Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00323
Title
Ruth Martin Papers
Date(s)
- [1868?]-[1975?] (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
3 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1908-1996)
Biographical history
Ruth Martin (neé Campbell) was born in 1908 in Toronto. She taught at Eastern High School of Commerce. For many years, she spent her summers near Norway Point in the Lake of Bays area and became interested in the history of the area. She was preparing to write a history of the area before ill health forced her to give up the project. She died in 1996.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of typed transcripts from printed texts, private papers, notes, interviews and photographs and post cards that give the social history of the Lake of Bays area. During the late 19th and early 20 centuries, the area was largely inhabited by those who worked in the lumber industry. With the arrival of summer cottagers at the beginning of the 20th century, the economy improved. The Martin papers describe this period.
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://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English