The Resource Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944, Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors
Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944, Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors
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The item Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944, Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
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- "The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them for the duration of the conflict. Marie and John, who lived with their own two children in a small house in north Toronto, had met the boys' mother, Margaret Sharp - a distant cousin of Marie - just once. Nobody had any idea how long the war would last. What were they getting themselves into? Nevertheless, all Canadians, Marie was convinced, wanted to do their bit for Britain
- Marie wrote over 150 letters to Margaret Sharp between August 1940 and May 1944, imagining that she could make Margaret feel she was still with her children. She shepherded the boys through education decisions and illnesses, eased their adaptation to a strange new life, and rejoiced when they embraced unfamiliar winter sports. The letters brim with detail about food shortages and rationing, family holidays, the family's efforts to cope with the financial implications of two extra mouths to feed, their involvement in their church, and the games and activities that kept them occupied. Marie's letters reflect the lives and concerns of a particular family in Toronto, but they also reveal a portrait of what was then Canada's second-largest city during wartime. --pub. desc
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 378 pages)
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note:
- Family Tree
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- Isbn
- 9781554582662
- Label
- Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944
- Title
- Just a larger family
- Title remainder
- letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors
- Title variation
- Letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944
- Subject
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- 1939-1945
- Biographies
- Canada
- Children
- Electronic books
- Evacuation of civilians
- Great Britain
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Enfants -- Canada
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Enfants -- Grande-Bretagne
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Évacuation des civils -- Grande-Bretagne
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Heimatfront
- Kanada
- Ontario -- Toronto
- Personal correspondence
- Personal narratives -- Canadian
- Records and correspondence
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987 -- Correspondance
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987 -- Correspondence
- Toronto (Ont.) -- Biography
- Weltkrieg
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969 -- Correspondance
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969 -- Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Canada
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Recits personnels canadiens
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them for the duration of the conflict. Marie and John, who lived with their own two children in a small house in north Toronto, had met the boys' mother, Margaret Sharp - a distant cousin of Marie - just once. Nobody had any idea how long the war would last. What were they getting themselves into? Nevertheless, all Canadians, Marie was convinced, wanted to do their bit for Britain
- Marie wrote over 150 letters to Margaret Sharp between August 1940 and May 1944, imagining that she could make Margaret feel she was still with her children. She shepherded the boys through education decisions and illnesses, eased their adaptation to a strange new life, and rejoiced when they embraced unfamiliar winter sports. The letters brim with detail about food shortages and rationing, family holidays, the family's efforts to cope with the financial implications of two extra mouths to feed, their involvement in their church, and the games and activities that kept them occupied. Marie's letters reflect the lives and concerns of a particular family in Toronto, but they also reveal a portrait of what was then Canada's second-largest city during wartime. --pub. desc
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- UWW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1898-1969
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williamson, Marie
- Dewey number
- 940.53/161
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- D810 C4
- LC item number
- W55 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Sharp, Tom
- Williamson, Mary F
- Series statement
- Life writing series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sharp, Margaret
- Williamson, Marie
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Sharp, Margaret
- Williamson, Marie
- Sharp, Margaret
- Williamson, Marie
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
- HISTORY
- Evacuation of civilians
- Children
- Canada
- Great Britain
- Ontario
- Weltkrieg
- Heimatfront
- Kanada
- Label
- Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944, Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note:
- Family Tree
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- Control code
- 1036259185
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 378 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781554582662
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- portrait
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036259185
- Label
- Just a larger family : letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian home front, 1940-1944, Mary F. Williamson and Tom Sharp, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note:
- Family Tree
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- Control code
- 1036259185
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 378 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781554582662
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- portrait
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036259185
Subject
- 1939-1945
- Biographies
- Canada
- Children
- Electronic books
- Evacuation of civilians
- Great Britain
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Enfants -- Canada
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Enfants -- Grande-Bretagne
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Évacuation des civils -- Grande-Bretagne
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Heimatfront
- Kanada
- Ontario -- Toronto
- Personal correspondence
- Personal narratives -- Canadian
- Records and correspondence
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987 -- Correspondance
- Sharp, Margaret, 1896-1987 -- Correspondence
- Toronto (Ont.) -- Biography
- Weltkrieg
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969 -- Correspondance
- Williamson, Marie, 1898-1969 -- Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Canada
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Recits personnels canadiens
Genre
- Correspondance
- Correspondence
- Electronic books
- Personal correspondence
- Personal narratives
- Biographies
- Recits personnels canadiens
- Records and correspondence
- Personal narratives, Canadian
- Biography
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