Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
William N. Ponton fonds
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1888-1943 (Creation)
- Creator
- Ponton, William Nisbet
Physical description area
Physical description
0.13 m of textual records, 1 photograph
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Colonel William Nisbet Ponton, born in 1856 at Belleville, Ont., was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1878, and Osgoode Hall. He practised law in Belleville where he apparently specialized in the administration ... »
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a ledger of outgoing military correspondence (1899-1901) and personal correspondence from the First World War, as well as newsclippings of poems and pamphlets on the topics of war savings, insurance and food. The personal ... »
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Leo Pritzer, 1948.
Language of material
- English
Location of originals
3108
Restrictions on access
Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Public domain
Associated materials
See also the Lorne and Edith Pierce collection, William N. Ponton sous-fonds (2001.1-73) and the William Nesbit Ponton fonds at Library and Archives Canada - http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=102712&rec_nbr_list=102712
Accruals
No further accruals are expected