Kenneth Gordon Chipman fonds [graphic material, textual record]
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Kenneth Gordon Chipman fonds [graphic material, textual record]
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Record information Kenneth Gordon Chipman fonds [graphic material, textual record]
Date:1913-1936, 1963-1968.Reference:R5143-0-4-E, MG30-B66Type of material:Photographs, Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:106131Date(s):1913-1936, 1963-1968.Place of creation:OntarioExtent:608 photographs : b&w.
20 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of photographs of activites and personnel of the 1913-1918 Canadian Arctic Expedition and Southern Party. Textual material consists of K.G. Chipman's instructions from the Geological Survey (1913), personal diaries (June 1913-June 1916) and three confidential letters to his family, 1914-1915. The fonds also includes correspondence and reports by Chipman, John R. Cox, R.M. Anderson and J.J. O'Neil relating to the Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1916). Also included are scrapbooks of the expedition, Vilhjalmur Stefannson and Chipman's career (1913-1968).Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Chipman, K.G. (Kenneth Gordon), 1884-1974 : Kenneth Gordon Chipman, topographer, was born in Berwick, N.S. After graduating in mining engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1908, he joined the Geological Survey of Canada. He served on the scientific staff of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916. As geographer and second-in-command to Dr. R.M. Anderson, he helped to map 1,200 miles of the Arctic around Coronation Gulf. Chipman left the Arctic in Aug. 1916. In 1941, he became Chief Topographical Engineer in the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Chipman retired from government service in 1949.Additional information:General note:Acquired in 1972, 1974 and 1991 from the Chipman Family of Ottawa and Oakville.Location of originals note:Photographs (accession no. 1974-340): The images were loaned to the National Archives of Canada for copying and returned to the lender, the Chipman Family of Ottawa and Oakville.Related material:See the Geological Survey of Canada sous-fond (R214-43-2-E).Subject heading:- Explorers - Arctic regions, 1913-1915 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1915
- Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1913-1931 Karluk Chronicle, 1913
- Arctic regions - Exploring expeditions, [1913-1931] George Walley, 1963
- Topographers - Canada, [1913-1968] John R. Cox, 1913-1916
- J.J. O'Neil, 1913-1916
- R.M. Anderson, 1913-1916
- Geological Survey of Canada, 1913-1916
- Vilhjalmur Stefannson, [1913-1931]
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B66 -
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