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Choppy Stanier fonds
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Francis T.P. Stanier fonds
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1.7 m of textual records. -- ca. 50 maps. -- ca. 25 photographs : b&w and col.
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Biographical history
Francis T.P. "Choppy" Stanier was born in England in 1908. He came to Canada in 1927 and farmed in Ontario and Saskatchewan before moving to Alberta in the mid 1930s. He worked on several ranches before working in the oil fields in Central Alberta. He returned to England in 1937 and worked as a tool pusher for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company until 1947, when he returned to Alberta just prior to the oil boom. In 1955, he founded his own business, Kingfisher Oil Field Fishing Company Ltd. The company failed by 1971 and Choppy retired. He died in Red Deer in 1986.
Custodial history
Inherited by Hilda Robinson, sister of Choppy Stanier, 1986
Scope and content
The fonds consists of Stanier's correspondence, training manuals, and business records. Includes business records of the Kingfisher Oil Field Fishing Company, records related to his involvement in civil defense activities, family photographs, publications from various oil industry sources, and township maps.
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Gift of Hilda Robinson, 1986 and 1988
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- English
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No restrictions on access;Copyright restrictions apply
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Partial file list available
Associated materials
Oil Patch News newspaper collection, MG 356
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No further accruals expected
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Record No. MG 91<br><br>
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- Stanier, Choppy (Subject)