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- 1884-1931, predominant 1913-1919 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
10 cm of textual records. -- 133 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
James Campbell Linton, 1858-1942, was born in Chatham, Ontario, came to Calgary, Alberta in 1884 and operated a bookstore until 1935. He was an alderman in 1888. Linton and his wife, Edith Maude Van Wart, ?-1932, had three children, Anna Marion, 1894-1992, Eva (Hutchings) and James Ivan, 1898-1964. The latter served in the 196th Battalion in First World War. For further information see "James C. Linton and books" in Eye on the Future : Business People in Calgary and the Bow Valley, 1870-1900 / Henry C. Klassen. -- Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2002, p. 354-357.
Repository
Archival history
For some years the scrapbooks were held by Heritage Park.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Anna Linton, 1973, Heritage Park, 1977 and Kathleen Rogers, 1999-2017.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of scrapbooks kept by J.C. Linton regarding Calgary and First World War; photographs of Linton store (1884) and James Ivan Linton in uniform; and photographs taken by James Ivan Linton of Calgary and the Linton family.
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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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Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3PVKND
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, September 13, 2018