Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1884-1974, predominant 1884-1947 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
13 cm of textual records
30 photoprints : b&w ; 22.5 x 17.5 cm or smaller
69 negatives
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Peter Turner Bone, 1859-1945, (sometimes known as Peter Turner-Bone) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and studied civil engineering at the University of Glasgow. He moved to Ontario in 1882, and to Alberta the following year, where he was employed as an engineer by the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1883-1886. He did railway survey work in Maine, USA, 1887-1888; for the Regina and Long Lake Railway, Saskatchewan, 1889; and for the Calgary and Edmonton Railway, 1890-1891. In 1892 he married Elizabeth Allan, also from Scotland, and they had two sons, John, 1893-1915 and Allan, 1895-. From 1892 to 1903 he was in private practice in Calgary, mainly in irrigation work, and from 1903 to 1906 was assistant chief engineer for the CPR's irrigation projects. In 1906 he resumed his private practice as a consulting engineer. His book of reminiscences about railway work, When the Steel Went Through, was published in 1947.
Repository
Archival history
Much of this fonds (M-109) was found in the attic of the Bone house at 301-4 St. SW, Calgary shortly before it was torn down, in about 1962.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifts of Allan Turner Bone, Margaret Turner Watt and Mrs. J.J. Dow, 1962-1983.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- The fonds consists of drafts and photo proofs of When the Steel Went Through (1940s); canceled cheques, receipts, and tax notices (1884-1903); oil stock certificates (1914-1941); and photographs of the family, irrigation, railway surveys, and Bow River floods (1884-1915). Includes Allan's reminiscences of Calgary in the 1900s-1910s (1974).
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
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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 records.
Note
The M's should be amalgamated.
Note
There is an inventory, but only for M 109.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Atlantic and Northwest Railway (Subject)
- Calgary Gas and Waterworks Company (Subject)
- Calgary Irrigation Company (Subject)
- Stone and Company Meat Packers (Subject)
- Western Canada College (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, April 09, 2015
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
June 2026 - photo extent updated. KK