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- 1874-1946 (Creation)
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15 cm of textual records
15 photoprints : b&w ; 20 x 25 or smaller
22 negatives
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Frederick Augustus Bagley, 1858-1945, was born in St. Lucia, British West Indies [some accounts say Jamaica] and at the age of ten came to Canada with his family. In 1874 he joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and served until 1899. He served in the South African War, worked in the Land Titles office in Calgary and resumed his military service in First World War. He moved to Banff, Alberta in 1924 and worked in the Museum of Natural History. He was also very involved in the musical life of Calgary, and conducted the Calgary Citizens' Band from 1903 to 1920. He married Lucille "Lucy" May Kerr-Francis, 1868-1948, in 1890 and they had six daughters, Katherine Frances Clara (Hinchcliffe), 1891-1982, Mary Theresa Dorothy, 1892-1903, Helen Eva "Dolly", 1894-1894, Mary Patricia, 1900-1900, Fredrica Leona (Bent), 1904-1997, and Marian June (Connelly), 1907-1984.
For further information see the article, "Fred Bagley : Youngest Mountie" in Legends in Their Time : Young Heroes and Victims of Canada / George Sherwood and Stewart Sherwood, eds. -- Toronto : Dundurn, 2006, p. 77-88, "Frederick Augustus Bagley (R.S.N. OS 322, NS 247): Maverick" in Relatively Speaking, volume 44, number 2, August, 2015, p. 111-116; and Tom Dust "The Amazing Life of 'Mountie' Trumpeter Fred Bagley" in Canadian Winds: the Journal of the Canadian Band Association, volume 14, number 1, fall 2015, p. 21-23.
Repository
Archival history
Most of the fonds was donated to the Horseman's Hall of Fame, Calgary, by Fred's daughter, Kay Hinchcliffe. The Hall held it from 1953 until 1975. Fred's autobiography was held by Mr. and Mrs. Leishman McNeill for some years before they donated it to Glenbow in 1965. The diary transcript was donated by his daughter, Marian Connelly.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Horseman's Hall of Fame, Mrs. Leishman McNeill, Marian Connelly, Mrs. R. McGibbon, Jeffery Dunbar, and Doug and Sally Connelly, 1960-2005.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a typescript of his diary (1874-1884) and an autobiographical manuscript "The '74 Mounties" (1938). The fonds also includes correspondence, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, and newsclippings about Mounted Police, military, and musical activities (1870s-1946). Includes a typescript of the 1874 diary of Colonel John French.
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No restrictions on access.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Existence and location of originals
The family believes the original diaries were destroyed.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3Q69CQ
"The '74 Mounties" was serialized in the Canadian Cattlemen, volume 13, numbers 1 through 8.
Related units of description
See also Calgary Citizen's Band fonds held by the Glenbow.
See also the Fred Bagley fonds in The Military Museum
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Title based on contents of records.
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The microfilm, done in 1990, has no accession number.
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Microfilm-Bagley
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- Antrobus, William D. (Subject)
- Belchek, T.S. (Subject)
- Brunette, Phineas (Subject)
- Davis, Daniel "Peaches" (Subject)
- Fullwood, James H. (Subject)
- Great War Veterans Association (Subject)
- Herron, John (Subject)
- Rich, Mary Belle (Subject)
- Sheran, Nicholas (Subject)
- Thomas, P.G. (Subject)
- White, Frederick J. (Subject)
- Wood, Samuel Taylor (Subject)
- Wilson, Thomas Edmunds (Subject)
- Ballantyne, Sheila (Subject)
- Macleod, James Farquharson (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
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Archivist's note
June 2026 - extent updated. KK