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John Edward Macfarlane
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Fonds
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RC0074
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1965-2007 (Creation)
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- Macfarlane, John Edward
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3 m of textual records, graphic material, sound recordings, and digital files.
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John Edward Macfarlane, editor and publisher, was born in Montreal on 28 March 1942. He was educated at the University of Alberta. As an undergraduate he began to work for Canadian University Press and has stayed close to the world of Canadian newspapers and magazines ever since. At the age of 23 he became an editorial writer for the Globe and Mail, and he was subsequently appointed Entertainment Editor for the Toronto Star, Associate and later Executive Editor of Maclean's, Editor of Toronto Life, Weekend Magazine, Saturday Night and Financial Times. Macfarlane has also been the President of a public relations agency, and the Managing Director of C.T.V News Service. With Jan Walter and Gary Ross, John Macfarlane founded the publishing house Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, in 1988. MW&R specialized in non-fiction. It was purchased by McClelland & Stewart in 2000 and closed in 2003.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Fonds was acquired from John Macfarlane in June 1992 and 2019.
Arrangement
The fonds (22-1992) is arranged into the following series: correspondence; administrative files: Canadian University Press, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Weekday (scripts for programme), Maclean's, Weekend Magazine, and Saturday Night, Financial Times of Canada, diaries, C.T.V.; writings, speeches and reports; associations and organizations; Macfarlane, Walter and Ross; personal items including photographs. The second accrual (2019-025) is arranged into five series: calendars; administrative files; Macfarlane, Walter and Ross; clippings; and The Gauntlet (University of Alberta student newspaper).
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The following items are closed until 18 December 2017.
Box 1, F.28, Gary Ross
Box 3, F.21 and F.25, Diaries
Box 4, F.2, F.4-5, F.9, F.13, F.14, F.16, F.18, C.T.V.
Box 5, F.39, F.41, Reports
Box 6, F.6, Y.M.C.A.
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Further accruals are expected.
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RC0074
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Second accrual, 2023.
