Collection - Pimlott and Aird parks collection

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Title proper

Pimlott and Aird parks collection

Level of description

Collection

Archival description area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Douglas Pimlott was the first Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Innis College (University of Toronto). He is recognized as the originating force behind the Canadian environmental movement and was a specialist in the habits and habitat of the wolf.

Name of creator

Custodial history

These materials were located in Pimlott’s office at the University of Toronto and were forwarded to Trent University Archives by Prof. Paul Aird along with some of his own parks-related files via Prof. George Warecki in 2001.

Scope and content

Collection consists of files on parks, containing brochures, ephemera, and other material. Some folders contain correspondence from and to Prof. Douglas Pimlott relating to parks.

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Restrictions on access

None. All material is open.

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