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Tom Payne fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1898-[ca. 1960].

Reference:

R739-0-4-E, MG31-B15

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140320

Context of this record:

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Tom Payne fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1898-[ca. 1960].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.
130 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of manuscript containing original notes and typed draft of Tom Payne's autobiography. Also contains photographs depicting prospecting activities of Tom Payne, Desperation Lake and Pensive Lake, N.W.T.; views of Yellowknife, N.W.T. and Cooking Lake, Alberta; construction of the Hudson Bay Railway; Inuit activity at Churchill, Manitoba; prospecting activity at the Sherritt-Gordon mine, Kississing Lake, Manitoba; views of Flin Flon, Churchill, Cranberry Portage, and the Pas, Manitoba; Port Radium, N.W.T. Also contains photographs of first crew at shaft of Consolidated Mine, Yellowknife, N.W.T., 1938; wheat harvesting at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, 1912; views of Fort Smith, N.W.T.; the blowing in of Tom Payne's oil well, ca. 1919; Bellanca Air Cruiser aircraft, CF-CKV, 1939; portraits of various members of the Payne family.

Provenance:

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Payne, Tom, 1891-1966

Biography/Administrative history:

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Payne, Tom, 1891-1966 : Tom Payne emigrated from England in 1913. For the next twenty years, he worked on the railway, as a trapper, lumberman, accountant and prospector. In the 1930's, he discovered gold in the Yukon. The rest of his life was spent successfully pursuing various mineral discoveries.

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Photographic acc. no.1973-305 (NPC) (Other) Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number. FA-500

Photographic acc. no. 1972-274 (NPC) (Paper) aption list.

Photographic acc. no.1973-354 (NPC) (Paper) Caption list.

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General note:

Received in 1977 from Mrs. Alice Leech of Edmonton, Alta.__
Photographic material received in 1972-1973 from Mrs. Alice Leech, Ottawa, Ontario.

Location of originals note:

Photographs were loaned to the National Archives of Canada and copied. The originals were returned to the lender, Alice Leech of Ottawa, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Prospectors - Autobiographies, [ca.1960]

Businessmen - Autobiographies, [ca.1960]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1972-274 NPC
1973-305 NPC
1973-354 NPC
1973-426 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-B15
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 B 15] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation10 Closed]

Box [LEECH, ALICE 1973-305] 1663

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Box [LEECH, ALICE 1973-354] 1664

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Box [LEECH, ALICE 1973-426] 1665

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Box [LEECH, ALICE 1972-274] 1672

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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Photographs: National Archives of Canada does not provide copies; they must be obtained from lender. Copyright: For item still in copyright, copyright must be established by the holder of the original(s).Credit:Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.

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