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WA 5 : E. Cora Hind collection.
E. Cora Hind collection. - 1926, 1945, [196-], 1973. - 2 cm of textual records. - 2 audio reels. - 1 photograph.

Cora Hind was born in 1861, educated in Flesherton and Orillia, Ont. and in 1882 moved to Winnipeg where she became the first typist in western Canada. She was Financial and Agricultural editor of the Winnipeg Free Press from 1910-1930 and was a recognized world authority on grain and livestock. She was a founding member of the Canadian Women's Press Club. In 1964 Cora Hind's portrait was hung in the Hall of Fame at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto.


Consists of biographical information, two audio reels entitled "Between Ourselves", correspondence regarding purchase of same, and one autographed photograph.


Title based on contents.
Received as part of the Lady Aberdeen Collection which was donated by the National Council of Women in 1967. Two audio reels of the documentary profile on Dr. E. Cora Hind were donated by the C.B.C.
Finding aid available: file level.

 

File 1
Biographical. - 1945, [196-].
Contents: biographical material about Coa Hind in variety of formats: ts. notes by Elizabreth long; ms. notes by Mes. V. patriarche, book review, and exerpt from a biography published in 1945.

 

File 2
E.Cora Hind : portrait by Gauvin Gentzel & Co., Winnipeg, Man. - 1926. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 27 x 17 cm.
Contents: studio portrait of E. Cora Hind, autographed by her and dated 1926, accompanied by ts. notes by Elizabeth Long.

 

File 3
Between ourselves : Cora Hind, May 14, 1973 / CBC Radio-Canada. - 1973. - 2 audio reels : 19 cm per sec. ; .7 cm.
Contents: two audio reels of a documentary about E. Cora Hind that was aired Jan. 22, 1973.

 

File 4
Between ourselves : correspondence. - 1973.
Contents: correspondence between the CBC and the University of Waterloo about the acquisition of two audio reels of a documentary about E. Cora Hind.