Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1949-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
3 m of textual records. -- 18 cm of audio discs. -- 22 cm of audio reels. -- 3 cm of photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert "Rusty" Pringle, 1904-1992, and Ethel Violet "Quinn" Rushton, 1907-1994, of Calgary, Alberta took up the hobby of square dancing in the mid-1950s. They married in 1965. They were actively involved with the Banff Square Dance Institute, later known as the Alberta Square Dance Institute.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Ethel Pringle, 1992.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of the annual instructional materials of the Banff Square Dance Institute and other square dancers' gatherings; badges and name tags; photographs; sound recordings; choreographic diagrams; square dancing magazines; and miscellaneous personal manuscript items.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Pringle, Quinn (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Tuesday, January 30, 2018