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The world of Captain Cook. The girls took an extensive tour of the Archives and one of the features was viewing an original map drawn by explorer, Captain Cook in 1760

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

[ca. 1969]

Reference:

R216, RG10, Box number: 3674

Item no. (creator):

27, 171, 11396/38

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5188893

Context of this record:

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

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Ontario: Training: Secretarial / Academic / Leadership / Schools

The world of Captain Cook. The girls took an extensive tour of the Archives and one of the features was viewing an original map drawn by explorer, Captain Cook in 1760
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Date(s):

[ca. 1969]

Place:

Ottawa (Ont.):

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph depicts archivist Lawrence Earl, Public Archives map division, showing Margaret Louttit (Cree from Gordons Reserve), Jessie Cheechoo (Cree from Moose Factory), Annie Butterfly (Cree from Moose Factory), Rebecca Beardy (Anishinaabe (Ojibway) of Bearskin Lake), and Lorna Anderson (Cree from Gordons Reserve) early maps of North America from the Public Archives of Canada collection, including one drawn by Captain Cook from 1760. The women were attending a keypunch operators course in Ottawa. The Public Archives of Canada is now part of Library and Archives Canada.
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Depicted: Earl, Lawrence

Depicted: Cheechoo, Jessie

Depicted: Louttit, Margaret

Depicted: Butterfly, Annie

Depicted: Anderson, Lorna

Depicted: Beardy, Rebecca

Photographer: Andrews-Hunt
Finding aid no.:

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FA-292

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Caption: "THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN COOK. The girls took an extensive tour of the Archives and one of the features was viewing an original map drawn by explorer, Captain Cook in 1760. The map is worth $40,000 and shows part of the St. Laurence River. Above Lawrence Earl of the maps division shows the girls early maps of the North American continent."

Link to related resource:

Photograph was published in The Indian News 11, no. 6 (February 1969), p. 11: http://hdl.handle.net/10680/609

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG10

Other accession no.:

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1976-281 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [INDIAN & NORTHERN AFFAIRS 1976-281] 3674

[Consultation 90 Open]

03674 File number 21

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Andrews-Hunt Photography / Library and Archives Canada / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds / e011308390 ; Copyright: Government of Canada ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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