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- 1910-1941 (Creation)
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50 cm of textual records. -- 26 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Slocum Howland, 1870-ca. 1952, was born in Catskill, New York, USA. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from the Yale University Sheffield Scientific School in 1895. Around 1910 he travelled to Alberta to invest in coal mining and oil. During his time in Alberta he was the president of both Alberta Associated Oil Fields Ltd. and the Red Deer Valley Coal Company. In approximately 1941 he returned to the USA where he became director of the Catskill National Bank. He died in Pasadena, California.
Repository
Archival history
The Howland family papers were originally donated by William Howland to the Bronck House Museum. They were transferred to the Vedder Memorial Library in 1965, except the Slocum Howland records which were given to Glenbow by dealer, C.E. Dornbusch.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of C.E. Dornbusch, 1965.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of family correspondence; and business correspondence pertaining to the Alberta Associated Oil Fields Ltd. and the Red Deer Valley Coal Co., including leases, invoices, receipts, a progress report, newsclippings, financial statements, mine blueprints, and photographs of coal mines.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3E4QNJ
Related units of description
Other family records are in the Vedder Memorial Library, New York.
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- Alberta Associated Oil Fields (Subject)
- Red Deer Valley Coal Company (Subject)
- Alberta Pacific Consolidated Company (Subject)
- Bennett, Richard Bedford (Subject)
- Calgary Petroleum Products Limited (Subject)
- Imperial Oil Limited (Subject)
- International Coal and Coke Company (Subject)
- Patrick, A.P. (Allan Poyntz) (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, January 25, 2018