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James Hector fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2549
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1970 (originally created 1857-1860)

The fonds consists of correspondence, geological notes, and other records created while a member of the Palliser Expedition.

Hector, James

Riveredge Foundation Ships' Logs collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3094
  • Collection
  • 1790-1872

The collection consists of ships' logs, a shipboard newspaper, and a seaman's diary from merchant and naval sailing vessels. Includes the diary of John Bartlett (1790-1795), a member of the crew of the Massachusetts, an American merchant ship sailing from Boston to Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands and back to Canton via the Sandwich Islands. Bartlett then joined the American whaling ship Elenoro, bound back to the USA via Madagascar. Includes the log (1805-1806) of the Royal George, a British merchant ship sailing from England via India to China and back. Includes a manuscript newspaper published aboard the British naval vessel Alceste in 1816. Also includes logs kept aboard British naval vessels as training exercises by junior officers George Buck Keene (1844-1848), G. T. L. Bolton (1860-1865), and Collingwood Fenwick (1870-1872). These logs feature watercolour views of ports visited, profiles of coastlines, and manuscript maps.

Riveredge Foundation Ships' Logs collection

Marquess of Lorne fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1491
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1883

The fonds consists of a microfilm of newspaper reports, published in The Times and The Scotsman, about Lord Lorne's tour. Includes an 1883 letter from Lord Castletown, describing a trip by CPR from Winnipeg to Calgary. The fonds also consists of photographs of sketches done during the 1881 trip, along with original 1870s sketches of European castles and scenes (possibly done by Princess Louise), which had been glued to the back of these photos. Includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings written by Reverend James MacGregor who accompanied Lorne.

Lorne, Marquess of

W.S. Caine fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-398
  • Fonds
  • 1887-1888

The fonds consists of scrapbook of published letters regarding Caine's trip. Includes other newsclippings from English newspapers about emigration, various colonization schemes, and conditions in the Canadian West.

Caine, W.S.

Charles Harris fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2569
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1892

The fonds consists of Charles account of the 1882 trip from Halifax to Fort Macleod, written in 1892; and a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Harris at the hot springs in Banff (1886).

Harris, Charles E.

Charles McLaughlin series

This series contains a photograph album taken by Charles E. McLaughlin of Edmonton on a trip from Wolf Creek on the McLeod River through to the Peace River country in 1912.

McLaughlin, Charles E.

Postcard Album

Series contains 86 postcards placed in an album in no particular order. The dated postcards range from 1906 to 1913, and were primarily addressed to Mrs. Walter I. Dixon [Jane Gillis], and also to Mr. Walter I. Dixon and Raymond Dixon. Postcards were sent from a number of relatives and friends. A number of the postcards depict locations in Canada as well as the United States. Most of the postcards contain messages.

Drury-Lowe, Lawrence

  • CA GLEN glen-3855
  • Part
  • [ca. 1911-1913]

The fonds consists of a photo album containing some family photographs and images of their travels, as well as greeting cards and other miscellany. The bulk of the images however, show a trip to Alberta around 1911-1913, including views of Calgary, Lethbridge, Crowsnest Pass, Banff and other Alberta locales. Several dozen of the Lethbridge images were taken by Arthur Rafton Canning, 1865-1952, who operated the British & Colonial Photographic Company in Lethbridge from 1907 to 1913.

Drury-Lowe, Lawrence

Survey Map collection

  • CA PEACE F024
  • Collection
  • 1918 - 1919

The collection contains 29 survey maps between Township 81-87 and Range 18-26, West of the 5th Meridian.

Eckersley family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-879
  • Fonds
  • 1887-1920

The fonds consists of Joseph's diary (1887) of his trip from England to Calgary. He subsequently used the same notebook to record details of his quarrying and building contractor business in Calgary (1889-1897). The fonds also consists of Albert's diaries (1900-1907), Joseph Jr.'s First World War letters (1916) [photocopies only], miscellaneous programs, and photographs of Red Deer Lake School (1920).

Eckersley (family)

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