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A. S. Thomson fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7328
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1973

Fonds consists of copies of photographs taken by A. S. Thomson while working as a surveyor on the Inter-provincial Boundary Commission dating circa (ca.) 1913-1921 and includes rafts, packhorses, mountains, ice fields, surveyors and surveying camps and equipment.

Thomson, A. S.

A. Thomas fonds

  • MMB L1137;P470;P3171-78;P4677
  • Fonds
  • 1895-1918

The fonds consists of Thomas' diary describing his trip across Canada to Halifax and his first few months in Halifax, 1918. Photographs are of ships and shipmates stationed in Halifax and of HM and HMC ships.

Thomas, A.

A.B. Rogers fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3231
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1982 (originally created 1857-1889)

The fonds consists of Rogers's diaries (1857-1887) including detailed notes on his railway exploration activities; and his letterbooks containing outward correspondence (1878-1889).

Rogers, A.B.

Abel Weekes fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8496
  • Fonds
  • 1936

The fonds consists of an unfinished account of Abel Weekes' journey to the Klondike. The account details transportation, diet, disease, climate, encounters with First Nations Peoples, and geography.

Weekes, Abel

Achilles Schmid fonds

  • CA PAA paa-9123
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1967 (originally created 1912)

The fonds consists of photographs taken during Achilles Schmid's travels down the Athabasca River in 1912. The photographs feature images of Athabasca Landing, limestone, First Nations, rapids, Athabasca Valley, a moose hunt, a portage, boat travel, an oil derrick, Pelican Rapids, tar sands, Fort McMurray, the Athabasca Oil Company, Hudson's Bay Company scows, dog teams, wintery landscapes, Calling Lake, a school house at Lac La Biche, the Northwest Mounted Police Station at Lac La Biche, and settlers of Lac La Biche. The fonds also includes photographs and negatives copied by the Provincial Archives of Alberta for the purpose of displaying the material in the Achilles Schmid fonds.

Schmid, Achilles

A.G. McDonald fonds

  • KMA 0.456
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1927

The fonds consists of correspondence, bills of sale, accounts, certificates, and wills of McDonald, and records of Croft and Ashby Company of Vancouver, and of the Truth Mining Company.

McDonald, Angus George

Agnes Deans Cameron fonds

  • UVICARCH AR023
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1911

The fonds consists of photographs taken during Cameron's travels up the Mackenzie River with her niece, Jessie Cameron Brown, May to September, 1908, and photographs taken during Cameron's trip to Britain, 1909-1911. Some Canadian photographs were published in Cameron's book "The New North: Being Some Account of a Woman's Journey Through Canada to the Arctic" (1910).

Cameron, Agnes Deans

Al Burgess fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-181
  • Fonds
  • 1982-1983

Fonds consists of Al Burgess dictation files for "Everest Canada: the ultimate challenge" (by Al Burgess and Jim Palmer, published 1983), and accompanying typewritten transcripts. Recordings have titles and correspond to the organization of the book. One recording is autobiographical.

Burgess, Al

Albert Boyd fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-306
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1940]

The fonds consists of Albert's letter describing his trip.

Boyd, Albert

Alberta and Great Waterways Railway collection

  • CA PAA paa-8513
  • Collection
  • 1922

The collection consists of a schedule and map for the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway dating from 1922.

Alberta and Great Waterways Railway

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