Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1936-2010 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
5 cm of textual records
5 photographs
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Margaret (Willms) Sallis was born on October 9, 1912 in the Russian Mennonite colony of Molochna. In 1929, her family fled religious persecution in Russia, eventually emigrating to Canada in 1930. Settling first in Coaldale, Alberta, the family moved to Clearbrook, British Columbia (present day Abbotsford), in 1931. Shortly afterwards, Margaret contracted tuberculosis and spent several years in treatment and recovery. During WWII, she worked in Ottawa as a censorship examiner. Following the war, she attended the University of British Columbia, earning a degree in home economics. During this time she met and married Douglas Sallis. After Sallis earned his medical degree the couple moved to Smithville, Wisconsin where Douglas opened a medical practice. There they raised their two children, Friedemann and Christine. Margaret Sallis died on October 29, 1966 of congestive heart failure.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Received from donor, 2017.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Consists of material gathered and created by Margaret Sallis (Willms) during the course of her time as a Mennonite immigrant to Canada, as well as information about her life created after death. Willms was fluent in German and served for a time as a contact for German prisoners of war who were held in France after WWII ended. These letters form the core of the fonds.
The fonds is organized into three series:
- German POW correspondence
- Personal material
- Biographical material
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Appraisal complete, 2017-18 JN
Accruals
Further accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Archival materials do not circulate and must be consulted in the TMM Library and Archives Reading Room. Duplication of materials in the collection may be subject to copyright and other restrictions. Please contact TMM Library and Archives staff for guidance on reproduction.
Language of material
- anglais
- allemand
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
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Rules and/or conventions used
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Fonds processed by Jason Nisenson, December 2018.
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Archivist's note
This AtoM record created by Jason Nisenson, July 2019.