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Alexander Jamieson Russell fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1830]-1887.

Reference:

R7530-0-0-E, MG29-D31

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98198

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Alexander Jamieson Russell fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

[ca. 1830]-1887.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2 cm of textual records (32 p.).
53 drawings : 42 pencil, 11 pen and ink.
1 watercolour : watercolour over pencil.
3 pictures : 1 offset lithograph, 2 photochemical reproduction.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of textual records including rough notes and drafts of "On Champlain's Astrolabe", ca. 1878, 12 pages; a letterpress copy of "Quebec and Earl Dufferin's Rehabilitation of It", 1876, 17 pages; and a manuscript entitled "Canoeing on the Upper Ottawa", 1885, 3 pages.

Also included in fonds is artistic material including drawings, watercolours and reproductions of Quebec City and vicinity in the 1930s; the province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Western Canada, Northwest Territories; and miscellaneous views of unidentified locales. Works by Alexander Jamieson Russell based on originals by Paul Kane and Milton & Cheadle. Some of the sketches were produced by Russell for his book on the Canadian Northwest, while others were produced while he was responsible as an agent for Crown Lands in the Upper Ottawa valley and elsewhere.

For reports produced by Russell as an agent responsible for Crown lands, please see RG12 Dept. of Transport. B. Railways and Canals.

Provenance:

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Russell, Alexander Jamieson, 1807-1887
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Milton & Cheadle

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of, 1826-1902

Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Biography/Administrative history:

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Russell, Alexander Jamieson, 1807-1887 : Alexander Jamieson Russell was born in Glasgow, Scotland and emigrated to Canada with his family in 1822. He became a surveyor and engineer, and eventually was employed in the Crown Lands Office of the Canadian government. He was the author of The Red River Country, Hudson's Bay, and Northwest Territories considered in relation to Canada (Ottawa, 1869) and of On Champlain's Astrolabe (Montreal, 1879). He contributed sketches to Alfred Hawkins' Picture of Quebec (Quebec, 1834) as well as to the Canadian Illustrated News in 1870 and 1871. He died in Ottawa in 1887.

His brother Andrew (1804-1888) was also a civil servant, and rose to the position of Chief Clerk of the Dominion Lands Department.

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Artistic material: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS-ICON for item-level descriptions. On ARCHIVIANET look under DOCUMENTARY ART for these descriptions. (Restrictions not set)

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General note:

Textual material transferred in 1973 from Documentary Art and Photography Division. Textual material and works of art were acquired from Jenny Russell Simpson of Ottawa, Ont., daugher of Andrew Russell, Alexander's brother, in 1925.

Related material:

The papers of Andrew Russell (1804-1888), brother of Alexander Russell, are found in MG 29 B 17.
Subject heading:

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Author, Canadian, 1807-1887 "Quebec and Earl Dufferin's Rehabilitation of It", 1876

"Canoeing on the Upper Ottawa", 1855

Champlain's Astralable, 1878
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-080173-3
1992-441 x DAP

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-D31

Other accession no.:

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1992-441X
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 D 31] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1992-441] A169-02/X1--A169-02/X5

[Consultation 90 Open]

A169-02/X1 Item no. assigned by LAC 46--51; 53--54

[Consultation 90 Open]

A169-02/X2 Item no. assigned by LAC 26

[Consultation 90 Open]

A169-02/X3 Item no. assigned by LAC 12--15

[Consultation 90 Open]

A169-02/X4 Item no. assigned by LAC 16--18; 20--24; 27--30

[Consultation 90 Open]

A169-02/X5 Item no. assigned by LAC 31--45

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Artistic material: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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