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Harry P. and Alice Mackeen Fonds (Accession No Nova Scotia Archives Finding Aid - Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds (Accession no. 2007-060) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.1 Printed: July 17, 2017 Language of description: English Nova Scotia Archives 6016 University Ave. Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 1W4 Telephone: (902) 424-6060 Fax: (902) 424-0628 Email: [email protected] http://archives.novascotia.ca/ https://memoryns.ca/index.php/harry-p-and-alice-mackeen-fonds Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 5 - Page 2 - Accession no. 2007-060 Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds Summary information Repository: Nova Scotia Archives Title: Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds ID: Accession no. 2007-060 Date: 1921-1980 (date of creation) Physical description: * 41 cm of textual records * ca. 175 photographs Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Henry "Harry" Poole MacKeen was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on 17 June 1892, the son of David MacKeen, former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1915-1916), and Jane Kate (Crerar) MacKeen. He was educated at St. Andrew's College in Toronto and graduated from McGill University with a BA in 1914. He served during World War I as an artillery officer, rising from the rank of lieutenant to major. He completed his BCL at McGill in 1920 and received his LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 1921. Thereafter, he practiced law with Stewart, Smith, and MacKeen in Halifax, starting that same year. On 6 October 1928 he married Alice Richardson Tilly, daughter of former New Brunswick Premier Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley in Saint John, New Brunswick. He also served with the 2nd Battalion, Halifax Rifles, during World War II and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel by 1945. He acted as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the battalion from 1948 to 1960. He was a director of the Nova Scotia Trust Company, Point Pleasant Park, Atlantic Building Materials Ltd., Consulting Ed., and the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest. He served on the Board of Governors of the Federation of Insurance Counsel, 1960-1963. He also served as president of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, which made him an honorary president in 1960 and honorary life member in 1966; and as a vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association. In 1963 he was appointed the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since Confederation. He served in that capacity until 1968. Thereafter, he was appointed the first Chancellor of Acadia University in 1969. That same year he received the Medal of Service from the Order of Canada. He died on 20 April 1971. Nova Scotia Archives Page 3 Accession no. 2007-060 Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Alice Richardson (Tilley) MacKeen was born in Saint John, New Brunswick on 11 August 1904, the daughter of former New Brunswick Premier, Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley and Laura Tremaine (Richardson) Tilley. She was also the granddaughter of Samuel Tilley, one of the Fathers of Confederation. On 6 October 1928 she married Henry Poole MacKeen, son of former Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor, David MacKeen in Saint John, New Brunswick. In 1936 Alice was badly burned during a Halifax Harbour boating accident after she was trapped in the flames near the bow of the vessel. In 1963 her husband was appointed the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since Confederation and served in that capacity until 1968. She died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 14 July 1996. Scope and content Fonds consists of documents relating to Harry P. MacKeen's term as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Alice MacKeen's role as wife of the Lieutenant Governor. The contents of the fonds include private photographs as well as official photographs as the Vice-Regal couple, along with programs, honours and awards received in that capacity. Also includes scrapbooks which were received or compiled by Mr. and Mrs. MacKeen during their tenure at Government House. Notes Title notes Immediate source of acquisition Donated to NSARM by the MacKeens' daughter, Judith Moreira, in 2008. Finding aids "File / item list is attached.":https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/harry-p-and-alice-mackeen-fonds.pdf Related material Photographic portrait of H.P. MacKeen by Sherman Hines, Accession no. 1973-093 Other notes • Publication status: Published Nova Scotia Archives Page 4 Accession no. 2007-060 Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds Series descriptions Ref code Title Dates Access status Container 2007-060/001-01 File - Letter to H.P. MacKeen re: the 29 May 1963 final report of the Royal Commission on the cost of borrowing money, the cost of credit and related matters in the Province of Nova Scotia. 