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1942-2011 (Creation)
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- Hadfield, Anthony
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0.04 m of textual records and photographs
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Anthony Butler Hadfield was born in London, England on 25 Apr. 1915. After earning a law degree, Hadfield served in the British Army from 1939 to 1948, rising to the rank of Captain. He entered the automobile association business in 1948 as manager of the Bournemouth office of the Royal Automobile Club in Hampshire. In 1952, Hadfield accepted the job of provincial secretary for the Ontario Motor League (part of the Canadian Automobile Association). He represented Ontario during the opening of the Trans-Canada Highway. He moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1969 and became administrative vice-president of the Automobile Association of Virginia. Hadfield died on 18 May 1981.
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Ruth Dyson Hadfield was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England on 18 October 1922 and was trained as a nurse at the Royal Halifax Infirmary. She wrote poetry in her later years and cared for rescued poodles. She died in Henrico, Virginia on 26 Apr. 2011.
Custodial history
The papers were left in the house of Ruth Hadfield in Henrico, Virginia. after her death, and were acquired by a neighbour when the house was being cleared by the lawyer handling Hadfield’s estate. The neighbour gave the papers to a librarian who had retired from the Library of Congress with the request that they be deposited in an appropriate repository.
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Fonds consists of a journal kept by Anthony Hadfield, secretary of the Ontario Motor League, and his wife Ruth during a cross-country trip by car from July to Sep. 1962 to mark the opening of the Trans-Canada Highway. The journal records the distances travelled each day, the amount of gasoline used, and a commentary on road conditions, scenery, and sites visited along the way. The fonds also includes photographs taken during the trip as well as during visits to the Middle East in 1943 and to England in the 1960s or 1970s, ephemera from the Hadfields' travels, and newspaper clippings regarding the life of Ruth Hadfield.
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- Trans-Canada Highway (Subject)
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2025-01-02 MM creation