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Forin family fonds
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- textual record
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- microform
- multiple media
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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Fonds
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1875-1942, 1960 (Creation)
- Creator
- Forin (family)
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Physical description
39 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
The Forin family lived in Belleville, Ontario.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of diaries and other records of John Andrew Forin, (1875-1942) a diary from 1897 of his father John Forin, and records of his brother Peter McLaren Forin, including certificates, diplomas, and other records. The fonds also inludes a microfilm copy of J.A. Forin's 1885 diary kept while he was a volunteer during the Northwest Rebellion, a transcript of this diary from ca. 1960 which also includes some photographs taken of the original diary and other Riel artifacts at the Queen's Own Rifles Museum in Calgary.
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Original 1885 diary held by the Queen's Own Rifles Museum in Calgary.
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Volume list available.
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Archives code(s): MS-0741.
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Accession number(s): MS-0741
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- Forin (family) (Subject)
- Forin, John Andrew, 1861-1957 (Subject)
- Forin, Peter McLaren (Subject)