Wade Family Fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 2012.001

Kamloops Museum and Archives

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 2012.001

Compiled by Robb Gilbert March, 2013

 Kamloops Museum and Archives 2013 KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Table of Contents Biographical sketch ...... 3 Custodial history ...... 5 Scope and content ...... 6 Sous-fonds 1 M.S. Wade ...... 8 Series 1 Correspondence ...... 8 Series 2 Writings ...... 9 Series 3 Research ...... 10 Series 4 Personal and biographical ...... 12 Series 5 Travel ...... 13 Series 6 Professional associations and activities ...... 13 Series 7 Photographs ...... 14 Sous-fonds 2 Emma M. Wade ...... 15

Sous-fonds 3 M.L. Wade ...... 16 Series 1 Correspondence ...... 16 Series 2 Personal and biographical ...... 17 Series 3 Professional activities ...... 18 Series 4 Photographs ...... 19 Appendix 1 Sous-fonds 1 M.S. Wade Series 7 Photographs ...... 20

Appendix 2 Sous-fonds 3 M.L. Wade Series 4 Photographs ...... 23

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Title: Wade family fonds

Dates of creation: 1862 – 1985

Physical description: 0.86 m of textual records, ca. 2350 photographs, and other material

Biographical sketch:

Mark Sweeten Wade was born November 23, 1858 at Sunderland, County Durham, England, the son of John Wade and Mary Sweeten. He studied medicine at Durham University and Anderson’s College, Glasgow. Wade moved to the United States in 1881 and enrolled at the Medical College of Fort Wayne, Indiana, earning his MD a year later. After graduating, he found work with the Canadian Pacific Survey, joining a survey party crossing several prairie towns from Fort Garry to Moose Jaw. In 1883 Wade moved to British Columbia and practiced medicine in New Westminster. The following year he was hired by Andrew Onderdonk as an assistant surgeon with the Canadian Pacific Railway. While working at Savona’s Ferry he met Emma Malvina Uren, daughter of the local hotel and ferry operator, James Bottrell Uren. They married in 1885 and within a year moved to Clinton where Wade established a private medical practice. After four years in Clinton, Wade decided to continue his medical education, enrolling at the University of California, San Francisco, where he specialized in ear, nose, and throat medicine. Following his studies Wade returned to British Columbia and opened medical practices in Victoria (1889-1895) and Kamloops (1895-1904). During an outbreak of smallpox that hit Victoria in 1892 Wade played an instrumental role combating the epidemic and was subsequently appointed provincial Medical Health Officer.

After moving to Kamloops in 1895, Wade’s interest in writing and editing started to form a larger part of his professional activities. He produced numerous articles for The Inland Sentinel and was eventually appointed editor of the newspaper in 1898. In 1904 Wade purchased the newspaper from then owner F.J. Deane. Under Wade’s management The Inland Sentinel expanded its coverage of world news and increased its weekly edition to eight pages. In 1907 he authored his first book, The Thompson Country, which was published through the Inland Sentinel Press. He worked for a period as a physician at the Provincial Home for Men and the Kamloops jail, and was appointed Indian medical officer and city coroner for Kamloops. In addition, Wade was also elected president of the

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Inland Board of Trade, the Kamloops District Liberal Association, and the local historical association. He eventually sold The Inland Sentinel in 1912 and the following year entered municipal politics, serving a term as city alderman. Just before the outbreak of the First World War, Wade and his wife toured Europe and North Africa. During WWI he served on the medical board for the examination of recruits and spent time working at the Tranquille Sanatorium providing medical assistance to soldiers returning home with shellshock and various effects of the war. The patients he saw at Tranquille led him to conduct further studies into the permanent effects of shellshock on the auditory and optic nerves. This research was later submitted to the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine which resulted in Wade being granted a doctor of medicine degree (1922).

