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James Colcleugh fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1876-1971.

Reference:

R4225-0-1-E, MG29-C81

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101491

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James Colcleugh fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1876-1971.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

20.1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence of Mrs. Dorothy Garbutt, original, 1966-1970; an irregularly kept diary of James Colcleugh relating to settlement in Manitoba, transcript, 1877-1883; personal and business letters kept by James Colcleugh, transcript, 1876-1887; notes and letters of James Colcleugh, transcript, 1867-1887; printed material, original, n.d., 1957-1971; newspaper clippings, original, 1918, 1957-1968; articles and radio talks on James Colcleugh and his times, transcript, n.d., 1931, 1965.

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Colcleugh, James, 1841-1918

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Colcleugh, James, 1841-1918 : James Colcleugh, born in 1841 at West Flamborough, Upper Canada, received his early education in Dundas and took his training in pharmacy in Hamilton and Buffalo, N.Y. He went to Manitoba in 1875 with the first telegraph construction party for work on the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1882, he became the first mayor of Selkirk and he retained this office until 1886. In 1883, he opened the Selkirk Drug Store and established a telephone exchange between Selkirk and Winnipeg in 1885. He went to San Francisco in 1890 but returned to Manitoba in 1892, and operated a pharmacy in Winnipeg until his retirement in 1912.

See: Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, 1971.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a detailed description of the contents of the letters. MSS0963 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002721.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1972 from Mrs. Dorothy Garbutt of Winnipeg, Man. The diaries and letterbooks were transcribed from the originals held by the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.
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James Colcleugh - Family, [1877-1883] Selkirk (Man.), n.d., 1957-1971

Dorothy Garbutt - Correspondence, 1966-1970 Lower Fort Garry (Man.), n.d., 1957-1971

Manitoba - Settlement, [1877-1883] Mr. Manitoba, [1867-1887]

James Colcleugh - Diaries, [1877-1883] William Craib

James Colcleugh - Correspondence, [1877-1887]

James Colcleugh - Finance, Personal, [1876-1887]

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-C81
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 C 81] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 963] 91

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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