Identificatie
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Titel
Datum(s)
- 1869-1955, predominant 1900-1932 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
12.5 cm of textual records. -- 142 photographs
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Walter James Grant Mackay, 1871-1966, was born in Inverness, Scotland and came to Calgary, Alberta with his family in 1886. He worked in a gun and rifle shop with J.S. Mackie and in 1889 started his own taxidermy business with George Frederick Dippie. He operated the company in Calgary and Banff until his retirement in 1945. He had extensive native beadwork and antique car collections and was well known as a fisherman and big game hunter. He was a member of the Kananaskis Coal Mining Syndicate. He and his wife, Millicent Christina Duncan, ?- 1937, had one son, John Alexander Grant "Jack", 1904-1957.
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Gifts of Walter James Grant Mackay and Margaret Taylor, 1960-1969.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
The fonds consists of personal and taxidermy business records; photographs of taxidermy specimens, early Calgary businesses, the Mackay family, and Kananaskis Coal Mining Syndicate activities; and an album featuring the Mackay family crest on the cover which contains views of the Sheep River area, Banff National Park, Kananaskis, Nose Hill, and the Pale Face Ranche (Paleface Ranch). Includes a transcript of an interview conducted by Don Tannas, 1961.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
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Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
No restrictions on access.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
The material is in English.
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
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No finding aid
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3HHDDG
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Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Title based on contents of records.
Aantekening
Although the name appears as J. Walter Grant Mackay in his son's birth registration, all records relate to Walter James Grant Mackay.
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Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming
Wednesday, January 31, 2018