Fonds 1638 - Arthur Ewart Parks fonds

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UTA 1638

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Arthur Ewart Parks fonds

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  • 1914-1969 (Creation)

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2.5 m of textual and graphic records and publications (20 boxes)

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Name of creator

(1907-[198-])

Biographical history

Born in Toronto, 9 January, 1907, son of William Arthur Parks, Professor of Geology. Arts, 1923-1927, BA 1927 (University College) ; Medicine, MD 1930. Died in Toronto, 198-.

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Correspondence, course and lecture notes relating to his early education at University of Toronto Schools, Upper Canada College and as undergraduate and medical student at the University of Toronto; diaries, addresses, and publications documenting Arthur Parks' education, his military service in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II, and his subsequent career in the insurance business. Also includes course notes of Park's aunt, Mary Louise McLennan, in Education, 1914-1915. Photograph of Camp Borden.

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Open

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      B1985-0016

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      -Original finding aid by Harold Averill, updated by Zoe Weber
      -Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, November 2015

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