Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU SPC F0025
Title
Montague Leyland Hornby fonds.
Date(s)
- 1909-1947 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.35 m of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British army officer. Brigadier General M.L. Hornby, a career army officer, retired in 1927 to a farm near Lethbridge, Alta., where he devoted himself to promoting British immigration to the colonies, in particular Canada.
Repository
Archival history
Acquired in 1965.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence, chiefly with various government officials and politicians; and reports, speeches, immigration literature, pre-emption maps and newsclippings relating to British immigration to Canada.
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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
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 the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
2947243