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Wilfred S. Jobbins fonds
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1953-1980 (Creation)
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- Wilfred Sutton Jobbins
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0.30 m of textual records and 1 photographic album
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Wilfred Sutton Jobbins was born in Melita, Manitoba on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Queen's University and wartime RCCS officers`training in 1941. Jobbins joined the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1947 in Vancouver and represented the organization for 34 years in various parts of Canada, South America and Europe. His most senior position at the NFB was Director of Distribution at the Montreal head office, having previously served in the posts of Director of Commercial Distribution, Assistant-Director of the International Division, as serving as the Board representative in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He retired with his wife, Honora to Mallorytown, Ontario. Later, Wilf and Honora moved to Kingston where he was President of Queen's University Institute for Lifelong Learning. Jobbins passed away in Kingston, Ontario on Sunday, August 9, 2009.
Custodial history
This material was transferred from Film Studies to the government documents division of Queen's University Library. It was transferred to the archives in 2019.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a selection of correspondence, speeches, reports and memos pertaining to distribution at the National Film Board of Canada collected or created by Jobbins during the course of his career.
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English
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2019-046