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Olive Elsie Knox (?-?)

Teacher, author.

Born at Fort Stewart, Ontario to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Robinson, she spent part of her childhood in the United States and Saskatchewan before arriving in Manitoba, where she graduated from the University of Manitoba. She taught school for a time then, in December 1924, married fellow teacher Harold C. Knox. She began writing in the 1940s, including childrens stories, radio plays, newspaper articles, and several books, including By Paddle and Saddle (1946), Red River Shadows (1948), Little Giant: The Story of Henry Kelsey (1951), Black Falcon (1954), Mrs. Minister (1956), The Young Surveyor (1956), and John Black of Old Kildonan (1958). Many of her books dealt with Western Canadian historical themes. She served as president of the Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian Authors’ Association. In 1970, she was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society. She died sometime between 1977 and 1987.

Her articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

The Question of Louis Riel’s Insanity
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 6, 1949-50 season

Red River Cart
Manitoba Pageant, Number 1, April 1956

Red River Cart Trains
Manitoba Pageant, Number 2, September 1956

Three Weeks with a Red River Cart-Train, Part 1
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1958

Three Weeks with a Red River Cart-Train, Part 2
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1958

Sources:

Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Profile written by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 10 February 2010

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