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Harris C. Pickles fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1920-1921.

Reference:

R1647-0-9-E, MG30-B63

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98075

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Harris C. Pickles fonds
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Date(s):

1920-1921.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence concerning the overhauling and fitting of the Arctic, purchase of supplies, and hiring of crew and interpreters. Some of the correspondents include J.D. Craig, who was in charge of the expedition, and Sir Wilfred Grenfell, 1920-1921, 5 cm. The fonds also includes a diary relating to the daily progression repairing and outfitting the ship, 1921, 0.6 cm; a map of Arctic Islands with pencilled notes, n.d., 0.6 cm; and accounts, requisitions, paylists and list of supplies, n.d., 3.8 cm.

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Pickles, Harris C., d. 1921

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Pickles, Harris C., d. 1921 : Captain Harris C. Pickles, naval officer, was named in January 1921 to command the C.G.S. Arctic, which was to convey the proposed Canadian Arctic Expedition to the Northern Islands that year. The expedition was cancelled in June and Captain Pickles died in September.

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General note:

Transferred in 1971 from the Records of the Department of the Interior.
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Explorers Arctic regions 20th century

Arctic (Ship) - Maintenance and repair, 1920-1921 J.D. Craig, 1920-1921

Arctic (Ship) - Accounts Sir Wilfred Grenfell, 1920-1921

Islands of the Arctic - Discovery and exploration, 1920-1921

Arctic regions - Description and travel - Maps

Arctic (Ship) - Manning, 1920-1921
Source:

Private

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MG30-B63
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 B 63] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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