W.L. Jacobson fonds
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- Date Range
- 1930-1957
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 19841099
- Physical Description
- over 1,000 negatives and b/w prints
- Scope and Content
- 001: 79 negatives of cattle and farm animals, photographs taken in Stirling, AB, United States, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan (1946-1956) 002: 29 negatives of Dams taken in British Columbia and U.S. Alberta Dams: St. Mary’s and Bassano (1946-1956) 003: 74 negatives and 1 black and white photog…
- Date Range
- 1930-1957
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- W.L. Jacobson
- Physical Description
- over 1,000 negatives and b/w prints
- History / Biographical
- W.L. Jacobson was an irrigation scientist who worked with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) and Experimental Farm during the fight to control soil erosion in the drought of the 1930s. He was also the secretary of the PFRA Advisory Committee on Land Utilization from 1935 to 1947. He pioneered such concepts as ‘duty of water.’ Later, he became a Glenbow Archives staff member, who was commissioned to gather information pertaining to irrigation, dry land farming, water conservation and irrigation pioneers in Alberta. The photographs are based in various locations across Canada and the United States. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) was a branch under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), a department of the Federal Government of Canada. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was established by an Act of Parliament under Prime Minister R. B. Bennett in 1935 in response to the widespread drought, farm abandonment and land degradation of the 1930s. The PFRA served to promote sustainable development on the rural prairies for over seven decades in the areas of air, water, soils, and biodiversity. Its mandate included detailed examination of various methods for soil conservation and enrichment. PFRA also planned and developed large scale, multi-use projects such as the St. Mary River irrigation district, the Bow River Irrigation Project, and the South Saskatchewan River Project (Gardiner Dam/Lake Diefenbaker).
- Scope and Content
- 001: 79 negatives of cattle and farm animals, photographs taken in Stirling, AB, United States, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan (1946-1956) 002: 29 negatives of Dams taken in British Columbia and U.S. Alberta Dams: St. Mary’s and Bassano (1946-1956) 003: 74 negatives and 1 black and white photograph of unidentified land taken in Lethbridge, Waterton, British Columbia, and United States (1946-1956) 004: 118 negatives of trips taken at Franks Slide, British Columbia, Calgary, United States, and Winnipeg (1950-1956) 005: 137 negatives and 6 black and white photographs of people and family members taken in Saskatchewan, Waterton, Banff, Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, and United States (1938-1956) 006: 148 negatives and 4 black and white photographs of people and family members taken in Saskatchewan, Waterton, Banff, Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, and United States (1938-1956) 007: 227 negatives of irrigation systems and farms taken in Vauxhall, Lethbridge, Taber, Cardston, Red Deer, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and United States (193- -1957) 008: 68 negatives and 11 black and white photographs of irrigation systems and farms taken in Vauxhall, Lethbridge, Taber, Cardston, Red Deer, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and United States (193- -1957) 009: 104 negatives and 5 black and white photographs of irrigation systems and farms taken in Vauxhall, Lethbridge, Taber, Cardston, Red Deer, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and United States (193- -1957) 010: 125 negatives of irrigation systems and farms taken in Vauxhall, Lethbridge, Taber, Cardston, Red Deer, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and United States (193- -1957) 011: 165 negatives of miscellaneous groupings of locations and events taken in Taber, Saskatchewan, and United States (1939-1956) 012: 142 negatives and 2 black and white photographs of miscellaneous groupings of locations and events taken in Lethbridge, Banff, Cardston, Hays, and United States (1930-1950) 013: 100 negatives and 42 black and white photographs of miscellaneous groupings of locations and events taken in Lethbridge, Taber, Blood Reserve, Saskatchewan, and United States (1945-1950) 014: University of Lethbridge Convocation Program 1972 015: W.L. Jacobson's diary 1935 016: Newspaper clippings - agriculture projects 017: Photographs - agricultural research projects, irrigation, super-phosphate fertilizer test, Rolling Hills Headgates, Kilmorey Lodge (Waterton National Park) 018: John Vallance Banquet - program and remarks 1943 019: Research graphs/charts 020 - 029: Photographic prints and negatives - agricultural research and irrigation
- Accession No.
- 19841099
- Collection
- Archive
Western Canada 1934 road map
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- Date Range
- 1934
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- Map
- Accession No.
- 20171009
- Physical Description
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 80 x 63 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Map No.4 Saskatchewan and Manitoba Map No.5 British Columbia and Alberta The maps show rivers, lakes, parks, towns, provincial highways, through routes, paved roads, gravel surfaced roads, graded earth roads, unimproved roads, roads that are not likely to be passable in 1934 and airports or seaplan…
- Material Type
- Map
- Date Range
- 1934
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Imperial Oil Limited
- Physical Description
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 80 x 63 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Map No.4 Saskatchewan and Manitoba Map No.5 British Columbia and Alberta The maps show rivers, lakes, parks, towns, provincial highways, through routes, paved roads, gravel surfaced roads, graded earth roads, unimproved roads, roads that are not likely to be passable in 1934 and airports or seaplane ports. The approximate populatons of cities, towns and village according to the 1931 census are also shown along with mileages between stars.
- Notes
- The scale of these two maps is about 38 miles to the inch. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 3 inset maps entitled: "Main connections in the Lake Superior Region" (Scale 1 inch = 100 miles) "Vancouver and vincinity" [sic.] (Scale 1 inch = 4 miles) "Principal highway routes of Canada and the Northern United States" (Scale 1 inch = 200 miles) Text on this map indicates: "Main highway routes between Eastern and Western Canada are indicated in red. When the road from Kenora to Port Arthur and Fort William is completed, an all Canadian route from West to East will be open, utilizing the steamer service between the head of the lakes and Sault Ste. Marie. This map shows main trunk lines only; many other roads have been omitted. Roads under construction are shown." Includes text describing Imperial Oil and related products & services, city indexes to each map and a chart of "Approximate Mileages for Western Canada". Copyright Imperial Products Everywhere in Canada series
- Accession No.
- 20171009
- Collection
- Archive