Harold Bennett fonds

Fonds number

2106

Name of Creator

Bennett, Harold

Dates of Material

1915–1971

Title

Harold Bennett fonds

Source of title proper

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Extent

18 cm of textual records
13 photographs

Administrative History

Harold Bennett was a graduate of Victoria College in Classics; he later served Victoria as Professor of Classics, 1932–1973, Registrar, 1935–1949, Principal, 1944–1959, and briefly as Acting President, 1949–1950. He retired in 1959.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of speeches, addresses, lecture notes, degrees, memorabilia, correspondence, 1915–1971, of Harold Bennett; verse exercise by John Charles Robertson, 1929.

Note(s)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift
1988.103V
2011.11V

Arrangement

Some items were relocated to the Victoria University Ephemera Collection

Finding Aids

Photographs are described in the photograph database: http://archival-photos.vicu.utoronto.ca/
See the Victoria University Ephemera Collection http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/archives/ephemera

Category

Administrators / Faculty personal papers

Box/File List

Identifiersort descending Title Date
1988.103V-1-1 Lecture notes on classical epic
n.d.
1988.103V-1-2 Lecture notes on Augustan Age
n.d.
1988.103V-1-3 Correspondence
1942-1959
1988.103V-2-1 Personal correspondence and convocation address (Laurentian U)
1968-1971
1988.103V-2-2 Verse exercise by J.C. Robertson to Mrs. G.J. Blewett
1929
1988.103V-2-3 Speeches
n.d. - 1949
1988.103V-2-4 Speeches
1950-1956
1988.103V-2-5 Speeches
1951-1965
1988.103V-2-6 VWA Miscellanea
1923-1935
1988.103V-2-7 Memorabilia
n.d.
1988.103V-3OS-1 University of Toronto Honorary Degree, L.L.D.; Chicago Ph.D.
1921-1969
1988.103V-3OS-2 Honorary Degree, D. Litt., Laurentian; U of T B.A.
n.d., 1915
2011.11V-1OS-1 Certificate of appreciation for service as Acting President
1959