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Hiram Alfred Cody
1872-1948

Hiram Alfred Cody (novelist and Anglican clergyman) was born 3 July 1872 in Cody’s, north of Saint John, New Brunswick. Cody attended a one-room schoolhouse in Thornetown, NB. In October of 1893, he arrived at King’s College in Windsor, NS. He later became the editor-in-chief of its newspaper. Cody was ordained deacon at Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, NB. Cody responded to a call from the Yukon to minister at Whitehorse (1904). In 1909, Cody and his wife returned to Saint John, where he preached in St. James’ Church.  In 1927, Cody was appointed Archdeacon of Saint John. H.A. Cody published numerous short stories and novels including An Apostle of the North (1908), On Trail and Rapid by Dogsled and Canoe (1911), The Fourth Watch (1911), The Long Patrol: A Tale of the Mounted Police (1912), If Any Man Sin (1915), Rod of the Lone Patrol (1916), The Unknown Wrestler (1918), Glen of the High North (1920), Jess of the Rebel Trail (1921), The King's Arrow: A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists (1922), Songs of a Bluenose (1925), and The Stumbling Shepherd (1929). In 1942, Cody retired from the ministry and started to write his autobiography but did not finish it.  He died of a stroke on 9 February 1948 at the Saint John Hospital.

Source

Hogan, Jillian. "Hiram Alfred Cody." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Spring 2010. Accessed 17 July 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Saint John, Codys

Archival Material

According to Ted Jones' autobiography of H.A. Cody, Cody's wife turned over much of his material to the New Brunswick Museum (Saint John).  

  • Location
    New Brunswick Museum Archives
    Retrieval Number
    S 57-11
    Date Range of Material
    1914-1924
    Extent

    2 boxes

    Scope and Content Note

    Manuscripts of published works.

  • Location
    Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
    Retrieval Number
    MC3956
    Date Range of Material
    1915-1939
    Extent

    5 cm of textual material

    Scope and Content Note

    The fonds consists primarily of brief essays and addresses written by H. A. Cody on various themes, such as Robert Browning, literature, Old Fort Howe, Loyalists, St. James Church, the coronation of King George VI, Trinity Church (Kingston), and the St. John River, and delivered at various events, between 1925 and 1939 (6 are undated). The documents are typewritten, with annotations in H. A. Cody's hand, and several are signed by him. There are two programs for The Fortnightly Club, which was a literary group active in Saint John at the time, and to which he may have belonged, as well as a flyer advertising Cody's book If Any Man Sin (1915).

  • Location
    Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives
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    Retrieval Number
    M56-4, P7511, P7601
    Date Range of Material
    1860- 1942; (predominant 1907-1909)
    Extent

    13 cm of textual records;
    8 photographs: b&w

    Scope and Content Note

    Fonds consists of  correspondence with Bishop Isaac O. Stringer, Bishop William Carpenter Bompas, Bessie Parmalee, the Rev. A.E. O’Meara, the Rev. John Hawksley and other missionaries;  addresses and sermons by Cody; and photograph.

Headshot of Hiram A. Cody

Hiram A. Cody

Credit

"Hiram Alfred Cody." Photo from Codys, New Brunswick Weebly via New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Spring 2010. Accessed 17 July 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

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Bibliography Items

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Cody, Hiram Alfred. The chief of the ranges : a tale of the Yukon. Toronto, ON: Ryerson Press, 1913, 303 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project