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- [192-] - 2001 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3.25 m of textual records and other material.
306 photoprint : b&w and colour ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
11 scrapbooks
5 books
2 framed certificates : 40 x 29 cm or smaller
6 framed articles : 35 x 41 cm or smaller
1 medal
1 rolling pin
1 plaque
4 spoons
4 pins
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Dorothy Winnifred Allen, 1908-1990, was born in Upper Cape, New Brunswick. She served as the food editor for the Toronto Globe and Mail from 1957 until 1974. Her cookbook, Fare Exchange, was awarded a silver medal at the 1964 World Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany. For many years she lived in Calgary, Alberta where she was active in the Calgary Canadian Citizenship Council, Ladies Auxiliary of the Calgary General Hospital and the 1988 Winter Olympics. She was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medal in 1977. She and her husband, Charles Ernest Gray, 1909-1999, had two children, Dorothy Helen, ?-2012, and Allen.
Archival history
Donated by Dorothy Allen Gray, Charles E. Gray and Dorothy H. Gray in several accessions between 1980 and 2011.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence; research material and recipes; scrapbooks containing newsclippings of columns, photographs and material relating to publication of books, special events and travel; manuscripts of columns and cookbooks; articles, certificates and other materials about D.H. Gray; books; book reviews; realia; and works by others.
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Text in English.
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Additional archival material located at the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta.
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ckey
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Archivist's note
May 2026 - reprocessed, arranged/described, spreadsheet created, accession updated (KK)
Accessions amalgamated into 243/80.21:
466/90.6
492/91.6
548/94.3
585/95.23
590/96.5
671/00.2
734/02.21
856/08.17
880/11.2