Fonds - Maureen Adams fonds

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Maureen Adams fonds

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  • [ca. 1960] - [ca. 1995] (Creation)
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    Adams, Maureen (1924 - 2011)

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6.5 cm of textual records

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(1924 - 2011)

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Maureen Adams was a children's librarian and puppeteer who lived in Brampton. She is best known for the 1950s family troupe "The Adams Marionettes", which performed across southern Ontario.

Studying at the University of Toronto, she earned a Bachelor of the Arts and a Bachelor of Library Science, working at libraries in Niagara Falls, Welland, Saskatoon, and Leeds, England. Once in Brampton, she was a teacher-librarian at Ridgeview Public School, McHugh Public School, and Agnes Taylor Public School.

She introduced puppetry into schools as an extracurricular activity, and taught workshops in Brampton and Toronto. She was a Charter member of the Ontario Puppetry Association, member of the Puppeteers of America, and co-founded the Puppetry Guild of Halton/Peel, of which she was President. (The guild made many appearances at the Peel Heritage Complex during kid's events in the 1990s.) A member of the Brampton Arts Council, she received Arts Person of the Year from the organization in 2006.

She met her husband John Adams while in library school, and married in 1952. They had three children.

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Donated after the death of Adams, by her daughter.

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Fonds consists of items collected by Maureen Adams created by organizations in Brampton and Toronto Township, largely centred around the themes of libraries and public schools, but also including items relating to local theatre troupes, municipal facilities, and the Peel Museum and Art Gallery, now the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives.

  • File 1: Programs and brochures
  • File 2: Official openings
  • File 3: Travel and menus
  • File 4: Festival of Flowers, 1963
  • File 5: A History of the Brampton Public School Board, 1968
  • File 6: Calendars
  • File 7: National Library opening, Ottawa, 1967
  • File 8: Centennial Senior Public School
  • File 9: Centennial Secondary School, Brampton shooting, 1975 clippings
  • File 10: News clippings

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