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Lloyd Baillie Rochester fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1860-1981.

Reference:

R2393-0-3-E, MG30-A72

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material, Architectural and technical drawings, Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97963

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Lloyd Baillie Rochester fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1860-1981.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

3.75 m of textual records.
2,141 photographs b&w and col.
2 postal covers.
14 prints b&w, halftone.
39 maps.
28 architectural drawings.
12 film reels (1 h, 35 min).
1 audio reel (ca. 10 min).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of the textual records of Lloyd Baillie Rochester. It includes mining, 1925-1978; aviation, 1915-1981; personal correspondence and diaries, 1912-1981; family papers, 1882-1981; and subject files, 1916-1980.

Fonds also contains many photographs and postcards, 1860-1967, by various photographers, relating to Lloyd B. Rochester's activities, career, family, and associates.

Fonds also includes two airmail first flight covers, which are Elliot Fairchild Air Transport Limited, Rouyn, Quebec, to Hailebury, Ont., 12 August 1926; and Fairchild Air Transport Limited, Hailebury to Rouyn, 20 October 1926.

Fonds also consists of maps and architectural drawings, 1891-1968. The maps relate to mines and mining claims in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, and to Europe during World War I. The architectural drawings pertain to the Ottawa residence, "Maple Lawn."

Fonds also consists of motion pictures depicting mining exploration, aviation, and family activities, as well as a sound recording about mining.

Provenance:

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Rochester, Lloyd B., 1893-1981
Additional name(s):

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Grande-Bretagne. Royal Air Force

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces

Canada. Forces armées canadiennes

Rochester, Lloyd B., 1893-1981
Biography/Administrative history:

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Rochester, Lloyd B., 1893-1981 : Lloyd B. Rochester, mining developer and aviator, the descendant of a pioneer Ottawa family, was born on 22 June 1893. He was educated in Ottawa and started at McGill in 1913. However, his education was interrupted when he enlisted in 1915. He served in the Artillery and the Forestry Corps before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. After a stint as a fighter pilot, he became an instructor at the Central Flying School, Gosport, England. After the war he returned to McGill and received his B.Sc. in Mining Engineering in 1921. Rochester soon became involved in the mining boom in northern Quebec and Ontario. Realizing the advantages of using aircraft in prospecting, Rochester, his father and several others set up Prospectors Airways Co. Ltd. in 1926. In return for flying prospectors and supplies, Prospectors Airways received a share of any mineral find. One success was when he and Leo Springer found a large copper deposit near Chibougamau Quebec. Besides being the manager of Prospector Airways, Rochester was an active bush pilot, prospector, and mining investor.

During World War II Rochester was with the Aircraft Section of the Department of Munitions and Supply. Afterwards he and his brother Lawrence opened an office to search for and develop mining properties in the Ottawa area. An attempt to develop the ore at Marmora was not successful. However, they did succeed in developing a large open pit iron mine at Bristol, Quebec.

Rochester had several important continuing interests. His World War I and bush flying experience led to an active correspondence with fellow pilots and historians and participation in aviation societies. His interest in his own roots led him to compile the genealogies of the Rochester and Cole families in Canada. In 1936, he purchased the historic Ottawa house, "Maplelawn", which had been built in 1831-1834. In order to preserve the house, Rochester sold it to the National Capital Commission in 1952, though he continued to live in it until his death on 6 May 1981.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Paper) The finding aid is a file list. The material from the 197- 1974 accessions has been integrated into the present collection. MSS0854 (Restrictions not set)

Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS0854 (Restrictions not set)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000130.pdf

Photographic material (Paper) See Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." FA-500 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Paper) Description of Lloyd Rochester Collection. See photographic accession file. (Restrictions not set)

Maps and architectural drawings (Other) Itemized listing available for consultation, and the accession has been indexed according to building type and architect. (Restrictions not set)

(Electronic) See MISACS database for item-level descriptions of the motion pictures and sound recording.

Additional information:

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General note:

Biographical note available in philatelic accession file.
Textual records, postcards, photographs, postal covers, maps, and architectural drawings acquired in 1973, 1979, and 1989 from L.B. Rochester of Ottawa, Richard L. Rochester of Montreal, and Diane R. Rochester of Montreal. Transparencies of plans of "Maple Lawn" donated in 1975 by Mr. Frank De Vos of Ottawa.
Subject heading:

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force

Mines and mineral resources Canada,Northern

Ressources minérales Canada (Nord)

Mines Canada (Nord)

Mines and mineral resources Québec (Province)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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117-020044-3
1981-004 NPC
1989/0324
1990-024 DAP
1992-307 DAP
2001-00224-6
2001-0170 VSA
453-89
91-280

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-A72

Other accession no.:

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756-586 CA
756-587 CA
756-588 CA
756-589 CA
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Conditions of access:

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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 854] 78

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1992-307] C65

[Consultation 90 Open]

Terms of use:

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Postal covers: No donor restrictions. Copyright: Unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Maps, architectural drawings, and transparencies of the plans of the Maple Lawn residence: No donor restrictions.
Reproduction of the motion pictures is permitted only with the written permission of the copyright owner and donor.
Reproduction of the sound recording is permitted only with the written permission of the copyright owner and donor.

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