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North Vancouver Museum and Archive
Fromme Family Fonds
Fond 188
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The Fromme Family Fonds are fonds from the area of Lynn Valley which begun when Julius Fromme and his family moved to the valley 1887. This fond provides a detailed description of the development of the Lynn Valley area and Fromme mountain from the perspective of the Fromme family tree until 1993 due to personal documents submitted by the ancestors of Julius. The fond contains a variety of different forms of historical documents; from photographs and personal documents to household account books and business and community records. Finally the fond contains clippings from newspapers, a history from Lynn Valley Church and other public records from around Lynn Valley pertaining to the family.
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The original function of the fond is to provide insight into the effect that one of the most influential families had on the Lynn Valley area, a family so influential that a mountain was named after them. The audience of said fond would be any wish to gain a deeper understanding of what went on for Lynn Valley to become the area that it is due to an incredibly helpful family.
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The argument that the document creates can be seen that, without the arrival of the Fromme family, Lynn Valley would not be quite as developed as it is today. This is due to the fact that the Frommes had a such a huge effect on the surrounding area, especially that when Julius arrived in the area it took him only a few years to set up the Lynn Valley Lumber Company. Julius was also a part of many organizations and boards throughout his life for many years such as being the “one of the first directors for the Lynn Valley Institute, the Chairman for the Lynn Valley Hospital and Reeve of the district from 1924 until 1930.” These points show that these documents create a narrative that the Frommes were extremely influential for the area of Lynn Valley, but these positions could have easily been filled by any other person or family.
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It was created over a hundred years and multiple generations of a family, therefore the fond shows the development of the area over the years. The documents show what the area needed over time and how their needs changed with the growth of population and loss of the lumber industry to the increase in population leading to the need for more services and housing.
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The fond could possibly help answer a question such as how the area of Lynn Valley developed or in what ways did the Fromme family aid the growth of the Lynn Valley area. The topic that this fond would be used to analyze the history of Lynn Valley as the family it is about have played such a huge role in the growth of Lynn Valley.
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For the methodological approaches, I would choose to use close reading and content analysis. I chose “close reading” as it is an extremely effective method of truly understanding a document. It will help me uncover significant detail and a deeper understanding throughout the multiple documents in the large fond. Close reading will immediately be beneficial towards my analysis of the documents throughout the fond.
Content analysis will help with my analysis of the text as it will uncover recurring themes throughout the fond and documents as it brings up common terms. This method brings up these themes through a method of coding terms in a similar colour to be able to track them once coding the entire document. This method will be incredibly beneficial as it makes it much more easy to uncover themes and give prompts to write on.
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I would use the method of a research paper to display the findings on whichever research opportunity that I uncovered through my analysis of the documents. This would be the most effective as I would be able to clearly outline the details found from the documents pertaining to the research question chosen.
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Something I would like to know of the fond that I used information from would is how could the effect of the arrival of the Fromme family be negative towards the Lynn Valley community and the surrounding area.
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Newspapers reporting on the events relating to the Frommes
Documents on how people are helping the environment recover from logging ex. Efforts by the North Shore Mountain Biking Association (NSMBA)
Documents are written by the Lynn Valley Church on the help given by the Frommes
Papers analyzing Julius Fromme’s finding when he started to log the Lynn Valley area