The Archives of Charles Tupper: A Guide
Collection Number: MS-2-75Fonds-level description created by Laurena Fredette, November 2006
Electronic version prepared by Kathryn Harvey, March 2007
Collection Level Description
Title: Charles Tupper fonds
Dates: [1866], 1887
Extent: 4 p. of textual records
Sir Charles Tupper was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 2 July 1821. He was educated at Horton Academy in Wolfville and graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843 as an M.D. He returned to Canada shortly thereafter and began practicing in Amherst. In 1846 he married Frances Morse with whom he had six children.
Tupper’s lengthy political career began in 1855 when he ran and won as a conservative in a provincial election. He eventually served as premier of Nova Scotia between 1864 and 1867 and was largely responsible for the province joining confederation. In 1867 Tupper successfully ran for parliament and became an important figure in the federal political arena. He led the Conservative Party from 1896 to 1901 and served briefly as the country’s prime minister from 1 May 1896 to 8 July 1896. Tupper died in England on 30 October 1915.
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“The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper.” First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics. 2002. Library and Archives Canada. 25 September 2006 <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3150-e.html>.
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The letter from Sir William Young was donated to the archives by Mrs. Bellenden S. Hutcheson in 1971. Mrs. Elizabeth Green donated the other materials in the fonds to the Health Sciences Library in 1969. These records were accessioned by the archives in 2000.
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This fonds consists of two letters and a certificate which pertains to a school board appointment in Yarmouth Co. The earliest letter is a transcription of a letter dated 9 August 1866 from Sir William Young of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Charles Tupper concerning his appointment of a lawyer in a circuit court. The certificate is also dated 1866 and is a photocopied reproduction. The second letter is handwritten, dates from 1887, and is addressed to Sir Andrew Clarke and signed by Charles Tupper.
For additional records pertaining to Sir William Young, see the Sir William Young fonds, MS-2-81.
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All records are open.
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[Identification of item], Charles Tupper fonds, MS-2-75, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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