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[1930]-1990 (Creation)
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- Ebbs, Adele
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24 photographs
6.5 cm of textual records
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Adele Ebbs was born in Toronto in 1909, the daughter of Ethel Mary Page and Taylor Statten, founder of The Taylor Statten Camps. In 1935, Adele married Harry Ebbs, who was a counsellor at one of her father's camps. Throughout their lives, the Ebbs were involved in organized camping in Canada and the United States, as well as in India. Both were honorary life members of the Canadian Camping Association and Dr. Harry Ebbs was a governor of Trent University, where the Ebbs Camping Archives were established in 1979 to honor the Ebbs' contributions to the children's camping movement in Canada.
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This fonds was in the custody of Adele Ebbs before it was donated to Trent University Archives.
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This fonds consists of documents and correspondence relating to the presentation of Trent University honorary degrees to Dr. J. Harry Ebbs and Mary Northway. The fonds also contains documents relating to Mary's death and her bequest of two million dollars to Trent University, various documents relating to Ontario camps and to the Brora Centre, and miscellaneous photographs.
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This fonds was donated by Adele Ebbs.
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For related records see the Adele and Dr. J. Harry Ebbs fonds (80-014), the Ontario Camping Association fonds, and the Canadian Camping Association fonds.
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- Northway, Mary Louise (Subject)