Fonds paa-9231 - Clayton Willson fonds

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Clayton Willson fonds

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PAA paa-9231

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10 photographs. -- 5 negatives. -- 1 map

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Clayton Willson was born circa 1886 in Kitchener, Ontario. In 1889 he moved with his family to Michigan, USA. In 1898 the family settled at Chigwell, near Lacombe, Alberta. As a teenager Clayton worked on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia. He then trained as a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) engineer. He married Nellie Goodwin, 1893-1979, of Canmore and they had two children. In the 1960s, he worked as a Security Officer for the Provincial Museum of Alberta.

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The fonds documents Clayton Willson's career with CPR and consists of images of a CPR train and CPR boats at Arrow Lake, BC (1900), Clayton Willson on a CPR steamer (1908); Clayton Willson and other men in a CPR engine yard in Canmore, Alberta (1912); Clayton Willson inside the cab of the North Passenger Train #2532 behind the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building in Calgary (1912), Alberta; Clayton Wilson in the cab of the North Passenger Train #2532 in front of the Palliser Hotel in Calgary (1929), and a map illustrating the stops and side trails along the track from Calgary to Field, BC [1910].

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In 1969, Clayton Willson donated the material to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

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  • The material is in English.

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There are no restrictions on access. Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.

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An inventory is available

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Please see the Clayton Willson fonds at the Glenbow Museum and Archives. Please see the Canadian National Railways fonds at the Provincial Archives of Alberta for more information on Canadian National Railways.

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Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from the fonds and from the Glenbow Museum and Archives' Clayton Willson fonds description. The images can be located in the A file of the Provincial Archives of Alberta reference prints under the numbers A1343 through A1347.<br><br>Record No. The fonds includes the following accession: PR1969.0138<br><br>

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