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Finding Aid to the Audrey Chisholm scrapbooks 1954-1989 SFH 696
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Provenance
  • Related materials
  • Conservation Note
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
    100 Larkin Street
    San Francisco, CA 94102
    (415) 557-4567
    info@sfpl.org
    Title: Audrey Welstead Chisholm scrapbooks
    Creator: Chisholm, Audrey Welstead, 1920-2006
    Identifier/Call Number: SFH 696
    Physical Description: 7 over-size manuscript boxes, 1 manuscript box (3.5 Cubic Feet)
    Date (inclusive): 1954-1989
    Date (bulk): 1956-1972
    Abstract: This collection contains 10 scrapbooks created by Audrey Welstead Chisholm documenting her social life and tourism in San Francisco and abroad from the 1950s through the 1980s. Of note are photographs and ephemera documenting aspects of the French Hospital where she worked within scrapbooks 3-6.
    Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
    Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Audrey Chisholm scrapbooks (SFH 696), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

    Provenance

    Donated to the San Francisco Public Library by William M. Fox in 2007.

    Related materials

    Researchers are encouraged to see also SFP 64 French Hospital and Family Photograph Album, [1908-1918] and SFP 63 Agnes Fay Photograph Album.

    Conservation Note

    Some metal staples remain.

    Biography

    Audrey Welstead Chisholm was born in 1920 and raised in St. Catharines. She was a 1942 graduate of Hamilton School of Nursing and served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in WWII. Audrey relocated to San Francisco in 1954 and was a founding member of the Canadian Women's Club SF Bay Area and a member of the Canadian Legion. She was also involved with the French Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center. She died on December 27, 2006 in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada at the age 86.

    Scope and Content

    This collection contains 10 scrapbooks created by Audrey Welstead Chisholm documenting her social life and tourism in San Francisco and abroad from the 1950s through the 1980s. Of note are photographs and ephemera documenting aspects of the French Hospital where she worked within scrapbooks 3-6.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged chronologically.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Culture and tourism
    Hospitals -- California -- San Francisco.
    Restaurants -- California -- San Francisco -- History
    Nightclubs -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
    San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
    Scrapbooks.
    Chisholm, Audrey Welstead, 1920-2006