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Morley Donaldson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1889, 1918

Reference:

R13270-0-7-E, MG55/30-No220

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97896

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Morley Donaldson fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1889, 1918

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Philippe Gervais collection [graphic material]

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The fonds consists of documents which include: Donaldson's membership certificates from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, horizontal storage, container 2; a testimonial resolution from the Board of Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway, horizontal storage, container 2; and descriptions of his funeral from Ottawa newspapers. The fonds illustrates Donaldson's career as a mechanical engineer and general superintendent of the Grand Trunk Railway. Originals, 5 pages.

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Donaldson, Morley, 1851-1918

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Donaldson, Morley, 1851-1918 : Morley Donaldson was born near Edinburgh, Scotland and came to Canada as a young boy. In 1869 he joined the Montreal engineering firm of E.E. Gilbert & Sons. Between 1871 and 1876 Donaldson worked for Walter Shanly, the chief engineer and contractor for the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts. Following this, Donaldson became a mining engineer and assayer in Colorado for four years. Returning to Canada in 1881, he became chief draftsman for J.R. Booth's railway, the Canada Atlantic Railway, which connected Ottawa to New England. Donaldson also served as mechanical and general superintendent for the Canada Atlantic.

When the Canada Atlantic was bought by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1905, Donaldson became superintendent of the Ottawa Division of the GTR. He retained this position until 1913 when he became vice-president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, then building a railway line to the Pacific Ocean. He resigned in 1917 due to ill health.

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Documents created in: Ottawa, Ont.
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Obituaries - Canada, 1918 Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 1889

Civil engineers - Canada, 1889, 1918 Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, 1918

Railroads Canada
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Private

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1987-117 NPC
1987/0436 MSS

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MG55/30-No220
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