In his later years Wade served as the Kamloops police magistrate (1917-1929) while also devoting more of his time to writing and lecturing. Throughout the 1920s he published numerous articles in newspapers and periodicals and was a much sought after public speaker by groups in Kamloops and across the province. In his final years, Wade authored Mackenzie of Canada (1927), an acclaimed biography of explorer Alexander Mackenzie, which was published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. He also authored The Overlanders of ‘62 (1932) and The Cariboo Road (1979), two works published posthumously that are devoted to British Columbia’s provincial history. Wade and his wife Emma raised two children, Mark Leighton (1889-1991) and Daryl Fred (1892-1920). Mark Sweeten Wade died on April 19, 1929 at Kamloops.

Emma Malvina Wade (neé Uren) was born 28 May 1867 at Victoria, the daughter of British Columbia pioneer James Bottrell Uren. She was raised in Savona, B.C., where her father operated the local hotel and ferry. It was also at Savona where she met husband M.S. Wade who was working in the area for the C.P.R.. The couple was married at Victoria in 1885 and together they raised two sons, Mark Leighton and Daryl Fred. Emma moved to Kamloops with her family in 1895 and resided there for the following fifty years. She died on November 22, 1945 at Kamloops.

Mark Leighton Wade was born September 22, 1889 at San Francisco, California, the son of Mark Sweeten Wade and Emma Malvina Uren. M.L. Wade was raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, where his father was a physician, historian, magistrate, and editor of The Inland Sentinel. He attended high school in Kamloops and after graduating went on to study engineering at McGill University, where he earned his BSc in 1912. Two years later, Wade married Ethel Lulu Cameron of Regina, Saskatchewan. He worked at Canadian Westinghouse designing and erecting machinery until 1923 when he was appointed General Superintendant with the Fernie-based East Kootenay Power Company (1923-1930). During his seven years with the company Wade supervised a number of major electrical projects including the construction of power plants on Elko and Bull River. In 1930 he moved back to Kamloops where he was placed in charge of constructing a dam at Adams River

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres for the West Kootenay Power Company. When the Great Depression led to the project’s cancellation, Wade decided to open his own private practice as a consulting engineer. Among Wade’s many accomplishments during his three decades as a consulting engineer are the design and installation of numerous irrigation systems for local ranchers; designing and engineering the town plan for Valleyview, the Salmon Arm municipal water system, the North Kamloops water and sewer systems, the City of Kamloops water reservoirs, and the Chase municipal water system; and finally in 1960, redesigning and engineering a series of upgrades to the Kamloops city sewer system.

Following his retirement in 1963, Wade devoted more of his time to community service and volunteer activities, helping to establish the Marion Hilliard Home for unwed mothers in 1965 and serving on the Cariboo Home Society board from 1965 to 1979. In 1974 he was named Kamloops Citizen of the Year in recognition of his dedicated service at the Royal Inland Hospital, the Overlanders Extended Care Hospital, and his many visits to “shut-ins”. In 1979 he was also named an Honorary Lay Canon of the Anglican Church. He and wife Ethel Lulu raised two sons, Garth (b. 1916) and Gordon Fred (b. 1917). Mark Leighton Wade died April 1, 1991 in Kamloops at the age of 102.

Custodial history:

The records that comprise accession 1987.040 were acquired by the Kamloops Museum and Archives from M.L. Wade’s son Gordon Wade on 12 May 1987. The records were previously held by M.L. Wade at his Crescent Drive home in Kamloops. At the time the records were acquired by the KMA, M.L. Wade was close to 100 years old and in the process of moving out of his home and into an extended care facility within the city. Accession 1989.074 was acquired by the KMA from Tom Sawatsky on November 15, 1989. Sawatsky obtained the records in this accession by purchasing them from the Wade family on behalf of the KMA, likely around the time M.L. Wade moved out of his Kamloops home in the summer of 1987.

The photographs that comprise accession 2012.001 were donated to the KMA by Jodi Schulz on October 12, 2012. The photographs were salvaged from the Kamloops garbage dump by an unknown individual who then sold them to an antique dealer in Prince George who subsequently sold them to Jodi Schultz.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Scope and content:

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research files, photographs, legal documents, diaries, publications, and certificates created and accumulated by members of the Wade family of Kamloops between approximately 1890 and 1985. The records primarily document the personal and professional lives of M.S. Wade as an author, historian, and newspaper editor. There are also records related to both his wife Emma Wade and his eldest son Mark Leighton Wade, who was a Kamloops- based electrical engineer. The fonds is divided into three sous-fonds corresponding to M.S. Wade, Emma Wade, and M.L. Wade.

