University of Manitoba: Prairie Immigration



The Collected Archives Czech Hallama Family fonds Marketa Newman fonds Danish Per Holting fonds English Spencer Family fonds German Frederick Philip Grove fonds Dieter Roger fonds Icelandic Skapti Arason fonds Simon Simonarson fonds Irish Dixon/Baker Family fonds Jewish Sybil Shack fonds Rumanian Tennenhouse Family fonds Scottish Copland, Hunter and Anderson Family fonds MacDonald Family fonds Turks and Caicos Islands Lewis St. George Stubbs fonds Ukrainian Alpha Omega Society fonds Michael Ewanchuk fonds Klymkiw Family fonds Bill Lobchuk fonds Parks Canada fonds G.W. Simpson fonds Mary Wawrykow fonds Bill Wsiaki fonds Anne Yanchyshyn fonds Roman Yereniuk fonds Various Ethnicities & Immigration Policy Ed Kleiman fonds A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection W.C. Murray fonds Mabel Timlin fonds Winnipeg Tribune fonds	Click here to view the digitized archival material. Institution: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Collection Identifier: MSS 55, PC 70, TC 47 Title: Per Holting fonds Dates: 1957-1987 Extent: 0.8 m of textual records and other material Biographical Sketch: Per (pronounced "Pier") Holting was born in Denmark, 1930. While travelling on a temporary U.S. visitor's visa he arrived in Canada in 1950 where he settled for the rest of his life. He worked as a researcher for a power company in Ontario before pursuing formal training in journalism. In 1956 he graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. He also became a Canadian citizen that year. Per worked for 30 years as a freelance journalist and broadcaster doing most of his work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Many of his writing assignments were published in Macleans Reports. Per also enjoyed doing radio and television programs for children such as Vacation Time and Stop, Look and Listen. Digitized Material: The digitized material from the Per Holting fonds consists of drafts of Holting's autobiography, including his immigration experience, and his Canadian citizenship papers. Click here to view a full description of the Per Holting fonds.