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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0135 |
| Title: | Margaret Beare fonds |
| Dates: | 1994-1996 |
| Extent: | 3.0 m of textual records |
| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | Margaret E. Beare is a sociology professor at York University. She had standing at the 1996 Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Arbour Commission) to investigate certain events at the Prison for Women, Kingston Ontario which took place in 1994, and received all the documentation generated by the commission in the course of its investigations. |
| Scope and Content: |
Fonds consists of the records relating to the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Arbour Commission)(1996), including background papers, research papers, testimony, and the final printed report that studied the operations and management of the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario, and the incidents that occurred there starting 22 April 1994. |
| Restrictions on Access and Use: | To be determined. Researchers wishing access to Accession 1996-037 in the Margaret Beare fonds must sign the Access and Use Agreement form before access is granted. |
| Finding Aid: | Item list available. |
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000135.pdf |
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accession: 1996-037. Further accruals are expected. |
| Subject Access Points: | Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Canada). |
| Provenance Access Points: | Beare, Margaret E. |
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Date of creation: 2002/03/20 Date of last revision: 2003/04/03 |
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