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Louis J. Flynn fonds
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1953-1996 (Creation)
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- Flynn, Louis J.
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0.26 m of textual records
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Biographical history
Lt. Colonel Louis J. Flynn served with the Canadian Militia for thirty-three years seeing active service in England, North Africa, Italy and North West Europe for six years during World War II. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration for this service and went on to receive the Coronation Medal and the Canadian Centennial Medal.
He served as the President of the Kingston Historical Society for nine years from 1962 to 1971. For his service to the local community he was named Kingston's Man of the Year in 1965 which was followed by the receipt of an honourary degree from the Royal Military College in 1973.
Lt. Col. L. J. Flynn authored several brochures, numerous articles and published two books: "Built on a Rock" and "At School in Kingston." He passed away in the spring of 1980.
Custodial history
This material was donated by Desmond O'Meara, a former president of the Kingston Historic Society, in 1999.
Scope and content
The fonds consists mainly of material relating to Louis Flynn's involvement with the local heritage community during his time as president of the Kingston Historical Society. There are many talks, speeches and articles pertaining to Kingston and the surrounding area which he created and recieved while fulfilling this capacity as president. Also included is a small amount of personal material relating to the advertisement of his book 'Built on a Rock: The Story of the Roman Catholic Church in Kingston 1826-1976,' and records pertaining to the Bail Assessment Committee which he helped found and served on for a number of years.
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2303.35
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Subject to the Copyright Act.
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No further accruals are expected