Fonds F2457 - Fredrick Arthur Levitt fonds

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CA ACU GBA F2457

Title

Fredrick Arthur Levitt fonds

Date(s)

  • [ca. 1915-1985] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

20 cm of textual records. -- ca. 200 photographs

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Name of creator

Levitt, Fredrick Arthur

Biographical history

Fredrick Arthur Levitt, 1914-2000, was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War as a bomber and test pilot. As a youth he attended Lethbridge Collegiate and was active with Tuxis. He worked for Famous Players Limited for 53 years in Calgary, Alberta, serving as manager at various times for the Chinook Drive-in, Cinema Park Drive-in and the Sunset Drive-in. He was president and secretary of the Calgary Downtown Lions Club and was a life member of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. He and his wife Jean had one son, Rick.

Repository

Glenbow Archives

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Rick Levitt, 1999-2007.

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Scope and content

The fonds consists primarily of papers regarding his service in the RCAF (1940-1945) during the Second World War, including his pilot's flying log book. Includes photographs of Lethbridge, the Levitt family, Cardston, Waterton, Wainwright, Hutterite colony, and a trip to Oregon.

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No restrictions on access.

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      The material is in English.

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      No finding aid

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      Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3QBK75

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Thursday, May 24, 2018

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