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- 1911-1921 (Creation)
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7 cm of textual records.
1 photograph
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Biographical history
Morris Millington Averill, 1887-1970, was born in England. He emigrated to Alberta in late 1910, and settled on a farm near Cochrane shortly after. In 1915 he married Marjorie Pheysey, 1893-1981, who had followed him from England. As well as run the farm, Morris did road construction and maintenance for the provincial Public Works Department. The Averills returned to England in 1921 and settled first in Worcestershire, and later in Cornwall. Two of their three children were born in Canada.
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Gifts of T.E. Averill, 1982, and Mary Rosenberg, 1997.
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The fonds consists of diaries (1911-1912, 1917), correspondence, brand records, and Dominion Land receipts. The 1911 diary includes entries about breaking land, the weather (especially chinooks), selling livestock, his ongoing battle with gophers, and life as a young, single man. The fonds also includes a panoramic photograph of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available for the 1911 diary: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S39D0Z1
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NA-4437 is a copy of PA-2384.
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Thursday, April 19, 2018