Bereich 'Titel und Anmerkung zur Verantwortlichkeit'
Haupttitel
William N. Ponton fonds
Allgemeine Werkstoffbezeichnung
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Titelangaben zur Verantwortlichkeit
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Bereich "Edition"
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Angaben zum Maßstab (kartografisch)
Angaben zur Projektion (kartografisch)
Angaben zu Koordinaten (kartografisch)
Angaben zum Maßstab (architektonisch)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Bereich "Entstehungszeitraum"
Datum/Laufzeit
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1888-1943 (Anlage)
- Urheber/Bestandsbildner
- Ponton, William Nisbet
Bereich 'Physische Beschreibung'
Physische Beschreibung
0.13 m of textual records, 1 photograph
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Bereich "Archivische Beschreibung"
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
Colonel William Nisbet Ponton, born in 1856 at Belleville, Ont., was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1878, and Osgoode Hall. He practised law in Belleville where he apparently specialized in the administration of property and estates, and served for 27 years on the Belleville Board of Education in addition to acting as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Colonel Ponton was an executive of the Associated Boards of Trade of Ontario. Registrar of the Canadian Bar Association, President of the Ontario Bar Association, a member of the Council of the Canadian Red Cross, Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada A.F. & A.M., a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Empire Society, a Senator of the University of Toronto, Vice-President of the Old Boys' Association of Upper Canada College, and a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He commanded the 15th Battalion, Argyll Light Infantry, from 1892 to 1901. He was also a member of the Belleville and Bay of Quinte Historical society.
Bestandsgeschichte
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
The fonds consists of a ledger of outgoing military correspondence (1899-1901) and personal correspondence from the First World War, as well as newsclippings of poems and pamphlets on the topics of war savings, insurance and food. The personal correspondence provides insight into life during the war from the perspective of a nurse and the father of a soldier.
Bereich "Anmerkungen"
Physischer Zustand
Abgebende Stelle
Donated by Leo Pritzer, 1948.
Ordnung und Klassifikation
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache
- Englisch
Schrift in den Unterlagen
Aufbewahrungsort der Originale
3108
Verfügbarkeit anderer Formate
Zugangsbeschränkungen
Open
Bestimmungen, die die Benutzung, Reproduktion und Veröffentlichung regeln
Public domain
Findmittel
Verbundene Materialien
See also the Lorne and Edith Pierce collection, William N. Ponton sous-fonds (2001.1-73) and the William Nesbit Ponton fonds at Library and Archives Canada - http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=102712&rec_nbr_list=102712
Zuwächse
No further accruals are expected