Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1871-1945, predominant 1895-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
25 cm of textual records. -- 179 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
James Abel Hornby, 1861-1944, was born in Springfield, Ontario and came to Calgary, Alberta in 1892 to work as a construction foreman. He later entered business for himself and was responsible for the construction of many city projects including Calgary's first steel bridge over the Elbow River. In 1908 he became an insurance agent with E.A. Lilly Adjustment Agency. He served for 15 years as a city alderman and was affiliated throughout his life with the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. In 1896 he married Annie Isabel MacRae, ?-1927, and they had ten children, John William, 1900-1901, Joy, Marian Eva (Campbell), 1903-?, Alice (Sipes), Isabel (Lovatt), Rosamond (Tebo), 1908-2001, Laura (Paterson), Esther (Kwiat), 1912-2001, James Malcolm, 1898-?, and Robert.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Esther Kwiat, Rosamond Tebo and Alice Sipes, 1962-1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of Hornby's correspondence, campaign literature, appointments, and building contracts and accounts; photographs of family, friends and Calgary; and various family correspondence, certificates, school records (Crescent Heights High School, Western Canada College, Garbutt Business College), poetry, invitations, programs and souvenir booklets.
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
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3P6KVD
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.