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Gavin White fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1949 -1958.

Reference:

R10713-0-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

203875

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Gavin White fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1949 -1958.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

181 photographs b&w.
8 photographs col.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of photographs documenting Gavin White's journeys at Clyde River and Frobisher Bay, N.W.T., 1949-1951, as a Rawinsondes operator; as a chaplain to construction camps on the eastern side of the Dew Line with the Foundation Company, 1956-1957; and at Knob Lake (now Shefferville) Quebec, 1958; voyaging aboard C.G.S. C.D. Howe and M.V. Newfoundlander; Clyde River, Frobisher Bay, Pond Inlet, Silver Lake, Cape Dyer; Hudson's Bay Company post at Clyde River and Frobisher Bay; R.C.M.P. post at Devon Island; glacier and camps at Akgoyak Kanyulku; U.S. Air Force base and R.C.A.F. North Star aircraft at Frobisher Bay; various Eskimo snowhouses and dwellings; Arctic Institute (AINA) installations; construction camps, equipment and facilities of Dept. of Transport along the Dew Line; portraits of Gavin White; Pat Baird, and Pierre Dansereau of AINU; Murray Parker; Eskimos including Kidlapi of Kivitoo murders; sled dogs and dogsledding; snowmobiles; Lancaster rescue aircraft. Photos by Gavin White; Pat Baird of AINA; Joe Merrifield; Ed Jordan; Dr. Clayton; Pierre Dansereau; Frobisher weathermen Abell, LaFranchise, Walsh, Lewis, Parker Decloux; and Murray Parker.

Provenance:

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White, Gavin, 1927-

Biography/Administrative history:

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White, Gavin, 1927- : Gavin White, photographer, Glasgow, Scotland.

Finding aid:

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Caption sheet for 11 ordered series (Other)

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General note:

Received in 1984 from Gavin White, Glasgow, Scotland.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1984-322 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [GAVIN WHITE 1984-322] 2001009259

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [WHITE, GAVIN 1984-322] INT 022

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright: National Archives of Canada. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.

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