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- 1895-1972, predominant 1938-1972 (Creation)
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47 cm of textual records. -- 175 photographs. -- 1 audio cassette
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Biographical history
Penrose Melvin Sauder, 1882-1971, was born near Galt, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in mechanical engineering and came to Alberta in 1904 as a survey engineer for the federal Department of the Interior. He married Florence Aylward, 1881-1976, in 1910, and they had three children, Joseph A., 1914-, Fred J., 1916-, and Mary-Lazelle (Harvie), 1926-.
He joined the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District in 1920, was project manager from 1925 to 1939 and official trustee of the district, 1939-1965. From 1940 to 1944 he was director of the provincial Water Resources Branch and from 1944 to 1946 was manager of the Western Irrigation District at Strathmore. In 1946 he was appointed general manager of the St. Mary-Milk Rivers Development and in 1950 became the colonization manager for the district. He retired from SMRD in 1960.
He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta, Calgary campus, in 1963. He was very active in the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Penrose Sauder, Joseph A. Sauder, Zel Harvie, John Harvie, Fred J. Sauder, and the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, 1960-1999.
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The fonds consists of letterbook of correspondence with family (1946-1952); correspondence regarding irrigation and his employment (1938-1948); records related to his work with the St. Mary's and Milk River, Taber, and Carmangay irrigation projects (1919-1957); papers related to various engineering and irrigation associations to which he belonged (1925-1950); certificates and diplomas; biographical notes; manuscript entitled "Irrigation in Southern Alberta"; and photographs of Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, irrigation and engineering personalities, and western Canada. Includes recorded interview with J.A. Sauder about his father.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S39WXB7
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There are two interviews with P. M. Sauder and several files of his correspondence in the Irrigation Research Project at Glenbow. Other P. M. Sauder records are held by the Galt Museum & Archives in Lethbridge.
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The IRP interviews are RCT 90-(24, 27, 28, 29) and the correspondence is M 3761 files 157-163.
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The rest of 2408 is the LNID fonds.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018