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Rick Neilson fonds
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Fonds
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1857-2019 (predominantly [1980]-2019) (Creation)
- Creator
- Neilson, Rick
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- Kingston, ON
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1.53 m of textual records
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Biographical history
Rick Neilson was a local historian and collector with interests in maritime history, Black and other ethnic communities, and Kingston businesses. Neilson was born and raised in Kingston, and employed with Alcan. He was a longtime and active member of Kingston's diving, marine, and historical communities, including Preserve Our Wrecks, Save Ontario Shipwrecks, Kingston Historical Society, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, and served on the editorial board of FreshWater. In 2008, Neilson and Walter Lewis published "The River Palace," a culmination of decades of work and passion about an important wreck discovered during Neilson's diving explorations. Neilson passed away 19 March 2022.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of newsclippings, articles and research related marine history in Kingston, as well as various aspects of Kingston history, including the Black experience in Kingston and business history. Also includes research on bottles, bicycles, Portsmouth Village, Kingston Penitentiary and all manner of events in Kingston history.
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Good.
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Donated by Lauren Detheridge, 2022.
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- English
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No further accruals are expected.