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- Photocopied 1968, 1978 (originally created 1897-1899) (Creation)
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1 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Charles Edward Dudley Wood, 1856-1925, was born in Washington, DC, USA but raised and educated in Ontario. He attended Trinity College in Port Hope. He joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1880 for two years, and served at Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan and Fort Macleod, Alberta. He founded the Macleod Gazette in 1882 and ran it until 1903. He articled as a lawyer with Frederick Haultain and was admitted to the North-West Territories Bar in 1896. He practiced law in Fort Macleod until 1903 when he moved to Regina. From 1904 to 1906 he was Deputy Attorney General for the North-West Territories. He resumed his law practice from 1906 until 1913 when he was appointed a judge. He presided in the Weyburn, Saskatchewan courthouse.
For further information see Jim Bradley's article, "Charlie Wood : Crusader, Community-Builder and Frontier Journalist" in Alberta History, vol. 60, no. 4 (Autumn 2012), p. 2-8.
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The fonds consists of miscellaneous correspondence about the estates of Jerry Potts and William Winder; proposed E. Pauline Johnson show; Western Canada Press Association excursion; Oxley Ranch irrigation ditch; and a letter from NWMP officer A.M. Jarvis in the Yukon.
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The material is in English.
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The originals are held by Garnet M. Kerr and John D. McCloy.
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