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The Road to L.M. Montgomery

The Road to L.M. Montgomery was a periodical that published 150 items in sixteen issues between 1995 and 2003. Edited by Joanne E. Wood (now Joanne Lebold), the periodical was the newsletter of the Kindred Spirits Society of Hamilton (Ontario), of which Beverley A. Hayden was president.

1: December 1995 (8)

“Do You Like Anne of Green Gables and Lucy Maud Montgomery”? 1.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

“Happenings.” 2.

“News Briefs.” 2.

Hayden, Beverley A. “On the Road Again.” 3.

Gastle, Kathy. “Lucy Maud Montgomery, the Norval Years, 1926–1935.” 4–5.

Wood, Joanne E. “A Day in Bala.” 6.

Hayden, Beverley A. “Blue No More.” 7–8.

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2: June 1996 (12)

Kajihara, Yuka. “An Influential Anne in Japan.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne E. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Kindred Spirits E-mail List.” 3.

Firth, A. Margaret. “Anne . . . in Ontario!” 4–5.

Garland, Helen. “Sesquicentennial Quilt.” 5.

Smith, Edith K. “The Road to Leaskdale.” 6–7.

“Congratulations.” 7.

Wood, Joanne. “The Differences between Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of Windy Willows.” 8–9.

Hayden, Beverley A. “Montgomery’s Spirit in the Village at Christmas.” 10, 12.

“A Letter from Maud.” 11.

Kingston, Melanie A. “‘I’ve a Plummy Bit of News’: LMM and Holiday Fruitcake.” 1, 12.

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3: December 1996 (13)

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 3.

Hayden, Beverley. “A Victorian Tea Montgomery Christmas in Norval, December 1995.” 3.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Firth, Margaret. “Anne of Green Gables Day at Westfield Heritage Centre.” 4–5.

Smith, Edith K. “‘Father’s God, Not Ellen Greene’s God.’” 6–7.

Hayden, Bev. “Thank You.” 7.

Gastle, Kathy. “Rea Wilmshurst 1941–1996: Kindred Spirit Remembered.” 8.

Wood, Joanne E. “Bala Revisited.” 9.

“News Briefs.” 9.

Hayden, Bev. “Conference Memories.” 10.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Conference Memories.” 10.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “An Idyllic Day at Pearsie.” 11.

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4: June 1997 (12)

Smith, Edith K. “Beautiful Boy: The Boys in L.M. Montgomery’s Life and Literature.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Motherhood.” 3.

Hayden, Beverley. “Anne of Green Gables and the Women’s Institute.” 4, 12.

Wood, Joanne. “Leaskdale Manse Plaque Dedication.” 5, 12.

Wood, Joanne E. “The Cavendish Library.” 6–7.

Kindred Spouse. “A Kindred’s Shadow.” 8.

“Fire at Green Gables.” 8.

“Aunt Maud’s Recipe Book.” 9.

Firth, A. Margaret. “Anne of Green Gables Day—Sunday, September 14, 1997.” 10.

Hayden, Beverley. “Moments from Our Meetings.” 11.

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5: December 1997 (12)

Hayden, Beverley. “Double-Ended Elegance: LMM and the Radial Railway.” 1, 16.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Gastle, Kathy. “Lucy Maud Montgomery Garden & the Analematic Sundial, Norval, Ontario.” 3.

“‘Rea’s Barre’—A Memorial to Rea Wilmshurst.” 4.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “Birth Day Girl.” 4.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “My Heart-Daughter, Zoie.” 5.

Kingston, Melanie. “L.M. Montgomery’s Susan Baker: A Canadian Patriot.” 6–7.

“1997—A Busy Year for the Kindred Spirits Society of Hamilton.” 8–9.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “Childhood’s Closeness to the Kingdom of Heaven.” 10–11.

Wood, Joanne E. “‘Canadian Favourites’: The First Canadian Paperback Editions of L.M. Montgomery’s Novels.” 12–13.

Allan, Ruth. “Seventy-Five Years Later.” 14.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Fires in L.M. Montgomery’s Books.” 15.

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6: June 1998 (10)

Ryan, Leslie Lynne. “The Road to Priest Pond.” 1, 10–11.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Wood, Joanne E. “I Know a Secret.” 3.

“Book Notes.” 3.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “The Kindest Kindredest Gift.” 4–5.

“In Memoriam.” 5.

Wood, Joanne E. “Discovering . . . The Road to Yesterday.” 6–7.

Smith, Edith K. “A Tale of Two Senators.” 8–9.

“Different Editions of Anne of Ingleside.” 12.

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7: December 1998 (10)

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Remembrances of War and Walter.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Ryan, Leslie Lynne. “The Ladies’ Home Journal in 1899.” 3, 12.

Hayden, Beverley. “L.M. Montgomery’s Childhood Journals Encoded in Her Fiction.” 4–5.

Wood, Joanne E. “Illustrations of Anne and L.M. Montgomery’s Opinion of Them.” 6–7.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “The Path to Park Corner.” 8–9.

Bryant, Stella. “L.M. Montgomery’s Appeal to Japanese Readers.” 9.

Kingston, Melanie A. “L.M. Montgomery’s ‘Answer.’” 10.

Hale, Katherine. “The Answer.” 10.

“LMM Days in Uxbridge Township, October 17–24, 1998.” 11.

