Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Title proper
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document textuel
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1763-1951 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Physical description
65 cm of textual records
Zone de la collection
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
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Carson F. Piper (b. in Fort William, 1901 - d. 1983) worked at the Empire Elevator and at W.S. Piper Hardware Store which he managed until 1960. He served in the armed forces during World War II, was a trustee of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, a member of the Fort William Rotary Club, the Fort William Sanatorium, the Red Cross, and other groups. He was a long-time member of the Thunder Bay Historical Society and was its president from 1937-1940. He actively collected items of historical interest to Northwestern Ontario and was largely responsible for creating the Thunder Bay Historical Society's museum in 1942. He married Helen Briggs of Minnesota in 1931.
Historique de la conservation
A48.12 was formerly catalogued in the Thunder Bay Museum collection, 984.56.1-8
Portée et contenu
The Carson Piper collection consists of both original and published material pertaining to a broad expanse of the history of Northwestern Ontario, concentrating primarily on early fur trading and settlement activities. It is arranged into 12 series by record type. The first and eleventh series contain material relating to Mr. Piper's activities as president and member of the Thunder Bay Historical Society. Most of the rest of the collection contains pamphlets, articles and reports published between 1763 and 1951.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
A48.8.2 was donated by Mrs. J.A. Dyke in July 1940, and the rest was donated by the Carson Piper Estate.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Originals are held at Thunder Bay Museum
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
See various artifact and photographic collections catalogued under Carson Piper, especially 981.39