Fonds MS-514 - Art Gagne fonds

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Art Gagne fonds

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  • Textual record
  • Graphic material - photograph

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CA EDM MS-514

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  • 1920, 1933 (Creation)
    Creator
    Gagne, Art

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Physical description

1 cm of textual records. - 15 photographs

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Name of creator

(1897-1988)

Biographical history

Arthur Edward Gagne was born October 11, 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario to Ann Mahoney and Francis Xavier Gagne. Art started his hockey career in Ottawa in 1916 in the Ottawa Senior Amateur Hockey League. He then played for the Quebec City Mountaineers, Laval University and the Sons of Ireland. Art moved west in 1920 to play for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Western Hockey League. His playing ability was reflected in the statistics (22 goals, 21 assists for total of 43 points in 29 games, 1922-23 season) and the nicknames given to him (‘Artful’ Arthur and ‘Cyclone’ Gagne).
In 1926, the Western Hockey League was sold to the National Hockey League (NHL) and Art was selected by the Montreal Canadiens. He played for the Canadiens for three years, of which 1927-28 was his best season (30 points in 44 games). He went to Boston at the start of the 1929-30 season but was traded to Ottawa in the second half of the season. In the off-season, Art worked for the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) in Kamloops, B.C.
Art ended his N.H.L. career in 1932 and the following year, returned west again to play in the Northwest Professional Hockey League with both the Edmonton Eskimos and the Seattle Seahawks. He retired from hockey in 1936, returned to Kamloops and continued to work for the C.N.R. He retired from railroad work in 1961.
He married Elizabeth Perletta (Pearl) Herbert (1896-1984) on 18 Oct 1921, in Ottawa, Ontario. They had four children, Keith (1923-2010), Lois (1924-2014), Art and Claire. Arthur Edward Gagne died 5 Oct 1988 in Kamloops, B.C.

Custodial history

Lois Gagne is the daughter of Art Gagne.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of two programmes from Northwest Professional Hockey League, 1933, featuring the 'Edmonton Eskimos' hockey team. One programme includes an article on Art Gagne’s ‘lucky number 7’.
The photographs include team photos of the Edmonton Eskimos hockey team 1920-21, the interior of the Edmonton Gardens [ca. 1922] and portraits of hockey players from the Eskimo Hockey Team 1920-21 (Art Gagne, Joe Simpson, Rollie Muirhead, P.A. 'Tim' Dunne, Howard Dea, Archie Briden, Gordone 'Duke' Keats, Ernie Anderson, Alec Renaud, and Kenny Mackenzie).

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Immediate source of acquisition

The fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Lois Gagne in 1987

Arrangement

The material was arranged by the archivist in chronological order.
The photographs were assigned item numbers with the prefix EA-349.

Language of material

  • English

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    Copyright may apply.
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    General note

    Accession numbers: A87-134

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    City of Edmonton Archives

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    Rules for Archival Description (RAD),
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    Final

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