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Titre
Sous-série se compose de
Structure du classement
Sous-série fait partie de
équivalent bilingue
Date(s)
1852-1920
Lieu de création
Sans lieu, inconnu ou indéterminé
étendue
Langue du document
Anglais
Portée et contenu
Sub-series consists of incoming correspondence received by the Upper and Lower Canadian Boards of Agriculture, 1852-1867 (with certain gaps) and the federal Department of Agriculture, 1867-1920. The correspondence was received in most cases from individual Canadians or officials and agents of the Department or of other government agencies. This sub-series has two very distinct parts, although the division between them is not a precise one. When the Department of Agriculture in 1893 lost its hitherto most important function of immigration, it reorganized its records system. Until that time, each letter received was given a sequential number (starting at 1 in 1865) as it was received in the Department and filed as a docket. Unlike modern file systems, therefore, if a correspondent wrote the Department ten times in one year, even if on the same subject, the ten letters are not on one subject file, but were individually registered and were placed in ten separate dockets. The replies by the Department to these ten letters -- or rather copies of the replies -- are not interleaved with the letters, but exist in an entirely separate sub-series of outgoing letterbooks and correspondence (see related records note). By the mid-1890s, however (around volume 760 of this sub-series), the Department began to create modern subject files, combining incoming and outgoing correspondence, although maintaining for these files the same sequential numbering system started in 1865. Despite this development for more important subjects, the old system of individual dockets was continued, also using the same sequential series of file/docket numbers. Thus, by the late 1890s, large subject files existed alongside the two and three page individual letter dockets of the earlier era. The subjects covered by this sub-series reflect the rich diversity of the functions of the Department of Agriculture, including such topics as archives, agriculture societies, exhibitions (local and international) experimental farms, animal, crop and food science, census records, every aspect of immigration, copyright, patents, cattle exports, quarantine, public health and some land matters. The files are fewer in number before 1865, but after that date a fairly complete series has survived. This sub-series was received by the National Archives of Canada in two parts: volumes 1-1366 (covering the years 1852-1920) and volumes 2729-2809 (covering the years 1889-1920). The more recent accession (Vols. 2729-2809) consists entirely of subject files; the earlier records (Vols. 1-1366) consist of both individual dockets and by the early 1890's, subject files as described above.
Conditions d'accès
Bobine de microfilm T-4385
Bobine de microfilm T-4392
Bobine de microfilm T-4378
Bobine de microfilm T-4402
Bobine de microfilm T-4375
Bobine de microfilm T-4381
Bobine de microfilm T-4366
Bobine de microfilm T-4401
Bobine de microfilm T-4404
Bobine de microfilm T-4371
Bobine de microfilm T-4373
Bobine de microfilm T-4388
Bobine de microfilm T-4390
Bobine de microfilm T-4391
Bobine de microfilm T-4394
Bobine de microfilm T-4399
Bobine de microfilm T-4405
Bobine de microfilm T-4400
Bobine de microfilm T-4403
Bobine de microfilm T-4393
Bobine de microfilm T-4383
Bobine de microfilm T-4397
Bobine de microfilm T-4398
Bobine de microfilm T-4377
Bobine de microfilm T-4374
Bobine de microfilm T-4384
Bobine de microfilm T-4386
Bobine de microfilm T-4387
Bobine de microfilm T-4382
Bobine de microfilm T-4376
Bobine de microfilm T-4365
Bobine de microfilm T-4372
Bobine de microfilm T-4389
Bobine de microfilm T-4380
Bobine de microfilm T-4406
Bobine de microfilm T-4368
Bobine de microfilm T-4369
Bobine de microfilm T-4395
Bobine de microfilm T-4396
Bobine de microfilm T-4379
Bobine de microfilm T-4370
Bobine de microfilm T-4367
de 1 à 1489
de 2729 à 2809
3539
3544
de 3540/A à 3540/B
de 3541/A à 3541/C
de 3542/A à 3542/C
de 3543/A à 3543/B
de 4403 à 4408
Modalités d'utilisation
Copyright belongs to the Crown. In order to protect the fragile originals, the microfilm copies of these records must be consulted rather than the originals.
Instrument de recherche
Finding aid 17-1 is a computer generated file list. 17-1 (Électronique)
Finding aid 17-2 is a typed conversion list referring to volumes 1-1366 and reels T-4365 to T-4406. 17-2 (Papier)
Finding aid 17-3 is a typed conversion list referring to volumes 2729-2809. 17-3 (Papier)
Finding aid 17-4 is a handwritten register referring to volumes 1367-1486, 1488-1489, 3539-3544. 17-4 (Papier)
Finding aid 17-5 is a handwritten alphabetical list referring to volumes 1-1366, 2729-2809. 17-5 (Papier)
Finding aid 17-7 is a typed file list. 17-7 (Papier)
Finding aid 17-14 is a typed and handwritten file list. 17-14 (Papier)
Information additionnelle
Versements complémentaires
Documents reliés
Note sur les autres formats physiques disponibles
Source
Gouvernement
No de contrôl reliés
1. 1984-85/184 GAD
2. RG17
No MIKAN
156172
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