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- Copied 1990 and 2003 (originally created 1940-1944) (Creation)
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33 photographs
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J. Donald Weir, 1914-2005, was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He studied geology at the University of Saskatchewan, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar) and Harvard, graduating with a PhD from Oxford in 1943. He was employed by California Standard (Chevron), the University of Saskatchewan, Stanford University, and UNESCO. He and his wife Marje, ?-1996, had two children, Jan and Jace.
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The fonds consists of photographs of field work with California Standard in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, particularly at Eyremore, Taber, Ross Lake, Red Coulee, and Milk River.
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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 originals are held by Don Weir.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3P1UBD
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There is an interview with Don Weir in the Petroleum Industry Oral History Project, at Glenbow (RCT 540).
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Friday, March 04, 2016