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North-West Mounted Police land warrants [textual record (some microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1872-1900, microfilmed [ca. 1948-1970]

Reference:

R190-66-0-E, RG15-D-II-10

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

156388

Context of this record:

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Department of the Interior fonds

Dominion Lands Branch

North-West Mounted Police land warrants
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Sub-series includes:

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

1872-1900, microfilmed [ca. 1948-1970]

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 460 aperture cards.
0.15 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Sub-series consists of Land Warrants and receipts issued by Department of Secretary of State to constables and other staff for service in the North-West Mounted Police Force. These land warrants authorized a grant of land of 160 acres to the recipient. The warrants are organized by warrant number. Receipts for land warrants are organized by receipt number.

This sub-series also contains aperture cards which consist of images of original registers. Each aperture card consists of a microfiche image held in a paper index card. In most cases each image is one page of the original register. The registers are also known as RG15 aperture card books 50 to 52. There are two copies of these aperture card books.They include a register of warrants 1-540 and alphabetical indexes of members of the North-West Mounted Police who received them between 1877 and 1900. Aperture cards book number 50 includes a reference to the receipt number.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 15-35 is a verified list of land warrants indicating volume, file number (warrant number), title (warrant recipient) and outside dates. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. Likewise, the finding aid can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. 15-35 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/15-35_156388_vol.1647_open_verified.pdf

Textual Records (Electronic) Finding aid 15-35 is a verified file list of receipts for land warrants indicating volume, file number (receipt number), title and outside dates. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. Likewise, the finding aid can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. 15-35 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/15-35_156388_vol.1648_open_verified.pdf

Textual records: microform (Electronic) Finding aid 15-36 is a verified list of aperture card books 50-52 indicating volume, book number, title/subject and outside dates. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. Likewise, the finding aid can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. 15-36 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/15-36_156388_aperturecards_50-52_open_verified.pdf

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Custodial history:

The aperture cards in this sub-series were created by a successor to the Department of the Interior sometime between 1948 and 1970. They were copied from original registers and ledgers and the originals were then destroyed. The aperture cards were then transferred to the National Archives in the early 1970s.

RG15 Aperture Card books were available in the LAC reference room until January 2023.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG15-D-II-10
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG15] 1647--1648

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R190]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3237;

[Consultation 90 Open]

3298;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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