Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 TR/1880
Title
Marchmont Home : history / Ruth Matheson Buck
Date(s)
- 1956 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
(c. 1905 - 2009)
Biographical history
Ruth Matheson was born at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan and married Geoffrey J. Buck. They lived in Regina for many years.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Ruth Buck.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File contains a four-page typescript history by Ruth Matheson Buck Concerning Marchmont Home, a Belleville orphanage for British Home Children which was established ca. 1870. Also contains a newspaper clipping regarding the arrival of fifty children at the Marchmont Home in 1924.