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Diaries, memoirs and subject files [textual record]

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Series

Date:

1834-2001.

Reference:

R7327-4-2-E, MG29-B6

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

107749

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Marcus Smith fonds

Diaries, memoirs and subject files
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Series includes:

46 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1834-2001.

Place of creation:

Various places

Extent:

30 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of diaries for the period 1869-1871 containing a daily record of Smith's duties and activities as district engineer of the Restigouche District on the Intercolonial Railway, and a typewritten copy of an autobiographical sketch; photostat copy of a "Family Register and Diary", 1815-1904, owned by Clarice Smith and Smith's reminiscences inspired by the reading of his diaries (Vol. 12-13). With the exception of those noted above, the Smith diaries are in the Archives of British Columbia.

The original "Family Register and Diary" of Marcus Smith and his diary for 1867. Numerous versions of Smith's memoirs and biographical sketches. A file on his membership in the Dominion Institute of Amalgamated Engineering 1903. A sketch book belonging to Smith 1836-1837, his correspondence and letters of reference 1834-1891, his marriage and letters to Anne Brock Smith 1856, 1867-1875 and press clippings. Smith's letters to his son Arthur regarding property in Vancouver and files on Smith's estate. A file on the disposition of Smith's memoirs by his daughter Clarice and a list of additional Smith Family material prepared in 2001. Genealogical information on the Smith Family, social invitations, a file on Marcus Smith's brother Adam and other miscellaneous files (Vol. 14-15, 17-21).

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Private

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MG29-B6
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Textual records

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Volume [MG29 B 6]

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12--15;

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17--21;

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