Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Kirk family fonds
General material designation
- Graphic material
- Textual record
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- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
NWMA MSS 313
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1898-1945 (Creation)
- Creator
- Kirk (family)
Physical description area
Physical description
245 photographs
89 postcards
1 cm of textual records
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1868-1945)
Biographical history
Herbert Thomas (H.T.) Kirk was born in London, England in 1868. In 1874 he and his parents arrived in Canada and settled on Winnipeg. He arrived in New Westminster in 1889 and worked for T.J Trapp in his hardware store. Later he went into business for himself and opened a hardware store in New Westminster which he operated until his retirement in 1926. In 1894 he married Mary Jane Warren. the couple had two daughters, Dora and Elsie.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of photographs and postcards, and a small quantity of other material, including cards, and newspaper clippings. Most of the photographs are of the Kirk family and friends.
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Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Elsie Kirk in 1979.