Fonds glen-2452 - R.N. Wilson fonds

Men on Blood reserve putting up hay for Cochrane Ranche, Alberta. Haymaking on Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Hauling hay on Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Peigan men stacking hay from racks, Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Hay stacks on Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Pegian with hay on racks, Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Visitors on Peigan reserve, southern Alberta. Log building, Peigan reserve, Alberta. Interior of log builiding, southern Alberta. Livery stable, southern Alberta.
Results 1 to 10 of 559 Show all

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

R.N. Wilson fonds

General material designation

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of records.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

GLEN glen-2452

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

Physical description area

Physical description

9 cm of textual records. -- 132 photographs

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Robert Nathaniel Wilson, 1863-1944, was born in Ontario. He joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and served in Fort Macleod, Alberta and Fort Pitt and Battleford, Saskatchewan, 1881-1884. He then ran a trading post on the Belly River near Stand Off, Alberta. In 1888 he married Lila Hillier, 1868-1939, who was originally from England. He was the Indian agent at the Peigan Indian Agency, 1898-1903, and on the Blood reserve, 1904-1911. During these years he recorded ethnological information about the Blood, Blackfoot (Siksika) and Peigan. He also purchased native artifacts on behalf of the Field Museum of Chicago and other American museums, ca. 1893-1905. He wrote several scientific articles for the Royal Society of Canada. In 1911 he returned to his trading post at Stand Off.

Custodial history

Most of R. N. Wilson's papers were destroyed shortly after his death by the executor of his estate. A few papers were saved by a Fort Macleod resident and were given to Glenbow. Mounted Police historian J. P. Turner had some of Wilson's papers in Ottawa and he deposited Wilson's diary at the National Archives.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of articles and ethnological notes on Blackfoot legends and customs (1897); two bound volumes of R.N. Wilson's ethnological writings on the Blackfoot and Blood (1890-1897), transcribed and edited by Philip H. Godsell on behalf of the Glenbow in 1958, including information about customs, Red Crow, sun dance, moon dance, Horn Society, Running Wolf, Scalp Roller, sacrificial ceremony, and a Blood winter count; and photographs of the Blood and Peigan reserves, Blood personalities and ceremonies, tipis, Writing-On-Stone and NWMP.

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of Philip Godsell, Paull Sharron, Charles Middleton, Barney Reeves, Donough O'Brien and purchased, 1958-1985.

Arrangement

Language of material

Script of material

Location of originals

Availability of other formats

Also available on microfilm.

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material. http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/wilsonr.cfm

Associated materials

Wilson's diary (1881-1888) is held by Library and Archives Canada; other Wilson records are in the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

Related materials

Accruals

General note

Record No. M-4421;M-4422;PA-706;NA-668;NA-2075;NA-4461;ND-34;Microfilm-Wilson<br><br>

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Level of detail

Language of description

Script of description

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres