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- 1886-1966, predominant 1938-1957 (Creation)
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25 cm of textual records. -- 91 photographs. -- 1 audio cassette
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Biographical history
Jack Byers, 1881-1967, was born in County Durham, England. After serving in the South African War he came to Canada in 1903, and homesteaded at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan. In 1908 he took up a ranch at Valjean. In 1923 he joined the federal Department of Agriculture as a livestock promoter and worked for the department until ca. 1952. He was a charter member of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers' Association in 1913, and was manager of the Western Stock Growers' Association, 1933-1938. He and his wife, Lillian, moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1933.
For further information see "This Cattleman" in Canadian Cattlemen. -- vol. 26, no.3 (March 1963), p. 3, 10, 12.
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Gifts of Jack Byers, Gertrude L. Millar and George Gooderham, 1960-1967.
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The fonds consists of scrapbook of agricultural and biographical newsclippings (1938-1957); recorded interview about life (1966); photographs of the Byers family, ranches and livestock sales; and tributes from stock associations.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3P3KZD
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Tuesday, February 06, 2018