Collection search - Exhibitions by CFA [textual record]

Record information – Brief
1
Exhibitions by CFA [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1954-1972.

Reference:

R2742-16-5-E, MG28-I188

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

112932

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Canadian Forestry Association fonds

Exhibitions [textual record]

Exhibitions by CFA
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details
Sub-series includes:

40 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)

Date(s):

1954-1972.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.22 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

Sub-series consists of schedules, lectures, annual reports, and related correspondence concerning the C.F.A. travelling railway car exhibit.

One of the more interesting features of the CFA was its use of mobile railway car to educate communities in the practice of conservation of forests. In 1919 the Canadian Forestry Association, in co-operation with the CP and CN Railways, launched an innovative education program on the Canadian Prairies. A railway car was equipped by the CPR as a "traveling schoolhouse" and began a 50-year annual journey crossing
the Prairies. The rail car was known as alternatively as a "Conservation Car" and a "Tree Planting Car".

For further information, please see the book A Prairie Odyssey: Alan Beaven and the Tree Planting Car
http://www.mcnallvrobinson.eom/9780986668005/dianne-beaven/a-prairie-odvssey. The success of this railway also led to other provinces having tours: See an article in the 1954 magazine Sylva: The Lands and Forests Review, Volumes 10-12 entitled CFA Aids Forest Fire Prevention in Ontario: Conservation Car Starts Tour of the Province.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=n2rKqU6tDngC&pg-PA211-IA14&lpiJ-PA211-
IA14&dq=conservation++raiIwav+car+canadian+forestrv+association&source-bl&ots-TqI ZUrcTA&si
g^hGYZaOniJZOttdsqeSzapSmNSA&
hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIi5Opi57PAhXB5IMKHVUADZIQ6AEILDAD#v=o
nepage&q=conservation%20%20railwav%20car%20canadian%20forestrv%20association&f=false

Additional name(s):

Show detail Hide detail

Canadian National Railways (1919-1960)
Subject heading:

Show detail Hide detail

Wildlife Conservation

Canadian Pacific Railway
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

Show detail Hide detail

MG28-I188
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 I 188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

12;

[Consultation 90 Open]

44;

[Consultation 90 Open]

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.