Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Earl J. Gillett fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on content of records.
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
0.5 cm of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Earl Joseph Gillett was born in Owosso, Michigan, on July 13, 1883, and immigrated to Canada in 1908, to homestead in the Whitla area. Earl married CoraBelle (nee Adair), on November 16, 1910, in Medicine Hat and took up residence on the homestead. While there, 3 children were born: Earl Alexander (1911), Ella Grace (1913), and Alberta May (1918). The family left Whitla and moved to Medicine Hat in 1922, where Earl Sr. began working as a fireman for the CPR He retired in 1947. Another child, Ronald Sherman was born in 1931, in Medicine Hat. In 1958, Earl Sr. and CoraBelle left the city to live with their youngest son in Cold Lake. The following year, they left there and moved to Vauxhall to live with their eldest son, Earl Jr. Earl Sr. passed away February 14, 1961.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of: O.S. handwritten legends (3) entitled "Ever to be Remembered-the First Stampede-1870-Which Gave Birth to the Name of the City of Medicine Hat" by Earl Gillett (also commonly referred to as the "Gillett Legend"), one of many "original" accounts which relates the history of the naming of the City of Medicine Hat ([ca. 1948]).
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Gifts of Earl Gillett, July 25, 1952, Alfred M. Bakstad, September 4, 1962, and Edward Leonard "Len" and Margaret Morris, August 24, 1982.
Arrangement
Language of material
- Materials are in English.
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Biography file;Clippings file "Medicine Hat-Naming".
Accruals
General note
Record No. M62.2;M82.14.3;M52.6.1<br><br>
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gillett, Earl J. (Subject)