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- 1910-1967, predominant 1914-1919 (Creation)
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87 photographs. -- 1 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Joseph Alfred "Alf" McLean, ?-1980, was born in Bainbridge, Ontario. He moved to Calgary in 1903 and attended Haultain School. He served in the First World War with the 50th Battalion, and joined the King's Own Calgary Regiment after the war. He was commissioned as a major with the South Alberta Regiment in 1940, and served in Edmonton and Nanaimo until invalided back to Calgary in 1941. He later served in Vernon, Red Deer and Calgary as a trades and training officer, and in 1944-1945 as sports and training officer in Nova Scotia. He retired and entered the reserve army in 1945. During the interwar period and also after the Second World War he was employed as a plumber at Bell and Morris and later Anderson Plumbing Co. He and his wife, Millicent, had no children.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McLean, 1978-1980.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of First World War photographs of 31st Canadian Battalion and 50th Battalion in France and Belgium, photographs of Calgary Highlanders events and personalities (ca. 1950s), and other miscellaneous military photographs. Includes McLean's military correspondence (1917, 1946), First World War postcards, and miscellany.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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No finding aid
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3CV3LG
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NA's are copy negatives.
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Thursday, March 29, 2018