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Title
Date(s)
- 1929-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.47 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Harding le Riche kept a diary from his early teenage years growing up in South Africa through his move to Canada in 1952 and subsequent life in this country. In these bound volumes, he records personal and family events, activities, early education, his travels, and his post-retirement activities. The diary for 1943-1952 was kept in part by his wife, Margaret Cardross Grant le Riche. These diaries, along with other papers, formed the basis of his memoirs that were published privately in 1993. There are no entries for the period February 1950 to March 1952, the period during which the le Riche family decided to emigrate. This period is, however, well documented in the correspondence files, especially those in B2003-0012. The diary entries conclude on 12 July 1998 except for one trip journal to Iceland in 2003.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
1929-1959: B2002-0016/001(01)-(07)
1959-1985: B2002-0016/002(01)-(04)
1985-1995: B2002-0016/003(01)-(05)
1995-1996: B2003-0012/001(31)
1996-1998: B2003-0012/006(01)
2003: B2006-0004/001(07)
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Conditions governing access
Open