Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1901-1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
418 photographs. -- 55 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Benjamin Serby Cameron, 1885-1969, was born in Chatham, Ontario, and moved to Lacombe, Alberta in 1910 to establish a photography business which he operated into the 1960s. By the 1950s the business was called Advance Studio, and it offered portrait and commercial photography, camera supplies and photofinishing. Benjamin served on the Lacombe town council for twenty-five years, served on the hospital board, and was involved in the planning and construction of the First Baptist Church in 1950. He and his first wife, who died in 1956, had three children. He later married Eleanor Grace ?.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Advance Studio, 1957.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of Lacombe buildings, businesses, personalities, sports groups, clubs, drama and music groups, weddings, and road construction; and photographs of Lacombe town council (1902-1906), 1928-1945), and Canadian Union College buildings and students (1912-1936). Includes photographs of nearby towns of Bentley (1931-1932), and Ponoka (1924-1939); studio registers, 1910-1952.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3C9D0Z
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
NC 3 has not been included in the physical description.
Note
Some of the negatives are glass plate and some nitrate.
Note
NA 764 is a copy negative.