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E.A. Morris Fonds
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Fonds
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L2532
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1877-1886 (Creation)
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Physical description
1 v., 11x18cm. -- 1 postcard, sepia-toned 10x6cm.
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Name of creator
Morris, E.A.
Biographical history
E.A. Morris travelled from England to the United States and from the United States to the British Columbia coast in the 1870s and 1880s.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the black, leather diary of E.A. Morris, father of the donors. The diary is divided into three trips, London to New York on Board the Steamship Danmark from 11 April to 28 April 1877, New York to San Fransisco by train from 28 April to 10 May 1877, and San Fransisco to Cassiar Mines via Victoria, BC on board the City of Panama from 19 May to 16 June 1877. There are also, additional notes up to 1886. Slipped inside the diary is a card for the National Steamship Company, Limited with a plan of the cabin of the steamship Denmark.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Marjorie and Mary Carew-Gibson, 26 October 1970.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
MMBC off-site storage.
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Restrictions on access
All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.
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- Morris, E.A. (Creator)
- SS Otter (ship) (Subject)
- S/V Danmark (ship) (Subject)
- SS City of Panama (ship) (Subject)
- Canadian National Railway (Subject)
- Canadian National Steamship Company (Subject)
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Rules or conventions
RAD, July 2008 version, Canadian Council of Archives.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
14 February 2018