Notes:

Variations in title: Previously known as the M.S. Wade fonds

Source of supplied title: Title based on contents of fonds.

Physical description: Other material includes 11 maps, 1 sketchbook, and 1 watercolour.

Arrangement: Records were originally housed at the KMA in no discernible order. Order has been imposed by the archivist during reprocessing in March 2013.

Access restrictions: All files are open. The archivist reserves the right to restrict access to any fragile material for preservation purposes.

Terms governing use and reproduction: No reproduction permitted without consent of copyright holder. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission for the reproduction of materials for publication or dissemination.

Finding aids: Series descriptions and file lists are available for this fonds.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accruals: No further accruals are expected.

Notes: Wade family artifacts that were donated to the KMA with accession 1987.040 are housed in the collection of the Kamloops Museum. An inventory list of these items is available. For access, please consult the archivist.

Access points:

Boys’ Weekly

East Kootenay Power Company

Engineering

Inland Sentinel

Kamloops, British Columbia

Overlanders

Overland expeditions

Mackenzie, Alexander (Scottish explorer)

Mining

Pioneers

Wade (family)

Wade, Emma M., 1867-1945

Wade, M.L., 1889-1991

Wade, M.S., 1858-1929

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade

1862-1929. — 0.57 m of textual records. — 11 maps. — ca. 1,150 photographs.

This sous-fonds consists of records that primarily document M.S. Wade’s career as a historian, author, and newspaper editor. Records include his personal and professional correspondence (1898- 1929), various fiction and non-fiction manuscripts he wrote between 1910 and 1929, research files for his book The Overlanders of ’62, his medical school certificates, legal documents, travel journals, photographs, and a small amount of records relating to his activities with the Kamloops District Liberal Association and the Inland Board of Trade. The sous-fonds has been divided into 7 series: correspondence, writings, research, personal and biographical, travel, professional associations and activities, and photographs.

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 1: Correspondence

1897-1929. — 0.13 m of textual records. — 3 maps. — 1 photograph.

This series consists of M.S. Wade’s personal and professional correspondence spanning 1897 to 1929. Records in this series are arranged chronologically with files of general correspondence appearing first, followed by files arranged by topic. Files frequently include both correspondence and associated material such as legal papers and research materials. The files relate to Wade’s sale of the Inland Sentinel in 1912 and the subsequent legal case, research for his book Mackenzie of Canada, legal proceedings pertaining to Deadman’s Creek land and Barnes Estates, his “Grass Roots” mineral claim, J.A. Mallory and Quill Publishing, and Ryerson Press.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/001 (01)- General professional correspondence [190-]-1929 (02) (03) Baillie Estate correspondence 1903-1909 (04) J.A. Mallory and Quill publishing correspondence 1922-1924 (05) Ryerson Press correspondence 1922-1928 (06)- Mackenzie of Canada correspondence 1925-1927 (07) (08) Letters from family members: includes 1 photograph 1905-1927

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1989.074/001 (01) General professional correspondence 1898-1928 (02)- Barnes Estate and Deadman’s Creek property 1906-1910 (03) correspondence (04) Inland Sentinel legal case : bills of sale, certificates, 1897-1912 financial statements, legal documents (05)- Inland Sentinel legal case correspondence 1913-1916 (07) (08) “Grass roots” mineral claim correspondence: includes 1915 3 maps (09) Coroner appointment correspondence 1920, 1926 (10) Mackenzie of Canada correspondence 1926-1928

