Phyllis Gertrude McKie, Lady McKie was a Canadian historian and photographer from Montreal who died in 1983. She was born Phyllis Ross but became Phyllis Birks in 1929 upon her marriage to Gerald Walker Birks, a son of the Montreal businessman Henry Birks. She was widowed,[1] and upon her second marriage, in 1956 to the musician Sir William McKie, she became Lady McKie. She continued however to use the surname "Ross" for professional purposes.
Her principal work is perhaps The Seaflower Venture, a fictionalized account of the life of the 18th-century merchant Charles Robin.
Her papers and photographs are in multiple locations: among them are the archives of the Société Jersiaise;[2] the Cambridge University Library (Royal Commonwealth Society Library);[3] the Maritime History Archive of the Memorial University of Newfoundland;[4][5] and the Library and Archives of Canada.[6][7][8]
She was a great-aunt of the bass-baritone Gerald Finley, and her husband Sir William did much to encourage him in the early stages of his musical education.[9]
References
edit- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Sir William McKie. Retrieved 21 April 2018
- ^ "Société Jersiaise - Jersey History, Culture, Language & Environment".
- ^ "Redirecting to ArchiveSearch".
- ^ Maritime History On-line Catalogue [dead link]
- ^ "Lady McKie".
- ^ Collections Canada [dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "ARCHIVES CANADA". www.archivescanada.ca. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
- ^ Gurewitsch, Matthew (5 November 2010). "A Long Way from Boy Chorister". The New York Times.
External links
edit- The Société Jersiaise This website contains many of Lady McKie's photographs.
- The Maritime History Archive of the Memorial University of Newfoundland
- The Royal Commonwealth Society Library
- Library and Archives Canada
- The Seaflower Venture
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