Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital

Entry/Object ID

2022.22.01

Tags

Sudbury, Ontario, Railway History, Canadian Pacific

Scope and Content

Book of essays describing the history of the development of the city of Sudbury. It covers a span from 1880s-1980s.

Context

The book discusses the history of the evolution and development of Sudbury into a town and later a city. The book is broken down into sections by decades covering the period between 1880 and 1990. It focuses heavily on the introduction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and how that led to both settlement and development in the area. The chapters are as follows: 1. The 1880s by C. M. Wallace 2. The 1890s by Ashley Thomson 3. 1900-1910 by Ashley Thomson 4. 1910-1920 by Matt Bray 5. The 1920s by A. D. Gilbert 6. The 1930s by C. M. Wallace 7. The 1940s by Graeme S. Mount 8. The 1950s by O. W. Saarinen 10. The 1960s by Gwenda Hallsworth and Peter Hallsworth 11. The 1970s by Dieter K. Buse 12. The 1980s by C. M. Wallace

Collection

Sudbury History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Matt Bray, C. M. Wallace, Ashley Thomson, Graeme S. Mount, Gwenda Hallsworth, Oiva W. Saarinen, Peter Hallsworth, Dundurn Press Limited, Dieter K. Buse, A. D. Gilbert

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1990

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital

Description

Book of essays describing the history of the development of the city of Sudbury. It covers a span from 1880s-1980s.

Creator

Dundurn Press Limited, C. M. Wallace, Ashley Thomson, Matt Bray, A. D. Gilbert, Graeme S. Mount, Oiva W. Saarinen, Gwenda Hallsworth, Dieter K. Buse

Date(s) of Creation

1993

Subjects

History, Railways, Land development, Industrial development, City & town life

Notes

Signed by all of the authors

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

1786

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

1-55002-170-2

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Sudbury History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 6, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Crazing

Date Examined

Jan 6, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Sudbury History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged by Kat Bezaire on January 6th, 2022

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 6, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 6, 2022