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1926-1927 (Creation)
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112 original b&w photographs (incl. photo postcards) mostly measuring between 6.5 x 11.5 cm and 15 x 23 cm, and most mounted onto paper with typewritten captions.
Daily Journal for 1926. 365pp + 3 pages of annotated memoranda. Front and rear boards are detached, covered in marbled paper, measures 21 x 15.5 cm. Loose sheet of paper inserted between the front covers.
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The photographic archive comes from Louise Rourke’s working papers used to illustrate her book “Land of the Frozen Tide,” published in London, 1928. Photographs are mounted on paper, many with typed captions. Some are mocked up with borders and decoration, or are marked up to silhouette individuals. Various notations in ink and pencil appear on most items. Most photographs are of Fort Chipewyan, Lake Athabasca, and Fond-du-Lac, SK. There are many photographs of boats on Lake Athabasca. Of note are two photographs accompanied by newspaper clippings.
- Photograph of John Hornby in front of a cabin. Photograph is accompanied by an undated newspaper clipping describing the tragic discovery of Mr. Hornby, dead by starvation.
- Photograph of two men captioned as the "factor" and "Mr. Mercredi, local boatbuilder." Accompanied by photograph clipped from a 1996 newspaper, captioned “Assembly of First Nations chief Ovide Mercredi looks toward aboriginal Korean War veteran Leon Fontaine from Manitoba Monday in Ottawa.”
Also included is an unpublished Hudson’s Bay Company fur trading post journal. Contains daily manuscript entries written by Louise Rourke's first husband, accountant Douglas Musgrave Rourke, who worked at Ft. Chipewyan. Entries are from between January 1, 1926 and January 7, 1927. The entries are preceded by a page of comments probably written by Louise Rourke. A carbon typescript biography of Louise Rourke and her second husband, Alwyn H.B. Dawson, is included as a loose sheet of paper.
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Pages are loose. Evidence of book worm damage.
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- English
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- Latin
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2010.040 Box 11. Bruce Peel Special Collections is part of University of Alberta Libraries.
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The Fort Chipewyan Photos can be access through the Fort Chipewyan Photo Archives within Adam Matthew Digital's China, America and the Pacific: Trade and Cultural Exchange database.
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- Hudson's Bay Company (Subject)