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John Bell fonds
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Fonds
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AM144
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- 0.03 m of textual records
- 1 photographs
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Name of creator
(1867-1951)
Biographical history
John Warren Bell (1867-1951) was born in Victoria and came to Moodyville in 1871. He worked as a timber-scaler and miner and resided in various parts of the province prior to retiring to Vancouver.
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Scope and content
The fonds includes Bell's birth and baptismal certificates together with his timber scaler licence application and his memoirs; there are also pencil sketches and sketch maps to illustrate the memoirs. Included is a photograph of a diary page.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by John Warren Bell in 1948.