Margaret V. Ray fonds
Margaret V. Ray fondsFonds number2110 Name of CreatorRay, Margaret V. Dates of Material 1923-1965 TitleMargaret V. Ray fonds Source of title properTitle based on the contents of the fonds. Extent50 cm of textual records Administrative HistoryMargaret Violet Ray, a graduate of Victoria College (Class of 1922) was Librarian at Victoria University, 1952-1963. Scope and ContentFonds consists of correspondence, reports (including photographs), notes, addresses, printed material and other records re Margaret Ray’s investigation of the Germans from Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) settlements at St. Walburg, Saskatchewan and Tupper Creek, British Columbia, on behalf of the Sub-Committee on Refugees of the University of Toronto Women's War Service Committee and her own research interest in refugees and immigration, [ca. 1940]-1952; correspondence, reports, photographs and other material re "rehabilitation" of Indians in British Columbia, particularly the Okanagan Society for Revival of Indian Arts and Crafts, [ca. 1940]-1948; typescript of play written by Margaret Ray relating to Victoria University, [n.d.]; personal records, 1942-1965, including correspondence, typescripts of plays, poems, reviews of "A Book of Canadian Humour" (edited by Ray and J.D. Robins), and material relating to the Okanagan Society.
SeriesNote(s)Immediate Source of Acquisition- Records from accessions 1987.021V, 1990.117V, and 1990.118V [contains photos] were transferred to the Archives from the Chief Librarian's Office ArrangementThe fonds is organized in four series: Correspondence and subject files; Writings; Records relating to First Nations in Canada; and Records relating to immigration and refugees. Finding AidsPhotographs are described in the photograph database: http://archival-photos.vicu.utoronto.ca/ CategoryAdministrators / Faculty personal papers |