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Date(s)
- 1919, 1974-2005 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
21.92 m of textual records
1148 photographs : b&w and colour ; 20x25 cm or smaller
139 slides
negatives
44 maps
8 VHS cassettes
2 audio cassettes
2 DVDS
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Donald B. Smith, 1946- , was born in Oakville, Ontario. He is a graduate of Universite Laval and the University of Toronto. He joined the Department of History at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta in 1974 and is now professor emeritus. He is a specialist in Canadian native studies and has published several books on the subject, including Long Lance : The True Story of an Imposter; Sacred Feathers : The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians; From the Land of the Shadows : The Making of Grey Owl, and Calgary's Grand Story. He married Nancy Townshend in 1982 and they have two sons.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Donald B. Smith, 1975-2015, Bob Richardson, 2001, and William Joiner, 2004.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds contains materials related to Professor Donald Smith's research and publications – namely, 'Calgary's Grand Story', 'From the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl', and 'Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance: The Glorious Imposter'. The fonds also contains materials pertaining to Henry B Steinhauer, the Northwest Rebellion, as well as the 'Save the Glenbow' movement. Files may contain articles, clippings, biographical documents, correspondence, as well as other research materials, rough notes, and manuscripts.
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Conditions governing access
Researchers may have access to all research materials, but personal correspondence files of Donald B. Smith may not be reproduced in any form during his lifetime.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Related units of description
A recording of G. H. Gooderham being interviewed by D. B. Smith about Long Lance is held by Library and Archives Canada. A transcript is available at Glenbow.
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Title based on contents of records.
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M-4349 is the transcript of the NAC recording.
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PA-2513 includes 111 negatives.
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Microfilm-Long Lance
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All M accessions were amalgamated into M-6071 during processing
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Name access points
- Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) (Subject)
- Long Lance, Buffalo Child (Sylvester Long) (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, March 22, 2018