Identity area
Reference code
CA OTTCA F2092
Title
Date(s)
- 1922-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
13 cm of textual records
3 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marguerite Joyce Jeffrey Finlay Mudge was born on 18 April 1906, likely in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to Francis Jeffrey Finlay and Elizabeth Forsyth. Mudge attended Stamford High School before entering Trinity College where she obtained a BA in 1928. After graduation, she worked at the University of Toronto, British Overseas Children, the office of Judge Edra Ferguson, Canadian Executive Services Overseas, and the Royal Canadian Institute.
Marguerite Joyce Jeffrey Finlay married Gordon Meade Mudge on 3 July 1937. Gordon Mudge was born on 1 January 1906 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Arthur Langley Mudge and Kathleen Sophia Meade. Gordon Mudge entered Trinity College in 1924 and graduated with a BA in 1927. Gordon Mudge served as secretary-treasurer of the Royal Conservatory from 1956 until his death.
Joyce and Gordon Mudge had 3 children: Jeffrey, Graham, and Ramsey. Gordon Meade Mudge died on 8 June 1963 in Montreal and M. Joyce Mudge died on 18 October 2003 in Toronto.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Material accrued in three accessions from M. Joyce Mudge.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds contains correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other items relating mainly to Convocation. The fonds further consists of ephemera and printed material relating to Trinity College collected by both M. Joyce Mudge and Gordon M. Mudge. The fonds contains three black and white photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Material arranged by the archivist at the file level.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Various copyright holders. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any part of the fonds.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
A copy of the Trinity College Yearbook for 1924 was also received and is stored elsewhere in the archives.
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Description identifier
OTTCA-F2092
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Language(s)
- English