Title

Fonds consists of

7 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Accession

1. William Charles Henry Wood collection [graphic material]
2. Collection William Charles Henry Wood [documents iconographiques]
3. [Engineering drawings related to geodetic levelling on the St. Lawrence River and the Royal Commission on the Quebec Bridge Inquiry] [technical drawings]

Date(s)

1891-1946

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

Scope and content

Fonds consists of textual records: correspondence, original; wildlife conservation, original; manuscripts, notes, book reviews and printed matter, original; and documents of the War of 1812, transcripts. Fonds also contains 16 photographs, ca. 1900-1919, depicting sailboats at St. John, N.B., and at Toronto, Ont.; and a portrait of a Curé of the Ile aux Coudres. Three glass lantern slides, n.d., depict caribou and deer in Labrador. Fonds also contains engineering plans, 1891-1908, collected by W.C.H. Wood. These include: two illustrations of tide gauges connected with the work of geodetic levelling on the St. Lawrence River by the Department of Public Works; and Drawing 32 of the Royal Commission into the collapse of the Québec Bridge.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Photographic materials: No donor restrictions. Various copyrights available on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Technical drawings (engineering plans): No donor restrictions.

Finding aid

Textual records The finding aid is a file list for volumes 1-6, 9-10 and a list of the War of 1812 documents by campaign. MSS0390 90 (Electronic)

Technical drawings (engineering plans): A list is available. (Paper)

Creator / Provenance

Wood, William Charles Henry, 1864-1947.

Biography / Administrative history

William Wood, historian, conservationist, born in 1864 at Quebec City, was commissioned in the 8th Royal Rifles of Quebec in 1887. After commanding the unit from 1907 to 1910, he retired with the rank of colonel. Wood was an authority on North American military history and a prolific writer. He authored many books, including five volumes in the Chronicles of Canada series. He also compiled the Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812 which was published in three volumes by the Champlain Society between 1920 and 1928. Wood was also interested in wildlife conservation and the preservation of historic monuments and buildings. He served on both the Quebec and Canadian Landmarks Commissions and on the Town Planning Commision of Quebec City.

Additional information

Subject heading

1. Wildlife conservation, n.d., 1904-1946
2. Royal Society of Canada, 1910.
3. Quebec (Quebec) - Historic buildings, n.d., 1904-1946
4. Canadian Conservation Commission, 1911-1913.
5. World War I - Conscientious objectors - Quebec (Province), 1917
6. "Françoise Barry. Pionnière du Journalisme féminin au Canada," 1904-1946.
7. Canada - History - War of 1812, n.d.
8. Arthur F. Sladen, [between 1904 and 1946]
9. Labrador (Nfld.) - Game reserves, 1911-1943
10. Lord Grey, n.d., 1904-1946.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS23048

Related control no.

1. 1969-101 NPC
2. 1975-042 NPC
3. 81202/551 CA
4. 81203/28 CA
5. MG30-C60

MIKAN no.

104465