Booth family fonds [textual record, graphic material] Archives / Collections and Fonds
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Booth family fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:362 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Photographic material: Finding aid no. FA-500 see "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." (Paper) -
Record information Booth family fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1880-1975.Reference:R1497-0-1-E, MG30-A98Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:101510Date(s):1880-1975.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1,079 photographs.
15 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of a photo album illustrating part of the family life and activities of J.R. Booth and C. Jackson Booth of the Ottawa lumbering family, 1900-1938; other photographs depicting life and activities of John Rodolphus and C.J. Booth families, ca. 1900-1965; correspondence regarding John R., C. Jackson and C. Rowley Booth and other members of the family; periodicals and miscellaneous items, 1880-1964, 1923-1966, 10 cm; and newspaper clippings, n.d., 1896-1975, 5 cm.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Booth (Family) : John Rudolphus Booth, sawmill owners, who has been called "the Dean of Canadian Lumbermen", was born in Waterloo, Quebec in 1827. His first major contract was for the lumber for the Parliament Buildings in 1859. By 1892 his mills turned out more lumber than anyone else's in the world. Booth constructed the Canada Atlantic Railway (as well as the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway through Algonquin Park) from 1879-1882 and was its owner until 1904. His son, C. Jackson, carried on the family business after John R's death in 1925 until his own demise in 1947. The firm of Booth Lumber Limited was sold in 1965.Additional information:General note:Received in 1978 from Mrs. Arne Blyberg of Montebello, Que.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-A98 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [BOOTH FAMILY 1979-208][Consultation Open]3812;[Consultation Open]FDA 0633;[Consultation Open]INT 021;[Consultation Open]RDV 014;[Consultation Open]RV5 023;[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Booth family album: copyright expired.
Other photographs: no restrictions on use or reproduction except by Y. Karsh. Photographs by Y. Karsh: see accession 1987-054 (DAP). Selected photographs: various copyrights. Photographs: Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy neg. no.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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