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1869-1976 (Creation)
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- Wells, Clarence Casey
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3 m of textual records;ca. 1000 photographs
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Casey Wells was born at Edenbank Farm, Sardis, B.C., the grandson of Sardis pioneer Allen Casey Wells. Wells founded radio station CHWK in 1927 and established an aerial photography business in the 1950s. He was actively involved in the Chilliwack Valley Historical Society and collected archival records. He published the "Anthology of Valley History", a series of historical pamphlets. He collected myths of the Sto:lo Indians, and studied the phonetics of the Halkomelem language. Wells co-established the Wells Family Society and acted as the first archivist of the Chilliwack Valley Historical Society.
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The fonds consists of Wells' subject files on local history and native Indian cultures, records relating to his "Anthology of Valley History", personal financial, household and legal records, and miscellaneous writings, notes, and drafts. Fonds includes family correspondence and household records of the Wells family, personal records of Nils Nilsson (1890s), records of the Chilliwack Valley Historical Society, records of Gertrude Wells (1882-1897), records of Oliver Wells pertaining to Edenbank Farm and to studies of the Squamish and Nooksack Indians, and business records of the Wells Family Society, CHWK Radio, and Edenbank Farm. Fonds includes photographs of the Wells family, CHWX Radio, the Hodge family, the Spencer family, and the Kipp family. The fonds also contains aerial photographs of Chilliwack and photographs of persons and events in the Chilliwack area and Upper Fraser Valley.
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BCAUL control number: CHI-1342
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- Wells (family) (Subject)
- Nilsson, Nils (Subject)
- Wells, Gertrude (Subject)
- Wells, Oliver (Subject)
- Hodge (family) (Subject)
- Spencer (family) (Subject)
- Kipp (family) (Subject)
- Chilliwack Valley Historical Society (Subject)
- Wells Family Society (Subject)
- CHWK (Radio Station : Chilliwack, B.C.) (Subject)
- Edenbank Farm (Subject)