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Date(s)
- 1908-1910 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 cm of textual records.
4 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
A. Jennie McLean, [ca. 1880-after 1960], was born in Ontario. Her brother, Colin, 1883-1949, came to Alberta in 1906. In 1908 Jennie and her father, James C. McLean, joined Colin and they homesteaded near Irma. During the summer Jennie cooked and kept house on the homestead, one month of which was spent in a tent. During the winter she worked in the Edmonton office of the Alberta Lumber Company. She subsequently married T. Edward Higginbotham, a druggist, and moved to Calgary. The Higginbothams retired to Nelson, and later Vancouver, British Columbia.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Allen Ronaghan, 1967-1968.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of diary regarding trip west and homestead life, and photographs of the homestead and friends.
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No restrictions on access.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Finding aids
No finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available for the diary: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3PH9CK
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
The microfilm, done in 1994, has no accession number.
Note
Microfilm-Women's Diaries
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Name access points
- Higginbotham, Jennie (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, November 08, 2018