Fonds F2343 - A. Rosamond Lloyd Robinson Fonds

Identity area

Reference code

CA OTTCA F2343

Title

A. Rosamond Lloyd Robinson Fonds

Date(s)

  • 1946-1960 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

7 cm of textual records
5 scrapbooks
36 photographs : b&w ; 20 cm x 25 cm or smaller
7 artefacts

Context area

Name of creator

(1927-2013)

Biographical history

Alice Rosamond ‘Roz’ Lloyd was born in Govan, Saskatchewan, on 13 November 1927. She attended Trinity College, University of Toronto, graduating with her BA in business in 1949. While at Trinity College she played varsity hockey and volleyball. After graduation she worked at Avro Aircraft and De Havilland Aircraft in the guided missile division. In 1954 her interest in aviation led her to get her private pilot’s license. Lloyd was also a member of the Ninety Nines International Women’s Flying Club and met and married her husband, Douglas Edgar Robinson, at the Toronto Flying Club in May 1956. Douglas E. Robinson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 17 June 1923 and was a commercial pilot.

Rosamond Lloyd Robinson and Douglas Edgar Robinson had one child, Diana, in 1961. Douglas Robinson died on 4 December 2001 in Brampton, Ontario. Rosamond Lloyd Robinson died on 25 July 2013 in Orangeville, Ontario.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Materials received in one accession from the Peel Archives who received them from Diana Robinson.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Fonds consists of records and personal ephemera collected by Lloyd during her years at Trinity College and after graduation. Materials include scrapbooks with pasted-in materials, a diploma and class composite, programmes and informational booklets, photographs, felt crests, hats, and a St Hilda’s blazer.
Contains series:

  1. Personal ephemera
  2. Photographs
  3. Artefacts

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Materials arranged by the archivist.

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

    Language and script notes

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    Finding aids

    Uploaded finding aid

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    Existence and location of copies

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    Description identifier

    a-rosmand-lloyd-robinson

    Institution identifier

    Trinity College Archives

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    07/08/2019

    Language(s)

    • English

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      Sources

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