Archival Fonds ➔ Sir Alexander Bertram fonds

Document
Identifier:
F.0012
Description
The fonds consists mainly of Alexander Bertram’s correspondence, military records, Shell Committee documents, and records relating to Sir Alexander Bertram's command of the 1909 Canadian Bisley team.
Additional Information
The fonds consists mainly of Alexander Bertram's correspondence, military records, Shell Committee documents, and records relating to his command of the 1909 Canadian Bisley team. The correspondence is primarily personal letters from family. Alexander's Bisley records contain his correspondence, accounting records, newspaper clippings, and team members and equipment, particularly the use of the Lee-Enfield and Ross rifles. The military records focus on his command of the 13th regiment, his command of the Niagara training camps, and practice field exercises. The Shell Committee records consist of correspondence and shell manufacturing specifications. Alexander also kept extensive newspaper clippings relating to the 1909 Bisley tournament and to his position on the Shell Committee. Among Alexander's personal records are an extensive collection of bills and receipts from Dundas and Hamilton stores, from his time in Dundas before he moved to Montreal in 1912. The fonds consists of the following types of documents: handwritten letters, equipment request forms, Bisley time schedules, receipts, bills, a cheque book, court transcripts, blueprints, reports [Shell Committee and Bisley], shell production estimates, shell manufacturing photographs, heat treatment records, shell cost estimates, guidelines for shell examiners, shell cost comparisons, military orders, military personnel lists and evaluations, regimental drill evaluations, military correspondence, military camp instructions, marching instructions, military maps, certificates of rank, military examination records, mortgage papers, articles of agreement, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous cards [greeting, Christmas, condolences, and postcards], machine specifications, photographs, scrapbooks, and machine trade journals.
Physical Description
0.75 m textual records 33 photographs : negatives : b&w 3 technical drawings 1 map 1 dried plant sample
Date:
1874 – 1926
Creator:
Bertram, Alexander