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Correspondence, 1924 MacDonell, Father Andrew

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Correspondence written or received in 1924 by MacDonell on behalf of the Scottish Immigrant Aid Society. Correspondents include the Minister of Immigration and Colonization and the ministry's London office, the Deputy Minister of Public Health of Alberta, Wallace Fisheries on Vancouver Island, the Imperial Oversea Settlement Office, the Archbishop of Edmonton. Correspondence from Colonel Dennis of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company regards planning for Scottish settlers in Alberta for a training farm for Public School boys, a settlement for women, and the 3000 Family Scheme. The letters pertain to the establishment of the Clandonald settlement including the recruitment of settlers, applications and letters from Scottish emigrants, assessment and sale of land to immigrants, construction of farm buildings and supplying provisions for immigrants settling in Alberta. The file also includes copies of 1924 forms for application to the Agricultural Training Scheme, Alberta, and a sectional map of Red Deer, Alberta.

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Title
Correspondence, 1924
Creator
MacDonell, Father Andrew
Date Created
1924
Description
Correspondence written or received in 1924 by MacDonell on behalf of the Scottish Immigrant Aid Society. Correspondents include the Minister of Immigration and Colonization and the ministry's London office, the Deputy Minister of Public Health of Alberta, Wallace Fisheries on Vancouver Island, the Imperial Oversea Settlement Office, the Archbishop of Edmonton. Correspondence from Colonel Dennis of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company regards planning for Scottish settlers in Alberta for a training farm for Public School boys, a settlement for women, and the 3000 Family Scheme. The letters pertain to the establishment of the Clandonald settlement including the recruitment of settlers, applications and letters from Scottish emigrants, assessment and sale of land to immigrants, construction of farm buildings and supplying provisions for immigrants settling in Alberta. The file also includes copies of 1924 forms for application to the Agricultural Training Scheme, Alberta, and a sectional map of Red Deer, Alberta.
Subject
Canada--Emigration and immigration; Colonists; Scots; Correspondence; Land settlement; Emigration and immigration
Person Or Corporation
Clandonald
Genre
Correspondence
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Identifier
CC_TX_187_003
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection
Date Available
2015-10
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0132430
Category
Clandonald and Scottish immigration to Canada
RBSCLocation
Box 187
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/