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PA027
Canadian Railroad Historical Association fonds. - 1932-1998.
Custodial history :
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first
railway in Canada, a group of enthusiasts decided
to found the Canadian Railroad Historical
Association in March 1932. Its first President was
John Loye. The first official meeting took place
on 06 April 1932 with, amongst others, Mrs.
Bevington, R.R. Brown, Robert Nicholls, W.M.
Spriggs. They decided that the Board would meet
once a month, except in summer. The charter was
signed on 22 August 1941 by John Loye, Frederick
James McClure, Donald Forbes Angus, William Graham
Cole, William Ernest Foster, Mable Elizabeth
Bevington, Charles Viau and Charles L. Terroux. In
1954, the Association acquired its first item of
rolling stock, streetcar MTC 274, with the aim of
starting a museum. In 1961 the Association did
establish a museum to preserve and promote railway
heritage.
On 24 August 1984, the Canadian
Railroad Historical Association changed its name
to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association -
Association canadienne d'histoire ferroviaire. The
Canadian Railroad Historical Association is a
not-for-profit organization whose objectives are
the preservation and distribution of textual and
pictorial information concerning railway heritage
in Canada, as well as the acquisition of
artifacts, archival documents and other items
representative of the development of railway
technology in Canada. The Association manages a
museum, a documentation centre and an
archive.
The documents have been transferred to
the Association's archives by various members.
Scope and content :
The fonds demonstrates the activities of the
Canadian Railroad Historical Association from its
beginnings until 1998. The fonds also illustrates
the history and technological evolution of
railways and rail-based transportation in Canada
from its beginnings to 1998.
The fonds includes
minutes of meetings, administrative documents,
activity reports, research documents, publications
including Canadian Rail, correspondence, videos,
photographs and technical drawings.
Physical description :
Approximately 15 m of textual material. - Approximately 1500 photographs. - approx. 25 videos. - approx. 25 sound items.
General note :
Minutes of meetings are classified in
chronological order. Administrative documents are
segregated by President. The documents in the
fonds are in English and French. See the fonds of
early members, including Cole (P010), Terroux
(P019), Nicholls (P015), Loye (P014), Bevington
(P007).
Last update
: 2006/10/23