Fonds F3047 - Coral Etherington fonds

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CA ACU GBA F3047

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Coral Etherington fonds

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  • [ca. 1930] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 letter

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Coral Lydia Strang, 1911-2002, was born in Floweree, Montana, USA and moved with her family to the Claresholm district of Alberta in 1919. She graduated from Calgary Normal School about 1929 and taught on remote southwestern Alberta ranches for two years, then at the Granum Hutterite Colony. In March 1937 she married Alfred Cecil Etherington and they farmed near Claresholm. Coral resumed her work at the Springpoint and Macmillan Hutterite Colonies from about 1966 to1972. Coral and her husband had one daughter, Mary (White), 1938- .

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Gift of Mary White, 2003.

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Scope and content

The fonds consists of a letter from Nellie McClung (one of the Famous Five [Famous 5]) as a result of a public speaking contest won by Strang.

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      The material is in English.

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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