Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU GBA F3185
Title
Maria Binette fonds
Date(s)
- [ca. 1909-1929] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
157 postcards
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marie-Leda Cecile Evangeline "Maria" Samson, 1887-1960, was born in Inverness, Quebec. In 1916 she married Gustave Binette, 1892- , and they moved to Calgary, Alberta. Their son Georges, 1917-1918, lived only a short time and Gustave returned to Quebec. Maria remained in Calgary and worked as a cook and housekeeper for the Basilian Fathers and St. Mary's Cathedral.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Patrick Meehan, 2014.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of an album of postcards written to Maria while she lived in Quebec and Calgary, from friends and family in Quebec, the United States and western Canada.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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Language and script notes
The postcards are written in both English and French.
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No finding aid.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Tuesday, April 26, 2016