Fonds SCA388-GA453 - Forbes family fonds.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Forbes family fonds.

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title from the content of the fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Repository

Reference code

SCA388-GA453

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

Physical description area

Physical description

  • 2.5 meters of textual records
  • 2 scrapbooks (30 photographs : b&w, some col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller ; 3 watercolours : 18 x 12 cm or smaller)
  • 8 albums (2388 photographs : b&w, some col., and hand col., ; 25 x 21 or smaller)
  • 7 loose album pages (86 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm or smaller)
  • 239 photographs : b&w, some col., ; 34 x 27 cm or smaller
  • 17 photographs : b&w, some col. negatives ; 15 x 9 cm or smaller
  • 1 sleeve insignia : cotton embroidered on felt ; 6 x 6 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

Forbes, Betty
(1924-2013)

Biographical history

Millicent Elizabeth "Betty" Forbes was born in Hespeler, Ontario on July 10, 1924 alongside her twin sister, Peg, to parents Millicent Lyall and George Alexander Forbes. Betty grew up at the Forbes family estate, Hillhead, in Hespeler and attended Bishop ... »

Scope and content

The Forbes family fonds contains records related to the Forbes, Buck, Land, Wilson, and Kaufman families, predominately created, and accumulated by Betty Forbes. The material primarily documents the personal lives of Millicent Lyall Forbes, George ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Janet Land in 2019.

Arrangement

Arranged in series as follows:

  • 1. Correspondence.
  • 2. Scrapbooks.
  • 3. Photographs.
  • 4. Press clippings.
  • 5. Ephemera.
  • 6. Betty Forbes's diaries.
  • 7. Forbes family notebooks.

Language of material

  • English
  • French

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Copyright University of Waterloo Library.

Associated materials

Additional diaries and photographs related to the Forbes family fonds is held at the Bishop Strachan School Archives in Toronto, Ontario.

General note

Two photographs in the fonds include examples of redface. These images reflect racist stereotypes that are no longer used or appropriate today. Photographs with examples of redface have been flagged in file 4 and 61.

Access points

Subject access points

Control area

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Described by SGL November 2020.
Reviewed and revised by NM January 2021.

Language of description

  • English