Orillia University Committee Collection
Title
Orillia University Committee Collection
Subject
Universities
Description
The collection consists of newspapers (primarily the Orillia Daily Packet and Times) with stories related to the proposal to establish a campus of the Waterloo Lutheran University in Orillia.
The proposal made by the Orillia University Committee in September 1965 to Simcoe County Council to establish funding for the new university campus was approved, and $600,000 allocated. Fundraising commenced, but was halted in 1968 by the Ontario Ministry of University Affairs.
The proposal made by the Orillia University Committee in September 1965 to Simcoe County Council to establish funding for the new university campus was approved, and $600,000 allocated. Fundraising commenced, but was halted in 1968 by the Ontario Ministry of University Affairs.
Date
1965-1971
Collection Items
Seek $90,000 For University. Daily Packet and Times, May 14, 1965.
University committee seeks $90,000 from the Muskoka District Council.
Replies To Critics Of College Foundation. Daily Packet and Times, May 26, 1971.
Simcoe College Foundation member W.D. (Rusty) Russell replies to criticism at the Rotary Club of Orillia.
Vote $250,000 For Campus Here. Daily Packet and Times, June 8, 1965.
The Orillia Town Council voted to commit $250,000 over ten years to support a University in Orillia.
Back Area College Too. Daily Packet and Times, June 8, 1965.
A motion at Orillia Town Council supported the committees tasked with establishing a community college in Orillia.
Text Of Motion For Campus Grant. Daily Packet and Times, June 8, 1965.
The text of the Orillia town council's motion approving a university campus in Orillia.
Letters to the Editor - University, Daily Packet and Times, June 8, 1965.
Esther Fine supports a university campus in Orillia
WLU Executives Happy With Proposed Sites For College. Daily Packet and Times, August 9, 1966.
Committee satisfied with sites proposed for WLU campus.
Financial Picture. Daily Packet and Times, August 10, 1966.
Concerns the economic realities of Orillia annexing Orillia Township.
Rotarians To Help Speed Up Big College Campaign. Daily Packet and Times, August 10, 1966.
Orillia Rotarians to help canvass for Simcoe University.
More Industrialists Oppose Annexation Bid. Daily Packet and Times, August 11, 1966.
Industrialists oppose Orillia's annexation plans.
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