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Blodwen Davies (1897 - September 10, 1966) was a freelance writer, historian and genealogist, and art history expert who focused on Canadian artists, mostly the Group of Seven, and Canadian history, especially in Ontario.
Davies was born in Longuiel, Quebec, and moved to Fort William (what is now Thunder Bay) to write for local newspapers in Port Arthur.[1]
She moved to Toronto in 1921 to pursue her interests in Canadian art.[2]
During the 1950s, Davies lived in Saskatchewan, where she served as Executive Secretary for the Saskatchewan Arts Board.[3]
Her work was published across Ontario, including in the Newmarket Era[4] and The Liberal from Richmond Hill.[5]She lived most of her life near Toronto, but spent a few years in the United States.
Davies was working on a biography of David Milne at the time of her death.
To her local community of Cedar Grove upon her death, Davies was "the pursuer of facts; the detective of proof; the praiser of crafts"[6] and "the spoon that stirred our memory into action."[6]
Davies pursued her research intensely, even going so far as to request the exhumation of Tom Thomson from his original gravesite at Canoe Lake for inspection.[7] The purpose was twofold: to confirm the final location of Thomson's body (either at Canoe Lake or in the Leith cemetery), and to rule out suicide as the cause of death.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 1c2, Onp7e. "Former Port Arthur Woman Is Making Mark As Writer". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Canadiana. "Blodwen Davies fonds - Héritage". heritage.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/thomson/investigations/1950-1965/5250en.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861 ), 7 Mar 1930, p. 1". news.ourontario.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "The Liberal, 14 Jun 1956, p. 11". history.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ a b "Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 15 Sep 1966, p. 14". news.ourontario.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ a b Davies, Blodwen (1931-07-27). "Application for the exhumation of the body of one Thos. Thomson drowned in Canoe Lake in 1917". www.canadianmysteries.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
Further Reading
[edit]- "The Flying Crossroads of the World" by Blodwen Davies, Newmarket Era, August 29 1930
- "Here's Canada" by Blodwen Davies, Newmarket Era, March 7 1930
- Blodwen Davies Fonds file list, Trent University Archives
- Blodwen Davies Fonds microfilmed reel, Library and Archives Canada