Collection search - Marketing, publicity and miscellaneous reports [multiple media]

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Marketing, publicity and miscellaneous reports [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1846-1987, predominant 1918-1960.

Reference:

R231-3258-X-E, RG30

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Architectural and technical drawings, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4281536

Context of this record:

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Reference material from the CNR Library

Marketing, publicity and miscellaneous reports
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Sub-series includes:

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

1846-1987, predominant 1918-1960.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

9.2 m of textual records.
63 photographs : 1 album (17 photographs) ; b&w.
ca. 26 technical drawings : blueprints.
ca. 356 maps.
x prints : b&w and col. posters.
1 ledger book : 180 posters, col.

Language of material:

English
Accession:

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Miscellaneous records of the Montreal Headquarters [textual record; graphic material]

Canadian National Pacific Railway construction records, Prince Edward Island/Inter-Colonial Railway records, Canadian Northern Railway, land records and miscellaneous Canadian National Railway records [textual record]

Canadian National Railway [document textuel]
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This sub-series consists of miscellaneous marketing and publicity and other miscellaneous published material from the CN library which was located at Headquarters in Montreal.

Included within this sub-series is a variety of interesting material. There are research reports, railway information, applications before the Interstate Commission, publications on the economic potential of Northern and Western Canada, reports on CN's telecommunications network, CNR magazine, booklets for tourists, annual reports and financial records, studies on construction of branch lines, history of railways, booklets for employees, annual reports of former CN companies, various documentation and publications about royal visits, public advertising, etc.

Noteworthy within the material are as follows:

Financial Statements, 1959-1967 (vol. 15547 and 15548)

Division Diagrams ca. 1930s (Vol. 15549 and 15552)
Maps of various railway lines, including CNR, Grand Trunk, Canadian Government Railways, and Canadian Northern lines, ca. 1920s-1950s (Maps in all volumes except for 15547)
System Maps ca. 1960s-1970s (Vol. 15550)
Mortgages relating to the Grand Trunk Western Railway ca. 1900 (Vol. 15550) and the Canadian Northern Railway, 1904-1909 and 1917 (Vol. 15552)

Tourist Booklets from Grand Trunk Railway ca. 1890s-1918 (Vol. 15552)
Tourist Booklets from Intercolonial Railway ca. 1905-1909 (Vol. 15552)
Booklets on Land Settlements ca. 1920s-1950s (Vol. 15552)
Tourist Booklets relating to National Parks and National Historic Sites (some written by J. B. Harkin) ca. 1920s-1960s (Vol. 15552)
CNR Tourist Booklets (Vol. 15552 and 15560)

CNR Timetables 1976-1980 (Vol. 15552)

Storyline on the CN Pavillion, Expo 67 (Vol. 15553)
Opening Festivities of Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 1958 (Vol. 15554)

Design and Construction of Victoria Bridge Diversion ca 1950s-1980s (Vol. 15554)
Design of Halifax Ocean Terminals 1913 (Vol. 15554)
Plans and Report of the Grand Trunk Pacific Waterfront and Terminal at Prince Rupert, 1913 (Vol. 15558)

Division and Terminal Maps, 1920 (Vol. 15555)
International Nickel Company's Operation Last Spike, Thompson, Manitoba, 1957 (Vol. 15556)
Copy of the Prospectus of the Grand Trunk Railway 1853 (Vol. 15556)
Copy of the Intercolonial Railway Survey by Sandford Fleming, 1865 (Vol. 15556)

Photo Album of the Peace River Railway Lines, 1927 (Vol. 15558)

(Annual) Reports of the Directors, Grand Trunk Railway, 1863-1882 (Vol. 15553)
Canadian Northern Railway Annual Reports, 1911-1920 (Vol. 15555)
Annual Reports of the Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway, ca, 1930s-1950s (Vol. 15558)
Annual Reports of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway Company, 1847-1894 (Vol. 15558)
Annual Reports of the Toronto Terminals Railway Company, ca. 1960s (Vol. 15559)
Annual Reports of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 1920-1922 (Vol. 15559)

Tourist Publications entitled Golf at Jasper Park and Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park and Alaska ca. 1900 (Vol. 15559)

Canadian National Railways Magazine, 1926-1927 (Vol. 15561-15562)

Car Stock Ledgers 1938-1952 (Vols 15563-15564)
Dominion of Canada Potential and Developed Water Powers ledger, 1928-1929 (Vol. 15565)

CNR Poster Advertisements (in ledger book), ca. 1960s-1970s (Vol. 15566)
Also, there are CNR Posters (mostly for CN Hotels) ca. 1960s-1983 (Vols 15534-15539).

Also, there are technical research reports published by the Technical Research Branch, Operational Research and Industrial Engineering Branch, and Research and Development Department (See vols. 155517-15521 and 15528-15534).

Also there are various CN newsletters published for employees, including Operations East Newsletter, Transcona Shops Newsletter, Flash News, CN Reporter/Nouvelles (vol. 15523) and CNR Personnel Bulletin and Pensioner's News (15534).

Also, on microfiche, are various Royal Commission reports on matters relating to railways in Canada, dating from 1859 to 1960 (Vol. 16239).

Also included are photographs, posters, maps, technical drawings, and diagrams relating to various aspects of the Canadian National Railways system.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Finding aid 30-211 relates to volumes 15547-15566 and is available as a PDF attached to this record. 30-211 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/30-211_4281536_volumes_15547-15566_open.pdf

Additional information:

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General note:

Additional material can be found in accession 95-0916 WFRC. The contents of this accession are: Miscellaneous Manuals, Reports, 1928 -1977.

Included are copies of miscellaneous manuals and reports produced by various departments of Canadian National Railways on a wide range of topics, compiled and maintained by the corporate Library or use as an informational resource.

For further details, see FA 30-169.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.
Subject heading:

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Public relations

Canadian National Railways - marketing - advertising - branding

travel literature

promotional material

employee magazine
Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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1997-98/518
1998-00385-X
1998-01796-6
2000-00942-5
95-0916 WFRC
RG30
RG30-V-A-16

Former archival reference no.:

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RG30
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

15517--15523;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15525--15526;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15528--15534;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15537--15565;

[Consultation 90 Open]

16406;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R231] 16239

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel [R231] T-22080--T-22081

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

15534--15539;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15566;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

15553--15554;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15556;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15558;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

15551;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15554;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15556--15559;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

15548--15552;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15554--15558;

[Consultation 90 Open]

15565;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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