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 2: Writings

1897-1928. — 0.19 m of textual records

This series consists of M.S. Wade’s unpublished manuscripts and a small number of his publications. Records include drafts of Wade’s “The history of Kamloops,” two works of historical fiction “Weighed in the balance” and “The winding trail,” a children’s book “By trail and stream,” as well as a number of short stories he wrote during the 1910s and 20s. Other records include copies of his publication The Founding of Kamloops (1912) and a scrapbook containing clippings of his “Tales of the Cariboo Road” (1921). Files in this series have been arranged chronologically.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/001 (09) “Lode mining in British Columbia. II. The miner and 1899 the mine.” Today, 302, 24 (17 Aug. 1899), p. 74-75 (10) Christmas number. Inland Sentinel, 1907 1907 (11) “History of Kamloops” [191-?] (12) “Weighed in the balance. A novel” [192-?] (13) “The winding trail. A story of the overland trek across [ca.1927] Canada in 1862” (14) “By trail and stream. A tale of adventure in British [ca.1927] Columbia”

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/002 (01) “The magic blankets” 1928 (02) “Willington Delaney Moses, barber and diarist” [192-?] (03)- “Ingots of gold” – two drafts [192-?] (04) (05) “The cruise of the flying fish” [192-?] (06) “The girl from California” [192-?] (07)- Untitled manuscripts [192-?] (10)

1987.040/005 (01) Scrapbook with clippings of M.S. Wade’s “Tales of the 1921 Cariboo Road,” The Daily Province (Vancouver)

1989.074/001 (11) “The Clondyke gold fields (with map),” The Fortnightly 1897 Review (Sept. 1897), 464-470 (12) “The shawl of many colors” [191-?] (13) The founding of Kamloops: A story of 100 years ago. 1912 Kamloops: Inland Sentinel Press, 1912 (14) “Colonel John R. Vicars” [192-]

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 3: Research

1862-[ca.1926]. — 0.11 m of textual records. — 1 photograph.

This series primarily consists of M.S. Wade’s research files for his book Overlanders of ’62. Records in this series include copies of journals, diaries, letters, and notebooks created by various “Overlanders” featured in his book, including James and William Wattie, John M. Sellar, R.H. Alexander, A.L. Fortune, John Hunniford, Robert and Thomas McMicking, Stephen Redgrove, and W.C. King. Also included is original correspondence of John Andrew Mara (1897-1882) and Archibald Thompson (1862-1864) that Wade used in his research on the “Overlanders.” A small amount of material is also included at the end of the series that relates to his books The Cariboo Road and Mackenzie of Canada.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/002 (11) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – general [ca. 1926] (12) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “Narrative of James [ca. 1925] Wattie with extracts from his journal of the overland journey 1862” ; lecture given by William Wattie in 1913. Copies (13) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “Overland to [ca. 1925] Cariboo. Journal of John M. Sellar, April 22nd, 1862 to Sept. 23rd, 1862”. Copy (14) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “Diary and [ca. 1925] narrative of R. H. Alexander, 1862”. Copy (15)- The Overlanders of ’62 research files – A. L. Fortune [ca. 1925] (16) overland narrative, 1903. Copy and notes (17) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “Journal and [ca. 1925] observations of John Hunniford, 1862.” Copy (18) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “Copies of the 1924 diaries of Robert B. and Thomas McMicking who journeyed by the ‘overland route’…” (19) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – Stephen Redgrave 1926 material. Copies of his diary, letters, and notebook (20) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – unidentified diary. [ca. 1925] Copy (21) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – Joe Votier [ca. 1925] photograph and notes (22)- The Overlanders of ’62 research files – J. A. Mara 1897-1882 (23) correspondence

1987.040/003 (01) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – Archibald 1862- Thompson correspondence 1864, 1925 (02) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – “New Brunswick to [192-] Cariboo, 1863-64. Extracts from the diary of W. C. King” (03) The Overlanders of ’62 research files – B.C. overland [192-] transit company (04) The Cariboo Road – research material [192-] (05) Railway construction in Canada - notes [192-] (06) Mackenzie of Canada – research material [192-]

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 4: Personal and biographical

1882-1927. — 0.03 m of textual records

This series consists of M.S. Wade’s personal papers, including certificates from medical schools he attended in Glasgow and Fort Wayne, indentures for land and property, various pamphlets and invitations, his cemetery licence, and a copy of his mother-in-law’s will. Also included is an unsigned poem written about Wade and a short section of the 19th century publication, Journals of the House of Commons.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (07) Medical College of Fort Wayne certificate 1882 (08) Pamphlets and invitations 1899-1927

