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George Demmer collection [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1929-2001.

Reference:

R11529-0-9-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

892133

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George Demmer collection
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Date(s):

1929-2001.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

6.82 m of textual records.
599 photographs : slides.

Language of material:

English

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George Demmer collection [textual record, graphic material]

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The fonds is comprised of documentation pertaining to the life and activities of Dr. Nicholas De Mattyasovsky-Zsolnay, including some personal papers, but consisting primarily of records of organizations in which Dr. Zsolnay was involved, often in a leadership role. These include correspondence, reports, minutes and other records of the Canadian Citizenship Council and the Canadian Citizenship Federation, 1951-1995; minutes, correspondence and reports of the Montreal Citizenship Council, 1961-1975; correspondence, clippings and reports relating to the Hungarian Scout movement, 1956-2000; as well as other material pertaining to Dr. Zsolnay and the organizations in which he was involved. Also included are the Michael Nogrady fonds, 1969-1999, consisting of correspondence and mansucripts pertaining to Nogrady's study of the relationship between Hungarian and ancient Sumerian; as well as the Klari Karpati fonds, consisting of correspondence, notes and other documentation, 1929-2001, relating to her background, her work as a scientist as well as to her artistic endeavours.

The collection also consists of 599 slides of water colours by Klari Karpati, a Hungarian Canadian amateur artist.

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Demmer, George, 1934-

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Demmer, George, 1934- : Born in 1934, in Yugoslavia, george Demmer emigrated to Canada after World War II. Settling in Ottawa, he worked ats a music teacher until his retirement. In his spare time, he collected documentation pertaining to the Hungarian

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Private

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2005-00011-6
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Volume [R11529] 1

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