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LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
No.: | PR2818 |
TITLE: | Jack Stewart Fonds |
CREATOR: | Stewart, Jack |
DATE RANGE: | 1960 |
EXTENT: | 0.03 m of textual records |
ADMINISTRATIVE |
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Prior to 1944, Jack Stewart worked as a trapper, fur trader, and Warden for Wood Buffalo Park near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. From 1944 to 1967 Jack Stewart served as an Indian Agent for the Athabasca Agency at Fort Chipewyan. |
CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | In 1993, Patricia McCormack donated the material to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. The provenance of the material prior to 1993 is unknown. |
SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of a combination of datebook and diary used by Jack Stewart in 1960 while he served as an Indian Agent for the Athabasca Agency at Fort Chipewyan. |
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | See also PR1971.0011, diaries of past employees of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in Ft. Chipewyan dating from 1939-1959 in the Alan Ridge fonds (PR0068). |
GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from "The Indian Agents of Fort Chipewyan: An Example of Treaty 8 Administration," Patricia McCormack: http://www.lobstick.com/Treaty%208%20Main/articles/Patrick_Mackenzie%20.htm (Accessed August 29, 2007).
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