Collection search - Herbert D. R. Stewart fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Herbert D. R. Stewart fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1891-1936.

Reference:

R3789-0-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

162183

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Herbert D. R. Stewart fonds
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1891-1936.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 v. of textual records.
ca. 11 leaves of textual records.
ca. 3 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of various textual records and photographs: Civil Service examination certificates, 1891, 1892; letter of promotion, 1894; Railway Mail Clerk letters of appointment, 1893; 1895; letters relating to Railway Mail Service annual salary, 1891, 1899; ca. two cabinet size photographs of a British Columbia train wreck, with related newspaper clipping dated 1903; mounted group photograph of the first Annual Convention of Alberta Postmasters, Calgary, Alberta, 1928; talk on the history of the R.M.S. in Western Canada prepared by Herbert D. R. Stewart, 1936, with a letter of thanks from the Vancouver R.M. Association; certificate signed by C.D. Howe, Acting Postmaster General, issued on the occaision of Stewart's retirement, 1938.

Fonds also contains a diary of Herbert D. R. Stewart, Head Clerk, Railway Mail Service at Medecine Hat, Alberta, providing details of early service in Western Canada including staff supervision, work schedules, absenteeism, reports to and instructions from senior Departmental officials, relations with railway officials, etc.

Provenance:

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Stewart, Herbert D. R., b. 1873

Biography/Administrative history:

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Stewart, Herbert D. R., b. 1873 : Herbert, Duncan R. Stewart, postmaster, entered the Post Office Service in 1893 (his first appointment had been in 1891) and was employed by the Service until his retirement in 1938. He became a Railway Mail Clerk, B.C. District in 1900, and worked on the Esquimault and Nanaimo Railway. From 1906 to 1907 he was the Head Clerk, Railway Mail Service at Medicine Hat, Alberta. In 1912, he became Inspector of Postal Services, headquartered in Calgary, and rose to the position of District Post Officer Inspector. National Archives of Canada Philatelic Collection acquisition files.

Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State. The Civil Service List of Canada. Ottawa: King's Printer, 1886-1919.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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118-080443-0
118-080464-3
118-080466-X
1990-160 DAP
1990-246 DAP
1990-250 DAP
90-030
90-054
90-066
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1990-246] 4048

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1990-250] 4049B

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1990-160] 4048

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1990-246] 4048

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1990-250] 4049B

[Consultation 90 Open]

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1 v. and ca. 11 leaves of textual records, and ca. 3 photographs: No donor restrictions. Copyright: Expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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