Daniel Cobb Harvey

Daniel Cobb Harvey FRSC
Born	(1886-01-10)10 January 1886 Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died	7 August 1966(1966-08-07) (aged 80) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupations	Historian archivist
Awards	J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal
Provincial Archivist of Nova Scotia
In office 1931–1956
Succeeded by	Charles Bruce Fergusson

Daniel Cobb Harvey FRSC (10 January 1886 – 7 August 1966) was a Canadian historian and archivist who was the Provincial Archivist of Nova Scotia from 1931 to 1956.

Biography

Harvey was born on 10 January 1886 in Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island to parents John and Margaret Harvey (née Cobb).^[1] He attended Prince of Wales College and then Dalhousie University where he graduated in 1910. He achieved a Rhodes scholar upon graduation and then attended Oxford University where he obtained a B.A. and an M.A. From 1915 to 1931 he taught at Wesley College and then at the University of Manitoba.^[2] In 1931 he became Provincial Archivist of Nova Scotia, a newly created position and stayed in the capacity until his retirement in 1956.^[1]

He was President of the Canadian Historical Association from 1937 to 1938. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1928 and he received its J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1942.^[3]

Harvey died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 7 August 1966, at the age of 80.^[4][5]

Publications

• Thomas Darcy McGee: The Prophet Of Canadian Nationality, (1923)^[6]
• The French Régime in Prince Edward Island, (1926)^[2]
• Joseph Howe And Local Patriotism, (1927)^[6]
• The Centenary Of Edward Whelan, (1926)^[6]
• The Colonization Of Canada, (1936)^[6]
• The Heart of Howe, (1939)^[2]

References

1. Waite, Peter B. "Daniel C. Harvey and the Public Archives of Nova Scotia". Dalhousie University.
2. Wallace, William Stewart; McKay, William Angus, eds. (1978). Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography (4 ed.). London, England: Macmillan Publishers. p. 340.
3. "Past Award Winners". The Royal Society of Canada. 21 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024.
4. [Saint John Times Globe] (8 August 1966). "Dr. D. C. Harvey dies at age 80". Saint John Times Globe. The Canadian Press. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
5. [The Montreal Star] (8 August 1966). "Obituaries: Dr. Daniel Harvey". The Montreal Star. p. 14. Retrieved 14 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Author - Daniel Cobb HARVEY". Author and Book Info.

Further reading

• Fergusson, C. B.; Kilbourn, William (December 1966). "Notes and Comments: Daniel Cobb Harvey; Literary History of Canada". The Canadian Historical Review. 47 (4). University of Toronto Press: 399–400. doi:10.3138/chr-047-04-06. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
• [Halifax Mail] (19 July 1931). "Prof. Harvey is Named Archivist". Halifax Mail. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
• McKay, Ian (2016). "Liberty, Equality and Tourism: D. C. Harvey, Prince Edward Island, and the Power of Tourism/History, 1931-1956". Social History. 49 (99). Les Publications: 263–287. doi:10.1353/his.2016.0000. ISSN 0018-2257.
• McKay, Ian (2019). "The "Morals of Genealogy": Liberal Settler Colonialism, the Nova Scotia Archives, and the North American Ancestor-Hunters, 1890-1980". Acadiensis. 48 (2). University of New Brunswick: 43–89. doi:10.1353/aca.2019.0010. JSTOR 26817801.

External links

• D. C. Harvey at Open Library
• Works by Daniel Cobb Harvey at Faded Page (Canada)