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- [ca. 1915-1935] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
209 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edgar N. Young, ?-1962, came to Calgary, Alberta in the early 1910s and began work as a photographer for the W.J. Oliver studio. From the mid-1910s to the mid-1920s he operated a studio, Reeves and Young, in partnership with Sidney Richard Reeves. He resumed working for Oliver until about 1947 when he began doing freelance photography and also working as a sales representative for the Canadian Geographical Society. He retired in 1960. He remained single. He is often referred to in directories as Edward N. Young.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of the Deputy Public Trustee, 1962.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of Calgary groups and construction sites.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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No finding aid
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Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3Q1BW1
Related units of description
Glenbow also holds the Sidney Richard Reeves fonds.
There are numerous Reeves and Young prints in other fonds at Glenbow.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Friday, March 04, 2016