1989.074/001 (15) Medical school certificates: Anderson’s College, 1881 Glasgow, and the Glasgow Royal Infirmary (16) Medical College of Fort Wayne certificates 1882 (17) Malvina Jane Uren’s will. Copy 1893 (18) Lease indentures 1906-1910 (19) Pleasant Street cemetery license 1917 (20) Unsigned poem about M.S. Wade [?] [192-]

1987.040/005 (02) Journals of the House of Commons. 1604-1606. London. vol. [192-?] ?, [1830?], pp. 956-1026.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 5: Travel

Feb. 1914 – [June 1914?]. — 0.03 m of textual records. — 506 photographs : b&w negatives.

This series consists of records documenting M.S. Wade’s travels in Europe and North Africa in 1914. Records in this series include his journal, which provides a narrative account of his trip, and approximately 506 photographs shot during his travels. Wade’s index to the photographs is also included with the negatives in box 7.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (09)- Travel journal – European trip, 1914 1914 (12)

1987.040/007 001- Photographs – European trip, 1914 : 506 b&w 1914 506 negatives (“List of ‘snaps’ taken on European trip” : M.S. Wade’s photograph index)

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 6: Professional associations and activities

[189-]-1922. — 0.07 m of textual records. — 8 maps.

This series consists of records that document M.S. Wade’s various professional activities. Files relate to his police magistrate appointment (1917), his mining activities, and his activities with the Kamloops District Liberal Association, Inland Board of Trade, and the Kamloops and Cariboo Central Railway Co. The series includes financial records, certificates, pamphlets, an annual report of the British Columbia Inland Board of Trade (1910), 8 maps, and copies of two local broadsheet newspapers, The Little Joker and the North Yale Bulletin (1898).

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (13) Kamloops District Liberal Association 1896-1906 (14) Pamphlets re: constitutions and by-laws of Kamloops [189-]- area organizations [190-] (15) Boundary, Kamloops and Cariboo Central Railway Co. 1905 (16) British Columbia Inland Board of Trade, Kamloops: 1910 annual report, 1910

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (17) Kamloops police magistrate appointment 1917 (18) Medical register of British Columbia 1920 (19) Mining – miscellaneous records 1896- [ca.1900] (20) “Grass roots” mineral claim patent, B.C. Mineral Act : 1907-1922 mineral claim and two maps

1989.074/001 (21) Mining – certificates and receipts 1894-1912 (22) Surveying maps of Northern B.C. and Yukon – 6 maps [ca.1898]- [191-] (23) Financial records – cheque receipts 1907-1912 (24) Thompson Valley Canning Co. subscription list 1910

1989.074/003 (01) The Little Joker (vol. 1, nos. 3-6) and North Yale Bulletin June 1898- (vol. 1, nos. 1-3) July 1898

Sous-fonds 1: M. S. Wade Series 7: Photographs

[ca.1889?]-[ca.1929]. — ca. 650 photographs. — 0.01 m of textual records

This series consists of photographs of M.S. Wade, his family and friends, and views of Kamloops and the surrounding areas. Included is one portrait of Y-Patsk by the Kamloops photographer Edward Thomas. The series also includes photographs and some associated correspondence that Wade used in the research and publication of his book Mackenzie of Canada.

Photographs include 343 b&w glass plate negatives, 80 b&w negatives, and 4 tinotypes. For a detailed listing of the contents of this series, see Appendix 1.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Sous-fonds 2: Emma M. Wade

1908-1931. — 0.04 m of textual records

This sous-fonds consists of a small number of Emma M. Wade’s personal papers. Records primarily consist of letters she received from family members and her personal diaries (1908, 1925, 1927). The series also includes, however, one file of legal papers and land indentures which she accumulated from approximately 1910 to 1930.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (21) Single letter from M.S. Wade to Emma M. Wade 1910 (22) Correspondence from her sister Jean Uren [191-]- 1921 (23) Personal correspondence, Muriel and Lulu [?] 1921 (24) Emma M. Wade diaries for 1908, 1925, 1927 1908-1927

