Donald Byron Gammon

1924-2004

Donald (Don) Byron Gammon (writer, poet, and editor) was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, 12 December 1924 and died in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 7 August 2004. Gammon attended and graduated from Bathurst High School with honours in 1942. Upon receiving a four-year Lord Beaverbrook Scholarship and the Bliss Carman Scholarship for poetry, he continued his education at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He graduated with a BA in 1946 and completed his MA in English, also at UNB, the following year. In 1949, Gammon won a competition to write a song for New Brunswick (“The Hymn for New Brunswick”). He also penned the music and lyrics to “The New Brunswick Carol”.  Gammon’s artistic output consisted mostly of poetry published in The Fiddlehead. He was the first editor of the journal from 1945-1947 while he was a student at UNB, editing issues one through seven as well as issue twelve in March 1951. He was also editor of UNB’s The Brunswickan. Gammon also appeared in The Atlantic Advocate in the 1950s. Gammon attended Library School in Toronto before he was offered a position at the Legislative Library in Fredericton. He later transferred to the position of head librarian of the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Fredericton, where he remained until his retirement.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton, Bathurst

Archival Material

• Donald B. Gammon fonds (unprocessed)
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  Location

  University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections

  Retrieval Number

  Accessions 2004.036,2006.002, 2018.035 and 2018.036 etc.