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Social Studies [Canada]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook titled "Social Studies" containing newspaper and magazine clippings [some loose]. Content pertains to the British Empire and its colonies, global trade and industry, and the national development of the United States and Canada. Scrapbook contains a Table of Contents a…

Date Range: [1939 - 1940]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 19

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1939 - 1940]

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook titled "Social Studies" containing newspaper and magazine clippings [some loose]. Content pertains to the British Empire and its colonies, global trade and industry, and the national development of the United States and Canada. Scrapbook contains a Table of Contents attache to the inside front cover [see "Content Details"].

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Industry; Land, settlement and immigration; Politics; Government; History

Geographic Access: Canada; England; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Scrapbook has been interleaved; Some contents encased in mylar sleeves; Scrapbook contains loose materials, handle with care

Category: Commerce and industry; Education; Government; Land, settlement and immigration; Science and technology; Politics

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Content Details: [Table of Contents] Social STudies [sic]: A View of our Empire Britain and World Trade Britain's Overseas Empire Development of U.S.A. World Industrial Competition Canada and the Commonwealth Our Province

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[Social Studies Notes Scrapbook]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notes and assignments from Luxton's studies at the University of Alberta summer school and the Provincial Normal School in Edmonton during the summers between 1934 and 1939. Subject of study mainly social studies.

Date Range: 1934-1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 108

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: II / B /1 : Professional : personal education

Sous-Fonds: II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 108

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1934-1939

Physical Description: ca.13 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of notes and assignments from Luxton's studies at the University of Alberta summer school and the Provincial Normal School in Edmonton during the summers between 1934 and 1939. Subject of study mainly social studies.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Academics; School; Education

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Southern Alberta research project

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6

GMD: Cabinet card; Diary; Organization record; Photograph; Postcard; Print; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook; Textual record; Tintype

Date Range: [ca.1845-1920]

Physical Description: 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.

Subject Access: Activities; Agriculture; Animals; Buildings; Businesses; Community life; Commerce and industry; Communications; Correspondence; Environment; Family and personal life; Farmland; Finances; Genealogy; History; Homestead; Immigration and homesteading; Inventory; Land use; Land, settlement and immigration; Manufacturing; Municipal views; Oil; Postcards; Portrait; Property; Real estate business; Research; Settlement

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

Reproduction Restrictions: Some restrictions may apply - fragile materials

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Communications; Family and personal life; Environment; Land, settlement and immigration; Natural resources

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Souvenir postcard scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts …

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard; Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 3

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard; Textual record

Responsibility: Some items produced by Curt Teich & Co., Nikkosha, Western Publishing & Novelty Co., and H.S. Crocker Co., Inc.

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (158 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm -- 1 textual record)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts About Canada" with statistics from 1936.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Landscapes; Sports; Businesses; Hotels; Commerce and industry; Government

Geographic Access: Canada; Quebec; Montreal; United States of America; San Francisco; California; Hawaii; Hong Kong; Panama; Japan; New York

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Use caution when handling as postcards may fall out - item stored with unbleached cotton string fastening it shut to prevent misplacing contents; Consider removing metal bindings to prevent future rust damage

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday articles [1938 - 1939], National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper articles from the "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday" column by W.M. Davidson, November 1938 - April 1939. Scrapbook also contains ten pages of typed notes from the Special General Meeting of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada dated early April, 1952.

Date Range: 1938 - 1939; 1952

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 28

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 28

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Articles in scrapbook produced by William McCartney Davidson, published in The Albertan newspaper

Date Range: 1938 - 1939; 1952

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: William McCartney Davidson (1872-1942) was born in Ontario and worked as a journalist in Toronto before moving to Calgary and purchasing "The Albertan" newspaper in 1902. William published the newspaper for 24 years, before selling the company in 1926. William and his wife, Ethel Heydon (? - 1969), moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1930. Between 1938 and his death in 1942, William wrote a daily editorial article for The Albertan titled "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday".

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper articles from the "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday" column by W.M. Davidson, November 1938 - April 1939. Scrapbook also contains ten pages of typed notes from the Special General Meeting of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada dated early April, 1952.

Notes: Pages are annotated in ink with the publication dates of original articles.

Name Access: Davidson, William McCartney

Subject Access: The Albertan; Newspaper; Politics; Publication; Public events; Government; Women; Administration; Community events

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Scrapbook is fragile - handle with caution

Language: English

Conservation: Contents interleaved with acid-free tissue paper to prevent ink transfer

Category: Communications; Government; Politics

Biographical Source Notes: https://albertaonrecord.ca/william-and-ethel-davidson-fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / 1

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.

Notes: Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook; Many items loose in scrapbook

Name Access: McLean, Nell; McDougall, George; Mitchell, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Buildings; Events; Animals; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Italy; Rome; Egypt; Cairo; Spain; Greece; Athens; Ireland; Killarney; England; London

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out; Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together; Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939…

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Published record; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 4

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Published record; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records -- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 20 x 25 cm on matboard

Scope & Content: File consists of one travel scrapbook, with various materials including matchboxes, souvenir napkins, booklets and brochures, menus, advertisements, event programs, magazines, maps and travel guides, and one photograph. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's travels to the New York World Fair in 1939, as well as Winnipeg, Montreal, Chicago, Panama and Havana, Cuba around the same time period. Includes image of Eleanor [far right] sitting with three unidentified friends at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana.

Material Details: Scrapbook has no cover or bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Events; Advertising; Businesses; Music; Arts

Geographic Access: Canada; Manitoba; Winnipeg; Quebec; Montreal; United States of America; Panama; Cuba; Havana

Access Restrictions: Access to original copy may be restricted due to poor condition

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Materials held together with unbleached cotton string; Use of original copy not recommended as there are many loose contents and small items which can be lost or misplaced in scrapbook. Once item has been digitized, access to original may be further restricted for preservation reasons

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

Responsibility: Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.

