Fonds F0024 - Pat Roome fonds

Open original Digital object

Title proper

Pat Roome fonds

General material designation

  • Textual record
  • Graphic material

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title supplied based on provenance of the fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

CA MRUASC F0024

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Date(s)

  • 1992, 2006-2012 (Creation)
    Creator
    Pat Roome

Physical description

9.3 cm of textual records
10 photographs

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Name of creator

([19--]-)

Biographical history

Pat Roome was a history professor at Mount Royal College/University and the founder of what became the Mount Royal University Archives and Special Collections. Roome joined Mount Royal College in 1974 and taught Canadian history and women’s studies until 2007. Starting in 2008, Roome was seconded to lead the Centennial Archives Project, which sought to establish an institutional archives for the college, which would play a central role in Mount Royal's centennial in 2010. While heading the archives, Roome acquired institutional and private records relating to Mount Royal's history, inventoried the institution's art collection, and promoted the archives and Mount Royal College history though centennial projects such as the establishment of the military memorial scholarships and the naming of the Kerby LRT station. Now retired, Roome's contributions to Mount Royal continue to be recognized in the Patricia Roome Centennial Scholarship, which is awarded to a fourth year history student of high academic achievement.

Custodial history

Custodial history is unknown.

Scope and content

Fonds documents Pat Roome's work on projects commemorating Mount Royal's centennial in 2010, including: the establishment of the Military Memorial Bursaries, a centennial mural, time capsule, postage stamp issue, the design of a Mount Royal tartan, and the research and publication of institutional history books. Fonds also documents Roome's other work as the first director of what became the Mount Royal Archives and Special Collections. The fonds contains centennial project summaries, event planning notes and documents, research notes, design mock-ups, photo inventories, and correspondence.

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Arrangement

Language of material

Script of material

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

Some files restricted for privacy reasons. Please see lower-level descriptions for details and consult archivist.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

General note

The photograph linked to this description is a photograph of Pat Roome taken from the December 13, 2007 issue of "Mount Royal This Week", http://www.mtroyal.ca/documents/mountroyalthisweek/dec132007/yearbooks_mrtw_dec13_07.html Retrieved February 23, 2018.

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number

Subject access points

Place access points

Genre access points

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Created February 23, 2018 by SD.

Digital object (Master) rights area

Digital object (Reference) rights area

Digital object (Thumbnail) rights area

Accession area