Fonds glen-3861 - Galloway family fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Galloway family fonds

General material designation

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

GLEN glen-3861

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

12.5 cm of textual records. -- 21 photographs

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

(1861-1960)

Biographical history

James Hadwen Galloway, 1861-1941, was born in Carlisle, Ontario and came to Alberta in 1883, first to Red Deer, and later to Calgary. He was employed at Union Cemetery for about 30 years. He and his wife Margaret McKee, 1859-1930, had eleven children, Francis Hadwen, 1885-1964, Jennie May, 1886-1958, Maggie Gertrude, 1887-1971, William Clarence, 1888-1920, Leonard, 1890-1890, Rupert, 1891-1891, Ruby Josephine (Cunningham), 1892-1941, Howard Elmer, 1893-1918, Victor Marshall, 1894-1916, Horace, 1897-1897, and Wilfred James, 1901-1960. Ruby married James Cunningham. Both Howard and Victor served in Calgary units in the First World War - Howard with the 31st battalion and Victor with the 50th battalion, then the 10th battalion - and were killed in France. James Cunningham served with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force.

Custodial history

Scope and content

The fonds consists of postcards sent to Ruby by various men serving in the First World War including C.R. Sharman and Les Doolan; military papers of Howard and Victor including his diary (1915); photographs of events, buildings, etc in Olds, Banff, Calgary, England, Bowden, Innisfail, and France; building permit and other documents relating to the construction of James H. Galloway's home in Calgary (1904-1905); and copies of two Siberian expedition newsletters, The Siberian Sapper (1918-1919).

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of Marilyn Harke, 2014.

Arrangement

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

No finding aid.

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

General note

Call numbers M-9634, PA-3995

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Level of detail

Language of description

  • English

Script of description

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres