Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1928-1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1.38 m of textual records
8 photographs : b&w
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Clara Bernhardt (1911-1993) was a poet, novelist, composer, and columnist, who lived in Cambridge, Ontario. At the age of eleven she was stricken with polio and confined to a wheelchair. Although she was unable to pursue more that a Grade 8 education, Bernhardt wrote poetry, articles, and stories. Her newspaper columns circulated in Canada and the United States for more than sixty years, and she was a columnist for the Preston Times Herald (now the Cambridge Times) for thirty years. She published three volumes of poetry, two novels, and a book of songs. In 1991 Clara Bernhardt was presented with the Order of Ontario.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Fonds acquired from Clara Bernhardt in 1985.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of publications, manuscripts, scrapbooks, personal and business papers, and other materials produced and collected by Clara Bernhardt. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Biographical; Prose; Poetry; Reviews; Music; Personal papers; Business papers; Publications.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Related material can be found in the A.M. Hedderick fonds.
Notes area
Note
Title taken from the contents of the fonds.
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Place access points
Name access points
- Bernhardt, Clara, 1911-1993 (Subject)