Material leading up to unpublished papers, 1955-1972. 1955- 1972.

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Material leading up to unpublished papers, 1955-1972. 1955- 1972.

Dr. Helen C. Abell was professor of Sociology at the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo. Her experiences included nutrition specialist for rural extension in Ontario, home economist for the American Can Company, head of Rural Sociology Unit, Canada Department of Agriculture, and numerous overseas assignments for F.A.O. and other government offices in the West Indies, Nigeria, and Ghana, Africa.

19 files, 2 boxes.

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Helen C. Abell Collection (University of Guelph)

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Helen Caroline Abell was a well-known and respected rural sociologist. Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1917, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she was raised. She later attended the Macdonald Institute in Guelph and the University of Toronto for Home Economics, continuing on to gain a Masters (1947) and Ph.D. (1951) in rural sociology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Upon graduation, Dr. Abell moved back to Canada to head the Rural Sociology Research Unit for the Economic Divisi...

Abell, Helen C. (Helen Caroline), 1917-2005

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Helen Caroline Abell was a well-known and respected rural sociologist. Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1917, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she was raised. She later attended the Macdonald Institute in Guelph and the University of Toronto for Home Economics, continuing on to gain a Masters (1947) and Ph.D. (1951) in rural sociology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Upon graduation, Dr. Abell moved back to Canada to head the Rural Sociology Research Unit for the Economic Divisi...

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