Mother of Emily (Ferguson) Murphy

Dust jacket of Open Trails by Janey Canuk (Emily Ferguson).

Dust jacket of book by Emily Ferguson

The fonds consists of a series of scrapbooks compiled by Emily Murphy covering all aspects of her varied career and dating from 1906 to 1933. The records include correspondence, reports and other material relating to her work as a magistrate as well as manuscripts of some of her many articles. Some of the material relating to Mrs. Murphy was collected by her daughter, Evelyn Gowan Murphy, after Mrs. Murphy died. Scrapbooks include clippings concerning the death of Arthur Murphy and the lives of Evelyn and her sister, Emily Kenwood.
The photographs include 2 of Emily Murphy and 2 of dust jackets from her books “Janey Canuck In The West” and “Open Trails”.
The material was arranged as follows:

• Police Magistrate Correspondence
• Social and Legal Problems
• Personal Papers
• Manuscript Articles
• Published Articles
• Miscellaneous Papers
• Emily Murphy Memorial Fund
• Notebooks
• Scrapbooks

Names: Bury, Mayor Ambrose; Taylor, Judge H.C.; Egbert, Dr. William; Murphy, Magistrate Emily; Ritchie, Superintendent J. (R.C.M.P.); Gillespie, Colonel