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N.E.D. Sheppard photograph collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

[ca. 1914].

Reference:

R10889-0-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

205587

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N.E.D. Sheppard photograph collection
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Date(s):

[ca. 1914].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (84 photographs): b&w prints.

Language of material:

English

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The collection consists of 84 black and white photographs in an album documenting a survey trip taken by N.E.D. Sheppard in the Rocky Mountains, ca. 1914. Mr. Sheppard was a Hydraulics and Structural engineer for the Water Power Branch of the federal Department of the Interior from 1914 until roughly 1922. The photographs are his own personal images, and consist of views along the trip, views of the camps, of the members of the survey team working and relaxing, and of the team travelling on horseback.

Provenance:

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Sheppard, N.E.D

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Butler, Margaret

Biography/Administrative history:

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Sheppard, N.E.D : Norman E. D. Sheppard was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on January 15th, 1891, the son of Nugent B. Sheppard who worked for the Lands Patent Branch of the Department of Interior. He had two brothers, A.C.N. Sheppard, and A.C. Tremain Sheppard. N.E.D. Sheppard received a BSc. from the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of Toronto, in 1914, specializing in Hydraulics and Structural Engineering. He was married to Gladys H. Sorley, also of Ottawa.

Sheppard worked both before graduation with the Geodetic Survey and the International Waterways Commission on the boundary survey. After graduation he worked fro the Dominion Water Power Branch, Department of the Interior until 1920, and again in 1921-22. From 1922 onward, he worked for the Engineering Institute of Canada, as an Assistant to the Secretary and Assistant Editor and Manager of the Engineering Journal. He died in 1948.

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Custodial history:

Donated by the daughter of N.E.D. Sheppard, Mrs. Margaret Butler.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1999-00403-5
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Volume [R10889] 1--85

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