Collection search - Zebulon "Lewis" Leigh fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Zebulon "Lewis" Leigh fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1919-1991.

Reference:

R4361-0-4-E, MG31-G11

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102792

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Zebulon "Lewis" Leigh fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1919-1991.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

25 cm of textual records.
635 photographs chiefly b&w.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Zebulon Lewis Leigh collection [graphic material]

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Fonds consists of the manuscript of the biography, "And I Shall Fly", with correspondence, news clippings, programs and related ephemera accumulated by Z. Lewis Leigh, documenting the development of air transport in Canada from the late 1920s through the 1980s, 1919-1991.

Fonds also contains photographs depicting events, activities, geographical locations, types of aircraft, individuals and groups associated with the career of Z. Lewis Leigh, [ca. 1919]-1986; and copies of 11 photographs depicting his career, particularly the awarding to him of the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy in 1946.

Provenance:

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Leigh, Z. Lewis (Zebulon Lewis), 1906-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Leigh, Z. Lewis (Zebulon Lewis), 1906- : Lewis Leigh was born in England and came to Canada with his family in 1909. He took his first flying lessons in 1929, and later that year accepted a job as manager and instructor of Southern Alberta Airlines, Medicine Hat Branch. After several years of flying as a bush-pilot in the North and on the east coast, he accepted a job with Canadian Airways in 1934, again flying in the North. In 1937 he joined Trans-Canada Airlines (T.C.A.) as chief pilot, and was present at T.C.A.'s inaugural mail and passenger flight.

Leigh resigned from T.C.A. and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) in 1940 as Flight Lieutenant. He was promoted to Squadron Leader in 1941. In 1950 he was appointed Director of Air Operations for the R.C.A.F., stationed in Ottawa, served for a time in Korea, and in 1953 was made Officer Commanding, Air Transport Command. In 1954 he was posted to Toronto as Group Commander of #2 Group, and retired in 1957. Leigh received numerous awards for his flying, among these the McKee Trophy in 1947.

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(No finding aid)

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General note:

Received in 1977 and 1991 from Z. Lewis Leigh.

Availability of other formats note:

Copied photographs: Copy negatives available: C-58055 to C-58065, C-74591 to C-74692.

Reproduction note:

Copies of Albums produced in 1995.
Subject heading:

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Aviation - Canada, 1929-1954 Canadian Airways, 1929-1937

Air pilots - Canada, 1929-1954 Trans - Canada Airlines, 1937-1940

Bush pilots - Canada, 1929-1940

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force - Officers, 1940-1954

Air pilots, Military Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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119-020228-X
1973-364 NPC
1991/0243
1994-426 DAP
94-044

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-G11
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Box [LEIGH, Z. LEWIS 1973-364]

[Consultation 10 Closed]

1664;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

1667;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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Original photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no. Copied photographs: National Archives of Canada does not provide copies; they must be obtained from lender. Copyright must be established by the holder of the originals, for items still in copyright. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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