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American trade, industry and politics scrapbook [1939]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, i…

Date Range: [1939]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 21

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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 - 21

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1939]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, industry, wages and employment, and federal taxes.

Subject Access: Businesses; Commerce; Industry; Communications; Finances; Government; Labour; Laws and legislation; Military; Politics; Science and technology; War; World War II

Geographic Access: United States of America

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Communications; Government; Labour; Law and justice; Military; Politics; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two copies of "Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record: The Manufacturing, Jobbing and Commercial Center of the Canadian West". Content pertains to various businesses operating in Calgary in 1911. LUX / II / F1 / 31 copy is not annotated, LUX / II / F1 / 32 copy has mini…

Date Range: 1911; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 31 and 32

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 31 and 32

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1911; 1954

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 24 x 15 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of two copies of "Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record: The Manufacturing, Jobbing and Commercial Center of the Canadian West". Content pertains to various businesses operating in Calgary in 1911. LUX / II / F1 / 31 copy is not annotated, LUX / II / F1 / 32 copy has miniature card attached to inside of front cover dedicating book to Eric Harvie [dated 1954], as well as annotations on same page [see "Content Details"]. Illegible signature on front cover of same copy.

Notes: Items have been placed in separate files to help differentiate due to being annotated vs. non-annotated, as well as one including attachment.

Name Access: Harvie, Eric; Humphreys, Claude

Subject Access: Advertising; Businesses; Commerce; Commercial products; Industry; Labour; Finances

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Conservation: Items have been stored in separate file folders; Handle with care as items may be fragile [particularly item in file LUX / II / F1 / 32]

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Inside front cover: "PRESENTED TO ERIC L. HARVIE 1954 BY CLAUDE V. HUMPHREYS"

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Herald scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one collection of newspapers and newspaper clippings compiled into one scrapbook bound with string. Content pertains to various publications by the Calgary Herald newspaper between 1933 and 1937. Complete copies and full pages of newspapers make up most of scrapbook; last 6 pages c…

Date Range: 1933-1937

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / B : Georgina Luxton

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / B4 : Collected material

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 38

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1933-1937

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook ; 44.5 x 60 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one collection of newspapers and newspaper clippings compiled into one scrapbook bound with string. Content pertains to various publications by the Calgary Herald newspaper between 1933 and 1937. Complete copies and full pages of newspapers make up most of scrapbook; last 6 pages consist of Calgary Herald newspaper clippings attached to beige construction paper with accompanying notes written in pencil on the pages.

Notes: Annotations in scrapbook are not dated or signed, author unknown [possibly Georgina Luxton]

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Advertising; Calgary Herald; Publication; Community events; Government; Industry; Indigenous Peoples; Immigration and homesteading; Labour; Land use; Agriculture; Holidays; Sports; Recreation; Hockey

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff; Pincher Creek

Access Restrictions: Handle with caution as scrapbook and contents are fragile

Language: English

Conservation: Items wrapped with acid-free tissue paper

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; First nations; Government; Labour; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canada and the Present War [1939 - 1942]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is titled "Canada and the Present War" and consists of newspaper clippings including some full-page excerpts and smaller articles. Scrapbook includes table of contents on first page [see "Content Details"]. Content pertains to Canadian industry, trade, agriculture, national exports, warti…

Date Range: [1939 - 1942]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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 - 20

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1939 - 1942]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook is titled "Canada and the Present War" and consists of newspaper clippings including some full-page excerpts and smaller articles. Scrapbook includes table of contents on first page [see "Content Details"]. Content pertains to Canadian industry, trade, agriculture, national exports, wartime production, and national and global politics; includes statistics for these subjects from World War I and World War II eras [1914 to ca.1942].

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Communications; Education; Environment; History; Industry; Labour; Laws and legislation; Military; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Natural resources; Agriculture; Politics; Politics and government; Science and technology; Ship; War; World War I; World War II

Geographic Access: Canada; Ontario; Germany; United States of America; Russia

Language: English

Conservation: Two metal binder rings were removed to prevent risk of future rust damage and contamination. Scrapbook has been re-fastened with unbleached twine and interleaved with acid-free tissue.

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Content Details: [Scrapbook table of contents]: Telephone System in Canada Argentine Crops and Canada Farm Production in Canada Business Trends and Industry Income Taxes Newsprint St. Lawrence Power Pact Canada's War Metals Long or Short War Food Industries and Capacity Production Canada Wheat and the War War and Wool War Effect on Travel and Foreign Trade Minerals and War Canada and Ships Chemicals and War How Vulnerable are our Mines? Necessary Supplies for War Comparison between Canada 1914 and 1939 War quickens business in Canada Canada's Balance of Trade Radium Development and Trade with South America Election Platforms - Dominion Elections

Processing Status: Processed

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Construction, labour

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs collected and possibly produced by George Luxton. Content pertains to construction work, logging, farming, gardening and related subjects.

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Reference Code: LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 112 to 130

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 112 to 130

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Physical Description: 19 photographs: b&w prints ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs collected and possibly produced by George Luxton. Content pertains to construction work, logging, farming, gardening and related subjects.

Subject Access: Construction; Labour; Transportation; Natural resources; Logging; Buildings

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Natural resources; Transportation; Labour

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

254 images 1 Electronic Resource

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 / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]

Notes: Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.; Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Buildings; Statue; Community life; Commerce and industry; Dockyard; Labour; Farmland; Hotel

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Japan; Kyoto; Yokohama; Kamakura; China; Canton; Guangzhou; Shanghai; Repulse Bay

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Conservation: Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location; Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future; Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out

Related Material: LUX / II / E / 5

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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

Processing Status: Processed

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Your Herald Scrapbook - Airplanes and Air Travel

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: M8 / 2019.83 / 1 consists of one item, 1 cm, ca. 1934 - 1943. Scrapbook provided by The Herald containing compiled news and magazine clippings pertaining to airplanes and air travel before, during and after World War II

Date Range: 1934 - 1943

Reference Code: M8 / 2019.83 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2019.83 : Accession number

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2019.83

Reference Code: M8 / 2019.83 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Compiled by unknown

Date Range: 1934 - 1943

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (64 pages ; 29 x 41 cm)

History / Biographical: Provenance unknown

Scope & Content: M8 / 2019.83 / 1 consists of one item, 1 cm, ca. 1934 - 1943. Scrapbook provided by The Herald containing compiled news and magazine clippings pertaining to airplanes and air travel before, during and after World War II

Notes: At centre of scrapbook there are advertisements pertaining to The Herald newspaper outlining the Canadian press room, news room, composing room, stereo room, press room, delivery, and education.