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Margaret and Henry Greenham fonds
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10 cm of textual records. -- ca.50 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives. -- 4 photograph albums (234 prints)
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Margaret Elizabeth (Haskins) Greenham, 1881-1960, and Henry Warren Greenham, 1870-1953, were educators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Margaret Haskins was born in England and was educated there and in Paris, France. She moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1908, teaching at Havergal Ladies College. She met English-born Henry Greenham in Banff; they married and taught at Pine Lake, Alberta before returning to Banff in 1919. From 1920 until 1947, the Greenhams operated a private school known as the Mountain School. They were leading organizers of cultural activities in Banff. Margaret Greenham was instrumental in the Banff Literary-Dramatic Society, the Merry-Go-Round Theatre for children and Banff Home Industries, a local crafts society.
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Fonds consists of Margaret Greenham papers, volume of poetry by Henry Greenham and Margaret and Henry Greenham photographs. Margaret Greenham papers consist of the following series: I. Writing, after 1917; II. The Mountain School, 1946, 1957; III. Merry-Go-Round Theatre, 1955- 1959; IV. Organizations, 1925, 1939-1958; V. Havergal College yearbooks, 1913, 1915, 1916. Included are manuscripts, scripts, school records, promotional pamphlet, records of Banff Literary Dramatic Club and Banff Home Industries, and newsclippings. Photographs pertain to Henry and Margaret Greenham, friends and activities; the Mountain School; Merry-Go-Round Theatre; Henry Greenham photographs of Wales and early visits to Banff and area, including Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse; also, scenic views of Rocky and Selkirk Mountains by Byron Harmon.
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Acquired by donations and loan for copy, 1966-1982
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- Language is English
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Record No. M451 / V273<br><br>
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- Greenham, Margaret (Subject)
- Greenham, Henry (Subject)