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896 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Accession

1. Sir Sandford Fleming collection [graphic material]
2. Sir Sandford Fleming Fonds [graphic material]
3. <De-accessioned> Alexander Henderson collection [graphic material]
4. Canadian Pacific Railway Company collection [graphic material]
5. Charles Sandford Fleming collection [graphic material]
6. Sir Sandford Fleming collection [graphic material] (118-080171-7)
7. Sir Sandford Fleming collection [graphic material]
8. Sir Sandford Fleming collection [graphic material]

Date(s)

1755-1963

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds consists of textual records divided into 13 series. This material includes correspondence; letterbooks; memoranda; notes; financial journals; telegram books; travel journals; diaries; printed matter; addresses, diplomas, certificates and newspaper clippings from Sir Sandford Fleming concerning the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways; Canadian and Imperial affairs; Queen's University; business and financial affairs; personal papers; travel; and telegraph service. Fonds contains photographs depicting the construction of the Intercolonial Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway; several U.S. railways; and various locales in Western Canada including Fort Garry, Man., and Jasper House. Also included are photographs by William James Topley, G.R. Lancefield and Alfred George Pittaway depicting a bust of Sir Sanford Fleming by Hamilton McCarthy; Sir Sanford Fleming with a group of children; photographs of the Colonial Conference; portraits of Sir Sanford Fleming; construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the vicinity of Lake Superior; and a photo by G.H. Woodelton of Albany, Australia depicting aborigines of Western Australia, 1839. The fonds also includes artistic material as follows: a portrait of Sir Sandford Fleming by John Wycliffe Lowes Forester (1850-1938); print of a Toronto Mechanics Institute Certificate presented to Fleming, 7 June 1849; print depicting St. James Cathedral and King Street, Toronto, 1848; illuminated address presented to Fleming on his 80th birthday, 7 January 1907; 2 Pompeii wall designs by an unknown artist; landscape drawing of a scene among the Thousand Islands by Fleming, based on a print by William Bartlett; and a print depicting Alberni Harbour, Nanaimo, B.C., dated October 1872. The fonds also includes 1 map of Ireland Counties, n.d., and a mapsheet showing Fifeshire and Kinross-shire, Scotland, as well as a letter and text related to Arnot Tower also in Scotland.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative number.
Artistic material: No restrictions on use. Copyright varies. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Cartographic material: No restrictions on access or reproduction. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

Finding aid

Textual records The finding aid consists of lists of correspondents in volume 1 to 54; of the titles of memoranda and notes in volumes 93 to 103; of the printed material in volumes 104 to volume 126; and of the additional material in volumes 132 and 133. MSS0075 90 (Electronic)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001689.pdf

Photographs: The finding aid is a list of portfolios, photographs and location of records, located in three bound volumes. Voume 1 is indexed by location, Volume 2 indexed by portfolio, and Volume 3 indexed by photographer. FA057 is located in the National Archives of Canada Reference Room, with copies in the Photography A&R. FA057 (Paper)

Photographs: Finding aid is a guide to the collection of 19th century photographs from the Sandford Fleming fonds, specifically photographs originally accessioned as 1936-272 (PIC), and is located in the Photography accession file. The guide, entitled "The One-Eyed Devil", was written by Martha Phemister. (Paper)

Photographs: Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions. (Electronic)

Artistic material: Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions. (Electronic)

Artistic material: Description of Sir Sandford Fleming located in Art Division accession file. (Paper)

Cartographic material: Please consult lower level descriptions. 87802/241. 90 (Other)

Creator / Provenance

Fleming, Sandford, 1827-1915. Sir,

Additional name(s)

Forster, John Wycliffe Lowes, 1850-1938.
Lancefield, G.R.
Photographer: Pittaway, Alfred George, 1858-1930.
Fleming, Charles Sandford.
Woodelton, G.H.
Photographer: Topley, William James, 1845-1930.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Western Canada Cement Company.
Royal Canadian Institute.
Ontario Northern Railway.
Intercolonial Railway Company.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Canadian National Railways.
Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Chemins de fer nationaux du Canada.
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson.
Hudson's Bay Company.

Biography / Administrative history

Sir Sandford Fleming emigrated from Scotland in 1845 and completed his engineering education in Canada. By 1857 he was engineer-in-chief of the Ontario Northern Railway. In 1863 the Canadian government appointed him chief surveyor of a proposed route for the intercolonial railway linking the Canadas to the Maritime colonies. He subsequently became chief engineer of the Intercolonial. In 1871 the Canadian Pacific Railway Company chose Fleming to direct the construction of the transcontinental railway.

As a distinguished scientist, he was the prime advocate of the adoption of an international system of standard time and wrote many scientific monographs. He also worked privately for the cause of imperial unity, and designed the first Canadian postage stamp. The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985 p. 648.

Additional information

Subject heading

1. Western Canada Cement Company.
2. Royal Canadian Institute.
3. Ontario Northern Railway.
4. Intercolonial Railway Company.
5. Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
6. Canadian National Railways.
7. Railroads
8. Surveying.
9. Transportation
10. Canada.
11. Businessmen
12. Railroad engineers
13. correspondence.
14. Time measurements.
15. Transport
16. Canada .
17. Chemins de fer
18. Arpentage.
19. Telegraph, Wireless.
20. Télégraphie sans fil.
21. Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
22. Presbyterian Church in Canada.
23. Ingénieurs ferroviaires
24. Temps
25. Mesure .
26. Chemins de fer nationaux du Canada.
27. diaries.
28. journaux.
29. Telegraph lines
30. design and construction.
31. conception et la construction.
32. addresses.
33. notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
34. cahiers, carnets, etc.
35. Political activity
36. Hommes d'affaires
37. Activité politique
38. Canada .
39. Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson.
40. Hudson's Bay Company.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS15465

Related control no.

1. 1928-001 NPC
2. 1936-272 PIC
3. 1939-146 NPC
4. 1951-566 PIC
5. 1971-039 PIC
6. 1974-219 NPC
7. 1989-101 DAP
8. 1990-475 DAP
9. 118-080171-7

MIKAN no.

97800