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1929, 1947-1969 (Creation)
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- Jordon, Mabel E., 1908-1993
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9 cm of textual records
324 photographs
4 maps
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Mabel E. Jordon was born in Hartest, Suffolk, England in 1908 and immigrated to Canada at an early age. She married Benjamin Marsh Jordon at Perry Creek, B. C. and together they lived in the East Kootenay area for many years before moving to Calgary, Alberta. Mabel Jordon was a founding member and officer of the East Kootenay Historical Society. She was a history enthusiast and spent much of her time researching and writing the history of the East Kootenay. Her two main historical interests were David Thompson and William Baillie-Grohman. She published several articles on the lives of these two men in historical magazines and local newspapers. She travelled and photographed many of the historical sites dedicated to David Thompson in Canada, the USA, and in England. She died in Calgary in 1993.
Custodial history
At the time of Mabel Jordon's death, the records were passed on to one of her sons who in turn sold it to a collector, Stephen Lunsford, in Vancouver, B. C. The Fort Steele Archives Foundation raised funds to finally purchase the records in 1997.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the textual records of Mabel Jordon from 1929, 1947-1969. Includes correspondence, publications, research materials, certificate, notes, filmstrip, clippings, ephemera, maps, and photographs (H.T. Nation, Mabel Jordon, and other Kootenay photographers).
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BCAUL control number: FTST-114
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- Nation, Harold Turton, 1876-1967 (Subject)
- Thompson, David, 1770-1857 (Subject)
- Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph, 1851-1921 (Subject)
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Revised 10 January 2011