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Frank W. Sugden fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

n.d., 1934-1953

Reference:

R17544-0-9-E, MG55/30-No224

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103259

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Frank W. Sugden fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

n.d., 1934-1953

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Frank W. Sugden collection [graphic material]

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A scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the mining of pitchblende, Port Radium, NWT, the refining of pitchblende to produce radium and Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd. Other topics in the scrapbook include transportation in the north, weather and living conditions and northern inhabitants.

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Sugden, Frank W., 1911-1973

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Sugden, Frank W., 1911-1973 : Frank Sugden was born on 29 March 1911 in Lancaster, England but his family moved to Edmonton when he was six months old. After completing his education, he worked for the Northern Alberta Railway 1930-1932. Sugden was then employed by Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd. at Port Radium on the shores of Great Bear Lake, NWT until 1938. Eldorada was a pioneer in the mining of pitchblende and then refining it into uranium. In 1939 Sugden went to work for Canadian Industries Ltd., but this was interrupted by service in the RCAF 1942-1945. He returned to CIL after the war. In 1947 he joined British Overseas Airways and worked for them until his retirement in 1969. Sugden died in Calgary on 8 March 1973.
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Canada, Northern

Scrapbooks Canada

Mines and mining - Northwest Territories, 1934-1953

Port Radium (N.W.T.) - Mines and mining, 1934-1953

Radium, 1934-1953

Port Radium (N.W.T.) - Uraninite mines and mining, 1934-1953

Port Radium (N.W.T.) - Mines and mineral resources, 1934-1953

Mining companies, 1934-1953

Port Radium (N.W.T.) - Gold mines and mining, 1934-1953

Canada, Northern - Rural conditions, 1934-1953

Meteorology - Canada, Northern, 1934-1953

Transportation - Canada, Northern, 1934-1953

Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1989-016 DAP
1989/0024 MSS
409-88

Former archival reference no.:

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MG55/30-No224
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Volume [MG55/30 No 224] 1

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