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Buchanan family fonds.
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ca. 1850-1986 (Creation)
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1.95 m of textual records and other material
2,143 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. prints ; 36 x 16 cm or smaller
11 photographs : b&w tintypes ; 11 x 7 cm or smaller
4 photographs : b&w glass plate negatives ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller
7 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12 x 7 cm or smaller
4 locks of hair
1 pair of pince-nez glasses : metal and glass ; 12 x 5 cm
4 napkins : linen and cotton thread ; 35 x 50 cm or smaller
1 key : metal ; 7 cm
6 whiteprints ; 90 x 60 cm or smaller
9 blueprints ; 49 x 35 cm
1 quillwork box ; porcupine quill and birch bark ; 24 x 7 x 14 cm
1 patch : fabric ; 10 x 7 cm
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Barbara Buchanan was born in 1931 to Gertrude Woelfle (1898-175) and Victor Buchanan (1899-1981). She was the youngest of three siblings, with a brother Ross Buchanan (?-1997) and sister Phyllis Buchanan Orr (1929-?). Her maternal grandparents were shoe magnate Wellington Ervin Woelfle (1873-1949) and Lydia McEwan (1873-1952).
Barbara was born and raised in Kitchener, attended Ovenden School in Barrie, and subsequently Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. After school she moved to Hamilton, and worked for the Blood Donor Clinic and the Canadian Red Cross, before moving back to Kitchener to live in the family home. Barbara had many pastimes, including supporting the Hamilton Tiger Cats, golfing and curling at the Westmount Golf and Country Club, and driving her Triumph TR at British Sport Car Club events.
Barbara lived in the home at 123 Young Street that was occupied by her grandparents, and later her aunt, until her passing in 2022.
Custodial history
The materials in this collection were created and kept by multiple generations of the same family. The family home at 123 Younge Street, Kitchener, was originally inhabited by Lydia McEwan and Wellington Ervin Woelfle. Their daughter Olive inherited the home, and it was then passed down to Olive's niece Barbara Buchanan. On Barbara's passing in 2022 the estate donated the family papers to the University of Waterloo.
Scope and content
Materials related to the history of the Buchanan, Woelfle, Cook, and McEwan families as well as to extended family members and friends in Waterloo Region. Includes family documents, photographs, information on the family home, ephemera and more that document multiple generations of a Waterloo Region family.
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Donated by the estate of Barbara Buchanan in 2022.
Arrangement
Arranged in series as follows:
- Series 1 : Lydia McEwan and Wellington Ervin Woelfle
- Series 2 : Olive Woelfle
- Series 3 : Gertrude Woelfle and Victor Buchanan and descendants
- Series 4 : Extended family and friends
- Series 5 : Photograph albums
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- English
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Created by JB October 2024.
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- English