Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [ca. 1912-1939] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
25 plans. -- 2 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Emile Leblanc, [ca. 1885-1940], was born in Belgium. He emigrated to Alberta about 1905 with his wife, Eva Maussieux, and her mother, Melanie. They lived in the Crowsnest Pass, then moved to Taber about 1912. Emile worked as a coal mine surveyor for the White Ash and Regal Mines, and operated the Bay Mine at Taber. At the beginning of the depression he moved to Wayne in the Drumheller Valley to work for the Provincial Government as a mine inspector. Emile and his wife had at least one daughter, Renee.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Renee Leblanc, 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of mine plans of Western Gem Coal Co., Kleenbirn Collieries, Golden West Coal Mine, Bay Coal Co., Superior Grade Coal Co., Consolidated Diamond Collieries, Regal Collieries, Thomas Kerrison Mine, H. Muller Mine, and Rock Springs Coal and Brick Co.; plan of the Taber Transit Co. bridge; and technical reports about Block Coal Co. and West Canadian Collieries.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
The artifacts are in the Cultural History collection.