Archives Search

Search only: Library, Archives Advanced Search, Ancestors, Images, Search All

To submit a comment, contact webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca

Search Help

Warning: Descriptive record is in process. These materials may not yet be available for consultation.

Description found in Archives

Title

Miscellaneous files [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing].

Series consists of

7 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Show Arrangement Structure

Series part of

Medical Services Branch sous-fonds [multiple media] (R227-10-9-E)

Accession

1. HEALTH SERVICES BRANCH MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS [textual records]
2. [Proposed immigration detention building, Saint John, N.B.] [architectural drawing]
3. [The Caraquet Railway line between Caraquet and Pokemouche, N.B.] [cartographic material]

Bilingual equivalent

Dossiers divers [document textuel, document cartographique, dessin d'architecture]

Date(s)

1885-1978

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

0.07 m of textual records
1 map : on 2 sheets 58 x 67 cm; 29 x 67 cm.
6 architectural drawings : 60 x 96 cm or smaller.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consists of miscellaneous files maintained by the Medical Services Branch. The records include original bound ledgers concerning the Tracadie Lazaretto, 1900-1908, and the Hobbema Indian Agency, 1885-1894. There are also memoranda, articles and miscellaneous records relating to the history and treatment of leprosy in Canada and other countries, the history of the Quarantine Service of Canada, and the International Sanitary Conventions of 1912 and 1926. Included, as well, are conference papers and articles, 1938-1939, by Dr. Chester P. Brown, Chief of the Division of Quarantine, Immigration Medical and Sick Mariners' Service outlining the work of his division and his department. There are also articles concerning health problems in the northern territories of the U.S.S.R., 1954, the vaccination of Indian infants against tuberculosis in Saskatchewan, 1949, as well as a map (n.d.) of the Caraquet area of New Brunswick. Also included as part of this series are 6 architectural drawings of a proposed immigration detention building to be built over the C.P.R. baggage shed in West Saint John, N.B.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material

90NA: Open but not available

Architectural: technical drawings

90NA: Open but not available

Textual records

90: Open

Volume
2355

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R227-130-8-E

Former archival reference no.

RG29-57
RG29M 87803/25
RG29M 82303/43

Terms of use

Finding aid

Finding aid 29-53 is a typed file list. 29-53 (Paper)

Cartographic material. Please consult lower level descriptions. Paper finding aid is available in the main reference room. RG29M 82303/43. 90 (Electronic)

Architectural drawings Finding aid is available in ArchiviaNet. Paper finding aid is available in the main reference room. RG29M 87803/25. 90 (Electronic)

Additional information

Physical description note

Cartographic material : Blue and black ink on tracing paper. Railway indicated in red ink. Some annotations in pencil. Architectural drawings : Five blueprints and one pencil on tracing paper.

Physical condition note

Cartographic material : Item has been conserved but remains extremely fragile. Sheets include large tears. Architectural drawings : Some items have tears along the edges.

Custodial history

These records, some predating the department, were found in the Resource Centre of the Medical Services Branch, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa. The map was transferred to the National Map Collection from Federal Archives Division, RG19, Vol. 2355 in February 1983 (Mikan 42293). The provenance of the architectural drawings is uncertain. The drawings were produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Dept. of Health.

Source of title

Title is based on the contents of the series.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Related materials

Architectural drawings : See also RG43M, accession no. 78903-35.

Cartographic math data

Scale map : [1:39 600]. 50 chains to 1 in.
Scale architectural drawings : [1:240] and [1:48]. 1 in. to 20 ft. and 0 in. to 1 ft.

Formatted contents note

This tracing of part of a map of northeastern New Brunswick shows the line of the Caraquet Railway and the proposed extension to deep water. The map shows the area north of Tracadie, site of the leprosarium run by the federal government, and includes Shippegan Island, Caraquet Harbour and Island, Pokseudie Island, Saint Simons and Pokemouche (Inkerman).

Statement of responsibility note

Three architectural drawings by District Engineer, New Brunswick Distric Office (Saint John), Canadian Pacific Railway. One item drawn by the Chief Engineer's Office (Montreal), Canadian Pacific Railway. Two items drawn by B. Evan Parry, Office of Architect, Dept. of Health (Ottawa).

Dates of creation note

The date of creation for the map was taken from information about Caraquet Railway included in Eastern New Brunswick's Railway History: From VIA Rail's Ocean Limited by J.A. Clowes (www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/EastNBRailHistory.htm)

Source

Government

Related control no.

1. 1982-83/067 GAD
2. RG29
3. RG29M 82303/43
4. RG29M 87803/25

MIKAN no.

193806