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    Harold Wright fonds

    • Title:Harold Wright fonds
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    • Author/Creator:Wright, Harold Madison, 1908-
    • Published/Created:1942-1980
    • Holdings

      • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
      • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1637
      • Number of Items:33
      • Status:Available
      • Location Has:Box 1- 33.

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Wright, Harold Madison, 1908-
      Canadian Olympic Association.
      Canadian Field Hockey Association.
      Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
    • Description:6 m of textual records
    • Summary:The fonds consists of professional and personal records (1942-1965) as well as records of the Canadian Olympic Association (1969-1980), the Canadian Field Hockey Association (1963-1972), the Committee Organisateur de les Jeux Olympique (1970-1976), and the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1952-1976).
    • Biography/history note:Harold Wright was born in Winnipeg. He received an M.A. in geology from the University of B.C. (1933) and an M.Sc from the University of Utah (1936). He returned to Vancouver, where he established Wright Engineering Limited, a mining and metallurgy firm. Wright was also very active in athletics. He represented Canada in the 1932 Olympic Games and later, as a businessman, played a major role in Canada's successful bid for the 1976 Summer Games. Wright became president of the Canadian Olympic Association. He also served as director of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada and the British Columbia Sports Federation.
    • Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
    • Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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