Notes: A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Christoffersen, Gerta; Leighton, Alfred Crocker

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Horses; Horseback riding; Landscapes; Environment; Mountains; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Biography; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; England; London; Australia; Belgium; Italy; Venice; Bermuda; Fiji; Portugal; United States of America; California; Maine; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Lake Louise; Massachusetts; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Athabasca Falls; Niagara Falls; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of correspondence in scrapbook addressed to Mrs. McDross [McDougall Ross] and newspaper clippings relating to Senator George Ross. A copy of March 10, 1917 Calgary Eye Opener News-clippings from Everywoman's World, march 1920 News-clippings from The Standard, May 9, 1942 News-cli…

Date Range: 1953, 1961

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 33

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1953, 1961

Physical Description: 1 item textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of correspondence in scrapbook addressed to Mrs. McDross [McDougall Ross] and newspaper clippings relating to Senator George Ross. A copy of March 10, 1917 Calgary Eye Opener News-clippings from Everywoman's World, march 1920 News-clippings from The Standard, May 9, 1942 News-clippings relating to Senator Ross

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of item.

Processing Status: Processed

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[untitled]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of numerous newspaper clippings and articles.

Date Range: n.d.

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 35

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 35

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of numerous newspaper clippings and articles.

Access Restrictions: RESTRICTED ACCESS - CONSERVATION ISSUES

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of item.

Processing Status: Processed

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World cultures

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of typed sheets of information pasted onto construction paper, including coloured illustrations [n.d.] Scrapbook contains notes on numerous global cultures and nationalities, as well as several poems.

Date Range: [1920 - 1940]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 22

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1920 - 1940]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of typed sheets of information pasted onto construction paper, including coloured illustrations [n.d.] Scrapbook contains notes on numerous global cultures and nationalities, as well as several poems.

Notes: **Note:** Scrapbook includes subjective, inappropriate and culturally inaccurate textual and visual content pertaining to various global regions and cultures. Scrapbook contains language and illustrations which may be offensive to individuals accessing this content.

Subject Access: Cultural pluralism; Environment; Immigration and homesteading; Industry; Land, settlement and immigration; Land use; Agriculture; Natural resources; Settlement

Geographic Access: Canada; England; China; Polynesia; Switzerland; Holland; Italy; Japan; India; Africa; Mexico; Panama; Australia

Access Restrictions: [See "Notes"]

Language: English

Conservation: Two metal binder rings replaced with unbleached string

Category: Cultural pluralism; Environment; Land, settlement and immigration; Natural resources; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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World Progress scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings dated between 1939 and 1940 pertaining to global and Canadian agriculture, commerce, mining, politics and military statistics. Scrapbook is annotated with title on front cover: "World Progress Finances…

Date Range: 1939 - 1940

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 26

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1939 - 1940

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings dated between 1939 and 1940 pertaining to global and Canadian agriculture, commerce, mining, politics and military statistics. Scrapbook is annotated with title on front cover: "World Progress Finances Agriculture Travel Protection". Scrapbook contains table of contents inside front cover [see "Content Details"].

Subject Access: Agriculture; Commerce; Copper and copper mines; Environment; Geography; History; Industry; Labour; Legal and Financial; Military; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Natural resources; Newspaper; Politics; War; World War II

Geographic Access: Canada; Ireland; Germany; England; Russia; France; United States of America; Panama

Language: English

Conservation: Three metal binder rings have been removed and replaced with unbleached string to protect paper contents of scrapbook

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; Government; Labour; Military; Natural resources; Politics; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Content Details: [Table of Contents:] Organized Man Power: Ireland and the War Wheat: Britain and War Taxes Food and the War Wool, Cattle, Metal Markets; Bacteria in Milk Oil, Butter, Sugar: Rayon, Bluestone, Radium Chemical Production in the United States New Methods of Transportation The Soy Bean Irrigation Development of the Soviet Union The Chain Store Co-operatives: Frontier Opening Montreal as a Market Investments Africa Chile: Russia Germany and Synthetic Goods Bermuda: Gibraltar The Great Lakes Project: Rice: Farm Moisture London: The Panama and the Americas Great Britain: Banff: Canada Canada's Milk Production: Butter: Results of War on Sugar, etc. U.S. Alaska Highway: Canada Facts and the Flag Possible mines in Canada: U.S.A. and Latin America Deserts and Snow: The Caribbean Pacific Defences [sic] and the Panama Canal Trans Canada Air Lines: Oil and the War Canada and Japan area comparison: Transatlantic Airways European Politics and Men at the Head of Governments

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World Topics, Discussions, Foreign Countries [1939]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is contains newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series. Scrapbook has title page: World Topics Discussions Foreign Countries. Contents pertain to the colonies, democracy, government, imperialism, international law, minorities, new frontiers, pan-Americanism,…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 23

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 23

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Contents of scrapbook published by The Christian Science Monitor

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is contains newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series. Scrapbook has title page: World Topics Discussions Foreign Countries. Contents pertain to the colonies, democracy, government, imperialism, international law, minorities, new frontiers, pan-Americanism, refugees, war costs, war issues, etc.; geographical regions discussed include the Baltic nations, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Scandinavia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Includes statistics and charts comparing topics and regions listed above.

Language: English

Conservation: Two metal binder rings have been replaced with unbleached string for preservation reasons

Title Source: Title annotated on front cover of scrapbook

Processing Status: Processed

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