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Charles Camsell fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1874-1958.

Reference:

R1528-0-0-E, MG30-B38

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Art, Moving images, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98118

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Charles Camsell fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1874-1958.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

95 cm of textual records.
214 photographs.
15 medals : bronze, silver, gold.
5 drawings : pen and ink.
11 film reels.
2 maps.

Added language of material:

English, Chipewyan

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Fonds consists of correspondence including letters received and letters sent. Among the chief subjects are mining, geology and surveying the North West Territories, hydro-electric development, and the 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1920-1958, 40 cm; four letters regarding the Government Placer Mining Training Camp at Choate, British Columbia, 1937; diaries and notebooks including a field notebook, 1897-1899, kept by A.F. Camsell of the Hudson's Bay Company on a trip in the Mackenzie district, 1897-1942, 10 cm; manuscripts including drafts of speeches, articles, and his autobiography, Son of the North, 1904-1954, 10 cm; scrapbooks, and printed material including pamphlets, articles, diplomas and other papers relating to Dr. Camsell's various activities and to professional associations, 1903-1958, 35 cm.

The fonds also contains photographs, 1874-1955, documenting the career of Dr. Charles Camsell with the Geological Society of Canada and as Deputy Minister of Mines.

Also included are 15 medals: Delamarre Canada Confederation 60 Medal, 1927; Royal Geographical Scoiety of London: Founder's Gold Medal, 1945; Washington and Lafayette Souvenir Silver Medal commemorating the Third World Energy Conference held in Washington, 1936; Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Gold Medal, 1930; Professional Institute of the Civil Service Bronze Medal, 1946; Engineering Institute of Canada:Julian C. Smith Memorial Bronze Medal, 1946; Bronze Brooch for Honourable Service; Silver Jubilee Medal of George V and Queen Mary, 1935; 2 medals commemorating the Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12, 1937; seven rayed, fourteen pointed Star of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. There are also four miniature medals: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George Badge; Jubilee Medal of King George V and Queen Mary, 1935; Coronation Medal of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937; and Coronation Medal of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953. The Royal Geographic Society Medal was engraved by W. Wyon. The Washington and Lafayette Souvenir
Medal is signed by the artist M. Delaney.

The fonds also contains drawings by Dr. Charles Camsell and relate to his career with the Geological Survey of Canada.

Also included are films shot in connection with Camsell [ca. 1930-1940].

The fonds contain a map illustrating the travels of Charles Camsell, 1884-1948, annotated according to the method of travel.

Provenance:

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Camsell, Charles, 1876-1958

Additional name(s):

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Camsell, A. E

Biography/Administrative history:

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Camsell, Charles, 1876-1958 : Charles Camsell, geologist, public servant and mining engineer, was born at Fort Laird, N.W.T., where his father, Julian Stewart Onion (who adopted the surname Camsell in 1877) was chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1884 he went to Winnipeg where he attended St. John College. He entered the University of Manitoba in 1891 and received his B.A. in 1894. In 1901 he entered Queen's University, and in 1902, Harvard. In 1904 Camsell joined the Geological Survey and in 1914 was appointed Geologist in Charge of Exploration to plan the exploration of northern Canada.

With the coming of World War I, Camsell joined Number Three Field Company, R.C.E. in 1915, but was recalled to the Geological Survey and assigned first to the Munitions Board and later to the Canadian Munition Resources Commission to search for strategic minerals. He held the position of Deputy Minister of Mines from 1920 until his retirement in 1946. He contributed much to the development of this department which became the Department of Mines and Resources in 1936. He initiated laboratory research to complement field exploration, broadened the department's function to include publishing and the National Museum and kept its esprit de corps alive during the Depression.

He was the author of many geological papers. Camsell served in a number of capacities on boards, commissions and councils, and acted as a delegate to many international conferences throughout his career.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1948., Encyclopedia Canadiana, and The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

Finding aid:

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Photographs: (Other) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number". Caption list. FA-500

Medals: (Electronic) description, online, item level.

Medals: (Paper) Medal inventory numbers 6065-6068, 6071, 6075, 6079, 6083, 6084, 6088-6092, 6097.

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

Cartographic material (Paper) Please consult lower level descriptions. 82302/4408. (Restrictions not set)

Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid describes the scrapbook material in volume 6. MSS2693 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003709.pdf

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Custodial history:

Acquired in 1959 from Mrs. Charles Camsell of Rockcliffe Park (Ottawa), Ont. Additional material acquired from Lynne McGuffin in 1994. Moving images were acquired from W. McGuffin in 1978.

Documents created in: Ottawa, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Geological surveys

Canada - Exploring expeditions - 20th Century

Explorers Arctic regions 20th century

Arctic regions

Mining engineers - Canada

Geology - Canada

Geology - Northwest Territories

Hydroelectric power development - Northwest Territories

Mining - Northwest Territories

Geologists - Canada

Mackenzie, District of (N.W.T. and Nunavut)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1978-09-26)
121-020385-5
1959-002 MED
1959-026 DAP
1963-014 NPC
1978-0269 MISA
1993/0133
1995-042 DAP
95-009

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B38
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Copy negative [R1528]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046374--C-046375;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046390--C-046395;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046402--C-046405;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046408--C-046409;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046413--C-046414;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046417--C-046418;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-046427;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1959-026]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A303-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 184

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs and drawings: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit:Name of Photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative number.
Medals: No restrictions. Copyright unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada / Accession no. 1959-002.
Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder and the written permission of the donor.
Cartographic material: Please consult lower level description.

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