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- 1929-1966 (Creation)
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11 cm of textual records. -- 46 photographs
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Biographical history
Layton Earl Miles, 1908-1967, was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1929 he was hired by the Kootenay Valley Transportation Company and began a long career as a bus driver. In 1939 Greyhound bought out this company, and Miles continued to drive for Greyhound until 1966. During his career his drove over 3,600,000 km in southern British Columbia and Alberta, including the Crowsnest Pass and Rogers Pass. In 1959 he was a driver for the International Joint Commission on Waterways. He and his wife, May, had three children, Robert, William and Elizabeth (Kirkwood).
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Gift of Layton E. Miles and his estate, 1961-1968.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, safety records and awards, driver's licences, bus passes, and newsclippings about his career. Includes photographs of buses, bus drivers, and the International Joint Commission on Waterways.
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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/2R3BF1S392Z05
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018