Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1921-1986 (predominant 1954-1969) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1.15 m of textual and other materials including:
3 photoprints
1, 709 slides
6 maps or drawings
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Stanley Russell Lauck Harding, 1912-1996, was born on a farm in Saskatchewan and attended public and normal school in Regina. He taught school for several years and worked for the YMCA. He attended the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a BSc in 1942. He then earned an MSc at McGill University and began work as a geologist with Imperial Oil.
In 1952 he joined Sproule Associates and worked for clients all over Western and northern Canada, as well as in Brazil and Poland. In 1951 he was president of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists and he was also active with several other petroleum societies.
Harding married Jean Coutts, ?-1974, and they had three children, Douglas, Richard, and Margaret (Shone). He later married Lois Fry.
For further information see Aubrey Kerr's article, "S. R. L. (Stan) Harding (1912-1996)" in Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. -- vol. 44, no. 3 (September 1996), p. 592-593.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Richard Harding and Margaret Shone, 2000.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of university notes and assignments, newsletters relating to the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, and slides of geological and family trips.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into:
- Education
- Newsletters, publications, and photographs
- Slides
- Maps and technical drawings
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
A transcript of an interview is available from the Petroleum Industry Oral History Project
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sproule, John Campbell "Cam" (Subject)