Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

[1910?]

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

8.7 x 12.7 cm Black and white photograph

Physical Condition

Excellent

History Biographical

Penrose Melvin Sauder was born on a farm near Galt, Ontario on 27 January 1883. He was employed with the federal government as a civil engineer from 1904 to 1919, with the job of recording hydrometric stream measurements. Mr. Sauder was transferred to Calgary in 1905. In 1910, he married Florence Mary Aylward of Toronto. They had two sons and one daughter: Joseph Aylward, Frederick James and Mary Lazelle. P.M. Sauder held the following positions during his career: Chief Hydrometric Engineer for Alberta and Saskatchewan from 1906 to 1920, Assistant Engineer on Section B, Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (LNID) from 1920 to 1923, assistant manager of the LNID in 1923 and then manager from 1923 to 1940. Mr. Sauder also served as Alberta's Director of Water Resources from 1940 to 1944, and Manager of the Western Irrigation District from 1944 to 1950. Finally, Mr. Sauder became involved with the St. Mary River Irrigation Development as its colonization manager in 1950. He also wrote a comprehensive history titled "Irrigation in Southern Alberta". P.M. Sauder died in 1971, at the age of 88. His wife Florence died five years later at age 93.

Acquisition Source

Allison, Garry

Custodial History

The donor obtained this photographs from Fed J. Sauder.

Scope and Content

Penrose Melvin Sauder, left, and an unidentified man eat a meal while on the job of taking stream measurements.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19991012027

Collection

Archive

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