Courage: The Story of James Dunn

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Courage: The Story of James Dunn

Entry/Object ID

2011.037.018

Tags

Algoma Steel Corporation, Algoma, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Scope and Content

Book, biography of Sir. James Dunn, a Canadian financer and industrialist during the 20th century. He was most well known for becoming president of Algoma Steel in 1935. He remained president for twenty consecutive years, until his death in 1956

Context

Sir. James Dunn was Canadian financer and industrialist during the 20th century. He was most well known for becoming president of Algoma Steel in 1935. He remained president for twenty consecutive years, until his death in 1956. He was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick in 1874. The biography discusses the more personal life of Sir James Dunn, since the biography was written by Lord Beaverbrook, a friend of James Dunn named Mix Aitken. The book is broken down into 16 chapters, they are as follows: 1. Thursday's Child 2. Small Potatoes 3. Love and London 4. Betrayal and Disaster 5. War and Recovery 6. Heart of Grief 7. Algoma 8. Trouble, Trouble Everywhere 9. War and Love 10. The Menace and Mr. Howie 11. Make Steel 12. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah 13. Honours and Fairing 14. Eccentricities 15. Dreamer of Dreams 16. Eternity

Collection

Algoma Ontario History, Northern Ontario History, Sault Ste. Marie History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Biography

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Max Aitken, Brunswick Press

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1960

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Courage: The Story of James Dunn

Description

Book, biography of Sir. James Dunn, a Canadian financer and industrialist during the 20th century. He was most well known for becoming president of Algoma Steel in 1935. He remained president for twenty consecutive years, until his death in 1956

Creator

Max Aitken

Date(s) of Creation

1961

Subjects

History, Steel, Steel industry, Presidents, Businessmen

Ethnography

Cultural Region

District

Algoma, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

City

Sault Ste. Maire, Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

221

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Northern Ontario History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 12, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Tear, Creasing

Date Examined

Jan 12, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding

Notes

The damage is to the dust cover

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Northern Ontario History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on January 12th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 12, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

June 9, 2022