Early material series. -- [ca.1934-ca.1950]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series: A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle. B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly t…
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I. Early material
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Physical Description
- ca.4100 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series:
- A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle.
- B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly to military and government operations, but also includes some personal and family material.
- C. Oil industry material, ca.1950, ca.360 items, mainly negatives; pertains to oil company operations in northern Alberta and northern Canada.
- D. Arranged groups, ca.1938-1951, ca.2360 negatives and prints. Consists of numerical groups, ca.1938-1948, ca.1200 negatives and ca.160 prints; and subject groups, 1949-1951, ca.800 negatives. Includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, other material.
- E. Other material, ca.1940-ca.1950, ca.1070 negatives and prints. Material pertains to construction at Norquay, 1946-1948, 50 prints and 36 negatives; animals, ca.1947, 14 prints; children's Christmas party, 1947, 22 prints and 13 negatives; and miscellaneous, ca.1940-ca.1950, 258 negatives and 30 prints
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and group-level inventory available for some sub-series
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Ron Duke fonds.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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