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Diary of Robert Allison [textual record]

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Date:

1946.

Reference:

R3931-0-4-E, MG30-C237, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

98402

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Diary of Robert Allison
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Date(s):

1946.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5.01 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of diary kept by Robert Allison who travelled to Canada with Ralph Cadzow as a hand on a cattle boat called the S.S. NORWEGIAN. The two men travelled from coast to coast in Canada and in the midwest United States from Chicago to Denver and Salt Lake City. They had many contacts. Mr. Crerar met them in Montreal, Ian Mackenzie, the Minister of Veterans Affairs greeted them in Ottawa. Mr. Gundy, a stockbroker, entertained them in Toronto where they visited the Caledonian Fishing Club. The diary gives an impression of Canadian and North American life in 1946, concentrating on agriculture and beef cattle raising.

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Allison, Robert, 1946-1988

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Allison, Robert, 1946-1988 : Robert Allison was a Scottish farmer from Newbridge Scotland, who specialized in raising prize beef cattle for export. He travelled to Canada with Ralph Cadzow as a hand on a cattle boat called the S. S. Norwegian. They travelled from coast to coast in Canada and in the midwest United States from Chicago to Denver and Salt Lake City. They had many contacts. Mr. Crerar met them in Montreal while Ian Mackenzie, the Minister of Veterans Affairs, greeted them in Ottawa. Mr. Gundy, the stockbroker, entertained them in Toronto where they visited the Caledonian Fishing Club.

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General note:

Received from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1988 to which Mr. Allison had donated his diary.
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Canada - Description and travel - 1901-1950, 1946 Ian Mackenzie, 1946

Agriculture - Canada, 1946 Caledonian Fishing Club, 1946

Farm life - Canada, 1946

Beef cattle - Canada, 1946
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1988/0230 MSS

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MG30-C237
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