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William Ogilvie fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]
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Finding aid Textual record, graphic material (photo), cartographic material (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list for volumes 1 to 7 and a listing of some photos which has been described at the item level. MSS0471 (90: Open)
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Record information William Ogilvie fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]
Date:1822-1928.Reference:R2998-0-4-E, MG30-B22Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:98098Date(s):1822-1928.Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:CanadaExtent:22 cm of textual records.
119 photographs : b&w.
9 maps.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence, diaries and survey notebooks, memoranda and manuscripts dealing with William Ogilvie's surveys in the Northwest, Blackfoot and Sioux Indians, mining, conditions in Alaska and the Yukon, and the Klondike gold rush, 1846-1912.
The fonds also contains photographs, n.d., 1887-[ca. 1910], depicting views of the Yukon and Alaska, including a shot of the Ogilvie Bridge over the Klondike River near Dawson City; an Inuit woman known as "The Madonna of the Yukon"; log cabins; a horse-drawn wagon carrying supplies; the steamer J.B. Robertson; sternwheel steamers; an applied science class, McGill University; official farewell dinner to Ogilvie on his retirement as Governor, Dawson, Yukon; Dutch Harbour by evening, Aleutian Island; and the annual dinner of the London Invernesshire Association, London, England.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912 : William Ogilvie was born in April 1846 in Gloucester, Carleton, Ontario to James Ogilvie of Belfast, Ireland and Margaret Holliday Ogilvie of Peebles, Scotland. Ogilvie articled as a surveyor with Robert Sparks, qualifying to practice as a Provincial Land Surveyor in 1869. and became a Dominion Land Surveyor in 1872. Between 1875 and 1898, he conducted a number of surveys and explorations in the Northwest Territories for the Dominion government, notably in the Peace River and Mackenzie River districts and along the Canada-Alaska boundary. From 1887 to 1889, Ogilvie was involved in George Mercer Dawson's exploration and survey expedition in what later became the Yukon Territory. He surveyed the Chilkoot Pass, the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. Ogilvie established the location of the boundary between the Yukon and Alaska on the 141st meridian west.
From 1898 to 1901, he was commissioner of the Yukon Territory. He was the author of Early Days on the Yukon (1913) and 'The Klondike Official Guide' (1898). The Ogilvie Mountains, Ogilvie River and Ogilvie Aerodrome in the Northern Yukon Territory along with Ogilvie Valley in the Southern Yukon Territory are named after him.
See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1910 and Encyclopedia Canadiana and Parks Canada's National Historic Person, Ogilvie, William.Additional information:General note:Material was acquired in 1930, in 1946 and in 2023.Arrangement note:The textual portion of the fonds is divided into four series: Reminiscences, stories and articles; Diaries and notebooks; Extracts, declarations and notes; and Correspondence.Subject heading:- Mines and mineral resources - Yukon
- Mines and mineral resources - Alaska
- Indians of North America - Dakota Indians, 1869-1912
- Indians of North America - Siksika Indians, 1869-1912
- Surveying notes - Canada, Northern, 1869-1912
- Surveying notes - Canada, Western, 1869-1912
- William Ogilvie - Diaries, 1869-1912
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B22 -
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