Collection search - Saskatoon Office of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture [textual record, cartographic material]

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Saskatoon Office of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture [textual record, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1913-1963.

Reference:

R231-930-1-E, RG30M 756/7288, RG30-V-A-9-f

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

180435

Context of this record:

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Colonization and Agriculture Department and Canadian National Land Settlement Association

Saskatoon Office of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1913-1963.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6.0 m of textual records
163 maps : some hand col. ; 130 x 109 cm or smaller.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Series consists of records created and maintained by the Canadian National Railways Saskatoon Office of Colonization and Agriculture for the period 1919-1963. These records relate to the activities of the Saskatoon office and include administrative files, annual reports, individual immigrant files, land listings, publications, and photographs.

Included in the files from this office (they start with the Letter J and then a classification number) are the following:

Administrative files
Crop reports
Monthly and Annual reports
Names of Immigrants and places where they came from (vols. 6045-6046; 6048-6049; 6052; 6058-6090)

In Vol. 6102, there is a Canadian National Land Settlement Association Card Catalogue/Index of Immigrants and Land Enquiries, ca. 1939-1959.

Cartographic material (RG30M 756/7288) consists of 163 topographic or sectional maps and plans on soil surveys, on lands available for settlement or already settled and on transportation facilities.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Finding aid 30-39 is a computer generated boxlist relating to volumes 6044-6102. 30-39

Cartographic material (Paper) Finding aid consists of an item level list. RG30M 756/7288 Finding aid available in main reference room. (90: Open)

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General note:

RG30M 756/7288: The records are sometimes known as the Devlin papers after T.P. Devlin who was in charge of the Colonization and Agriculture Dept. for an extensive period. As the maps and plans deal with Alberta and Saskatchewan, they were probably generated by the Dept. Saskatoon Office.

Note on the state of conservation:

RG30M 756/7288: Cartographic material: Some of the items have tears on the folds or edges.

Custodial history:

RG30M 756/7288 was transferred in 1975 from the Federal Archives Division, RG30, direct transfer #39, vols. 6044-6103.

Cartographic math data:

RG30M 756/7288: Cartographic material: Scales differ.

Original extent note:

RG30M 756/7288: Originally received 690 items, but 527 items of duplicate material have been segregated for redistribution.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Further photographic material can be found in MIKAN 4958005, a sub-series of the Canadian National Railways photograph series. Several thousand photographic individual photographic prints as well as reports with photos pasted into them can be found here. All relate to immigration in Western Canada between the 1920s and 1950s

Varying form of title:

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Devlin papers

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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756/7288 CA
RG30M 756/7288

Former archival reference no.:

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RG30M 756/7288
RG30-V-A-9-f
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG30] 6044--6102

[Consultation 90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [RG30M 756/7288]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000013075--2000013078;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000013082--2000013085;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09