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Title
Date(s)
- 1932-2006 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1.94 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Flora Roy (1912-2008) was a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario from 1948 until 1993. Roy received her BA and MA from the University of Saskatchewan and her PhD from the University of Toronto. In 1948 she became a professor in the English Department at Waterloo College (now Wilfrid Laurier University), and served as Department Chair for 30 years. Roy retired from full time teaching in 1978 but continued to teach on a part-time basis until 1993. She received the Confederation Medal in 1967, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal in 1978, Wilfrid Laurier University Language Arts Award in 1984, and the Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association Distinguished Educator award in 1995. In 1988 Flora Roy received an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The fonds was acquired from Flora Roy in 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, publications, university material, diaries, personal records and other material produced and accumulated by Flora Roy. It is arranged in the following series: Courses; University affairs; University events; Correspondence; Personal; Creative works : published and unpublished; Works by Dr. Roy; University; Local history; Personal interest file; Recollections; Additional deposits.
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Conditions governing access
Some restrictions apply.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
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Note
Title taken from the contents of the fonds.
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Name access points
- Wilfrid Laurier University (Subject)
- Waterloo Lutheran Seminary (Subject)
- Waterloo Lutheran University (Subject)
- Waterloo College (Subject)
- Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada (Subject)