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Diary of Captain W.H. Porter Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service

Description

A diary kept from 1904 to 1917 by W. H. Porter, a captain with the B.C.C.S.S. The diary includes several carbon copies of letters from Porter. The diary also includes annotations by Dr. W. B. Chung regarding the diary, inside front cover, and is accompanied by a typed transcription made in the 1980s.

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Title
Diary of Captain W.H. Porter
Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service
Date Created
[between 1904 and 1989?]
Description
A diary kept from 1904 to 1917 by W. H. Porter, a captain with the B.C.C.S.S. The diary includes several carbon copies of letters from Porter. The diary also includes annotations by Dr. W. B. Chung regarding the diary, inside front cover, and is accompanied by a typed transcription made in the 1980s.
Subject
Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Steamboats; Coastwise shipping; Ocean travel
Person Or Corporation
Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamships
Genre
Diaries; Correspondence
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Identifier
CC_TX_156_001
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. CC-TX-156-1
Date Available
2018-01-03
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
10.14288/1.0362780
Category
British Columbia Coast Steamship Service
RBSCLocation
Box 156
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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/