Collection 87-001 - Robert Lloyd Hunter collection

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Robert Lloyd Hunter collection

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    87-001

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    • 1556-1897 (Creation)
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      Hunter, Robert Lloyd

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    30.5 cm of textual records
    ca. 82 maps

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    Biographical history

    Robert Lloyd Hunter was born August 19, 1914 to Cecil Hunter and Josephine Sipprel. He went to Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Commerce and Law Certificate from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. From 1939 to 1942 he served as Lieutenant of the 7th Toronto Reserve Regiment and from 1942 to 1945 he served as Captain with the 26th Field Regiment. In 1944 he married Hope Hazen Mackay and they had three daughters. In 1947 he was called to the Bar in Ontario and from 1947 to 1950 he served as a solicitor with the firm of Fraser & Beatty in Toronto. Subsequently, he was Vice-President and Director of Pitfield, Mackay, Ross investment dealers. He was an avid collector of Canadiana (Taken from: Who's Who in Canada. Volume 73). Robert Hunter died in 1986.

    Custodial history

    This collection was collected by and in the custody of Robert Lloyd Hunter before it was donated to the Trent University Archives.

    Scope and content

    This collection consists of petitions, proclamations, printed acts, correspondence relating to British North America, Hudson's Bay Company, and the governance of British North America by the British crown. There are records relating to the Red River Settlement, the British Columbia Act and Oregon Territory, as well as several historical maps.

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    This collection was donated by Robert Lloyd Hunter.

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        Associated material located at Library and Archives Canada, Archives of Ontario and Ste. Marie Among the Hurons in Midland.

        For related records see the Eccles collection.

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        99-004 is an addition to this fonds.

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