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George Aitken fonds

  • PR-1034
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1941

The fonds consists of correspondence, military handbooks, maps and lecture notes for military courses taught by Aitken. Also includes photographs of World War I and World War II activities.

Aitken, George, 1885-1955

Geographic Division

  • GR-1329
  • Series
  • 1915-1959

This series contains records relating to map production, map distribution, personnel and staff salaries. It includes miscellaneous memoranda on resources along the route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (1936-1942) and a memorandum by F.C. Green on the Post-War Rehabilitation Council, 1943. This unit also includes three notebooks of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer, on map production, survey instructions, accounts, and acreages of streams and rivers in British Columbia.

British Columbia. Geographic Division

Chief Geographer executive records

  • GR-1012
  • Series
  • 1915-1951

The series consists of the records of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer, created between 1915 and 1951. The records relate to boundaries, cartography, toponymy and geography and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, and geographic name lists and clippings.

The series also includes 32 printed maps including city and regional maps of communities in British Columbia, Alberta and Washington.

There are general files on origins, development, and organization of the Geographic Division; drafts and notes for annual reports, 1925-1935; staff organization and personnel file, 1920-1938; map production statistics, 1934-1951; file re Fort Norman, N.W.T. and Pouce Coupe oil fields, 1921; draft of Tweedsmuir Park brochure, 1938, geographic place name lists and notes, cards and clipping files.

British Columbia. Geographic Division

Chief Geographer photographs

  • GR-3279
  • Series
  • 1916-1953

Series consists of photographs acquired by the Chief Geographer of the British Columbia Geographic Division, notably George Griffiths Aitken. The photographs consist of black and white prints and negatives showing different types of topography and land use taken between 1950 and 1953. Series also includes photographs of a war memorial dedicated to civil servants who died in World War I, a panoramic view of Vancouver Harbour, a Christmas card from 1916 from the Surveyor General's office made up of four negatives mounted on paper and a file from 1937-1938 containing photographs used in a commemorative brochure about the visit of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and Governor General of Canada, to Tweedsmuir Park.

British Columbia. Geographic Division

Executive records of the Chief Geographer

  • GR-0995
  • Series
  • 1916-1945, 1957

The series consists of records created by the Geographic Division between 1916 and 1957, and contain the files of the Chief Geographer, G.G. Aitken, relating to cartography, toponymy, surveying, boundaries, and miscellaneous other geographical topics. The files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of publications, research notes, pamphlets and clippings and records of the Natural Resources and Map Committee, 1924-1934.

The series also contains 23 road, highway and rail maps and two photographs of an unidentified dam.

British Columbia. Geographic Division

Correspondence of the Chief Geographer

  • GR-0950
  • Series
  • 1921-1943

This series consists of correspondence inward and outward of the Chief Geographer of British Columbia, George Griffith Aitken. Records are arranged in rough alphabetical order.

British Columbia. Geographic Division

Civil Service War Memorial Fund agreement records

  • GR-0346
  • Series
  • 1930-1970

Agreement between George Griffith Aitken and John L. Colbert and the Trustees of the Civil Service War Memorial Fund, 1930; bank savings and chequing accounts, 1932 - 1970.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Surveys and Mapping Branch miscellaneous files

  • GR-1523
  • Series
  • 1935-1974

The series consists of general files created by the Surveys and Mapping Branch between 1935 and 1974. The files are in no particular order but may have been kept in the office of A.G. Slocomb, Chief of the Topographic Division. The files are arranged by subject and include general office files as well as specific files relating to surveyors and survey projects (E.R. McMinn), Air Division files (G.S. Andrews) and a correspondence file from 1935 to 1938 regarding the creation of Tweedsmuir Park (G.G. Aitken)

British Columbia. Surveys and Mapping Branch