Fonds 1288 - Wilbur Rounding Franks fonds

Identity area

Reference code

UTA 1288

Title

Wilbur Rounding Franks fonds

Date(s)

  • 1935-1956, 1995 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

15.72 m of textual, graphic and cartographic records (111 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 2 photographs)

Context area

Name of creator

(1901-1986)

Biographical history

Professor in Aerospace Studies and in Academy of Medicine; also on the staff of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research.

Archival history

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

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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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Open

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      No finding aid.

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      Accession

      B1975-0031

      Accession

      B1995-0042

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, March 2016

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