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Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

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Part Of
Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
Date Range
1885-1944
Reference Code
M546 / V771
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Scrapbook
Part Of
Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 546
V 771
Sous-Fonds
M546 / V771
Accession Number
2016.8598
2014.8312
8144
8160
Reference Code
M546 / V771
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Scrapbook
Date Range
1885-1944
Physical Description
62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
History / Biographical
Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
Name Access
Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey
Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Subject Access
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Government
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
electronic finding aid
Creator
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Cyril Childe fonds

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Part Of
Cyril Childe fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of family and military photographs, ca.1890-ca.1935, most of which are unidentified; military papers, 1914-1919; poems and expressions of appreciation to Major Child [sic] Late Chief Armor Plate Department , Ministry of Munitions of War, Glasgow and London; Speech to "Girls and Boys …
Date Range
[ca.1890]-1941
Reference Code
M99 / V664
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Cyril Childe fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 99
V 664
Sous-Fonds
M 99
V 664
Accession Number
2934
Reference Code
M99 / V664
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[ca.1890]-1941
Physical Description
16 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (ca.70 prints). -- 2 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Lt. Col. Cyril G. Childe, d.1973, of Banff, Alberta, Canada was in the 1st Division Cyclists during the First World War and was active in militia and Legion activities in peace time.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of family and military photographs, ca.1890-ca.1935, most of which are unidentified; military papers, 1914-1919; poems and expressions of appreciation to Major Child [sic] Late Chief Armor Plate Department , Ministry of Munitions of War, Glasgow and London; Speech to "Girls and Boys of Banff", n.d. re history of Union Jack and explanatory flag diagram; letter dated Dec.4, 1941 from J. D. Hansen to Sylvia Childe re rental property. Also includes some publications.
Name Access
Childe, Cyril
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Military
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Childe, Cyril
Category
Family and personal life
Military
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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