Fondo F0316 - Frederick and Gordon Burton fonds

Original Objeto digital not accessible

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

CA ACU GBA F0316

Título

Frederick and Gordon Burton fonds

Fecha(s)

  • Microfilmed 1992 (originally created 1892-1990) (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

4 microfilm reels

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1868-1951)

Historia biográfica

Frederick Alfred Burton, 1868-1951, came to Fort Macleod, Alberta from Guelph, Ontario in 1886. He worked on many different ranches and in 1889 registered his own cattle brand. In 1896 he began his own ranch at Trout Creek in the Porcupine Hills, west of Claresholm, Alberta. He also established the Furman post office at his home. In 1896 he married Minnie Furman and they had five sons, Frederick Charles, Edward Dewey, Alfred Marion "Toots", John Furman "Pat", and Gordon Lloyd. Gordon, 1916-1990, grew up in Claresholm and attended the University of Alberta and Iowa State University, USA where he received his PhD in 1946. Between 1946 and 1951 he taught at the University of Saskatchewan and then at McGill University. He returned to Claresholm to operate the family cattle ranch after his father's death. He was an authority in agricultural economics and served on many related boards and government committees including the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Western Stock Growers' Association and the Alberta Public Expenditures and Revenue Committee. He was a director of Burns Foods for many years, was a founding member of the Canada West Foundation, and sat on the Federal Meat Import Advisory Board. He ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for the Macleod constituency in the 1957 federal election. He was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1977. He and his wife, Catherine Jean Stafford, 1919- , had four sons, John Charles, Jay Franklin, Richard Gordon and Randall James. The family ranch was incorporated in 1980 as Burke Creek Ranch Ltd. and is operated by Jay and Richard.

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

The fonds consists of Gordon's farm, ranch, business and personal records (1937-1990) including farm and ranch account books, grazing permits and leases, tax records, business correspondence, articles, speeches, Ph.D. thesis, awards, certificates, news clippings, scrapbooks, and records pertaining to government organizations and businesses with which he was involved.

Also consists of Frederick's farm, ranch and business records (1896-1950) including tax records, land acquisition records, grazing leases, farm and ranch accounting books, livestock brands and pedigrees and postal service records. Also includes some biographical information on the Burton family.

Valorización, destrucción y programación

Acumulaciones

Sistema de arreglo

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

No restrictions on access.

Condiciones

Idioma del material

    Escritura del material

      Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

      The material is in English.

      Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

      Instrumentos de descripción

      Área de materiales relacionados

      Existencia y localización de originales

      The originals are held by Catherine Jean Burton.

      Existencia y localización de copias

      Unidades de descripción relacionadas

      Descripciones relacionadas

      Área de notas

      Notas

      Title based on contents of records.

      Notas

      Microfilm-Burton

      Identificador/es alternativo(os)

      Puntos de acceso

      Puntos de acceso por materia

      Puntos de acceso por lugar

      Tipo de puntos de acceso

      Área de control de la descripción

      Identificador de la descripción

      Identificador de la institución

      Reglas y/o convenciones usadas

      Estado de elaboración

      Nivel de detalle

      Fechas de creación revisión eliminación

      Tuesday, January 22, 2019

      Idioma(s)

        Escritura(s)

          Fuentes

          Objeto digital (Ejemplar original), área de permisos

          Objeto digital (Referencia), área de permisos

          Objeto digital (Miniatura), área de permisos

          Área de Ingreso