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Personal archives of Linda deBedia Oland
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1912-1965 (Creation)
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13.52 cm of textual records and graphic material. - 4 photographs
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Linda deBedia Oland was born in 1892 as the daughter of parents who had settled in Havana, Cuba. As a teenager, Linda was sent to Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was while attending this school that she fell in love with Sidney Culverwell Oland. In 1912, they married, settled in Halifax, and had four children: Victor, Bruce, Don, and Amadita. Linda was president of the Atlantic War Fund of Halifax.
Upon her death in 1966, Sidney Oland established the Linda Oland Endowed Scholarship at Mount Saint Vincent University in memory of his deceased wife. The scholarship continues to be offered to students attending Mount Saint Vincent University today.
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Series consists of textual records related to the personal life and volunteer activities of Linda deBedia Oland. Series also contains three portraits of Bruce Oland. Files in the series were mixed in the Oland and Son fonds (MS-4-135). No other records from Linda deBedia Oland are known to exist.
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