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Thomas Kilpatrick fonds
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1903; 1909; reproduced [1973?] (Creation)
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- Kilpatrick, Thomas
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1 folder of textual records
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Biographical history
Thomas Kilpatrick (1857-1939) was an official with the Canadian Pacific Railway who was involved in the erecting of a monument to Douglas Hector, son of Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., Geologist and Explorer to the Palliser Expedition of 1957-1860).
Kilpatrick was the Superintendent of the Mountain and Shuswap Divisions of the C.P.R. in Revelstoke, B.C. when Sir James Hector and his son Douglas arrived in their area on a trip in 1903. Soon, Douglas Hector became ill and was taken to the Revelstoke Hospital, where he later died of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. Shortly afterwards, a fund was established to erect a memorial in the Revelstoke Cemetery, and subscriptions were received from individuals in Canada, the United States, and Britain.
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The fonds consists of photocopies of records created and received by Thomas Kilpatrick as a result of his work in fundraising for the Hector Memorial project. Records include: correspondence, lists, accounts, a copy of the monument's inscription, and a letter from Kilpatrick's son, Thomas Donald Kilpatrick, describing his father's involvement in the Hector Memorial.
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Fonds was donated to the Archives in 1973 by Thomas Donald Kilpatrick.