Collection search - Office of the Vice-President Prairie Region [multiple media]

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Office of the Vice-President Prairie Region [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1892-1984

Reference:

R231-941-6-E, RG30M 923029, RG30M 923039, RG30M 890624, RG30-V-A-10-f

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

180450

Context of this record:

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Regional office records

Office of the Vice-President Prairie Region
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Sub-series includes:

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

1892-1984

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

8.3 m of textual records
ca. 741 technical drawings
10 maps
15 microfiches of architectural drawings
1 microfiche of cartographic material

Language of material:

English
Accession:

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[Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Prairie Region] [cartographic material, architectural drawing, technical drawing]

[Drawings of stations, bunkhouses, section houses, trainsman houses, coaling facilities and privies] [architectural drawing (microform), cartographic material (microform)]

PRAIRIE REGION HEADQUARTERS, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, REGISTRY FILES [textual record]

Western Region Headquarters, Rail Traffic Division, Registry files [textual record]

Office of the Vice-President, Winnipeg, Manitoba, General Correspondence Files [textual record]

Winnipeg, Staff Record Bureau, Employee Personnel Files [textual record]

Canadian National Pacific Railway construction records, Prince Edward Island/Inter-Colonial Railway records, Canadian Northern Railway, land records and miscellaneous Canadian National Railway records [textual record]
Scope and content:

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Sub-series consists of records created and maintained by the Canadian National Railways, Office of the Vice-President, Prairie Region, Winnipeg for the period 1892-1984. These records relate to train accidents and derailments, overpasses, culverts and buildings, station retirements and selections, loading platform establishment, rail line extensions and equipment purchases.

Technical drawings consist of ca. 741 mechanical drawings from the CN Prairie Region (RG30M 890624).

Cartographic material consists of 4 plans dealing with the Regina, Yorkton, and Portage La Prairie terminals, dated 1925, and 6 items dealing with the preliminary study for the railway to Great Slave Lake, dated 1957. There is also a plan and profile of the Canadian National Western lines between Kakabeka and Mokomon Stations showing automatic signal protection (RG30M 923029).

Architectural drawings consist of 15 drawings dealing with properties of the Canadian National (Western) Railways, ca. 1919 (RG30M 923039).

There are also textual files from Staff Record Bureau that contain applications for employment, staff alteration forms, staff and position change forms, payroll records and discipline cards. They also contain notification of retirement and pension information as well as varied records such as proof of marriage and of overseas service during World War II. Note that this collection covers the period with the earliest start date of 1920 and the latest end date of 1980. Currently, these files are available only upon request. Please contact the Library and Archives Canada's Winnipeg service centre.

Additional name(s):

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Canadian National Railways. Office of the Vice-President. Prairie Region

Biography/Administrative history:

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Canadian National Railways. Office of the Vice-President. Prairie Region : Office of the Vice-President, Prairie Region (Winnipeg), 1892-1984. RG30 General Inventory.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Finding aid 30-167 is computer generated file list relating to volumes 14563-14569, 14601-14603, 14623-14639, 14656, 14660-14667. 30-167 (90: Open)

Technical drawing (No finding aid) (Restrictions not set)

Cartographic material (Paper) Finding aid consists of an item listing. RG30M 923029: (series c). Finding aid available in main reference room. (90: Open)

Cartographic material (Electronic) RG30M 923029: (series c) (Restrictions not set)

Architectural drawing (microform), cartographic material (microform) (Paper) Finding aid consists of an item listing. RG30M 923039: (items #48-62). Finding aid available in main reference room. (90: Open)

Architectural drawing (microform), cartographic material (microform) (Electronic) RG30M 923039: (items #48-62). (Restrictions not set)

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Source of title:

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

Custodial history:

RG30M 890624 was transferred in Feb. 1990 from the CN Prairie Region, and is stored at the Winnipeg office of the Library and Archives Canada (Archival Operations Division). RG30M 923029 was transferred from CN. RG30M 923039 was transferred from Canadian National headquarters in Montreal and delivered by the CN archivist; it is unknown what CN offices created and had custody of these records.

Cartographic math data:

RG30M 890624 (series c): Technical drawings: Scales differ.

RG30M 923029: Cartographic material: Scales differ.

RG30M 923039: Architectural drawings: Scales differ.

Availability of other formats note:

RG30M 923039: All items available in microfiche format. Microfiche numbers range from NMC 148756 to 148771.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Container note(s):

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NMC148756 : RG30M 923039
NMC148757 : RG30M 923039
NMC148758 : RG30M 923039
NMC148759 : RG30M 923039
NMC148760 : RG30M 923039
NMC148761 : RG30M 923039
NMC148762 : RG30M 923039
NMC148763 : RG30M 923039
NMC148764 : RG30M 923039
NMC148765 : RG30M 923039
NMC148766 : RG30M 923039
NMC148767 : RG30M 923039
NMC148768 : RG30M 923039
NMC148769 : RG30M 923039
NMC148770 : RG30M 923039
NMC148771 : RG30M 923039

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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117-040623-7
120-040532-3
123-000110-7
123-000111-5
1984-85/406 GAD
1986-87/080 GAD
1987-88/387 GAD
1995-96/110 GAD
1995-96/111 GAD
1998-00385-X
890624 CA
923029 CA
923039 CA
95-0916 WFRC
RG30
RG30M 890624
RG30M 923029
RG30M 923039
WFRC#77-J-01 WFRC
WFRC#77-K-7 WFRC
WFRC#77-L-01 WFRC
WFRC#78-L-9 WFRC
WFRC#79-015 WFRC

Former archival reference no.:

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RG30M 923029
RG30M 923039
RG30M 890624
RG30-V-A-10-f
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Conditions of access:

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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG30]

[Consultation 90 Open]

14563;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14571;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14575--14576;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14582--14585;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14587--14589;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14592--14593;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14597;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14600--14602;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14607;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14656;

[Consultation 90 Open]

14658;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG30]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14564--14570;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14572--14574;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14577--14581;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14586;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14590--14591;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14594--14596;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14598--14599;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14603--14606;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14608--14655;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14657;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

14659--14667;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural,technical: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC148756--NMC148770

[Consultation 90 Open]

Cartographic material: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC148771

[Consultation 90 Open]

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