Morton, Vivian - Assorted Correspondence and Other Documents pertaining to Professor A.S. Morton
| Database ID | 27580 | |
| Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
| Fonds/Collection | Morton, Arthur S. | |
| File/Item Reference | A699 | |
| Date of creation | 1924-1945 | |
| Physical description/extent | 34 files; 22 cm | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | Arthur Silver Morton is regarded as one of the most significant Canadian historians to emerge from the prairies. Among the books that he wrote on western Canadian history, A History of the Canadian West to 1870�71 (1939) is possibly his most significant contribution. His other works concentrated on prairie settlement, the Fur Trade, and the history of the University of Saskatchewan. Morton was also instrumental in the decision of the University of Saskatchewan to offer archival facilities to the provincial government in 1936. The following year, he was appointed Keeper of the provincial records of Saskatchewan. After his retirement from teaching in 1940, he devoted most of his time to cataloguing the public records of the North-West Territories up to 1905. He had laid plans for the preservation and indexing of all provincial records subsequent to that date when he suddenly died in January 1945. With the election of the CCF government, the arrangement between the University and the provincial government was formalized with the passing of the Archives Act (1945), which established the Saskatchewan Archives Board. | |
| Scope and content | Correspondence pertaining to the handling of the books and papers of A.S. Morton. Also a copy of a map of North America done for the Hudson's Bay Company by Arrowsmith in 1795 (with alterations in 1796), colour slides of native crafts and native celebrations in the 1950's and various artifacts that were presented to and/or belonged to A.S. Morton. Includes numerous family letters and correspondence between Morton and his wife Vivian, as well as Morton's Eulogy by the President of the University of Saskatchewan. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Contributer | Morton, V.M. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Correspondence | |
| Provenance Access Point | Morton, Arthur S. | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 6 Treaty 10 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Morton, Arthur Silver, 1870-1945 (Can. historian) Morton, Vivian | |
| Subject | Indigenous Peoples General People Churches -- Presbyterian Fur Trade Early European Settlers | |
| Date Range(s) | 1920-1929 1930-1939 1776-1799 1940-1949 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27580
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