Collection 2021-064 - Materials relating to Gerry Boyce

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CA ON00156 2021-064

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Materials relating to Gerry Boyce

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  • 1947-2019 (Creation)

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30cm of textual and photographic materials
1 container of CD-ROMs

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(1933-2022)

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Gerald Egerton (Gerry) Boyce was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1933. He graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. in History in 1955 and received an M.A. in History from the University of Manitoba in 1960.

Boyce taught for 32 years in secondary schools in the Quinte region. He retired in 1989 to concentrate on research and writing. His many publications include: Historic Hastings (1967), Hutton of Hastings (1972), The St. Andrew's Chronicles (1978), and Belleville: A Popular History (2008). He was a founding member of the Hastings County Historical Society in 1957 and has remained closely associated with the Society and its collections. He was instrumental in establishing the Hastings County Museum and the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County and he served as a Councillor for the City of Belleville from 1991 to 1997.

Gerry died on 5 October 2022 in Belleville.

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Donated by Egerton Boyce in August 2021.

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Contains negatives and photos belonging to Gerry Boyce; articles, brochures, and ephemera on local authors, sports, running, heritage groups, arts, military, and news; also correspondence between Gerry and others, some research notes and information on archival research; a journal denoting the purchase of Boyce's publications, a list of his talks.

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