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Annie Harvie Foster
1875-1974

Born in Fredericton on 15 February 1875, Annie H. Ross received her early schooling in Woodstock, NB and earned a BA at UNB in 1896. In 1901 she graduated as a nurse from the Philadelphia Polyclinic and worked in hospitals in her native Carleton Co. In 1905 she began her teaching career in the Canadian west, becoming a principal in Nelson, BC by 1914. Ross married her first husband, W. Garland Foster, in 1914 and worked as a nursing sister with the British Red Cross when he was posted to England. After his death in 1918, she returned to British Columbia where she became active in municipal politics. In the mid-1920s she began writing seriously. In addition to numerous newspaper, magazine and journal articles, her publications include The Mohawk princess being some account of the life of Tekahion-Wake (E. Pauline Johnson) (1931), High days and holidays in Canada (1938), and Makers of history (1946).  Annie Ross studied at McGill University for her BLS in 1931 and she received an MA from UNB in 1932, submitting her manuscript of The Mohawk Princess in lieu of a thesis. In 1945 she married Patrick Hanley and moved to White Rock, BC where she lived until her death on 18 June 1974.

Source

Annie Harvie (Ross) Foster Hanley fonds MG L 7 Biographical sketch. University of New Brunswick Libraries, Archives & Special Collections. Accessed 24 April 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Woodstock, Fredericton

Archival Material

  • Location
    University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections
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    Retrieval Number
    MG L 7
    Date Range of Material
    1885-1974
    Extent

    20 cm textual records,
    23 photographs ; b&w and sepia tone ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

    Scope and Content Note

    This fonds contains biographical information, correspondence, literary works and photographs which document the life and interests of Annie Harvie (Ross) Foster Hanley. Copies of literary works, in both printed form and manuscript, form the bulk of the fonds. Photographs are largely studio prints of family members in NB, especially Woodstock and Doaktown. Also included are photographs from a funeral procession for Peter Veregin, leader of a Doukhobor sect.

Headshot of Annie H. Ross

Annie H. (Ross) Foster

Credit

University of New Brunswick Libraries, Archives & Special Collections, MG L 7, Series 3, item 2.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

Bibliography Items

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Foster, Annie H. The Mohawk princess, being some account of the life of Tekahion-wake (E. Pauline Johnson). Vancouver, BC: Lion's Gate Pub. Co., 1931, 216 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Foster, Annie H. Makers of history. Toronto, ON: Ryerson Press, 1946, 184 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Foster, Annie H. High days and holidays in Canada : a collection of holiday facts for Canadian schools. Toronto, ON: Ryerson Press, 1956, 95 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project