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30 cm of textual records
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Percy R. Hilborn was a Canadian industrialist and philanthropist born in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario in 1886. A graduate of McGill University graduate, he was involved in furniture manufacture, including the Canadian Office and School Furniture Co. and Canada Sand Papers Ltd.
An active member of the community, Hilborn served as charter president of the Rotary Club of Preston-Hespeler, chairman of the Preston Planning Board, and a charter governor on the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo in 1957. He was named to the honour roll of the Grand River Conservation Authority after donating a 145 acre park.
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The fonds consists mostly of files relating to some of Percy R. Hilborn's areas of service to the community, including Freeport Sanitarium, Preston War Service Association and Waterloo College and Associate Faculties fundraising. Several Havergal College notebooks belonging to Gertrude R. Wells, who became P.R. Hilborn's wife, are also present.
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Donated in 2000 by Helen Hilborn Bridle.
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