The Wrong family has many connections to the University of Toronto. George Wrong, son of Margaret and Edward Blake, was professor of history at the University of Toronto and head of the department from 1894 until his retirement in 1927. His son Hume served as lecturer in and assistant professor of history at the University, and his other son Harold and nephew Gerald Blake were graduates of the University.
The collection contains records of three generations of the Blake and Wrong families. It includes papers of Margaret Christian Wrong, a leader in the student Christian movement and missionary educator in Africa. Her files include letters and reports she wrote while with the World Students’ Christian Federation from 1921 until 1926. Her duties with this organization took her to Eastern Europe, where she helped organize student relief in Poland, Austria and the Baltic countries, and established a student YMCA, first in Riga, Latvia, and then in Austria. The material provides details on the issues she faced and the conditions under which she worked.