2007-060/001-02 File - Christmas card sent out by between 1963 Lieutenant Governor MacKeen and Mrs. and 1968 MacKeen 2007-060/001-03 File - Presentation from Sister Agnes between 1963 Clare and 1968 2007-060/001-04 File - Alice R. MacKeen account of the 1964 IEL Trade Mission to Japan 2007-060/001-05 File - Christmas card from Governor- between 1967 General Roland Michener and Mrs. and 1968 Norah Michener 2007-060/001-06 File - Letter of appreciation from Jean 1968 Cole to H.P. and A.R. MacKeen 2007-060/001-07 File - Letter from Olive Diefenbaker to 28 March 1969 Mr. McKeen 2007-060/001-08 File - Letter from J.M.R. Beveridge, 30 September President of Acadia University, to Mrs. 1971 H.P. MacKeen re: donation 2007-060/001-09 File - Convocation program re: honorary 7-8 October degree for H.P. MacKeen 1965 2007-060/001-10 File - Program from the special 14 July 1967 convocation for the opening of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building 2007-060/001-11 File - Copy of an interview with the 22 January 1968 Honourable H.P. MacKeen 2007-060/001-12 File - Program from the testimonial 30 May 1968 dinner for H.P. MacKeen and his wife by the House of Assembly 2007-060/001-13 File - Rostrum from an annual dinner 4 June 1968 2007-060/001-14 File - Program from the Annual John 22 June 1968 Cabot Day by the Cape Breton Historical Society 2007-060/001-15 File - Order of Service for Remembrance 10 November Sunday at St. David's Presbyterian 1968 Church - Halifax 2007-060/001-16 File - Program from the Order of Canada 21 April 1970 Investiture Ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa 2007-060/001-17 File - Program from the opening 10 January 1972 ceremonies of the Acadia Students Centre 2007-060/001-18 File - Photocopy of an Acadia Bulletin 1969 article on the installation of H.P. MacKeen as Acadia University's first Chancellor Nova Scotia Archives Page 5 Accession no. 2007-060 Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds 2007-060/001-19 File - Photocopy of an article referencing 1971 H.P. MacKeen taken from the Acadia Bulletin 2007-060/001-20 File - Photocopy of an article referencing 1972 H.P. MacKeen taken from the Acadia Bulletin 2007-060/001-21 File - Photocopies of newspaper 195- - 1988 clippings re: Lt. Gov. H.P. MacKeen and Mrs. Alice MacKeen 2007-060/001-22 File - Zate (Zeta Psi) Fraternity Reunion 194-?-195-? 2007-060/001-23 File - Who's Who in Canada sketch of 1961 Henry Poole MacKeen 2007-060/001-24 File - Images from the investiture of H.P. 4 March 1963 MacKeen as Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia by J.L. Ilsley / Harry A. Cochrane - Halifax Mail-Star Chronicle-Herald 2007-060/001-25 File - Image of the girl who was selected 7 October 1963 as Miss United Appeal 2007-060/001-26 File - Mrs. Alice MacKeen shaking 7 October 1963 hands with Miss United Appeal while an unidentified man looks on 2007-060/001-27 File - Mrs. Alice MacKeen and three 7 October 1963 unidentified ladies sit around Miss United Appeal 2007-060/001-28 File - Autographed photo of Teresa 16 November Stratas 1963 2007-060/001-29 File - Official portrait of the Hon. H.P. between 1963 MacKeen and Mrs. MacKeen and 1968 2007-060/001-30 File - Lt. Gov. and Mrs. MacKeen between 1963 descending the stairs from an Air Canada and 1968 airplane 2007-060/001-31 File - Mrs. Alice MacKeen receiving between 1963 flowers from an unidentified girl and 1968 2007-060/001-32 File - Dignitaries from left to right: between 1963 Mrs. Brock, Hon. H.P. MacKeen, Mrs. and 1968 MacKeen, Rear Admiral G.V. Brock, Mrs. G.C. Nowlan, and Mr. Scouler 2007-060/001-33 File - Photograph of Aide-de-camp Cy between 1963 Fear, A.R. MacKeen, H.P. MacKeen, and and 1968 Bob and Bill (Billie Bell) Moncel going to the opening of the House 2007-060/001-34 File - Photograph from the United 1 November Services Ball 1964 2007-060/001-35 File - Photograph of Sir James Younger, ca. 1964 Lord Wemys, and H.P. McKeen in Edinburgh, Scotland 2007-060/001-36 File - Lt. Gov. H.P. MacKeen with five 11 March 1965 unidentified men at an industrial site / Benjamin Studios - Darmouth, Nova Scotia 2007-060/001-37 File - Visit of the Queen Mother 1 July 1967 2007-060/001-38 File - Photographs from Mount Allison 13 May 1968 University re: honorary degree for H.P. MacKeen Nova Scotia Archives Page 6 Accession no. 2007-060 Harry P. and Alice MacKeen fonds 2007-060/001-39 File - Photograph of Lt. Gov. and Mrs. 1968 H.P. MacKeen with Dr. Maria Rostocka and patient / Bailey Photo - Kentville, Nova Scotia 2007-060/001-40 File - Image of from left to right: C.J.
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