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Fred R. Rand fonds
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- Graphic material
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3 photographs in postcard format : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
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Biographical history
Frederick “Fred” Rice Rand was born in Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia on 18 August 1895. He was the son of Dr. Frederick Augustus Rand (1859-1922) and Mary Hetty Rice (1870-1963). He was educated in local public schools and entered Mount Allison University in 1912. He completed his BA in 1916. He worked for two years as a chemist at the iron mines in Wabana, Newfoundland, and served one year in the 10th Siege Battery during the First World War before returning to Mount Allison. Between 1919 and 1920, he was instructor in Mechanical Engineering at the McClelan School of Applied Science, and in May 1920, graduated with a Certificate in Applied Science with Honours in Chemistry. He subsequently worked for 52 years as the sales manager and heating engineer with Enamel and Heating Limited of Sackville. After retiring, he was involved with organizing the building of the Athletic Centre and Windsor Hall. He served on the Sackville Hospital Board. He was married to Ethel Winnifred Jones (1902-?) on 2 July 1925 in Sussex, New Brunswick. The couple had one child: Mary Elizabeth (Class of 1951).
Custodial history
Postcards were a gift to the Archives by Mary Rand Tracy, daughter of Fred Rand, New London, New Hampshire, United States of America, June, 1995.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of three images removed from Fred Rand’s photograph album featuring the Mount Allison organizations including the women’s senior (1919) and junior (1920) basketball teams and members of the Krooks secret society. The contents of the fonds provide examples of groups that would have been known on campus during the second decade of the 20th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mary Rand Tracy via the Alumni Office in 1995.
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- English
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Location of originals
Copyprints of the postcards are located in accessions 8038 and 8544.
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No restrictions
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Inventory available at repository
Associated materials
Members of the Ladies’ basketball team are identified in accession 8544
A biographical sketch for Fred R. Rand appears in the Argosy, vol. XLIII, no. 1, November 1916. Transcripts and tapes of interviews with Fred Rand are located in accession 8213 and 8233. He is pictured in Mount Allison Hockey photograph (acc.8731), University Class of 1916 photograph (acc.8272), and Individual Photographs (Archives Picture Collection).
A plan for the Enamel Shop floor of Enamel and Heating Products Ltd. Can be found in accession 8669.
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General note
Internal reference no: Accession 9512