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William Munroe Archibald fonds [textual record, moving images]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1929-[ca. 1949].

Reference:

R5285-0-0-E, MG30-A74

Type of material:

Textual material, Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97966

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William Munroe Archibald fonds
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Date(s):

1929-[ca. 1949].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.
11 film reels (1 h, 46 min, 21 s).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of textual records consisting of photocopies of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, telegrams, and letters concerning the career of William M. Archibald, 44 pages, 1929-1939, 1943.

Fonds also consists of films of the 1931 trans-Canada air pageant, and miscellaneous footage on the Calgary Stampede, the Creston and Kootenay Lake regions, Port Arthur and Quebec City, [ca. 1930-1949].

Provenance:

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Archibald, William Munroe

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Archibald, William Munroe : William Munroe Archibald was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He graduated from McGill University with an engineering degree in 1897. Following extensive experience in various mining camps, he joined the staff of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (COMINCO) at Trail, B.C. in 1901. In 1928-1929 as general manager of mines for COMINCO, he began the utilization of aircraft in mining exploration and established the COMINCO Flying Service at Creston, B.C. For his contribution to Canadian aviation he was awarded the McKee Trophy for 1935. He retired from COMINCO in 1938 to become a senior mining consultant. During World War II he served the Canadian government in Cuba. He was named to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973.

See: Alice Gibson Sutherland, Canada's Aviation Pioneers, (Toronto: McGraw Hill, 1978), pp. 85-91.

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Moving images: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions.

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General note:

Moving images received in 1977 from W.M. Archibald.

Location of originals note:

Textual records: K.K. Rutley: Cairnfield, South Lancaster, Ont.

Associated material note:

Photographs: Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Reynolds-Albert Museum: Wetaskiwan, Alta.: Fonds originally held 21 photographs depicting Mr. Archibald and various aricraft copied from originals held by this institution: these photos have been de-accessioned.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Aerial exploration, 1929-1943

Aviation - Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1973-05-30)
1974-033 NPC
1977-0245 MISA

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-A74
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 A 74] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

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