The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album is a book compiled by Kevin McCabe and edited by Alexandra Heilbron that was published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside in February 1999. This coffee table book is a beautiful collection of information about L.M. Montgomery's life and works, with essays on a wide breath of topics. The book is generously illustrated with photographs, book covers, news articles, and more.
A new edition of the book was published in 2008.
Here is the description of the book from Fitzhenry & Whiteside:
This striking collection of Lucy Maud Montgomery facts, lore, memorabilia, and tidings provides a comprehensive look at the life and times of one of Canada's most beloved authors. Containing over 400 photographs and illustrations, and nearly 100 articles, The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album weaves together many sides of Maud's complex and multi-faceted life-journey, from the obscure Maritime teacher to internationally beloved author.
Montgomery's own letters, photographs and newspaper articles help illuminate the persona little known beyond the Anne of Green Gables legend - the young Dalhousie student, the nurturing mother and social arbiter, the cat lover, accomplished thespian and avid photographer.
We meet her many beaux and suitors, learn how she coped with economic difficulty during the Depression, and discover how she challenged the exploitive nature of her first publisher, L.C. Page.
Intriguing essays by leading experts shed new light on this fascinating and sometimes troubled genius. Mary Rubio tells us how the private journals of Prince Edward Island's most cherished treasure ended up in Guelph, Ontario alongside one of Maud's literary ancestors, Edith Katherine Smith explores the complex and often contradictory aspects of the passionate puritan, and Sandra Gwyn discusses Maud's influence on such widely-known contemporary authors, as Kit Pearson, Jane Urquhart, and winner of the 1998 Giller Prize, Alice Munro.
Rounding out this fascinating and eclectic treasure trove is a detailed account of Anne of Green Gables festivals world wide, e-mail addresses to all Lucy Maud Montgomery newsletters, web-sites, and much, much more.
Review
"This large, glossy volume is more than just an attractive coffee-table book about one of Canada’s best-loved authors; it is a veritable treasure trove for die-hard Montgomery fans."
–Elisabeth Anne MacDonald-Murray, Canadian Book Review Annual Online
The book includes the following content and essays:
PREFACE by Don Harron
Lucy Maud Montgomery: Passionate Puritan Edith Katherine Smith
Abegweit, "I have come home" L.M. Montgomery
Order of the British Empire Mollie Gillen
Chapter 1. THE LAND SHE WAS BORN TO
A Pilgrimage to L.M. Montgomery's Island Kevin McCabe
The Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace, New London Father Bolger
The Macneill Homestead: "Hallowed Ground" Jennie Macneill
The Hon. Donald Montgomery Homestead Edith Katherine Smith
Silver Bush Sandy Wagner
Green Gables Carolyn Strom Collins
Chapter 2. CHILDHOOD IN P.E.I., 1874-1890
Growing up in Cavendish Kevin McCabe
Maud's Early Schooldays Kevin McCabe
The Alpine Path Kevin McCabe
The Marco Polo: "The Fastest Ship in the World" Kevin McCabe
"The Wreck of the Marco Polo" L.M. Montgomery
Letters Written by Eleven-year-old Maud Robertson Library
The Fashions of L.M. Montgomery Jonathan Walford
Chapter 3. STARTING FRESH IN SASKATCHEWAN, 1890-1
Hugh John Montgomery in Saskatchewan, 1880-90 Kevin McCabe
Lucy Maud Montgomery in Prince Albert Bill Smiley
Chapter 4. THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF MY LIFE, 1891-1898
"The Happiest Year of My Life:" Prince of Wales College Kevin McCabe
The Teaching Years Joanne Wood
Dalhousie University, 1895-96 Kevin McCabe
The Scrapbooks Carolyn Strom Collins
Maud's Beaux Alexandra Heilbron
True Love By A Whisker Bev Hayden
Chapter 5. EARLY WRITING CAREER, 1899-1902
Budding Poetess Kevin McCabe
Bliss Carman
L. M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture John Ferns
Halifax Days Carol Dobson
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Table Talk Kevin McCabe
