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Ruth Aitken Bristol collection
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- Textual record
- Graphic material
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- Source of title proper: Title based on provenance of collection
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Collection
Reference code
CA PCA Acc2400
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1889-1969 (Creation)
- Creator
- Bristol, Ruth (Aitken)
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Physical description
.048 m of textual records
12 photographs
12 photographs
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Name of creator
Bristol, Ruth (Aitken)
(b. 1901)
Biographical history
Ruth Aitken Bristol, wife of Roger P. Bristol, is the daughter of John Astor and Harriet Aitken, and was born on the 27 January 1901 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. John Astor Aitken was born in Fortune Bay, Prince Edward Island, on the 20 November 1867. He married Harriet Varley on the 21 September 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts. Ruth lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the 1960s and in Cockeysville, Maryland in the 1980s.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The collection consists of genealogical information concerning the Aitken family which was collected by Ruth Aitken Bristol. The files are arranged into the following series:
1. Aitken family history
2. Obituary notices
3. Photographs
4. Miscellaneous historical documents
Included are an autobiography written by John Astor Aitken between 1959 and 1961, with comments written by Ruth Aitken Bristol in 1969; obituary notices and genealogical notes concerning the Aitken and Townsend families; and twelve photographs of Aitken family members, tombstones and homes.
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Language of material
- English
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Restrictions on access
NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
Finding aids
Associated materials
See also: Alice Fraser fonds, Acc3073; See Subject Index for entries under "Aitken"and "Townsend"
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Accompanying material
In series 2, file 7, included in the collection at the time of donation, is missing [January 2002]
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Name access points
- Bristol, Ruth (Aitken) (Creator)
- Aitken (Family), Fortune Bay (P.E.I.) (Subject)
- Townshend (Family), Fortune Bay (P.E.I.) (Subject)
- Aitken, John Astor (Subject)