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ca 1840-1996, predominant 1890-1940 (Creation)
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1.53 m of textual records
865 photographs and negatives
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Paul Anthony Wilson Wallace (1891-1967) was born in Cobourg, Ontario. He attended grade school in Toronto, and high school at Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto. He received a B.A. from Victoria University at the University of Toronto in 1915, an M.A. in 1923, and a Ph.D. in 1925. He was active in World War I as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force from 1916-1918. He was a teacher in a one room county school at Baraca, Alberta in 1915, and lectured in English at the University of Alberta from 1919-1922, and at the University of Toronto from 1922-1925. In 1925, he began as Chairman of the Department of English at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. From 1948-1967 he was a staff historian with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Wallace was a prolific writer and published many articles and books, mainly in the field of Pennsylvania and American Indian history, including biographies of Conrad Weiser, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and his three sons, and Milton Hershey; a history of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania, Seed of a Nation; a history of Lebanon Valley College; and three works on the Indians of Pennsylvania and New York: The White Roots of Peace, The Indians of Pennsylvania, and Indian Paths of Pennsylvania. One of his books, "White Roots of Peace" an historical work on the founding of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, was selected for inclusion in the White House library.
He was married to Dorothy Eleanor Clarke in 1919; their two children are Anthony Francis Clarke Wallace and David Harold Wallace.
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Edward Wilson Wallace, Jr is the son of Edward Wilson Wallace and Rose Wallace (Cullen), daughter of Rev. Thomas Cullen. He is the grandson of Francis Huston Wallace and Joy Wilson. EW Wallace Jr. was killed in action during WWII while serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Muriel Joy Wilson Wallace (1885-1974) is the daughter of Francis Huston Wallace and Joy Wilson. She was a high school teacher in Peterborough, Ontario and at Bloor Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
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Fonds consists of various diaries, journals, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs/negatives, regarding travel, careers, school, and life. Includes documentation about travel to China, Europe, World War I, Go Home Bay and the Madawaska Club (cottage community associated with the University of Toronto).
Fonds has been divided into four series: 1 - Paul Anthony Wilson Wallace; 2 - Edward Wilson Wallace, Jr; 3 - Muriel Joy Wilson Wallace; 4 - Photographs.
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1997.014 - Photographs transferred from David H. Wallace (son of Paul Wallace).
2018.07V - Transferred from the United Church of Canada Archives in June 2018.
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Some digital files available. See file level description for details and links.
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Finding Aid 3170 from the United Church of Canada Archives is available on request.
Photographs described in Photograph Database: http://archival-photos.vicu.utoronto.ca/
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Additional Wallace Family correspondence can be found in the University of Victoria Special Collections and Archives in Victoria, BC: SC140 - https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/wallace-family-fonds
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See also the papers of Francis Huston Wallace (Fonds 2186) and Edward Wilson Wallace (Fonds 2020).
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Created by JT: April 25 2019
Updated by JT: Dec 9 2020
Updated by JT: Dec 15 2021
Updated by JT: Nov 7 2024
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United Church of Canada Archives: Finding Aid 3170 - Francis Huston Wallace Fonds. Originally prepared by Mark Van Stempvoort, 1995. Updated by Alex Thomson, 1992, 2000 and by Laura Hallman, 2016.