //CF //& //CS //both 18 Oct. 1923 * editorial notice of film //Glengarry School Days//, in //CS //15 Nov. 1923 (with advert.) * //GN// 10 Nov. 1922, film of //Man from Glengarry// shown in Alexandria |
| <tab>J. King Gordon: obituary //Globe and Mai//l, 25 Feb. 1989 (two notices) * King Gordon’s family: “Citizen Gordon’s Bloodlines,” //Quill & Quire// (April 1994), on four generations of the “Ralph Connor” family; Charles Gordon, “Men of Glengarry…,” //Ottawa Citizen// 3 April 1995 (full page); //Glengarry News// 8 Nov. 1995 on visit of Charles Gordon and his son John to Glengarry Historical Society (photo); J. M. Bumsted, //Dictionary of Manitoba Biography// (1999) 93-94 | <tab>J. King Gordon: obituary //Globe and Mai//l, 25 Feb. 1989 (two notices) * King Gordon’s family: “Citizen Gordon’s Bloodlines,” //Quill & Quire// (April 1994), on four generations of the “Ralph Connor” family; Charles Gordon, “Men of Glengarry…,” //Ottawa Citizen// 3 April 1995 (full page); //Glengarry News// 8 Nov. 1995 on visit of Charles Gordon and his son John to Glengarry Historical Society (photo); J. M. Bumsted, //Dictionary of Manitoba Biography// (1999) 93-94 |
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| <fs small>//APPENDIX// | **APPENDIX** |
| </fs><fs small>Over the years a great many people have been identified as the originals of characters in //The Man from Glengarry// and //Glengarry School Days//. Edward Cox in his Dunvegan diary of 1904 mentioned that he had heard “a great deal about some of the characters” in //The Man from Glengarry//. The search for the Connor originals is, of course, a tribute to the immense popularity of the novels. Some people have viewed these identifications sceptically. They have noticed the involvement of family pride and the failure to agree on who the originals of some characters were. All of this is fair enough, though it must be noted that Connor, who represents the geography and religious history of the Maxville-St. Elmo area of his time with such minute fidelity to detail, might reasonably be expected to be equally precise in the representation of some of his characters. Also, it is fully agreed that the Rev. Alexander Murray and Mrs Murray in the novels are based on the author’s own parents, Mr and Mrs Daniel Gordon. Their son, Hugh Murray, is, presumably, Connor himself as a child. For other originals of the characters, see the following entries in the present dictionary: | Over the years a great many people have been identified as the originals of characters in //The Man from Glengarry// and //Glengarry School Days//. Edward Cox in his Dunvegan diary of 1904 mentioned that he had heard “a great deal about some of the characters” in //The Man from Glengarry//. The search for the Connor originals is, of course, a tribute to the immense popularity of the novels. Some people have viewed these identifications sceptically. They have noticed the involvement of family pride and the failure to agree on who the originals of some characters were. All of this is fair enough, though it must be noted that Connor, who represents the geography and religious history of the Maxville-St. Elmo area of his time with such minute fidelity to detail, might reasonably be expected to be equally precise in the representation of some of his characters. Also, it is fully agreed that the Rev. Alexander Murray and Mrs Murray in the novels are based on the author’s own parents, Mr and Mrs Daniel Gordon. Their son, Hugh Murray, is, presumably, Connor himself as a child. For other originals of the characters, see the following entries in the present dictionary: |
| </fs><fs small>Gunn, Alexander | |
| </fs><fs small>Jim, Yankee (Yankee Jim) | * Gunn, Alexander |
| </fs><fs small>Mcdonald, Allan (Allan the Cooper) | * Jim, YANKEE (YANKEE Jim) |
| </fs><fs small>Mcdonald, Charles | * Mcdonald, Allan (Allan the Cooper) |
| </fs><fs small>McLaurin, Duncan | * Mcdonald, Charles |
| </fs><fs small>MacLean, Mrs Edith (for Margaret Aird) | * McLaurin, Duncan |
| </fs><fs small>MacRae, Allan Gorrach | * MacLean, Mrs Edith (for Margaret Aird) |
| </fs><fs small>McRae, Donald Alexander | * MacRae, Allan Gorrach |
| </fs><fs small>Marsell, A. | * McRae, Donald Alexander |
| </fs><fs small>Munro, Murdoch | * Marsell, A. |
| </fs><fs small>Stait, W. G. F. | * Munro, Murdoch |
| </fs><fs small>Urquhart, Alexander | * Stait, W. G. F. |
| </fs><fs small>It is interesting to speculate on whether the accomplished horseman Alphonse le Roque, with his stylish horses, who makes an impressive cameo appearance in Chapter XIV of //Glengarry School Days//, can be connected, by way of the name at least, with two businessman who were prominent enough at Athol to be listed in Lovell’s 1857 //Canada Directory//, Joseph (Joe) Larocque, a pearl ash manufacturer, and Charles Larue, a miller. | * Urquhart, Alexander |
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| | It is interesting to speculate on whether the accomplished horseman Alphonse le Roque, with his stylish horses, who makes an impressive cameo appearance in Chapter XIV of //Glengarry School Days//, can be connected, by way of the name at least, with two businessman who were prominent enough at Athol to be listed in Lovell’s 1857 //Canada Directory//, Joseph (Joe) Larocque, a pearl ash manufacturer, and Charles Larue, a miller. |
| </fs><tab>The following is a random list of notices variously assembled of other identifications of originals in the novels. | </fs><tab>The following is a random list of notices variously assembled of other identifications of originals in the novels. |
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