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Portable Writing Desk - 1937

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Material
Wood
Brass
Paper
Glass
Metal
Description
1 portable writing desk : wood with brass fittings; 9 x 14 x 4.5 in
More detail
1 image
Collection
SAC Stationary
Title
Writing Desk Belonging to Donald B. Spence '37
Name Access
Spence, Donald B.
Subject Access
1930S
Writing
School Supplies
Old Boys
Category
Personal Artifacts
Sub-Category
Written Communication T&E
Geographic Access
Aurora
Start Date
1937
Description
1 portable writing desk : wood with brass fittings; 9 x 14 x 4.5 in
Public Description
A portable writing desk, along with some postcards, an ink well, and a math protratcor, all belonging to Donald B. Spence '37. Professor Spence attended St. Andrew's from 1931 to 1937, and in his grad year won the Ashton Medal in English and the Wyld Prize in Latin. He was also an editor of The Review and a librarian. After graduation he attended the University of Toronto and earned a B.A. in Philosophy and English, and later a post-graduate in Internatonal Law. For most of his career he taught at the Osgoode Hall Law School (now York University). He later retired to Muskoka, making regular trips to England. He had a lifelong passion for history, the arts, and the legal profession.
Material
Wood
Brass
Paper
Glass
Metal
Culture
Old Boys
Height
4.5
Width
14
Length
9
Units Of Measurement
Inches
Number Of Parts
9
Part Names
Desk
Ink well
Protractor
Letters/cards (x6)
Accession No.
2022-1267
Type
Artifact
Images
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