The series provides personal information on the members of the Hingston Family, through their personal correspondence.
The series contains correspondence between the members of the family and with other correspondents. The letters were received by Sir William, Lady Hingston and three of their children: Aileen, Basil and Harold. They were sent by members of the family: Sir William Hales Hingston, William Hingston, S.J., Harold Hingston and Aileen Hingston; and friends and relations.
The series provides historical information on the members of the Hingston Family.
The series contains notices of death, biographical sketches of Sir William, historical brochures, books, admission tickets, maps, newspapers clippings and two family trees. It also contains 133 photographs of family members, partly in a photo album.
Portrait of Father William Hingston
Portrait of Father William Hingston
Fayette Brown, grandfather of Harold William Hingston, dressed in baseball attire
Portrait of Fayette Brown, grandfather of Harold William Hingston
The five daughters of Dr. Donald A. Hingston dressed as bride and bridesmaid, in no particular order : Osla Margaret, Mary Elizabeth, Katherine Isabel, Andrea Aileen and Cynthia Anne
Two story house with veranda and pinion on the roof.
Portrait of Harold Hingston dressed in blouse and skirt, age 3 1/2
The fonds consists mainly of correspondence received by Sir William Hales Hingston and a few letters received by Mrs. Hingston and their sons William, Donald, and Harold.
There are also photographs, press clippings, brochures, invitations, manuscripts of Sir William's writings, business cards, maps and objects. The fonds includes a scrapbook of press clippings relating to Sir William Hingston's political and professional life, an official document appointing him to the Ottawa Improvement Commission in 1902, the original letters patent related to Sir William's knighthood, and a circa 1889 photograph of Sir William. Also included is an album containing 92 wedding and travel photographs of the Hingston family.
The fonds is organized into the following series:
P0134/A Sir William Hales Hingston
P0134/B Family correspondence
P0134/C Family history
Sepia photograph of horse rider.
One word on back, "Bibakiba"
Portrait of Harold Ramsey Hingston and son Harold William Hingston
Sepia photograph of Lady Hingston posing in black dress
Portrait of Lady Hingston, part of a series of five photographs
Portrait of Lady Hingston, part of a series of five photographs
Portrait of Lady Hingston