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William Arthur Rupert Michell fonds [graphic material, textual record, object]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:25 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Photographs: (Paper) Original list of prints in albums. Located at 2000776345. FA-220 -
Record information William Arthur Rupert Michell fonds [graphic material, textual record, object]
Date:1907-2002.Reference:R1520-0-2-E, MG30-B90Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins)Found in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:98135Date(s):1907-2002.Place of creation:Various placesExtent:421 photographs : b&w.
8 cm of textual records.
3 medals.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of Rupert Michell's diary for July - Nov. 1907 (123 pages); two handwritten manuscripts "South in the Nimrod" (44 and 70 pages) one of them marked "Address to Empire Club T.O. March 31, 1910"; a handwritten manuscript "Voyage of the Nimrod" n.d. (10 pages); a photocopy of handwritten manuscript n.d. (25 pages); copies of two drafts of an article and the article W.A.R. Michell, "With Shackleton to the Antarctic" Canadian Numismatic Journal Vol. 3, No. 4, (Apr. 1958) pp. 94-103. Correspondence includes a letter from Captain Rupert England of the Nimrod (1908), other letters related to the expedition and a letter from Adam Shortt concerning a medical position for Dr. Michell in the Canadian Navy, 1908-1910 (12 pages). Memoranda includes a description of the expedition ship Nimrod; ships menus; and a recollection of a First World War incident by Francis Barton, 1908-1915, (15 pages). Clippings include biographical articles relating to Michell, accounts of the Shackleton expedition 1907-1909, and other polar expeditions, 1907-1965 (25 pages). A photocopy of an article on Michell by Arthur Gryfe, 2002.
Photographs illustrating aspects of Edward Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic, 1907-1908.
A set of three medals on broach awarded to Dr. W.A. Rupert Michell consisting of Antarctic 1970-1909 medal, 1914-1918 British War Medal, and World War One Gilt Victory Medal with a small Union Jack.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Michell, William Arthur Rupert, 1879-1966 : William Arthur 'Rupert' Michell, born on 18 October 1879 at Perth, Ont. He graduated from the University of Toronto in medicine in 1902. After practising as a local doctor, Michell went to Britain in 1906 to get further training. He became a ship's surgeon and made two trips to Africa. By chance Michell was chosen to be the ship's surgeon on the exploration ship "Nimrod" for Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909. However Michell remained aboard the "Nimrod" and did not take part in the exploration of Antarctica itself. During the First World War Michell served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Returning to Canada he practised medicine in Ontario and then obtained a diploma in public health from the University of Toronto. Michell became director of the North Bay offices of the Ontario Department of Health. In 1935 he was transferred to Ottawa and retired from the Ontario Department of Health in 1949. Rupert Michell died at Ottawa on 20 July 1966.Additional information:General note:Acquired in 1975 from Mrs. W.A. Rupert Michell of Ottawa, Ont and in 2005 from Frank McKim of Ottawa, Ont.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B90 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG30 B 90] 1[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [MITCHELL, WILLIAM ARTHUR RUPERT 1968-049][Consultation Open]172;[Consultation Open]1743;[Consultation Open]Box [MICHELL, WILLIAM ARTHUR RUPERT 1968-049] FDA 0365[Consultation Open]Box [MICHELL, W.A.R. 1968-049] RV3 155[Consultation Open]Object[Consultation Open]
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