Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1955-1981 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
7 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Hugh Kane was born in 1911 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and moved to Canada when he was a child. He started work for McClleland and Stewart in 1937, and, except for his service with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942-46, worked there until 1969. He moved to Macmillan Company of Canada in 1969 to become president. He became vice chairman in 1972 when Maclean Hunter bought the company. He died in Stratford, Ont., in 1984.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Lorna Kane, 1984, 1989
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of journals, reports, notes and correspondence on publishing in Canada compiled during Kane's career at McClelland and Stewart Publishing Company and at Macmillan Company of Canada. It includes journals from his coast-to-coast business trips, correspondence with authors such as Constance Beresford-Howe, John Diefenbaker, Bruce Hutchinson, Dennis Lee, Thomas Raddall, and business associates such as Jack McClelland and John Gray. It also includes notes and correspondence on censorship.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Place access points
Name access points
- McClelland and Stewart (Subject)
- Macmillan Company of Canada (Subject)