1989.074/001 (25) Correspondence from her sister Jean Uren [1920?] (26) Personal correspondence, Muriel 1919- [ca.1921?] (27) Emma M. Wade official records – mortgage forms, 1911-1931 deeds of land, legal papers

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Sous-fonds 3: M.L. Wade

1891-1985. — 0.25 m of textual records and other material

This sous-fonds consists of M.L. Wade’s personal and professional papers documenting his education and career as an electrical engineer in Kamloops and throughout Western Canada. Records in this series include correspondence, childhood art, engineering notes, licences, and drawings; clippings and notes from his student days at McGill; photographs; a single diary; and financial records. The sous-fonds has been divided into four series: correspondence, personal and biographical, professional activities, and photographs.

Other material includes ca. 1,200 photographs, 5 maps, 1 watercolour, and 1 sketchbook

Sous-fonds 3: M.L. Wade Series 1: Correspondence

1909-1972. — 0.10 m of textual records. — 8 photographs.

This series primarily consists of M.L. Wade’s personal correspondence with members of his family from 1909 to 1972. The series also includes one file of professional correspondence (1932-1979) and one file pertaining to Fort Vermillion (1925).

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/003 (25) Professional correspondence 1932-1979 (26) Letter and photographs from L. Eauclaire regarding 1925 Fort Vermillion

1987.040/004 (01) General personal correspondence 1912, 1956-1981 (02)- Correspondence with his parents, M.S. and Emma 1909-1926 (07) Wade (08)- Correspondence with his wife, Ethel Lulu Wade 1923, (09) 1936-1937 (10) Correspondence with his son, Garth Wade [192-?]- 1972 (11) Correspondence with his son, Gordon Wade 1953

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/004 (12) Correspondence with his grandchildren, Amanda, 1968-1970 Daphne, and ‘D.V.’

1989.074/001 (28) General personal correspondence 1937-1956 (29) Correspondence with his parents, M.S. and Emma [ca. 1911], Wade 1920-1921 (30) Correspondence with his wife, Ethel Lulu Wade [193-?]- [194-?]

Sous-fonds 3: M.L. Wade Series 2: Personal and biographical

1891-1985. — 0.09 m of textual records. — 1 watercolour. — 1 sketchbook.

This series consists of personal records of M.L. Wade, largely related to his engineering studies at McGill and his activities as editor and publisher of The Boys’ Weekly. Records in the series include an account book and 19 issues of The Boys’ Weekly (1903-1904), newspaper clippings, a childhood sketchbook and watercolour, a student notebook, financial records, a single diary (1963), and a nomination file to award Wade the Order of Canada (1985), which contains letters of testimony from James T. Walsh, Nelson A. Riis, Peter Wing, and John S.P. Snowden, among others.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/004 (13) Sketchbook 1899- [ca.1902] (14) The Boys’ Weekly, no. 1-6, 14-19 1903-1904 (15) The Boys’ Weekly correspondence and account book 1903-1904 (16) General chemistry – notes by Prof. Nevil Evans [ca. 1909] (17) Newspaper clippings – McGill student days [ca. 1910] (18) McGill student yearbook 1912 (19) Financial records – receipts and insurance policy papers 1936-1971

1987.040/006 (01) Freemason pamphlets 1920, 1952-1959

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/006 (02) Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children certificate 1962

1989.074/001 (31) Childhood art and award 1891- [190-] (32) The Boys’ Weekly, no. 7-13 1903-1904 (33) Student notebook – toxicology [ca. 1909] (34) Option to purchase land agreement 1951

1989.074/002 (01) M.L. Wade’s diary 1963 (02) M.L. Wade nomination for the Order of Canada – 1985 outline of his professional career and letters of testimony

Sous-fonds 3: M.L. Wade Series 3: Professional activities

1935-1956. — 0.06 m of textual records. — 5 maps.

This series consists of a small amount of records related to M.L. Wade’s career as an engineer. Records include two B.C. Engineering Act licences (1935-1936), notes and drawings from Wade’s engineering consultant practice, meeting minutes and agendas of the Kamloops Board of Trade, and maps of various places in Canada, including Kamloops and the Quesnel River.

