Book
Livre
Benares Historic House
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| Object Name: | Book Livre |
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| Title: | Anderson's Fairy Tales Anderson's Fairy Tales |
| Classification: | Communication Artifacts, Documentary Artifact, Artefacts de communication, Artefacts documentaires |
| Material: | paper, cardboard papier, carton |
| Accession Number: | 2003.2.223 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1902 |
| Description: | A book titled 'Anderson's Fairy Tales', published by Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, New York: 46 East 14th Street; Boston: 100 Purchase Street. The book has a green linen cover, with a rose pattern on the front. The title is in gold, on the spine. There is a coloured painting protected by tissue paper at the front. One black and white etching is loose in the centre of the book. Handwriting on the fly leaf indicate that it belonged to Egerton Sayers: 'Egerton Arthur Sayers, Feb 17th 1902, with Aunt Edes' love'.; Livre en anglais des Contes de fées d'Anderson publié par Thomas Y. Crowell et Cie, New York : 46 East 14th Street; Boston : 100 Purchase Street. Il est recouvert de tissu en lin avec un motif de roses sur le devant. Le titre est écrit en or sur le dos. Il y a une peinture colorée, protégée avec du papier de soie, sur le dessus. Une gravure en noir et blanc se détache dans le centre du livre. L'écriture à la main sur la page de garde indique que le livre appartenait à Egerton Sayers : «Egerton Arthur Sayers, le 17 février 1902, avec tout l'amour de tante Edes». |
| History of Use: | At the outbreak of the War, Egerton Sayers was living in Clarkson working as a clerk in a bank. Unlike his brother Beverly, Egerton was free of family responsibilities and joined up in Nov 10, 1914. While undergoing training in Toronto, Private E. Sayers contracted the mumps and spent a month and a half in hospital. Sailing overseas in May 1915 Private Sayers was posted to the 19th Battalion and went into the trenches of the Western Front in September. During the Battle of the Somme Sept, 1916 Private Sayers was wounded by shrapnel in the arm. Returned to England, Egerton stayed in various hospitals until November recovering from wounds received in battle. Granted a furlough, Egerton returned to Canada in February 1917. For two months Egerton Sayers stayed in Clarkson resting before returning to the Front in April. By January 1918 he had been promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal. Lance Corporal Egerton Sayers was killed in action 21 June 1918 while the 19th Battalion was occupying a defensive line. Egerton Sayers is buried in Bellacourt Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. The book was given to Egerton Arthur Sayers (1890-1919) by his aunt Edith Draper in 17 February 1902. Edith Augusta Draper (ca. 1859-1941) was related to the Harris family through Annie Harris's (1882-1986) marriage to her nephew, Beverly Draper Sayers (1883-1976). Aunt Ede, or Edith Draper, was the great-aunt of Geoffrey, Barbara, and Dora Sayers. Edith Augusta Draper (c. 1859- 1941), the granddaughter of Chief Justice William Henry Draper (1801-1877), had an illustrious career as a nurse and missionary. After attending nursing school at the Bellevue Hospital, New York, and working at the Illinois Training School for Nurses, she trained nurses for the Cook County and Presbyterian Hospitals in Chicago in the early 1890s. By 1893, Edith moved to Montreal to become the first Lady Superintendent of Nurses appointed to the Royal Victoria Hospital until 1896. As the first head nurse at the newly opened Royal Victoria Hospital, Edith immediately started hiring nursing staff and worked on developing a training program for nurses. Three hundred and fifty applications were submitted to take part in this training program, and only twenty-six were accepted as pupil nurses in that first year. High demands from the hospital board to economize and pressures on the staff later caused Edith to hand in her resignation in December 1896. Edith was remembered at the Royal Victoria as an efficient organizer, strict disciplinarian, just and firm. After leaving Montreal, Edith considered retiring but soon found herself in Sydney, Nova Scotia as the Superintendent of the Brooklands Hospital built by the Dominion Steel and Coal Company. With a strong missionary spirit, Edith faced many similar and new problems trying to establish a nursing service in a mining community. Soon afterwards, she travelled overseas in Italy with Swedish psychiatrist and ornithologist, Dr. Axel Munthe (1857-1949). Munthe was one of Europe's most renowned doctors and wrote a bestseller in 1929 « The Story of San Michele ». She remained in Italy for five years nursing. Munthe's retreat on Capri Island is now a nature reserve and museum off the Amalfi Coast. Edith retired from nursing in 1910. She returned to Canada and settled in Erindale. Edith lived in a house originally built for Henry Skynner, the son of Commander Skynner of the Anchorage (now a part of the Museums of Mississauga) located near Dundas Street and close to Erindale Estate. It is assumed that Edith moved to Erindale to be close to her sister Katherine Sayers and her family, the mother of Beverly and Egerton Sayers (1890-1919). Edith lived in Erindale until her death in 1941. For information on Edith Draper, see: Sclater Lewis _Royal Victoria Hospital 1887-1947 (Montreal: McGill, 1969); Vern L. Bullough, Olga Maranjian Church, and Alice P. Stein _American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary_ (New York: Garland Publishing, 1988), 97; Neville Terry _The Royal Vic: the story of Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital, 1894-1994_ (Montreal: McGill, 1994), 148-153. A biographical sketch may also be found at the National Archives of Canada: MG28-I248, vol. 157, file 69. Items donated by Barbara Sayers Larson. Barbara Larson is the daughter of Annie Harris (1882-1986) and Beverly Sayers (1882-1976) and granddaughter of Arthur (1843-1932) and Mary (1859-1954) Harris. Barbara was born January 27, 1920 and was the youngest of three children. Barbara and her siblings, Geoffrey Sayers (1907-1997) and Dora Sayers Caro (1915-2004) donated Benares to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1969 after inheriting it from their aunt, Naomi Harris (1883-1968). Many of the items donated by Barbara originally belonged to her mother or Aunt Naomi and came from Benares. Barbara lived in a log cabin originally given to her by her grandparents at 1723 Birchwood Drive. She still maintains a close tie with Benares and is now living in Kelowna, British Columbia, with her daughter.; Au moment où la guerre éclate, Egerton Sayers habite Clarkson et travaille comme employé de banque. Contrairement à son frère Beverly, Egerton n'a aucune responsabilité familiale et s'inscrit dans l'armée le 10 novembre 1914. Pendant son entrainement à Toronto, le soldat E. Sayers souffre d'oreillons et passe six semaines à l'hôpital. En mai 1915, il est muté au 19e Battaillon et prend la mer pour l'Europe. En septembre, il se rend aux tranchées du front occidental. Pendant le bataille de la Somme en septembre 1916, le soldat Sayers est blessé au bras par des éclats d'obus. De retour en Angleterre, Egerton fait le tour de plusieurs hôpitaux où il se remet de ses blessures de guerre jusqu'au mois de novembre. Les autorités accordent un congé à Egerton qui retourne au Canada en février 1917. Pendant deux mois, Egerton Sayers reste à Clarkson pour s'y reposer, mais il retourne au front en avril. En janvier 1918, il est promu au grade de caporal suppléant. Le caporal suppléant Egerton Sayers est mort au combat le 21 juin 1918 alors que le 19e battaillon occupait la ligne défensive. Egerton Sayers est enterré au cimetière de Bellacourt, Pas de Calais, France. Le 17 février 1902, Edith Draper a offert le livre à son neveu, Egerton Arthur Sayers (1890-1919). Edith Augusta Draper (vers 1859-1941) est entrée par alliance dans la famille Harris quand son neveu, Beverly Draper Sayers (1883-1976), épousa Annie Harris (1882-1986) en 1906. Tante Ede, ou Edith Draper, était la grande-tante de Geoffrey, Barbara, et Dora Sayers. Edith, la petite-fille du Chef de la justice William Henry Draper (1801-1877), a eu une carrière illustre comme infirmière et missionnaire. Après avoir fait ses études d'infirmière à l'hôpital Bellevue, New York, et avoir travaillé à l'école de formation pour infirmières à Illinois, elle a formé des infirmières pour le comté Cook et les hôpitaux presbytériens à Chicago dans les 1890. En 1893, Edith déménagea à Montréal et fut nommée la première femme directrice des infirmières à l'Hôpital Royal Victoria jusqu'en 1896. Comme infirmière en chef au nouvel Hôpital Royal Victoria, Edith a commencé immédiatement à engager du personnel et à developper un programme de formation pour infirmière. La première année, trois cent cinquante candidatures ont été soumises pour le nouveau programme, mais seulement vingt et un élèves ont été acceptés. Les hautes exigences du conseil d'administration de l'hôpital à économiser et les restreintes imposées au personnel ont forcé Edith à démissionner en décembre 1896. À l'hôpital Royal Victoria, chacun se souvenait d'Edith comme étant une organisatrice compétente, une personne stricte, juste et ferme. Après Montréal, Edith pensa prendre sa retraite, mais se retrouva à Sydney, Nouvelle Écosse, comme directrice de l'hôpital Brooklands construit par la compagnie Dominion Steel and Coal. Ayant un esprit de missionnaire, Edith fut confrontée par les mêmes |
| Height: | 3.50 |
| Length: | 17.50 |
| Width: | 12.50 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
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| Institution City: | Mississauga |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |