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George Ayoub fonds [graphic material, textual record, object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1870-2003.

Reference:

R11476-0-9-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

647969

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George Ayoub fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1870-2003.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

United States, United Kingdom, France, Lebanon

Extent:

ca. 20,300 photographs : b&w and col. prints; negatives.
9.57 m of textual records.
1 identification tag.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Modern (1453- )

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George Ayoub fonds [graphic material, textual record]

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The fonds consists of approximately 20,000 photographs created or collected by George Ayoub, shipping enthusiast. The photographs depict a wide variety of ships that sailed on the St. Lawrence Seaway during the 20th century.

The fonds also includes approximately 6,35 metres of textual records that intellectually support the photographs with details of shipping history and individual ship histories. Among these records are thousands of notes on the background of different ships that sailed on the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence Seaway. There are also publications from Transport Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard and the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, as well as correspondence with other shipping enthusiasts, such as E. B. "Skip" Gillham, René Beauchamp, and Daniel McCormick. The fonds also contains personal documents and newspaper clippings about the expropriation of the Lebreton Flats, including articles written by George Ayoub or written about his situation.

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Ayoub, George, 1916-2003

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Ayoub, George, 1916-2003 : George Ayoub (December 1st 1916, Sault Ste. Marie - January 24 2003, Ottawa) was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the son of Frank Ayoub (also known as Ferris Ayoub) and Emaline Ferris. In 1930, he left school to become a sailor and he maintained his passion for ships until his death, becoming a member of many marine historical organizations in Canada and the U.S. After the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, Ayoub started to compile an important collection of records on the backgrounds of the different vessels that came to the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway during the 20th century. For his research, he became a frequent visitor at the National Library of Canada, the National Archives of Canada and the Transport Canada Library. George Ayoub also spent more than 25 years photographing ships, in particular at the Iroquois (Ontario) lock.

Finding aid:

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Photograph (Electronic) Finding aid is a partial electronic list from accession 2005-00306-9 volumes 14 to 16 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002305.pdf

Textual record, graphic material, object (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list describing volumes 24 to 69 MSS2622 (90: Open)

Source:

Private

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2005-00306-9
2018-00014-4
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001333.pdf

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R11476] 1--23

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

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