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1987.040/006 (03) B.C. Engineering Act licences 1935-1936 (04) Engineering notes and drawings 1938- [ca.1945] (05) Kamloops Board of Trade meeting minutes 1950

1989.074/002 (03) Kamloops Board of Trade meeting minutes and 1945-1948 agendas

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates 1989.074/002 (04) Geological survey of Canada. Maps of Cape Breton, [193-?] Lake Winnipeg, and Quesnel Mouth by Stewart and McLeod Lakes to the junction of Smoky River and Peace River (05) Map of the East coast of Hudson’s Bay, 1877 [193-?] (06) Map. BC forestry service. Kamloops Area. 1956

Sous-fonds 3: M.L. Wade Series 4: Photographs

[190-?]-1977. — ca. 1,200 photographs. — 0.01 m of textual records.

This series consists of approximately 850 photographs related to Wade’s engineering career with the East Kootenay Power Company and as a private engineering consultant. The photographs span 1919 to 1937 and include views of various engineering projects that Wade was involved in at locations such as the Elko River, Bull River, Fernie, and Kamloops. The photographs in this series also include M.L. Wade’s personal pictures of his family and friends and various views of Kamloops, including a group photograph of Wade’s freshman science class at McGill (1912) and a family photograph album he compiled in the early 1910s with shots of his father, M.S. Wade, and their family home in Kamloops.

Photographs include ca. 800 b&w negatives, 2 albums (ca. 200 photographs), and 160 b&w glass plate negatives. For a detailed listing of the contents of this series, see Appendix 2.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Appendix 1 Sous-fonds 1 M.S. Wade Series 7 Photographs

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates

1987.040/006 (06) The Land of Heart’s Desire – illustrations/book plates [1905?]

(07) The Thompson Country – illustrations/book plates 1907

(08)- Mackenzie of Canada – illustrations/book plates [ca.1924]- (11) [ca.1929]

(12)- Mackenzie of Canada – Mackenzie homestead [?] and [ca.1924]- (13) monuments [ca.1929]

(14)- Mackenzie of Canada – photographs, views of [ca.1924]- (18) Mackenzie’s route across Canada, including associated [ca.1929] letters

1987.040/007 Mackenzie of Canada photographs and Wade family [189-?]- photographs : 44 glass-plate negatives [192-?]

1987.040/008 (01)- M.S. Wade [189-?]- (04) [192-]

(05) M.S. Wade at Fort Kamloops memorial ceremony [1926?]

(06) Emma M. Uren, Mrs. Wade [?] [190-]- [191-] (07) M.L. Wade and Darryl Wade [?] [189-]- [190-] (08) M.L. Wade, Darryl Wade, and friends – “party at home, [190-] Victoria St.” (09)- Views of Kamloops [?] [190-?]- (14) [192-]

(15)- Kamloops and surrounding areas [?] [190-?]- (19) [192-]

(20)- Portraits of family and friends; Portrait of Y-Patsk by E. [189-?]- (36) Thomas; misc. portraits, unidentified; incl. 4 tinotypes [192-?]

(37)- Group photographs [191-?]- (38) [192-?]

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Appendix 1 (cont.) Sous-fonds 1 M.S. Wade Series 7 Photographs

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates

1987.040/008 (39)- Group photographs – school classes [191-?]- (40) [192-?]

(41) Travel photographs of Alaska [192-?]

1987.040/010 Photographs – Wade family, Kamloops area – South [ca.1889?]- Thompson, San Francisco, Mackenzie home and [191-?] tomb[?] : 33 glass-plate negatives (5 x 7)

1987.040/011 (01) The Land of Heart’s Desire – oversize illustrations and [1905?] photographs (02) Portraits of John Leonard Hughes and Mrs. J.L. [ca.1904] Hughes – oversize (03) View of Kamloops – oversize [192-?]

(04) View of Savona – oversize 1903

(05) Kamloops City Police Force – oversize 1922

(06) Group photograph of Freemasons [?] – oversize [190-?]

