Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Massachusetts, Col. Caldwell moved to Canada and became an officer in the Royal Canadian Dragoons. He taught at the College Militaire Royal in St. Johns, Quebec and became an authority on the history of the area. At the time of his death which took place in nova Scotia when he was 91, he had completed two histories of the Richelieu Valley, and a historical novel 'Etoffe du Pays' which is set in the same area during the period of the American Revolution.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The E. Lloyd Papers were presented to the University of Toronto by E. Lloyd Caldwell's daughter-in-law Mrs. Richard B.V. Caldwell in 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains two unpublished manuscripts of the history of the Richelieu Valley.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English