2. Contributors
  3. Jack, David R.

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).

Source

Murphy, Thomas. "David Russell Jack." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Winter 2012. Accessed 26 April 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Saint John

Archival Material

  • Location
    New Brunswick Museum Archives
    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.

  • Location
    Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
    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."

David R. Jack seated in chair

David Russell Jack

Credit

"David Russell Jack (illustration from History of Saint Andrew's Church).jpg." Wikimedia Commons, 1 February 2023. Accessed 26 April 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

Bibliography Items

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Jack, David R. Acadian Magazines. Ottawa, ON: J. Hope, 1903. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Jack, David R. and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. History of Saint Andrew's Church: Saint John, N.B. St. John, NB: Barnes & Co., 1913, 407 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints