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Mabel Burkholder

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Mabel Grace Burkholder (1881–1973) was a Canadian writer and historian.

Biography

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Burkholder was born in 1881 to a family of German settlers. She taught for a short time after obtaining a teaching certificate before turning to writing. She published poetry, short stories, poems and books about the history of Hamilton, Ontario from 1911 to 1968. Burkholder had a regular local history column in The Hamilton Spectator and was a member of the city's branch of Canadian Women's Press Club.[1][2] In 1938, Burkholder was named Hamilton's first Citizen of the Year.[3]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • The course of Impatience Carningham. Toronto Musson Book. 1911.
  • Before the white man came : Indian legends and stories. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart. 1923.
  • The Shield of Honor (1929)
  • The Story of Hamilton (1938)
  • Barton on the Mount (1956)

Short stories

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Further reading

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  • Watters, Reginald Eyre. A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Material, 1682-1960. (2nd Revised Ed.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.

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