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1906-1965 (Creation)
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78 cm of textual records
1 audio reel
32 negatives
3 printing plates
144 photographs
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Fonds consists of material relating to the life and career of George Elmore Reaman. His position as superintendent of the Bowmanville Training School for Boys and later of the Glen Lawrence School is represented by clippings, photographs and ephemera. His interest in a wide variety of topics, including psychology, education, agriculture and history are represented by correspondence, research files and manuscripts. Typescripts of two unpublished novels "What Sorrow Beyond Sorrows" and "Strangers on the Earth" are also present.
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Donated by Elaine Reaman, G.E. Reaman's daughter, in 1985.
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Fonds is arranged in eight series as follows:
1. Correspondence;
2. Glen Lawrence School;
3. Bowmanville Training School for Boys;
4.Research;
5. Personal, Biographical;
6. Manuscripts;
7. Published Work;
8. Sound Recordings.
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Other Reaman material can be found at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario (Hist.Mss. 1.71 - Reaman, G. Elmore) and at the National Archives of Canada (MG31-D57 - PDF).
Included in the original donation were publications, photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Reaman's work at the University of Waterloo. These materials have been transferred to the University Archives.
Related records can be found in GA 242.
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Fonds level description created February 2010. Original finding aid created 1985. Series descriptions in 2014.