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- 1903-1945, predominant 1903-1918 (Creation)
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2 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs
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Biographical history
Philip "Curley" MacPherson, 1879-1970, was born at Cape North, Nova Scotia. In 1903 he homesteaded near Nanton, Alberta. In 1913 he married Ethel Allan, ?-1974, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. They had five children, Flora (Howe), Vermina (Fleming), Helen, Philip and Gordon. He bought a Rumely Oilpull steam engine in 1911 and for many years ran a threshing outfit in partnership with John McKinnon. He was a charter member of the Nanton curling club and the Alberta Wheat Pool and was active on the school board. He retired to Nanton ca. 1953.
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Gift of Vermina Fleming, 1974-1976.
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The fonds consists of homestead documents (1903), farming receipts and tax assessments (1904-1918), curling club certificate and program (1914, 1917), photographs of Rumely tractor training school (1911), photographs of Edward, Prince of Wales and First World War soldiers (1914-1919), and a gasoline ration book (1945).
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3Q8UR5
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017