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- 1905-1955 (Creation)
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52.5 cm of textual records. -- 36 photographs
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Biographical history
Bertram Freeman Souch, 1878-1957, was born near Enfield, Ontario. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1900 and moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta the same year, where he established a drugstore. He subsequently completed his optician's course and practiced as an optometrist as well as a pharmacist. He opened several branches in Medicine Hat over the years. He also had a real estate business and for a time had a partnership with George Kennedy.
In 1903 he married Helen Stephen Kennedy, ?-1944, and they had three children, Edith (McDonald), Bertram E. and John K. He served on the Medicine Hat School Board, 1914-1934, and became an alderman in 1917. He retired in 1946 and in 1947 married Mrs. Bernice Cyler.
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Purchased, 1983-1984.
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The fonds consists of business correspondence relating to B.F. Souch Real Estate Agent and Souch and Kennedy Real Estate Brokers; financial records, income tax returns, personal correspondence, membership cards and photographs relating to B.F. Souch. Includes correspondence re George and John Kennedy and Central Methodist Church.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3COH4J
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Other Bertram Souch records are held by Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
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Thursday, April 26, 2018