Collection search - Walter Halcro Boyd Collection [cartographic material, textual record, object]

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Walter Halcro Boyd Collection [cartographic material, textual record, object]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1902-1940.

Reference:

R9775-0-8-E

Former BAN no.:

117-040402-1

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material, Textual material, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

196539

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Walter Halcro Boyd Collection
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Date(s):

1902-1940.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 map.
1 leaf.
1 object protractor.
1 vol. (7 leaves)

Language of material:

English

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Consists of: one geological survey map of Atlin Mining District, British Columbia, dated 1902; a -Dinner Sheet- of the Cross Wire Club compiled by the New Russell House in Ottawa, dated 1911; the inscribed address presented at the retirement of Walter Halcro Boyd on April 13, 1940 by the Geological Survey of Canada; a protractor used for surveying by Walter Halcro Boyd.

There is also a selection of photographs relating primarily to land surveying.

Provenance:

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Boyd, Walter Halcro, 1878-1960

Biography/Administrative history:

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Boyd, Walter Halcro, 1878-1960 : "Walter Halcro Boyd was born in Toronto 31 January 1878; attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, where he developed his skills as a mapmaker. Mr. Boyd joined the Geological Survey of Canada in 1900, and was appointed Chief of the Topographic Division in 1908, serving in that role until 1936. He was appointed on 23 November 1909 to the Geographic Board of Canada, as a representative from the Geological Survey, and served continuously until 1 May 1940. He was elected as GBC Chair 2 February 1932. From 1936, when four departments [merged as] Department of Mines and Resources, until his retirement in 1940 he was the Chief Topographic Engineer. He died in Toronto on 10 January 1960."

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General note:

Ther acquistion documentation file also contains a selection of photographs relating primarlity to land surveying, letters of goodwill, and a copy of the speech given on the occasion of Mr. Boyd's retirement.

Formatted contents note:

1. Geological and Topographical Map of the Atlin Mining District. British Columbia. To illustrate report by J.C. Gwillim Bsc. Scale 4 mi to 1 inch. Geological Survey of Canada. 1902 [Accompanying Annual Report, Part B. Vol. XII, 1899. no. 742 [with mss features]
2. Dinner sheet. Ottawa. Cross Wire Club. Scale full size. Canada: Geological Survey. 1911 [Compilation by New Russell House [verso: Official record. Signed by 15 individuals]]
3. [Protractor used for surveying], [Signed by W.H. Boyd 1906. Personal Property]
4. [Inscribed address presented at the retirement of Walter Halcro Boyd on April 13, 1940 by the Geological Survey of Canada]. 1940

Availability of other formats note:

Item 2 is available in microfiche format: NMC 117517.

Related material:

Additional material is found within National Photography Collection, accession 1975-350.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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117-040402-1
890403 CA

Other accession no.:

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890403 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC117517

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Box [BOYD, WALTER HALCRO] 1--4

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Box [BOYD, WALTER HALCRO 890403]

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2000031431 Item no. assigned by LAC 3--4

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Textual records

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Object

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Cartographic material: microform

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10