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Cotter family fonds
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0.09 m of textual records. --- 20 photographs
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Wemyss McKenzie Osborne Cotter was born January 27, 1871 to James Cotter, a Hudson's Bay Company trader. Wemyss married Charlotte Evaline Mason of Toronto, Ontario in 1909 and they settled in Carlstadt, Alberta (previously known as Langevin) where Wemyss was working as postmaster. By 1916 the Cotters had settled in Alderson where Wemyss also worked as postmaster. Charlotte Cotter was Secretary of the Red Cross Membership Enrolment in Alderson and Wemyss Cotter was a member of the Upper Canada College Old Boys' Association and the National Geographic Society. Wemyss Cotter died on November 16, 1935.
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The Provincial Archives of Alberta purchased these records from Hugh MacMillan of Nor'Wester Partners in 1991. Nor'Wester Partners received the records from Mrs. Lindsay C. Mason, wife of one of Charlotte Cotter's nephews.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, postcards, and photographs depicting various Cotter family and/or friends.
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The records have been arranged in chronological order.
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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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Record No. Fonds consists of the following accessions: PR1991.086<br><br>
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- Cotter, Charlotte (Subject)
- Cotter, Wemyss (Subject)