Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1874-1955, predominant 1906-1950s (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
57.5 cm of textual records.
68 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Fred George Moses, 1885-1959, was born in Monmouthshire, Wales, and emigrated to Ottawa, Ontario in 1903. In 1905 he joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) at Regina and served at Grenfell, Saskatchewan before being posted to Pincher Creek, Alberta in 1908. He was discharged in 1911. He married Edna May in 1913, and they had six children, Roderick, Clifford, Owen, David, Ralph and Olwen (Smythe).
In 1917 Fred joined the Alberta Provincial Police, which had been established that year to assume the duties of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) in Alberta. Fred was put in charge of the Lac La Biche detachment, and in 1923 he was transferred to Wainwright. He was promoted to corporal in 1924. In 1927 he was transferred to Stony Plain and in 1930 he took over the Athabasca detachment. After the APP disbanded in 1932, Fred rejoined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
He retired in 1934, returning to Fort Macleod, where he took up sign painting and established a real estate and fire insurance agency.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Edna Moses and Lois Appleton, 1972-1974.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of reminiscences and articles (predominantly written by Fred) regarding the NWMP, Fort Macleod pioneers, and Blood and Blackfoot (Siksika) peoples (1930s-1950s); correspondence with newspapers regarding submitted articles (1930s-1950s); ground plan of Fort Macleod in 1880; genealogical notes; photocopies of scrapbooks; and newsclippings. Also consists of photocopies of detachment diaries from NWMP detachments at Grenfell (1906-1908) and Pincher Creek (1908-1909); and APP detachments at Lac La Biche (1917-1923), Wainwright (1923-1927), Stony Plain (1927-1930) and Athabasca (1930-1932). Includes photographs of NWMP, APP, Fort Macleod and native people (1874-1950s).
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
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original diaries and scrapbooks are held by Edna Moses.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3QBX5P
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents and provenance of records.
Note
The photoprints are in M 4741.