Through the Eyes of L.M. Montgomery Elizabeth R. Epperly
L.M. Montgomery and Her Pen-Pals Kevin McCabe
Ephraim Weber Kevin McCabe
Chapter 6. RETURN TO CAVENDISH, 1903-1911
A Life Less Happy: the Dilemma of Being Maud Kevin McCabe
Wintertime in Cavendish, 1908 Jennie Macneill
Was Anne a Real Girl? Alexandra Heilbron
Images of Anne Throughout the Years Jack Hutton and Linda Jackson-Hutton
Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables The Boston Republic
Anne Around the World Alexandra Heilbron
Cavendish's 1911 Presentation to Miss Montgomery
Maud's Letter to Fannie Wise L.M. Montgomery
Chapter 7. ONTARIO
Part A. LEASKDALE, 1911-1926
Mrs. Macdonald of the Leakdale Manse Allan McGillivray
The Great War Gabrielle Ceraldi
Chester and Stuart: A Photo Album Kevin McCabe
A Star and a Stone: Maud and Ewen Macdonald Joanne Wood
Two Very Necessary People: Frede And Ewen Kevin McCabe
A Tour of Uxbridge and Leakdale Kevin McCabe
Part B. NORVAL, 1926-35
Norval: Then and Now John Ferns
Living in Norval Kelly Crawford
Maud's and Anne's Recipes Kelly Crawford, Elaine Crawford, Kate Macdonald
L.M. Montgomery and Friendship Mary Beth Cavert
Good Help is Hard to Find Melanie Kingston
LMM and Anne Go to Court Marian Hebb
Part C. TORONTO, 1935-42
Toronto: 1935-42 John Ferns
My Meeting with L.M. Montgomery Winifred Alston
Flowers and L.M. Montgomery Elizabeth Waterston
My Grandmother Donny Luella Veijalainen
L.M. Montgomery Replies to a Young Fan Trudy Ramsey
Remembering Maud in Toronto Yuka Kajihara and D. Jason Nolan
L.M. Montgomery's Last Letter to Ephraim Weber
The Funeral of L.M. Montgomery Kevin McCabe
Obituary of L.M. Montgomery New York Times
Obituary of Ewen Macdonald Presbyterian Register
Chapter 8. MONTGOMERY ON STAGE AND SCREEN
Is This My Anne L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical Don Harron & Norman Campbell
Anne of Green Gables: the Sullivan Adaptations Alexandra Heilbron
Road to Avonlea: A Canadian Success Story Alexandra Heilbron
The Sets of Avonlea Ben Jansen
Avonlea Without Anne Ben Lefebre
An Avonlea Symphony Ben Jansen
Emily of New Moon on Television Alexandra Heilbron
Chapter 9. LMM FESTIVALS
Cavendish's Annual Lucy Maud Montgomery Festival Linda Lowther
Montgomery Christmas in Norval Kathy Gastle
Bala's Museum with Memories of L.M. Montgomery Jack Hutton
Anne Shirley Look-Alike Contests Jack Hutton
Celebrating Anne of the Silver Screen at Westfield Heritage Centre Margaret Firth
Uxbridge/Leakdale L. M. Montgomery Days
Canadian World in Japan Alexandra Heilbron
Chapter 10. SHADES OF L.M. MONTGOMERY
"A Page of Grumbles:" L.M. Montgomery and her Journals Elizabeth Ballantyne
The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Carol Shields
Maud's Money Richard Dionne
Lucy Maud Words
The Motoring Macdonalds Alexandra Heilbron
The Cancer Man
The Sagittarius Woman
The Psychic World of Maud Montgomery Alexandra Heilbron
Chapter 11. ANNE INTERNATIONAL
An Influential Anne in Japan Yuka Kajihara
Home Sweet Home
Japan of Green Gables Murray Whyte
Anne of Red Hair Calvin Trillin
The Kindred Spirits E-mail Newsletter M.E. Smith
Kindred Spirits from Around the World
L.M. Montgomery Magazines and Newsletters
Finding L.M. Montgomery in Quebec Isabelle Goyette
Ethnic Minorities in Montgomery's Writing Kevin McCabe
Canada's Commemorate Stamps Alexandra Heilbron
Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority Inc.
Chapter 12. ANNE IN ACADEMIA
L.M. Montgomery's Book Dedications Mary Beth Cavert
The Cavendish Library Joanne Wood
Why L.M. Montgomery's Journals Came to Guelph Mary Rubio
The Author and the Island Anna Macdonald
The Rescue of the Montgomery-MacMillan Letters Mollie Gillen
Anne of Green Gables: A Sign of the Times Mary E. Doody Jones
Rea Wilmshurst and L.M. Montgomery Susan Drain
The Emily Effect Sandra Gwyn
The Pink and Gold Heart L.M. Montgomery
Appendix-Family Tree
Footnotes
Bibliography
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgements
Index
Archives
Picture Credits
Image credit:
Photograph of my copy of The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album.
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