David Russell Jack

1864-1913

David Russell Jack (editor, publisher, journalist, politician, and historiographer) was born 5 May 1864 in Saint John, New Brunswick, and died 2 December 1913. He achieved literary acclaim with his award-winning Centennial Prize Essay on the History of the City and County of St. John (1883). Jack later founded the quarterly magazine Acadiensis. He served as editor and publisher, and he contributed many articles. It ran from January 1901 to October 1908. He also wrote occasionally for Montreal’s University Magazine and for Queen’s Quarterly, as well as for various Canadian and American newspapers as an international correspondent. Jack’s final achievement was a History of Saint Andrew’s Church, Saint John, N.B. (1913).

Archival Material

• New Brunswick Historical Society fonds
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  Retrieval Number

  S 28 - F 245 - F 286; S 28 - F 257 - F 267 ; S 28A - F 281 - F 285

  Date Range of Material

  1831-1913 (some transcription done in 1965)

  Scope and Content Note

  The material includes research notes and scrapbooks compiled by Jack.  Also includes 5 volumes of typed transcripts of biographical information of the Loyalist families of New Brunswick collected by Jack.

• D.R. Jack fonds
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  Retrieval Number

  MC3325

  Date Range of Material

  [1833-1912]

  Extent

  Textual records on 9 reels of microfilm and 1 prospectus with drawings and plans

  Scope and Content Note

  Off-print article from Acadiensis, "The Ballad of the Albion."