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[191-]-1994, predominant [193-]-[196-] (Creation)
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- The bulk of the fonds dates from the 1930s to the 1960s
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0.15 m of textual records. - 486 photographs. - 12 negatives
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Biographical history
Neil McLeod was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1907, but lived most of his life in Alberta. He joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 1933. While still training in "Dept" Division, Regina, he was sent to Flin Flon, Manitoba to help settle a violent miners' strike. On his return, he served in various locations, including Bashaw, Tofield, Westlock, St. Paul, Jasper and Edmonton.; While posted in Jasper in the 1940s, Neil was asked to pose for what became a famous national image used on postcards and other promotional materials for the RCMP and the Canadian government.The photo was the "Mountie on horseback" photo by Harry Rowed. The stallion was owned by the Prince of Wales.
May McLeod (Steeves) was born in New Brunswick in 1914. She attended Mount Royal College in Calgary, then worked in Jasper where her father was Superintendent of the Canadian National Railway. Neil and May were married in 1940. They adopted their daughter, Sandra, who was born in 1951, and died tragically of leukemia in 1965.
Neil McLeod died in 1993 and May McLeod died in 1999.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of family photographs and negatives, letters and other material of the McLeod and Steeves families; photographs and negatives, reports and notes kept by Neil McLeod in his time as an RCMP officer; and miscellaneous photographs and negatives, and textual material created and collected by Neil McLeod and his family. The fonds consists of the following series: McLeod-Steeves Family series, Royal Canadian Mounted Police series, Miscellaneous series.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by W.L. and Violet Holmes, close friends and executors of Neil and May McLeod.
Arrangement
Original order maintained. General subject categories (family, RCMP and miscellaneous), arranged chronologically within each category.
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Restrictions on access
Access Conditions: None
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use Conditions: Subject to the Copyright Act.
Finding aids
File list is available.
Associated materials
The artifact collection of Neil McLeod is held in the Museum under Collection Number H99.34.
Accruals
Further accruals are not expected.
General note
Biographical sketch taken from "Neil McLeod and May Violet Steeves" history by Violet Holmes.
General note
Includes the following accessions:
PR1999.0777