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Dominion Map and Blueprint Company fonds
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- Cartographic material
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- Source of title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds.
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Physical description
0.03 m of textual records. - 130 maps
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Administrative history
Horace Newton Clarke (1881-1963) owned and operated Dominion Blue Print and Drafting Co. from 1912 until his retirement in 1947. At that time, he transferred ownership to Martin Joseph Griffin (1908-1986) who operated it until its' closure in 1981.
The company had many different names over the years: Dominion Blue Print and Drafting Co. from 1912 to 1916 ; Dominion Blueprint Co. from 1917 to 1921 ; Dominion Map and Blueprint Co. from 1922 to 1952 ; Dominion Map and Blueprint Ltd. from 1953 to 1962 ; and by 1963 the company shortened its' name to Dominion Map Ltd.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds illustrates six decades of map production by Dominion Map Limited.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 1980 by M.J. Griffin of Dominion Map Ltd. An additional accrual of Map 1182 was donated in 1992 by Frank S. Glass.
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