Collection search - Kerry and Chace Limited fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Kerry and Chace Limited fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1887-1938.

Reference:

R6860-0-2-E, MG28-III7

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100576

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Kerry and Chace Limited fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

7 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1887-1938.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

8.7 m of textual records.
1,709 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: Incoming reports; Incoming specifications; Estimates; Appropriations; Specifications and contracts; and Rates for electric power.

Fonds also consists of photographs relating to the activities of Kerry and Chace Limited.

Provenance:

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Kerry and Chace Limited, 1887-1938

Biography/Administrative history:

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Kerry and Chace Limited, 1887-1938 : A firm of consulting engineers which was originally organized in 1907 as Smith, Kerry and Chace and incorporated in 1913. Their head office was in Toronto and they were active in the fields of railway, hydraulic, electrical and industrial engineering. They also undertook construction projects including municipal services, mines, paper mills, etc. The most prominent member of the earlier partnership and president of the succeeding company was John George Gale Kerry, a consulting engineer born in Montreal in 1867, and who had been assistant professor of Applied Science at McGill University from 1893 to 1907.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a detailed inventory and shelf list. MSS0346 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001423.pdf

Photographs: (Paper) A history of the firm Kerry and Chace Limited in the photo accession file.

Photographs: (Paper) List of captions in the accession file.
Subject heading:

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Railroads - Construction

Engineers - Canada, 1887-1938 Gas Power Company, Ltd., 1910-1915

Hydraulic engineering - Canada, 1887-1938

Electric engineering - Canada, 1887-1938

Industrial engineering - Canada, 1887-1938

Construction industry - Canada, 1887-1938

Electric power - Canada, 1909-1929

Gas industry - Canada, 1910-1915

Railroad engineering
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1989-377 DAP
273-89

Former archival reference no.:

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MG28-III7
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 III 7]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--92;

[Consultation 90 Open]

83A;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 346] 38

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [KERRY] RV3 120

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Copyright: Expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24