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- 1935-1956, 1995 (Creation)
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15.72 m of textual, graphic and cartographic records (111 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 2 photographs)
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Professor in Aerospace Studies and in Academy of Medicine; also on the staff of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research.
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Fonds consists of 2 accessions:
B1975-0031: Handwritten notebooks of students and Dr. Franks used for recording experiments including index, summary notes and numbered laboratory slides. One oversize folder containing plan of Banting Institute dated 1933 and plans of apparatus and tanks. (111 Boxes plus 1 oversize folder., 1935-1956)
B1995-0042: Two colour photographs of the Franks Flying Suit on display at Camp Borden, Ontario (1995). Once copy print of Franks in his WWII uniform. Also includes 1 file with photographs that documents his brother Hugh Franks appointment to the Board of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1981
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Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, March 2016