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Ruby Wilson fonds
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- Textual record
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Fonds
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MJ-251
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Physical description
15.8 cm of textual records.
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Name of creator
(1892-1984)
Biographical history
Ruby Wilson was born in Ontario in 1892. She married James Wilson, and settled in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan. They had children Gerald (1914), Donald (1915), Dorothea (1917), Shirley (1919), Thomas (1921), and Basil (1929). James died in 1954.
Ruby’s eldest daughter Dorothea gave her a diary for Christmas in 1963 to write in. She would keep near-daily diary entries until at least 1970.
Ruby died in 1984.
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Scope and content
This fonds contains the diaries of Ruby Wilson from 1964 to 1970.
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Immediate source of acquisition
This material was donated to the archives as accession 21.2018 by June Wilson on July 14, 2016.
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- English
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Finding aid and file list are available. See attached finding aid.
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Conservation
This fonds was wrapped in mylar and boxed in 2018.
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Box H-124