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Date(s)
- 1970 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.5 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Leander B. "Leigh" Martin, 1874-1973, was born in Elmira, Ontario. He moved to Alberta in 1896 and soon obtained a position with the High River Trading Company in High River. In 1905 he worked as travelling salesman for the International Harvester Company, and then moved to Vernon, British Columbia. He returned to Alberta in 1907 and sold tractors for the Chapin Company in Calgary. He ran the Park Hill Fox Farm in ca. 1920 and later worked at another fox farm run by Dr. Ballard. He remained there until his retirement in 1958. He married May Victoria Cartright in 1914 and they had two children, Gerald A. and Alice Virginia (Morgan).
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of George H. Gooderham, 1970.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a transcript of an interview with Leigh about his life.
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No restrictions on access.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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No finding aid.
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Title based on contents of records.