Annie Charlotte Dalton
(nee Armitage, m Will Dalton)
December 9 1865 - January 12 1938
Vancouver Poetry Society
Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Annie Dalton, Vancouver City Archives CVA-125-12
Annie Dalton was born in Birkby, England, (nee Annie Charlotte Armitage) and
came to British Columbia in 1904 with her husband Will Dalton. Annie was noted
as being deaf from an illness at the age of seven. She was a well-known poet
and author in Canada, and had numerous books published of her work.
Dalton book cover illustration by John Kyle
Dalton book illustrations by John Kyle
In 1906, she wrote A Souvenir of Vancouver, a small hardcover volume
that was illustrated by John Kyle, an important early
BC artist and educator. An early version of the Vancouver City crest is shown
on the cover. John Kyle also illustrated a poem by Dalton titled "Love Comes
Riding Along the Way" in Westward Ho! magazine.
Dalton poem illustrated by John Kyle
Dalton published Marriage of Music in 1910, and The Silent Zone in
1926, a small volume of prose and poetry printed in Vancouver by
Cowan & Brookhouse. This volume was illustrated
by Joan Goodall, and issued in a limited edition of 250
copies "numbered and autographed ..." There is a small text quotation by Joan Goodall included.
Dalton book cover illustration by Joan Goodall
Dalton book illustrations by Joan Goodall from The Silent Zone
Other works by Dalton were published in Eastern Canada. In 1924, Flame and
Adventure, 73 pages, was published by MacMillan Company in a hardcover
edition. The book was illustrated by early BC artist Charles
Ferguson. In 1925 Songs and Carols was published.
Dalton book cover illustration by J.W.G. (Jock) Macdonald
Ryerson published The Amber Riders & Other Poems in an edition of 250, 1929;
The Neighing North in an edition of 250, 1931, illustrated by well-known
Canadian artist James Williamson Galloway (Jock) Macdonald;
and Lilies & Leopards in an edition of 500, 1935.
Annie died in Vancouver in 1938 at the age of 72.
A substantial amount of information is available on-line for Dalton, see links
listed below.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
References
WHO'S WHO IN WESTERN CANADA
1911; Edited by C.W. Parker
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men & Women of Western Canada
Published by Canadian Press Association Ltd., Vancouver office
Contains 3,000 biographical sketches in 390 pages, incl. 84 pages photo portraits
References include Willie Dalton and his wife
WHO'S WHO IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1944-45-46
A Record of British Columbia Men and Women of Today
S. Maurice Carter Editor & Publisher
Copyright 1945, printed by Atlas Printers, Vancouver B.C.
312 pages, hardcover; index of names (14 pages), biographies (290 pages)
list of abbreviations (2 pages), advertising including the only portrait in the book
Includes listing for Willie Dalton
CANADIAN WHO'S WHO INDEX 1898 - 1984
1986, Evelyn de R. McMann, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-4633-9
"incorporating Canadian Men and Women of the Time"
Index to more than 33,000 Canadians who were in Who's Who.
https://canadianpoetry.org/hidden_rooms/HR_AnnieCharlotteDalton.html
https://dhil.lib.sfu.ca/doceww/person/1122
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Annie_Charlotte_Dalton
http://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/index.php/annie-charlotte-dalton
https://ceww.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/songs-and-carols-1925-by-annie-charlotte-dalton/
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-rnid/2015/06/12/and-woven-loops-of-silence-circle-you-though-none-may-know-the-secret-of-your-devastating-woe-deaf-poet-annie-charlotte-dalton-o-b-e/
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (no certificate)
(refer to BCVS)
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