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- 1885-1967, predominant 1900-1949 (Creation)
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3.66 m of textual records
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Biographical history
James Short, 1862-1942, set up a law firm with G.C. McCaul in 1897. Short and McCaul successively became Sifton, Short and Stuart (1898), Short and Stuart (1906), Short, Ross and Selwood (1908), Short, Ross, Selwood and Shaw (1913), Short, Ross, Selwood, Shaw and Mayhood (1914), Short, Ross, Shaw and Mayhood (1927), Ross and Mayhood (1944), Mayhood and Cumming (1949) and Spencer Cumming (1964). The most prominent partners other than Short were George H. Ross, 1878-1954, who was appointed to the Senate in 1948, Joseph T. Shaw, 1885-1944, who was leader of the Liberal opposition in the Alberta Legislature, 1926-1931, and L.F. Mayhood, 1882-1954, who was appointed K.C. in 1944. Spencer Cumming, 1916-1995, was one of the last three lawyers to join the Law Society of Alberta under the apprenticeship program. He joined the law firm when it was still Short, Ross, Shaw and Mayhood, and stayed with the firm until his retirement in 1986. The firm handled the estates of many prominent southern Alberta citizens. It also handled legal matters for many ranching, mining, petroleum and investment companies.
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Gift of Spencer Cumming, 1973.
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The fonds consists of estate, property and defence papers. Includes some personal papers of Joseph T. Shaw (1921-1946) and Frederick Mayhood (1922-1937).
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available
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There is an interview with Spencer Cumming in the Calgary Bar Association Oral History Project
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NA 3400 is a photo of a document in the papers.
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- Short, Ross, Selwood, Shaw and Mayhood (Subject)
- Spencer Cumming (law firm) (Subject)
- Ainsworth Oils Limited (Subject)
- Alberta Investment Company (Subject)
- Alberta Loan and Investment Company (Subject)
- Alberta Minerals Ltd. (Subject)
- Alberta Provincial Liberal Association (Subject)
- Anaconda Oil Company (Subject)
- Anderson, Erick (Subject)
- Ardill Oil Company (Subject)
- Atterbury, Eleanor (Subject)
- Atterbury, Robert Bennie (Subject)
- Berry Creek Ranch Company (Subject)
- Brilliant Coal Company (Subject)
- Brown, Magus (Subject)
- Burns, Patrick (Subject)
- Calgary Stock Exchange (Subject)
- Canadian American Overseas Automobile Tours Ltd. (Subject)
- Commonwealth Petroleum Company (Subject)
- Cooper-Nanton Oil Company (Subject)
- Crane Lake Ranch (Subject)
- Crescent Star Ranch (Rosebud, Alberta) (Subject)
- Dallas Oil Company (Subject)
- Dartique, John (Subject)
- Davidson, William M. (Subject)
- Diamond Oil Company (Subject)
- Dunbow Farms (Subject)
- First Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Subject)
- Ford Coals Limited (Subject)
- Ford, Harry A. (Subject)
- Gervais, Adrieu (Subject)
- Gladstone, William (Subject)
- Hartford Oil Company (Subject)
- Highwood Western Railway Company (Subject)
- Hutchings, Robert John "R.J." (Subject)
- Investors Holdings Company (Subject)
- Kathryn Farms Company (Subject)
- Kentucky Ranch (Subject)
- King, Peter Willoughby (Subject)
- Knee Hill Coal Company (Subject)
- Knight, Peter (Subject)
- La Nauze, Charles Deering "Denny" (Subject)
- Lafferty, James Delamere (Subject)
- Law Society of Alberta (Subject)
- Leadley, Walter H. (Subject)
- Lim, Long Bong (Subject)
- Lougheed, Norman (Subject)
- McArthur, Archibald John (Subject)
- McCardell, William Henry (Subject)
- McClusky, Wallace (Subject)
- McDougall-Segur Exploration Company (Subject)
- McHugh, Frank B. (Subject)
- McHugh, Harold (Subject)
- McHugh, Mary Jane (Subject)
- Merland Oil Company (Subject)
- Noble, Charles Sherwood (Subject)
- Noble Farms Limited (Subject)
- Noble, William Charles (Subject)
- Paget, Edward Clarence (Subject)
- Perrenoud, Charles Emile (Subject)
- Priddis-Calgary Coal Company (Subject)
- Richardson, Frank Thomas (Subject)
- Riley, Alfred G.F. (Subject)
- Riley, Edmunde John (Subject)
- Riley, Georgina Jane (Subject)
- Riley, Harriet W. (Subject)
- Riley, Thomas R. (Subject)
- Rocky Mountain Oils (Subject)
- Rouleau, Charles B. (Subject)
- Scandinavian Mission Church (Subject)
- Scarboro United Church (Subject)
- Schultz, Agnes Campbell (Subject)
- Second Church of Christ Scientist (Subject)
- Shaw, Joseph Tweed (Subject)
- Sifton, Arthur Lewis Watkins (Subject)
- Sisterville Oil Company (Subject)
- Alberta Social Credit Party (Subject)
- Spring Grove Ranch (Subject)
- Sutherland, James Robert (Subject)
- Transby Farm (Subject)
- University of Alberta. Faculty of Law. (Subject)
- Van Meter, Solomon Lee (Subject)
- Vansile Mines Limited (Subject)
- Vimy Oils Limited (Subject)
- Walker, Euphemia Davidson (Subject)
- Wattam, Thomas (Subject)
- Western Independent Publishing Company (Subject)
- Western Supply and Equipment Company (Subject)
- Wooliams, Daniel (Subject)
- XR Bar Ranch (Subject)
- Young Men's Christian Association (Calgary) (Subject)
- Edwards, Robert Chambers (Subject)
- Turner, John Archibald (Subject)
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018