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Correspondence [textual record, cartographic material, technical drawing]
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Finding aid Cartographic material, technical drawing (Paper) Acquisition documentation file contains a preliminary finding aid, based on a sampling of ca. 5 percent of the accession. RG46M 934007 Finding aid available in main reference room. (90: Open)Cartographic material, technical drawing (Electronic) If electronic finding aid is taken from the paper finding aid, then it is based on a sampling of ca. 5 percent of the accession. RG46M 934007 Finding aid available on ArchiviaNet. (90: Open)(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
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Record information Correspondence [textual record, cartographic material, technical drawing]
Date:1867-1904Reference:R164-9-4-E, RG46M 77803/23, RG46M 934007, RG46-B-IIType of material:Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:134616Date(s):1867-1904Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:10.30 m of textual records
ca. 797 technical drawings chiefly ink on tracing linen, some blueprints.
ca. 982 maps chiefly mss. (chiefly ink on tracing linen), some blueprints.
ca. 47 profiles some mss., ink on tracing linen, col., some blueprints.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Sub-series consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence that formed the greater part of the records maintained by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council. The correspondence covers all aspects of the Committee's activities and its relationship with railways, municipalities, organizations, corporations, and other bodies, as well as individuals. Subjects frequently encountered include accident reports and returns; reports of railway inspections; details of rates, tariffs, and tolls; and correspondence concerning passes, timetables, rules and regulations, and expropriations; complaints; petitions for legislation; and approval for routes, buildings, opening of railway lines for traffic, crossings, and crossing protection. Individual items range in extent from voluminous pieces of correspondence to brief transmittal notes.
As the correspondence was not physically organized by subject or originator, an elaborate system was devised to enable the location of all correspondence relevant to a specific matter. Separate numbering systems were created for incoming and for outgoing correspondence. Each item of incoming correspondence was allotted a consecutive number upon receipt and the correspondence physically kept in this consecutive numerical order is now found in the Letters received sub-sub-series (see RG46-B-II-1). It was also recorded in a register found in the Registers of letters received sub-sub-series, (see RG46-B-II-2, MIKAN 134723, R164-10-0-E). Outgoing letters were also allotted a consecutive number on despatch. No outgoing correspondence has survived, but a record of each letter, along with a summary of its contents, was kept in a register found in the Registers of letters sent sub-sub-series (see RG46-B-II-3, MIKAN 134743, R164-26-4-E).
The journals found in the Journals and journal index sub-sub-series (RG46-B-II-4) were also used as a location device and a subject index to correspondence. Each railway with or about which correspondence was exchanged was allotted a subject number. Both incoming or outgoing correspondence pertaining to that railway was then listed in these journals in chronological order under the subject number allotted to that railway.
Cartographic material, technical drawing: RG46M 934007 includes plans of railway and street crossings, opening or changing lines, new structures such as bridges, and shared facilities.Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:RG46M 934007: The Committee did not consistently number these maps and plans, nor do they appear to fit precisely into other holdings held in RG46, Series BI and BII.Source of title:Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.Custodial history:RG46M 934007 was transferred in May 1993 from the Railway/Commodity Pipelines Branch of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.Cartographic math data:Cartographic material, technical drawing - RG46M 934007: Scales differ.Copy/version note:RG46M 934007: Items #42, 1247, 1420, 1421, 1440, 1441, and 1445 have been microfilmed. Their NMC numbers are: 190241, 190359, 190420, and 190453 - 190456.Accruals:No further accruals are expected.Source:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG46M 77803/23
RG46M 934007
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