Chronological files. -- 1903-1972
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- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists mainly of Jimmy Simpson Sr. business correspondence and financial papers. Records pertain to: guiding and outfitting; clients; hunting and pack trip arrangements; supplies and equipment; game availability; taxidermy; animal and plant research and specimens; government regulations …
- Reference Code
- M78 / 1 to 101
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- I.A.1. Jimmy Simpson Sr. business papers
- Accession Number
- 1655
- Reference Code
- M78 / 1 to 101
- Physical Description
- ca.65 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Series consists mainly of Jimmy Simpson Sr. business correspondence and financial papers. Records pertain to: guiding and outfitting; clients; hunting and pack trip arrangements; supplies and equipment; game availability; taxidermy; animal and plant research and specimens; government regulations and licensing; importing and exporting; investments, insurance, taxes, stamp collecting, art work, hockey, figure skating, wartime rationing; other.
- Includes correspondence from government officials and agencies, game commissioners, taxidermists and furriers, scientists and researchers, trading companies, suppliers, Alpine Club of Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary Stampede, other businesses and organizations, and from individual business clients, colleagues and friends. List of major individual correspondents follows.
- Content Details
- MAJOR CORRESPONDENTS: 1903-1915: Philip R. Goodwin, C. Hart Merriam (Smithsonian Institute), Mitchell V. Mitchell, James F. Porter, Carl Rungius, Robert P. Sharples; some papers pertain to the Alpine Club of Canada and the International Boundary Survey (M78 / 1 to 8). 1916-1918: Dr. Henry Bugbee, Robert Frothingham, W. C. Gotshall, John D. Hazen, C. Hart Merriam, Bruce Paddock, Carl Rungius, Frederick Vreeland; includes pencil sketch (very faint) (M78 / 9 to 16).
- 1919-1920: William Beach, Brown Caldwell, Henry A. Colgate, Robert Frothingham, Philip R. Goodwin, J. B. Harkin, George Harrison, John D. Hazen, Caroline Hinman, Ulysses LaCasse, C. Hart Merriam, Morley Trading Co., John C. Phillip, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Walter Phillips; includes a legal document of an agreement between Jimmy Simpson Sr., Frank Wellman and T.E. Wilson (M78 / 17 to 24).
- 1921-1923: William Beach, Allan Brooks, Dr. Henry Bugbee, F. M. Carryl, James L. Clark, Louis A. Fuertes, Edward Feuz, Conrad Kain, Morley Trading Co., Martin Nordegg, William S. Ladd, Joe McAleenan, Bob Logan, Peterborough Canoe Co., John C. Phillips, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Carl Rungius, A. Thorburn, J. M. Thorington; Also include outgoing Jimmy Simpson letter (M78 / 25 to 34).
- 1924-1925: Sydney Baker, William Beach, Allan Brooks, Joseph Day, Louis A. Fuertes, Val Fynn, J. M. Gibbon, James L. Clark Studios, William S. Ladd, Julia Delafield Longfellow, Col. Phil Moore, Henry Munger, J. H. Munro, Carl Rungius, J. M. Thorington, Henry Nelson Tuttle, Guy Weadick, Walter Wilcox, William Wolfe; includes outgoing Jimmy Simpson letter (M78 / 35 to 42).
- 1926-1927: Sydney Baker, William Beach, Allan Brooks, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Alfred Castle, R.G. Collins, Joseph Day, William F. Embleton, Edward Feuz, Robert Frothingham, Mackay & Dippie Furriers, James L. Clark Studios, William S. Ladd, Henry Munger, Carl Rungius, A. Thorburn, J. M. Thorington, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Henry Nelson Tuttle, Arlene Voorhies, Guy Weadick, Arthur O. Wheeler, James T. Wilson (M78 / 43 to 49).
- 1928-1929: L. S. Amery, William Beach, Dyson Duncan, Robert Frothingham, Henry Greenham, E. Richardson (Calgary Exhibition and Stampede), Carl Rungius, James T. Wilson; includes a hand-drawn sketch map of Bush Mountain by Dyson Duncan (M78 / 50 to 57).
- 1930-1931: L. S. Amery, William Beach, Belmore Browne, Alfred Castle, Dyson Duncan, John K. Howard, Carl Rungius, J. M. Thorington (M78 / 58 to 66).
- 1932-1933: L. S. Amery, William Beach, Dyson Duncan, John K. Howard, R. B. Bennett, Henry S. Kingman, John Kellog, Carl Rungius, J. M. Thorington, Katharine L. Wedgwood (M78 / 67 to 72).
- 1934-1935: L. S. Amery, William Beach, Alfred Castle, Dyson Duncan, John K. Howard, John Kellogg, Henry S. Kingman, F.V. Longstaff, Alfred Ostheimer, J. M. Thorington, Katharine L. Wedgwood (M78 / 73 to 77).
- 1936-1937: Fred Armbrister, Donald Bain, William Beach, Alfred Castle, Marshall Diverty, Lillian Gest, J.M. Thorington (M78 / 78 to 82).
- 1938-1939: Rudolf Aemmer, Donald Bain, Alfred Castle, J. M. Thorington, James T. Wilson; some material pertains to Simpson Sisters (M78 / 83 to 88).
- 1940-1941: Abbott Junior Hockey Club, Alberta Fish and Game Association, Alfred Castle, Marshall Diverty, Caroline Hinman, A. Morsbach, Carl Rungius, James T. Wilson (M78 / 89 to 91).
- 1942-1943: Donald Bain, William Beach, Allan Brooks, Donald Hopkins, Raymond Patterson; some material pertains to Jimmy Simpson Jr. (in the army) and Num-Ti-Jah Lodge (M78 / 92 to 95).
- 1944-1947: Allan Brooks, Belmore Browne, Donald Hopkins, W. Mainwaring, Jimmy Simpson Jr. (M78 / 96 to 100).
- 1948-1972: L. S. Amery, Alfred L. Castle, J. M. Thorington (M78 / 101).
- Duplicate certificate of title. -- 1903, 1911, 1942. -- 1 item of textual records. -- For Lot 8, Block A in Banff. Held in Oversize "B"
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