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Joseph Grasset Fonds [graphic material (some microforms)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1924-1928].

Reference:

R18378-0-4-F

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

6276950

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Joseph Grasset Fonds [graphic material (some microforms)]
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Date(s):

[ca. 1924-1928].

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place:

Nord-du-Québec: QC :

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

2 microfilm reels (173 photographs): negative, b&w ; 35 mm.
30 contact sheets (173 photographs)

Language of material:

French

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The photographs in the Joseph Grasset Fonds depict the experiences of trappers and employees of the trading posts that opened in northern Quebec during the first half of the 20th century, especially in the 1920s.

As an employee of Revillon Frères, Joseph Grasset worked at various trading posts in Canada, mostly in northern Quebec, from 1907 to 1932, including Kangiqsujuaq (formerly Wakeham Bay) and Kangirsuk (formerly Payne Bay). His archives contribute to the documentation of the region, while telling the history of the French company's presence in Canada.

The photos were taken in the Hudson Strait region, most likely in the 1920s. The images show landscapes, animals and modes of transport such as boats, canoes, kayaks, planes and umiaks. There are also photos of the Great Whale River, Hudson Bay and Ungava, as well as portraits of unidentified Indigenous people, probably Inuit from the Nord-du-Québec region. Some images show families and children outside their summer tents; the construction of a kayak; a fisherman with his fishgig, among other things.
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Archives nationales du Canada. Bureau de Paris, Raymonde Litalien

Grasset, Joseph, 1885?-1949
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Photographer: Unknown

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Grasset, Joseph, 1885?-1949 : Joseph Grasset was born in France around 1885. On February 21, 1907, he arrived in Canada on a ship from Le Havre, France, and settled in Roberval, a city in the province of Quebec. Grasset worked in the fur trade. In 1908, he was hired by the Revillon Frères company in Fort Albany, then worked in the trading posts of Kangiqsujuaq (formerly Wakeham Bay) and Kangirsuk (formerly Payne Bay). Revillon Frères was a French fur company that, from 1893 to 1936, set up trading posts throughout Northern Canada and competed with the Hudson's Bay Company. Grasset died in Montréal in 1949.

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Custodial history:

This fonds was transferred to the National Archives of Canada in 1986 from its Paris office. Raymonde Litalien directed the National Archives of Canada's research program in France (1977-2005), which led to the digitization of thousands of French documents relating to Canada. The objective of this program was to return to Canada copies of essential documents that bore witness to decisive events in the country's history. The location of the originals and the name of the photographer are unknown.

Location of originals note:

These photographs were copied in France in the 1980s, but the current location of the originals is unknown.

Related material:

Fonds Revillon Frères (R7134).
Subject heading:

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Inuit - Canada, n.d., 1901-1976

Fur trade Canada 20th century

Revillon Frères
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2023-00045-9
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Graphic(photo): microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel [R18378] F-2474--F-2475

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R18378] 3

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

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Copyright: expired
Credit: Photographer unknown/Joseph Grasset Fonds/Library and Archives Canada/Copy No.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-04