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Lawrence Johnston Burpee fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1697-1945.

Reference:

R2313-0-8-E, MG30-D39

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104824

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Lawrence Johnston Burpee fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1697-1945.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

13.1 cm of textual records.
205 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of historical research: manuscripts, including material relating to the journals of Robert Campbell and Alexander Hunter Murray and letters of John Bell published by the Archives in 1910 as "Journals of the Yukon", 2.5 cm; historical research: memoranda and notes, relating to various collections, 2 cm; historical research: documents, including correspondence from the Hudson's Bay Archives, and Simon Fraser letters, 1697-1852, 3 cm; literary manuscript on author and poet Isabella Valancy Crawford, 5 cm; correspondence concerning the formation of a national library, 1918-1919, 9 pages; correspondence and clippings about the Crowsnest Pass, 1923, 3 pages; and corresppondence relating to illustrations in the "Fifth Book of Reading Lessons", 1944-1945, 17 pages.

The fonds also contains photographic material depicting the following: portraits of Sir Charles Tupper by Topley; Sir Robert Borden; members of the Royal Society of Canada; views of Montreal, Quebec and Kootenay, British Columbia; Fort Ellice, Manitoba, 1879, by G.M. Dawson; Athabasca River at Prairie Creek, Alberta; Frances Lake, Ontario, 1939; Lewes Creek, Yukon, 1939; various Canadian authors such as Robert Barr, J.F. Herbin, J.C. Hopkins, William Kirby, Agnes Laut, Agnes Machar, T.G. Marquis, J.M. Oxley, Charles G.D. Roberts, Ernest Thompson Seton, Edgar Smith, F. Clifford Smith, William Withrow and Joanna Wood.

Provenance:

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Burpee, Lawrence J., 1873-1946

Additional name(s):

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Hudson's Bay Company

Biography/Administrative history:

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Burpee, Lawrence J., 1873-1946 : Lawrence Johnston Burpee, historian, author and public servant, joined the public service in 1890. He was private secretary to three successive Ministers of Justice in the Federal Government and Librarian of the Ottawa Public Library, 1905-1912. From 1912 until his death, he was Canadian Secretary of the International Joint Commission. One of the founders of the Canadian Historical Association, he was the author of several historical works, notably on the development of the Northwest. He was also the author of a collection of sketches on Canadian authors, including Isabella Valancy Crawford, entitled "A Little Book of Canadian Essays", 1909, as well as other literary works.

See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 2, p. 143; and the Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 242.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a descriptive list of the transcripts of documents. MSS0455 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001510.pdf

Photographs: (Paper) Volume 1 copies of original envelope series 1-48, located in 326 with a copy in Photo Art and Research. FA-283
Subject heading:

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Forts - British North America, [before 1759] Yukon, n.d

French - Lake Superior, n.d. Kicking Horse Pass, (B.C.-Alta.), n.d

Hudson's Bay Company - Forts, [before 1759] Crows Nest Pass (Alta.), n.d

North West Company - Forts, [before 1759] Isabella Valancy Crawford, n.d

Indians of North America - Lake of the Woods, n.d
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1943-026 NPC
1944-044 NPC
1947-013 NPC
1948-082 NPC
1966-100 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D39
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 39] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 455] 47

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BURPEE, LAWRENCE JOHNSTON 1966-100]

[Consultation 90 Open]

172;

[Consultation 90 Open]

RV4 170;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BURPEE, LAWRENCE 1944-044] 3611

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BURPEE, LAWRENCE J. 1966-100]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3622;

[Consultation 90 Open]

RDV 014;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BURPEE, LAWRENCE J. 1948-082] 4819

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 1943-026] SC 0042

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BURPEE, LAWRENCE J. 1947-013] SC 0219

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs (accession no. 1966-100 NPC): No restrictions on use or reproduction. Various copyrights. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.
All other photograghs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.

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