Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the content of the records.
Level of description
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1911-1966 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
0.07 m of textual records. - 35 photographs. - 19 negatives
Publisher's series area
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
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Toney River, Nova Scotia, A.H. McQuarrie moved with his family to a homestead in the Northwest Territories in 1893. He joined the Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge Branch in 1903 as a carpenter but left in 1904 when he began working as a bridge builder with the Northwest Territorial Government before the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were formed.
In 1907 he travelled to Edmonton and was offered employment with the Department of Public Works for the Province of Alberta. He was involved in the construction of the Edson-Grande Prairie Trail and other roads and bridges. He became the engineer overseeing the Peace River district in 1916 and resident engineer in 1922. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1933.
In retirement, he lived in Edmonton, New Hampshire and Peterborough, Ontario. Predeceased by his wife in 1960, he died in Edmonton in1966.
Custodial history
In 1961 A.H. McQuarrie gave his history of the Edson-Grande Prairie Trail to Norman Willmore, the Minister of Lands and Forests. Willmore gave a copy of this history to A. Russell Patrick, the Minister of Industry and Development. A. Russell Patrick gave a copy of this history to the Provincial Secretary, A. Holowach.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of manuscripts written by A.H. McQuarrie about different events in Alberta’s history and photographs of various areas throughout Alberta.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
The Provincial Secretary, A. Holowach deposited this record with the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1966. Another accession of records was then deposited in 1967 by Mrs. R.F. Hanna, A.H. McQuarrie’s daughter.
Arrangement
Arrangement note: Records have been maintained in the order in which they were received.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Access Conditions: None
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
Finding aids
File list is available.
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are not expected.
General note
Includes the following accessions:
PR1966.0050
PR1967.0301