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Title
Date(s)
- 1823-1973, predominant 1939-1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
15 cm of textual records. -- 147 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Wright Proctor, 1911-1994, was born in Brighton, Ontario, the son of Charles R.W. Proctor and Mona L. Wright. The family moved to Edmonton in 1919, where his father managed a bank, but returned to Ontario in 1926. Proctor attended the Royal Military College, 1930-1934, then prospected in northern Ontario until 1939. He married Lorraine Cooke in 1938 and they had two sons, John R. and Charles Douglas. During the Second World War he served as transport officer, chief of staff of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division, and was promoted to brigadier by the end of the war. He was also awarded the OBE. On his return he was made head of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Edmonton. From 1950 to 1955 he was general manager of Alberta Interfield Pipelines Ltd., and in 1955 he moved to Calgary to assume the position of general manager of the Canadian Petroleum Association. He retired from CPA in 1975, and moved to De Winton to operate a tree farm.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of John W. Proctor, 1965-1978.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of John's autobiography, military papers, newsclippings, album of Second World War photograph, scrapbook and oil company share certificates; family histories of the Proctor and Wright families; and diary kept by Minnie Proctor Northrup (John's aunt) during trip across Canada with Conservative MPs (1902). Includes a letter from Gen. T.B. Strange to Capt. Joshua Wright about the 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion).
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
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
NA 3712 is a copy negative of PA 1968-8.
Note
Includes File 08.70 (00012171987) from M-4843 Riveredge collection.
Includes Vol. 65 from PD-132 Riveredge collection
Note
M-1010-oversize, a scrapbook, was reported missing in November 2013.