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Fonds
Natural History Society of Montréal
Date
1867-1923
Dimensions50 cm of textual records
Object NumberP237
Administrative History
The Natural
History Society of Montréal was founded in 1827 by a group largely composed of
physicians and educators, such as John Bethune, Alexander Skakel, William
Robertson and Andrew Fernando Holmes. Sir William Dawson was active in the
Society from the time of his arrival in Montréal in 1855. The Society's
activities lay largely in sponsoring lectures on scientific topics. It was
disbanded in 1925. George D. Gibb was a librarian and curator of the Natural
History Society of Montreal in the 1850s.
(Source:
Guide to Archival Resources at McGill University: Private Papers at McGill
University. McGill University Archives. 1985. Vol. 2, p. 142.)
Scope and Content
The Natural
History Society of Montreal fonds gives information on the Society. The fonds
contains accounting records including vouchers and receipts, cash books,
subscription fund books, deposit slips and subscription lists for the Canadian
Naturalist. The administrative records consist of annual reports, programmes, a
membership card, lecture notes on ferns, admittance tickets, by-laws and
correspondence, property plan, correspondence of the secretary-treasure and a
catalogue (Vol. 2) of the natural history artifacts found in the private
collection of George D. Gibb.
(Source:
Guide to Archival Resources at McGill University: Private Papers at McGill
University. McGill University Archives. 1985. Vol. 2, p. 142.)
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M977.126
Thompson Canyon near Ashcroft, BC, 1889, copied ca.1902
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1902
N-0000.25.1067
Black Canyon, Thompson River, BC, 1889, copied ca.1902
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1902
N-0000.25.1066
Shuswap Lake on the C.P.R., near Sicamous, BC, 1889, copied ca.1902
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1902
N-0000.25.1056
Mountain Creek bridge, on the C.P.R., BC, 1889, copied about 1902
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1902
N-0000.25.1062
Miners crossing creek, Bonanza Trail, YT, about 1898
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1898
MP-0000.103.34
Punishing a thief, Klondike, about 1898
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1898
MP-0000.103.54
Interior of chief's house, Wrangell, Alaska, about 1910
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1910
MP-0000.25.507
Lake Louise and Spur of Mount Lefroy, AB, about 1890
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1890
MP-0000.25.686
Cliff at upper end of Lake Louise, AB, about 1910
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1910
MP-0000.25.679
Lake Louise from flank of Mount White, AB, about 1910
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1910
MP-0000.25.675
Road to Lake Louise, AB, about 1910
American Museum of Natural History - Department of Public Instruction
About 1910
MP-0000.25.673
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