Document
Identifier:
F.0010
Description
Fonds consists of records related to the personal and business life of Thomas Bain, as well as his political career.
Additional Information
The fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Personal and Business, Series 2: Political Career of Thomas Bain, and Series 3: Correspondence with Ottawa.
The first series is comprised of records related to Thomas Bain’s business with the Landed Banking and Loan Company as well as personal documents relating to the Bain family. The records include correspondence between family members, financial documents pertaining to the estate of Thomas Bain, invitations and cards, newspaper clippings, contracts and other financial documents, and photographs.
The second series consists of materials created or received during Thomas Bain’s career as a MP in the House of Commons and Speaker of the House of Commons. The series is comprised of parliamentary documents, election propaganda and other documents, correspondence between other political figures, notes about policies and political issues, newspaper articles about Thomas Bain’s political career, invitations and programmes, and other miscellaneous documents from the Canadian House of Commons.
The third series consists of Bain’s letters to his wife in Strabane while he was in Ottawa. The letters are a mixture of news of parliamentary happenings and gossip, his spare time occupations and companions, and directions to his wife on the management of the farm, family, and household.
Physical Description
39 cm of textual records
14 photographic prints
1 photograph album : 33 photographs
Date:
1876-1896 (predominant);
Date:
1837 – 1915
Creator:
Bain, Thomas