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- 1910-1960 (Creation)
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41 photographs. -- 2 cm of textual records
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Edward Herbert Maunsell, 1854-1923, was born in County Limerick, Ireland and joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1874. After his discharge he established a ranch near Fort Macleod, Alberta with his brothers, Henry Frederick and George Wyndham. He and his wife, Jeannette Ryan, 1855-1933, had three children, Jeannette Louisa Clare "Ivy" (Buckwell), 1887-1972, Antoinette and Frederick William Edward, 1890-1917. Maunsell, Alberta, Maunsell Close in Calgary, and Maunsell Street in Fort Macleod are named for the Maunsell Brothers.
For further information see Hugh A. Dempsey's entry, "Edward Herbert Maunsell" in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography at www.biographi.ca.
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Gifts of Ivy Buckwell, Ruth King, Maunsell Buckwell, Deirdre Coma, and Marcia Gault, 1961-2001.
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The fonds consists of photographs of Guy Weadick and Florence La Due, natives and Edward's ranch; and biographical notes about Edward and miscellany; correspondence and maps re leases on Peigan reserve.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3QMU65
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Various newspaper articles written by Edward were compiled as "The West of Edward Maunsell", Alberta History. - vol. 34, no. 4 (Autumn 1986), p. 1-17, and vol. 35, no. 1 (Winter 1987), p. 13-26. Another version of his memoirs was published as "Maunsell's Story" in the RCMP Quarterly. - vol. 48, no. 1 (Winter 1983), p. 25-39 (reprinted in The Mounties as They Saw Themselves / William H. Kelly, ed. - Ottawa : Golden Day Press, 1996).
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Thursday, June 07, 2018