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Ernest Pasley fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds. Previously titled the Ernest Pasley Collection of Photographs.
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113 photographs : 106 b&w prints, 6 b&w postcards, 1 col. postcard
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Ernest Pasley was born in Sheffield, England on September 12, 1889. He worked for three years as a fireman and labourer with the Electric Supply Department of the City of Sheffield before coming to Canada to join the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) in 1913. Pasley was promoted to the rank of Corporal on February 5, 1921 and was stationed in the north for most of the years he was in the force. He participated in many of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) northern patrols and was stationed at Dawson City (1922), Rampart House (1922), Herschel Island (1923), Baillie Island (1924-1926), Edmonton (1927) and Vancouver (1927-1928). Corporal Pasley received his discharge from the force on May 2, 1928. After that he was employed as a trader with the Can-Alaska Co. at Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, for a number of years. Ernest Pasley left the north in 1939 and moved to Vancouver, B.C. where he died in January of 1943.
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The fonds consists of original photographs primarily of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) patrols and scenic views in the north. It includes photographs of Pasley's fellow officers, First Nations people, boats, dog sleds and RCMP posts. Specific locations include Herschel Island, Ogilvie, New Rampart House, Porcupine River, Rampart (Alaska), Sixty Mile Post, Baillie Island (N.W.T.), Dawson City and Whitehorse, Yukon. The fonds also includes a number of portraits.
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The 106 b&w prints represent 100 different images.
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There are no donor-imposed restrictions on this material. General copyright or institutional or legal restrictions may apply.
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Finding aids
Inventory of the photographs is available (Inventory #63)