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Papers filed [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

1879-1906

Reference:

R610-144-5-E, RG43-A-II-5

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134569

Context of this record:

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Department of Railways and Canals fonds

Railway Branch

Correspondence

Papers filed
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Sub-sub-series includes:

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

1879-1906

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.0 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-sub-series consists of registers of papers filed that were maintained by the Railway Branch as part of its records- keeping operation. These registers recorded all correspondence received in the branch by the number of the letter received, the date, the name of the correspondent and the nature of the action taken. Beginning in July 1893 (Vol. 2797), the subject number was added to the recorded information, thus serving as a cross-reference to the journals; in May 1901 (Vol. 2798), when the branch adopted a numbered file records system, the file number was also added to the information recorded for each incoming letter. This system was continued until 1906 when the branch converted its indexing system to cards. This card index was maintained until Railways and Canals was transformed into the Department of Transport in 1936, and is now available in Government Archives Division for consultation.

The registers of papers filed for the period 1893 to 1906 (Vols. 2796-1801) also serve as indexes to the General and Special Indexes by providing a link between the indexes and the journals. Researchers should also note that at some later date the records of the branch were screened by departmental officials, resulting in the destruction of a large number of files; these are so marked in the papers filed. In instances where the records were retained and added to numbered subject files in Railways and Canals or even later to Department of Transport subject files, the file numbers have been noted.

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(Electronic) Finding aid 43-48 is a typed file list. 43-48 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/43-48_134569_vols_2791-2801_open.pdf

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Source:

Government

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1984-85/194 GAD
OFRC#631(REV.) OFRC
RG43-A-II-5
RG43-B-I-1

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RG43-A-II-5
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG43]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2791--2792;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2794--2801;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG43]

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

2793;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

2848--2849;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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