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Alfred A. Deacon fonds
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0.05 m of textual records. -- 28 photographs. -- 2 maps
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Alfred Arthur Deacon was born January 12, 1983, the fifth child of Richard Deacon and Mary McBeth Deacon of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Alfred Deacon was a riverboat captain, operating the Hudson's Bay Company steamer along the McKenzie River to Fort McPherson. On August 14, 1907, Alfred A. Deacon married Florence Elsie Plant of Ontario. They had five children: Richard Albert, Florence Theresa, Vida Elsie, Arthur Ross, and Roy Charlton. Alfred Deacon died July 25, 1968.
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Records acquired from Donald A. Deacon, grandson of Alfred A. Deacon.
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The fonds is made up of photographs, a brief history of the Deacon and McBeth families written by Alfred A. Deacon, his Second Class Engineer's Certificate, two maps of sections of Great Slave Lake, and a number of pamphlets and booklets relating to steam engineering and river traffic. Subjects of the photographs include Deacon, the construction of the S.S. Athabasca River, river traffic at The Pas, Manitoba, the S.S. Nipawin, and views of unidentified Hudson's Bay Company posts and the Saskatchewan and North Saskatchewan rivers.
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- The material is in English.
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Access Conditions: None. Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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Artifacts transferred to the Provincial Museum of Alberta: aboriginal craft items, watch, and shaving kit
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Further accruals are not expected
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Copy negatives and prints available for photographs<br><br>Record No. Fonds consists of the following accessions: PR1990.<br><br>
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- Deacon, Alfred A. (Subject)