2012.001/001 Views of Kamloops and surrounding area, Wade family [188-?]- and home, and views of Victoria, B.C., : 126 glass plate [191-?] negatives (5 x 7) and 5 negatives (5 x 7), nos. 1-131. Negative list available, please consult archivist; numbering system and titles used by the donor are noted on left corner of negative envelopes 2012.001/002 Views of Kamloops and surrounding area, Wade family [188-?]- and home, and views of Victoria, B.C., : 26 glass plate [191-?] negatives (5 x 7), nos. 132-157. Negative list available, please consult archivist; numbering system and titles used by the donor are noted on left corner of negative envelopes. Also included at the end are 50 prints of selected negatives in accession 2012.001.

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Appendix 1 (cont.) Sous-fonds 1 M.S. Wade Series 7 Photographs

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates

2012.001/003 Views of Kamloops and surrounding area, Wade family [188-?]- and home, and views of Victoria, B.C., : 114 glass plate [191-?] negatives (4 x 5 and smaller) and 36 negatives (4 x 5), nos. 1-150. Negative list available, please consult archivist; numbering system and titles used by the donor are noted on left corner of negative envelopes

2012.001/004 (01) Photograph of M.S. Wade – oversize print from neg. [191-?] 2012.001/003 – no. 16 (02) Portrait of Jean Bostock [?] wearing gown – oversize [191-?] print from neg. 2012.001/001 – no. 42

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Appendix 2 Sous-fonds 3 M.L. Wade Series 4 Photographs

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates

1987.040/008 (42) M.L. Wade’s photograph album : family photographs, [191-?] Kamloops, Wade home [?] (43) M.L. Wade at McGill [?] [ca.1910]

(44) M.L. Wade 1977

(45) Ethel Lulu Wade portrait 1921

(46) Ethel Lulu Wade in Hawaii [?] 1928

(47)- Lake Windermere trip [ca.1922] (48)

1987.040/009 (01)- M.L. Wade’s photograph album [?] : engineering [192-?] (02) photographs, family photographs

(03)- “Bull River prints” [ca.1927]- (06) [ca.1930]

(07) M.L. Wade consulting engineer – photographs [193-?]

(08)- Engineering machinery – photographs [191-?]- (10) [193-?]

(11) Christmas card and photographs from ‘Bert’ : [193-?] photographs of Campbells’ shaft grinder [?] (12)- Photograph album – shots of unidentified family, [191-?]- (14) Winnipeg, and Wesley College [ca.1930]

(15) Photograph album loose pages [193-?]- [194-] (16)- Portraits of family and friends [?] [190-?]- (32) [195-?]

(33) Group photograph by Herb Nott, Toronto [195-?]

1987.040/011 (07) McGill freshman science class, 3 Mar. 1909 – oversize 1909

(08) Calgary Power Company construction crew – oversize 1924

KAMLOOPS MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Wade family fonds 1987.040, 1989.074, 1862-1985 2012.001 Textual. Cartographic. Graphic 0.86 metres

Appendix 2 (cont.) Sous-fonds 3 M.L. Wade Series 4 Photographs

Accession/Box (file) Description Dates

1987.040/012 M.L. Wade, “The development of steam engine [ca.1919] efficiency,” 1919 : 27 glass plate negatives, nos. 1-9, 19- 36 1987.040/012 Engineering photographs: views of East Kootenay [192-?]-[ca. Power Co. engineering projects and machinery. 56 1930?] glass plate negatives, nos. from 610-769

1987.040/013 Engineering photographs: views of East Kootenay [192-?]-[ca. Power Co. engineering projects and machinery. 73 1930?] glass plate negatives, nos. from 771-825 and X-X50

1987.040/014 Personal photographs of family and friends and views of Kamloops area : negatives nos. 1-100 1987.040/014 Engineering photographs: views of East Kootenay [ca.1924]- Power Co. engineering projects and machinery; also [1928?] includes some family photographs. approx. 350 negatives, nos. 601-700, 801-949 (negative list available, please consult archivist)

1987.040/015 Engineering photographs: views of East Kootenay 1928- Power Co. projects and machinery; also includes some [ca.1937] family photographs. approx. 350 negatives, nos. 950- [1194], 1401-[1498] (negative list available, please consult archivist)