Recherche dans la collection - John Johnston O'Neill fonds [multiple media]

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John Johnston O'Neill fonds [multiple media]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1898-1958.

Référence :

R6430-0-1-E, MG30-B171

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques, Art, Cartes et documents cartographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

104560

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John Johnston O'Neill fonds
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Fonds comprend :

7 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1898-1958.

Lieu de création :

Canada

Étendue :

92.5 cm of textual records.
734 photographs : b&w print.
30 maps.
15 prints postcards.
1 medal silver.

Langue du document :

anglais
Acquisition :

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John Johnston O'Neill collection [graphic material]

John Johnston O'Neill fonds [textual record]

John Johnston O'Neill fonds [textual record]
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Fonds consists of material which documents O'Neil's career as a geologist and educator. The material illustrates the extent and the findings of his numerous expeditions to the Canadian Arctic with the Geological Survey of Canada and geological explorations conducted as an independent consultant. As such, the fonds contains diaries, field notes and correspondence relevant to his explorations as well as material collected during his many years of affiliation with McGill University both as a student and as a professor; as well as his Ph.D. thesis from Yale, correspondence with his family and material related to the Royal Society of Canada, n.d., 1898-1958.

The fonds contains photographs and postcards related to the life and career of J.J. O'Neill.

Included in the fonds are geographic and geological maps, plans, and sketches which cover southeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and northern India. Many of these documents were drawn or annotated by J.J. O'Neill.

Also included in the fonds is a King George VI coronation medal, 1937.

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O'Neill, John Johnston, 1886-1956
Nom(s) additionnel(s) :

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O'Neill, John Johnston, 1886-1956

Williamson, John T. [1911-1952]
Biographie/Histoire administrative :

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O'Neill, John Johnston, 1886-1956 : J.J. (Jack) O'Neill was born at Port Colborne, Ontario where he received his elementary education. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mining and geology at McGill University in 1909 and 1910, his Ph.D in structural geology and petrography from Yale in 1912 and completed a Post-Doctorate in structural and metamorphic geology at Wisconsin in 1912 and 1913. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from McGill in 1952.

He was a student and field assistant with the Geological Survey of Canada 1909-1913 and was selected as geologist for the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913. He worked with the Geological Survey from 1914 to 1920 exploring copper deposits in the Canadian North. He resigned in 1920 and served as geologist 1920-1921 with Whitehall Petroleum Co. in Kashmir and British India.

He returned to Canada in 1921 to accept the post of Assistant Professor of Geology McGill University rising to the head of the Department of Geology in 1929, Dean of Science 1935-1939 and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate studies 1938-1942; Dean of Engineering 1942 to 1952. He served as Vice-Principal of McGill 1949 to 1952 retiring in 1952.

During his career at McGill he also acted as a consulting geologist and field geologist particularly in the 1920s. He worked for White Beaver Oil Co. 1921-1922 in the Hay river basin. He worked on the geology of the Cape Breton coal fields in 1923 and 1924. He was geologist for the Victoria Sydicate in Western Canada 1926-1928 and a geologist for the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Co. 1928-1930.

He was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Arctic Institute of North America in 1949 and President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1950-1951.

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Textual records: (Papier) The finding aid no. 1798 is a descriptive file list. MSS1798

Textual records: (Électronique) Finding aid. MSS1798
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000391.pdf

Photographs: (Papier) List of photographs in accession file.

Cartographic material (Autre) Please consult lower level descriptions. 890390. (90: Ouvert)

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Note générale :

Received from his son Melville H. O'Neill of Kanata in 1989 and his grandson Johnson O'Neill of North Vancouver, B.C. in 1991.
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Expeditions - Canada, 1913-1916, 1917 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918

John Johnston O'Neill - Diaries, 1913-1916, 1982-1983 Geological Survey of Canada, [1914-1920]

Geologists - Canada, n.d., 1898-1958, 1977 W. L. McKinley, [1977]

Geology - Arctic regions, 1913-1921 Broughton Colleries, [1911-1952]

Mines and resources - Arctic regions, 1913-1921 Pend-d'Oreille Mines and Metals, [1911-1952]

Copper - Arctic regions, [1913-1921] Silver Standard Mines, [1911-1952]

Platinum - Arctic regions, [1913-1921] Malartic Mines, [1911-1952]

Geology - Research - Arctic regions, [1913-1921] Tanganyika, [1911-1952]

Mines and mineral resources - Tanganyika, [1911-1952] Hay River, [1911-1952]

Mines and mineral resources - British Columbia, [1911-1952] "Geology and Petrography Beloil and Rougemont Mountains, Quebec", 1912

Mines and mineral resources - Québec (Province), [1911-1952] "The Face of the Earth", [1921-1949]

Mines and mineral resources - Cape Breton Island, N.S., [1911-1952]

Petroleum - Prospecting - Hay River, [1911-1952]

Petroleum - Prospecting - Canada, [1911-1952]

Diamond mines and mining - Tanganyika, [1911-1952]

Conservation of natural resources - Canada, [1933-1951]

Mineral resources conservation - Canada, [1933-1951]

Geology - Study and teaching (Higher), 1920, n.d., 1902-1949

Geology - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States, 1910, n.d., 1902-1949

Geology, stratigraphic, [n.d., 1902-1949]

Geology, structural - Canada, [n.d., 1902-1949]

Geology - Study and teaching (Higher) - Montreal (Qué.), [n.d., 1902-1949]

Geology, stratigraphic - Precambrian, [n.d., 1902-1949], 1935

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration - Canadian, 1913-1921

Invitations

Mines and mineral resources - Canada

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Engineering
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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118-020166-3
118-080058-3
1989-546 DAP
1989/0170 MSS
1989/0363 MSS
1990-074 DAP
1990-219 DAP
311-89
396-89
90-142
MG30-B171

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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MG30-B171
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Documents textuels

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 1798] 136

[Consultation 10 Fermé]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Documents iconographiques (art)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Documents cartographiques

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

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Photographs and postcards: No restrictions. Copyright expired.
Cartographic material: Credit Library and Archives Canada. No restrictions on access to or reproduction of these documents.
Medal: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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Date de modification :: 2024-04-09