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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0441 | | TITLE: | Jackson Brothers fonds | | CREATOR: | Jackson, Joseph Hickman | | DATE RANGE: | 1881-1976 | | EXTENT: | 0.12m of textual records and other material
Includes 10 photographs, 33 drawings; pen and ink; pencil, and 1 published book. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The three Jackson brothers, J.H. Jackson, H.A. Jackson and W. Jackson, came to Edmonton from Toronto in 1906. In Toronto each brother had served as an apprentice with the R.W. Ellis Company, recognized at the time as the largest firm of its kind in Canada. It was J.H. Jackson who decided that Edmonton was the prime location for the brothers to set up shop after visiting a number of cities in the western region. The brothers bought an already existing jewellery business from E. Raymer in May of 1906. Raymer had started the business in 1886. The store was located on Jasper Ave. and 98A Street. In 1911 the brothers purchased a new site at 9962 Jasper Ave., expanding the retail business but in particular, the manufacturing, of quality-made jewellery. The Jackson Brothers business was the oldest jewellery store west of Winnipeg until it closed its doors in 1933. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | This fonds was donated by Eileen Kerr, J.H. Jackson's granddaughter, in April 2001. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of one book "Edmonton's - Alberta's Capital 1914" co-published by The Esdale Press Limited and McDermid Engraving Co. Ltd in 1914 and one scrapbook of the history of the family jewellery business. The scrapbook contains 10 photographs of family members, the store, and various well-known pieces that were produced by the business. As well as photographs there are also pencil and ink sketches, the majority of which are initialled by Joseph H. Jackson, for a number of individual pieces. This includes drawings for: a presentation casket presented to Edmonton mayor James A. McDougall upon his retirement; the trowel used by Governor General Earl Grey in the laying of the foundation of the Legislature Buildings in Edmonton in 1909; a number of military lapel and shoulder pins for Edmonton's 66 and 202 battalions; and also other pin, medal and honour designs for a variety of different groups and organizations in Alberta.
Also included are the indenture of J. H. Jackson from Toronto in 1881 when he entered the jewellery field and became an apprentice engraver with the R. W. Ellis company, the business partnership agreement between the three brothers, and the agreement for the sale of their original business in 1906 in Toronto, Ontario to one Thomas E. Wrenshaw.
| | ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | A number of the military pieces, for which the designs exist in this fonds, can be found in the Provincial Museum of Alberta - accession numbers H62.5.170, H65.23.125, H69.180.10, H84.33.136, H84.33.137, H84.33.139, H84.33.171, H84.33.176, H84.33.178, H84.145.12, H87.40.37, H87.40.38, H87.40.61, H87.40.62, H87.40.63, H87.40.64, H87.40.65, H87.40.100, H87.40.101, H87.259.86, H87.259.87, H87.320.1, H88.316.38, H88.316.112, H88.387.5, H88.419.1, H89.257.4, H89.257.5. |
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