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8: June 1999 (8)

Kingston, Melanie A. “A Structured Life.” 1.

Hayden, Bev. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “The War Years of Rilla and Elizabeth.” 3, 12.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “LMM and the Tower of London.” 4–5.

Hayden, Beverley. “Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Paralleling the Declining Mental Health of Lucy Maud and Ewen Macdonald.” 6–9.

Wood, Joanne. “Anne of Green Gables—the 1937 Play.” 10–11.

“Anne of Green Gables Day: Westfield Heritage Village.” 12.

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9: December 1999 (9)

Smith, Edith K. “‘Everyday’s Most Quiet Need.’” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Hayden, Beverley A. “L.M. Montgomery Bridges the Oceans.” 3.

Ryan, Leslie Lynne. “The Demon Rum: Attitudes Towards Alcohol in L.M. Montgomery’s Lifetime.” 4–6.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “A Storytelling Evening in Cavendish United Church.” 7.

Wood, Joanne E. “The ‘Anne of Green Gables’ RKO Radio Picture—1934.” 8–10.

Firth, A. Margaret. “Anne of Green Gables Day at Westfield Heritage Village.” 11.

“L.M. Montgomery: Life and Legend.” 11.

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10: June 2000 (9)

Allan, Ruth. “The Eternal Question.” 1, 11–12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

“In Memoriam.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Spirits.” 2.

Ando, Hitomi. “Buttercups Reading Circle.” 3.

“Anne of Green Gables Day: Westfield Heritage Village.” 3.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “Eye of the Beholder.” 4–5.

Hayden, Bev. “The Enduring Genius of L.M. Montgomery.” 6–7.

Wood, Joanne E. “Silence Is Golden: The 1919 Anne of Green Gables Silent Movie.” 8–10.

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11: December 2020 (8)

Hayden, Beverley. “Silent Teardrops: L.M. Montgomery at the Bideford Manse.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Firth, Anne Margaret. “Anne of Green Gables Day at Westfield Heritage Village.” 3.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Bernard Freeman Trotter = Walter Blythe?” 4–5.

Smith, Edith Katherine. “L.M. Montgomery: Powerful Professional Woman and Wit.” 6–8.

Wood, Joanne. “Canadian Singers and Their Songs.” 9, 11.

Wood, Joanne E. “L.M. Montgomery Day—Uxbridge, Ontario.” 10–11.

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12: June 2001 (9)

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Splendid Indeed.” 1.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

“Book Notes.” 2.

“Can You Name This Writer?” 3.

“Anne of Green Gables Day: Westfield Heritage Village.” 3.

Hayden, Beverley A. “If Love Should Come: Loves and Romances of L.M. Montgomery.” 4–5.

Hayden, Bev, and Joanne Wood. “Remembering Wilda Clark: October 14, 1913 to December 31, 2000.” 6–7.

Allan, Ruth. “The Silent Enemy: Canada and the Deadly Flu.” 8–9, 12.

Smith, Edith K. “The Townsends and Montgomerys of Park Corner, P.E.I.” 10–12.

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13: December 2001 (10)

Macneill, Jennie. “Cavendish United Church of Canada Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Remembering Lucy Maud Montgomery.” 3.

Montgomery, L.M. “The Garden in Winter.” 3.

Hayden, Beverley. “‘Jane’—Victorian Table Dancer: Table Rapping & Spiritualism.” 4–5.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Emily Reaches Flapperhood? L.M. Montgomery’s Visit to Hamilton.” 6.

“Thinks Modern Flapper Will Be Strict Mother.” 7.

Wood, Joanne E. “Bobbed, Banged and Raven Black: The Quest for Beautiful Hair in L.M. Montgomery’s Novels.” 8–9.

Smith, Edith K. “The Road to Uxbridge.” 10–11.

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14: June 2002 (7)

Firth, A. Margaret. “‘Come into the Garden, Maud.’” 1, 10–12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

“In Memory.” 2.

Hayden, Beverley A. “Eccentric. Artist. Author. Genius.” 3–5.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Searching for Maud in Prince Albert.” 6–7.

Smith, Edith K. “Sisters Under Their Skin.” 8–9.

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15: December 2002 (5)

Laing, Elana. “Confessions of an Anne Addict.” 1, 12.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne E. “The Joy of Receiving a Book.” 3–5.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “Gone with the Wind’s Margaret Mitchell.” 6–8.

Wood, Joanne E. “Marian Keith.” 9–11.

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16: June 2003 (8)

Hayden, Beverley. “Minute by Minute: The Cavendish Literary Society 1886–1924.” 1, 14–16.

Hayden, Beverley A. “A Message from Our President.” 2.

Wood, Joanne. “Dear Kindred Friends.” 2.

Richardson, Roberta. “A Letter from the Past.” 3–5.

Smith, Mary Evelyn. “The Recovery of the Marco Polo.” 6–7.

“Past and Present Members of the Kindred Spirits Society of Hamilton.” 7.

Campbell, Donna. “The Cavendish Home of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Re-creation Project.” 8–9.

Smith, Edith K. “M & M: Montgomery Versus McCullough: Rewriting the Script.” 10–13.

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Published on 22 December 2020; last updated on 28 March 2024. Please contact the site owner with additions, corrections, questions, and suggestions.