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- Copied 1962-1969 (originally created 1885-1897) (Creation)
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63 photographs. -- 0.5 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Fred Louis Russell was a newspaper reporter and photographer for the New York Sun and covered the 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion) for that paper. He married Carrie Edith Hughes in 1885 and they lived in Lethbridge, Alberta from about 1887 to 1897. They had at least on child, Edna Winnifred, 1887-?.
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The fonds consists of photographs of the Russell family, early Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) and native people, and early Lethbridge; and letter to his mother-in-law (1897).
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Existence and location of originals
The original photos are held by Kalamazoo Public Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3QBL3I
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018