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Imperial Oil Collection series [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

[ca. 1890]-1973.

Reference:

R4956-0-7-E, MG28-III64

Type of material:

Art, Moving images, Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100034

Context of this record:

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Charles William Jefferys fonds

Imperial Oil Collection series
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Record information – Details
Series includes:

2260 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1890]-1973.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1446 works of art : pen and ink, pencil, watercolour.
ca. 100 film reels (ca. 40 h).
7 cm of textual records.
43 photographs : b&w.
8 prints : reproductions.
1 map.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Scope and content:

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Series consists of fourteen hundred and forty-six works of art, ca. 1911-1950, consisting of images prepared for the "Picture Gallery of Canadian History", published by Ryerson Press (3 vols. 1942-1950) and other reconstructed images of Canadian history. Many are copies of works by other artists and historical illustrations. Also available are portraits, historical events, costumes, artifacts, geographical locations, fortification plans, and military paraphenalia.

Series also contains documentary films on the oil industry in Canada, life in Newfoundland, and the Canadian Rockies, 1947-1968. Material has been divided into a media specific series entitled Moving images.

Series also contains textual material, consisting of a national opinion survey, prepared for Imperial Oil Limited by Canadian Fact Limited, 1961, as well as a memorandum on the survey.

Series consists of one photograph, 1962, depicting a presentation of scale models of two Junkers aircraft to the National Museum in Ottawa by Imperial Oil Limited; Imperial representative E.L. Baillie presented the models to K.M. Molson, curator of the National Aviation Museum. There are also forty-two copies of photographs, n.d., depicting the Air Transport division of Imperial Oil Limited, and its activities and personnel, including T.M. Reid; flights from Harbour Grace, Nfld.; and a portrait of J.A.D. McCurdy.

Also included are eight prints, n.d., consisting of a portfolio of Canadian Historical drawings of C.W. Jeffreys and one 1938 Imperial Oil map of eastern Canada.

Provenance:

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Imperial Oil Limited

Biography/Administrative history:

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Imperial Oil Limited : Imperial Oil Company Limited was established in 1880 as a union of Canadian Oil producers. Originally located in London, Ontario, Imperial Oil Company moved its operations to Petrolia, Ontario in 1883. Thereafter, Imperial Oil established twenty-three branch offices and six refineries from coast to coast. In 1899, following the sale of a majority interest to Standard Oil of New Jersey, Imperial took over Standard Oil assets in Canada and moved its headquarters to Sarnia, Ontario. The company was renamed Imperial Oil Ltd. in 1959. In 1988 they purchased Texaco Canada Inc. Today, Imperial Oil Ltd. has its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Canada Ltd., and a parent of International Petroleum Company Ltd.

Finding aid:

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(Other) Works of art (accession 1972-026 PIC): Online item-level description.

(Other) Works of art (accession 1972-026 PIC): Item-level description found in binder 7-10.

(Other) Works of art (accession 1972-026 PIC): Description attached to inventory in artist file.

Moving images: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions.

Moving images: (Paper) Refer to AV Collection file for additional information.

Additional information:

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General note:

Transferred in 1976 from the Documentary Art and Photography Division.
Material in accessions 1966-0007 (MISA), 1972-0112 (MISA), 1973-0191 (MISA), and 1973-0189 (MISA) was part of the CFIs Canadian Film Archive transfer to MISA on May 12, 1975. The collection name and accession number represent the original donor/deposit date with CFI. Additional moving image material was acquired by the National Archives of Canada from Imperial Oil Limited, Toronto, Ontario between 1976 and 1990.

Custodial history:

This collection of 1446 drawings and collages was sold by two of Charles W. Jefferys' daughters after his death in 1951. The sale in 1954 transferred copyright as well as physical ownership to Imperial OIl, which used the works as part of its educational and outreach efforts in the 1950s and 1960s.

Availability of other formats note:

Photographs (accession 1974-014 NPC): Copy negatives available: PA-089955 to PA-089994.

Associated material note:

Some photographs (accessions 1974-047 NPC; 1973-119 NPC and 1976-168 NPC), previously in the custody of Library and Archives Canada, were de-accessioned and returned to the Imperial Oil Limited Corporate Archives. See accession file for further information.

Container note(s):

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1 : O
Subject heading:

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Oil industries - Canada, 1961 How Canadians View the Oil Industry, 1961

Oil industries - Surveys, 1961 Canada Facts Limited, 1961
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(-557-15)
(1972-12-21)
(1973-05-08)
(1973-11-30)
(1976-05-05)
(1978-03-03)
104-060004-2
118-080203-9
121-060210-5
123-040344-2
1539 (1990-03-14)
1966-0007 MISA
1972-0112 MISA
1972-026 PIC
1973-0189 MISA
1973-0191 MISA
1973-119 NPC
1974-014 NPC
1974-047 NPC
1976-0290 MISA
1976-168 NPC
1977-0277 MISA
1978-0323 MISA
1990-512 DAP
1993-0303 MISA
MR00112 (1977-07-15)

Former archival reference no.:

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MG28-III64
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [IMPERIAL OIL 1974-014] 1673

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1972-026]

[Consultation 90 Open]

7322--7328;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000858444;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000951739;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A615-01;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A625-02;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A626-01--A626-02;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A628-01;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A629-01/X1;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A621-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 880

[Consultation 90 Open]

A623-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 657

[Consultation 90 Open]

A626-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 784--785

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG28 III 64] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Copy negative [R4956] PA-89955--PA-89994

[Consultation 90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Photographs (accession 1974-014 NPC): Library and Archives Canada does not provide copies; they must be obtained from lender. Copyright: For items still in copyright; copyright must be established by the holder of the original(s). Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.
Photograph (accession 1962-079 NPC): No restrictions. Copyright belongs to Jack Marshall. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.
Art work (accession 1972-026 PIC) and prints (accession 1956-043 PIC): No restrictions. Copyright belongs to Library and Archives Canada. Credit: Library and Archives Canada .
Moving images: Reproduction with written permission of copyright owner : with written permission of donor.
Map: No restrictions.

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