Ontario Research Foundation and the Royal Ontario Museum
- UTA 1287-10-2
- Subseries
- 1949-1971
Part of Ursula Martius Franklin fonds
Subseries consists of records pertaining to Dr. Franklin’s work with the Ontario Research Foundation (ORF), primarily for the Royal Ontario Museum. Dr. Franklin worked at the Ontario Research Foundation from 1951-1967, first as a Research Fellow and later as a Senior Research Scientist Her work there centered on the use of microscopic and x-ray data to reveal new information about museum objects. Records include data, micrographs, reports, papers, and correspondence. Papers and research pertain to dating museum objects by metallurgical means, Indian pigments, Chinese pigments and bronzes, and arrowheads.
Subseries also includes 2 photographs of the ORF staff, ca. 1954.