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1865-1919, 1950 (Creation)
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- Powell (family)
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23 cm of textual records
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Israel Wood Powell was born in Upper Canada. He graduated from McGill with a medical degree in 1860 and came to Victoria in 1862 to practice medicine. He became politically active and was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs and Superintendent of Education. He was active in the Masonic orders and was appointed as the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia in 1890. He and his wife, Jane, had a family of nine children, including sons Bertram and Ernest.
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The fonds consists of Israel Wood Powell's diaries; notebooks; account book; certificates of medical, governmental and Masonic appointments; and correspondence pertaining to his tenure as Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Fonds includes correspondence and Alexandra Club speeches of Jane Powell and certificates of Ernest and Bertram Powell.
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BCAUL control number: BCA-1510
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- Powell, Israel Wood (Subject)
- Powell, Jane (Subject)
- Powell, Ernest (Subject)
- Powell, Bertram (Subject)