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Robert Lawrence fonds
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Correspondence

Series consists of letters written by Robert Lawrence to his wife, Marion, while he was stationed overseas during the Second World War, and when he was employed as a travelling salesman throughout Southern Ontario. Marion began corresponding with Robert on the request of his father Blackwell Lawrence, who she met while working the lunch counter at the Federal Five and Dime Restaurant on Ottawa Street North, Hamilton.

Employment Documents

Series consists of a salesman route sheet belonging to Robert Lawrence. The sheet records the towns and cities he visited during the month of February 1948, while employed as a travelling salesman for the Life Savers Company.

Family Records

Series consists of obituaries for Robert and Marion, two photographs, as well as two newspaper clippings, one referring to their marriage, the other about Robert receiving his high school diploma 60 years after he graduated.

Robert Lawrence fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1945-2012

Fonds consists predominantly of original handwritten letters from Robert H. Lawrence, who was stationed in England during the Second World War, to Marion Mortimer of Hamilton, Ontario. The fonds also includes greeting cards, postcards, telegraphs, newspaper clippings and a travelling salesmen's route itinerary.

Lawrence, Robert