Collection search - C.S. Chard fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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C.S. Chard fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1848-1971].

Reference:

R5957-0-4-E, MG31-H25

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102677

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C.S. Chard fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

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

[ca. 1848-1971].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.
6 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of reminiscences of C.S. Chard concerning the Trent Valley Waterways in the late nineteenth century includes a short history of the surrounding area; reminiscences relating to lumbering, trading and other experiences in Northern Manitoba and Northeast Saskatchewan, 1908-1910; service as a stationmaster and various items pertaining to Canadian railroads in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Minnesota, 1906-1915; a pamphlet on National Parks in the West and miscellaneous clippings; copies of an undated map of the Trent-Severn Waterway, a pamphlet on the O'Hara Mill Project, 1956, and an article on the Moira Conservation Authority, 1955; copy of an old family letter, 1853, and old settler's recipes.

Fonds also consists of photographs of the Chard family, ca. 1848, and a 1910 photograph of a horse-drawn water tank, used to maintain the ice surface of a log road in Crooked River, Sask.

Provenance:

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Chard, C. S., born approximately 1866

Biography/Administrative history:

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Chard, C. S., born approximately 1866 : Clarence S. Chard wrote extensively about his life experiences, much of which occurred during the latter years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Throughout his life, Chard has been employed in numerous industries. He was involved in the lumbering and trading industry in Northern Manitoba and Northeast Saskatchewan between 1908 and 1910. He was an employee of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (Stirling, Ont.). He then began a career with the Canadian Railway, and was station master in various stations in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan from 1906 to 1915.

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General note:

Received in 1970 and 1971 from C.S. Chard of Stirling, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Trent-Severn Waterway

C.S.Chard - Autobiography, 1853-1971 O'Hara Mill Project, 1956

Moira Conservation Authority, 1955

Commerce - Manitoba, Northern, [1853-1971]

Commerce - Saskatchewan, Northwest, [1853-1971]

Frontier and pioneer life - Canada, Western, [1853-1971]

Railroads - Minnesota, 1906-1915

National Parks and reserves - Canada, [1853-1971]

Trent-Severn Waterway (Ont.) - Maps, 1853-1971

Railroad station managers - Canada, 1853-1971

Lumbering - Manitoba, Northern, [1853-1971]

Lumbering - Saskatchewan, Northwest, [1853-1971]

Cookery, [1853-1971]

Trent (Ont.) - History, [1853-1971]

Trent (Ont.) - Waterways, [1853-1971]

Settlement conditions

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Railroads Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1971-129 NPC
1971-250 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H25
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 H 25] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation10 Closed]
Photograph (acc. no. 1971-250 NPC): Accession premanently closed. National Archives of Canada does not hold original. Copies must be obtained from lender.

Box [CHARD, C. S. 1971-250] 1660

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Box [CHARD, C.S. 1971-129] 4958

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of Photographer / National Archives of Canada.
Photograph (acc. no. 1971-250 NPC): National Archives of Canada does not provide copies. Copies must be obtained from lender.

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