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- 1888-1972 (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records. -- 27 photographs
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Biographical history
Thomas Edmund "Ed" Wilson, 1898-1979, was the son of Thomas E. Wilson, the well-known Rocky Mountain guide and explorer, and Minnie McDougall. He was born in Alberta and lived in Nordegg from 1914 to 1950. He returned from the First World War in 1917 because of an injury, and then worked in the coal mining industry as a surface foreman. He moved from Nordegg to Calgary in 1950.
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Gift of Ed Wilson, 1963-1972.
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The fonds consists of reminiscences of his life in Nordegg (1972); newsclippings about the 1941 mining disaster and various Nordegg residents; letters from Marin Nordegg; lists of births and deaths in Nordegg; and photographs of Nordegg, Banff, and his father (1888-1927).
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The material is in English.
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The records of his father, Thomas E. Wilson, are also held at Glenbow.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018