Watt, Gertrude Balmer
Author, Journalist, Antique dealer
1879-1963

Gertude Balmer Watt, journalist and antique dealer, was the 
author of A Woman in the West (1907), Town and Trail (1908) and 
numerous columns and reviews for newspapers in the Edmonton area.  
She was a charter member of the Canadian Women’s Press Club, 
which was organized in 1904.  Mrs. Watt was the wife of editor 
Arthur Balmer Watt and the mother of author Frederick Balmer 
Watt.

Text, 1898-1955, 0.06 m    

Clippings, 1907-1955

Correspondence, 1898-1955

Manuscripts, [19-]-1954
Autobiographical article; memoir of the Canadian Women’s Press 
Club, 1954; short stories.

Memorabilia, 1910-[1946]
Includes announcements; cartoons; poem; program; sketches.

Newspapers, 1911-1912
Mrs. Watt’s involvement with The Saturday News and The Mirror.

Publications, 1907-1908
Includes A Woman in the West and Town and Trail, with reviews of 
the books from Canadian newspapers and magazines; newspaper 
columns by "Peggy"; magazine articles.

Radio talks, 1940
Includes correspondence; scripts; a poem.

Access: Open
See also: Arthur Balmer Watt; Frederick Balmer Watt