Personal papers including curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings and photographs of Helen C. Abell, rural sociologist. 1956- 2005.

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Personal papers including curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings and photographs of Helen C. Abell, rural sociologist. 1956- 2005.

Also includes handwritten notes, biographical information and articles on H. Abell; correspondence written by her from Nigeria (1962) and Ghana (1964-1965) to her family; H. Abell's obituary, April 2005. Photos also include H. Abell at Girls' Conference, Guelph, 1963 and at an area veterinarians meeting, Spring 1964.

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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...