Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- Photocopied 1965 (originally created 1887-1893) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
5 cm of textual records. -- 1 poster
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Canadian Agricultural, Coal and Colonization Company was started in 1887 by Sir John Lister-Kaye, a member of the British nobility who came to Balgonie, Saskatchewan in 1885. The company acquired eleven large tracts of land (about 10,000 acres or 4000 hectares apiece) from Balgonie, Saskatchewan to Namaka, Alberta, on which it was intended to use the latest methods of cultivation and breeding. In 1888 the company purchased the cattle of the Powder River Cattle Company and entered the ranching business. In 1889 D.H. Andrews was appointed manager of the stock operations. The Stair Ranch, near Redcliff, Alberta, was one of the tracts of land kept primarily as a ranching operation. Andrews started the Canada Land and Ranch Company in 1895 and took over CACCC's operations.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The letters (originals) were a gift of Roy A. Judson, 1965.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of the letter-book of D.W. Andrews, ranch manager, pertaining to daily ranch operations, round-ups, finances and stock on the Stair Ranch (1890-1893); a CACCC promotional poster (1887); and two miscellaneous company letters (1890, 1896).
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
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The photocopy of the Stair Ranch letterbook was obtained from the Medicine Hat Museum, but the location of the original is unknown. The original promotional poster is held by the County Record Office, Stafford, England.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3L7TQJ
Related units of description
Other Sir Lister-Kaye papers are held by the Lister-Kaye family in Scotland.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
NA-3682 is a copy neg of the promotional poster.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Stair Ranch (Subject)
- 76 Ranch (Saskatchewan) (Subject)
- Akers, Charles (Subject)
- Cowan, Roy (Subject)
- Needham, Robert (Subject)
- Ellis, John (Subject)
- Middleton, A. (Subject)
- Middleton, W. (Subject)
- Craig, John R. (Subject)
- Rutherford, W. (Subject)
- Wylie, D.J. (Subject)
- Kerfoot, D. (Subject)