Professional files

Title: Professional files

Dates of Material:

[1882?]–[1938?]

Extent:

60 cm of textual records
11 maps

Scope and content

Series consists of A.P. Coleman’s geological notes and field notebooks, notes for lectures and slide shows, letters-to-the-editor, 9 maps highlighting the geology and topography of Toronto and Ontario, a map of Mt. Robson in British Columbia, and a geological map of the Southern Transvaal in South Africa.

NOTE(S)

Source of supplied title

Title based on contents of series.

Extent

The series is stored in 10 boxes.

Finding aids

File list available (see below).

Box 1
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Field notebooks
1	10	Alberta, British Columbia	1888	Including Donald, Yale, Vancouver, Victoria, Washington, Oregon. 1888.
1	11	Alberta (Banff); Germany.	1888, 1891
1	12	Rocky Mountains and British Columbia coast	1892	Includes list of Cree words. 1892.
1	13	Rocky Mountains and British Columbia coast	1892	Rocky Mountains. 1892.
1	14	Rocky Mountains and Kootenay region	1893
1	15	Rocky Mountains and Kootenay region	1893	Alberta and British Columbia (Red Deer, the Rocky Mountains, Clearwater, Kootenay Plains). 1893.
1	16	Rocky Mountains and Kootenay region	1893	Athabasca region. 1893.
1	17	Rocky Mountains and Kootenay region	1893
1	18	Rocky Mountains and Kootenay region	1893
1	19	Ontario (Rainy Lake)	1894
1	20	Ontario (Rainy Lake)	1894	Upper Manitou Lake, Brule Portage. 1894.
1	21	Ontario (Shoal Lake, Sand Point, Lac des Milles Lacs)	1895
1	22	Ontario (Shoal Lake, Sand Point, Lac des Milles Lacs)	1895	Savanne, Windsor. 1895.
Box 2
2	23	Ontario (Windsor, Yellow Girl Bay)	1896
2	24	Ontario (Windsor, Yellow Girl Bay)	1896	Ontario (Rat Portage, Fort William). 1896.
2	25	Ontario (Rat Portage, Lake of the Woods, Manitou, Shoal Lake, Fort William, Missanabie)	1897
2	26	Ontario (Shoal Lake, Collingwood, Bruce Mines)	1898
2	27	Ontario (Shoal Lake, Collingwood, Bruce Mines)	1898	Heron Bay, Pucaswa. 1898
2	28	Ontario (Fort William, Thunder Bay, Parry Sound), Michigan, Minnesota	1899
2	29	Ontario (Sudbury, Meteor Lake, Clear Lake, Helen Mine, Owen Sound)	1900
2	30	France, Ontario (Brighton, Trenton, Rideau, Scarborough, Helen Mine, Michipicoton Harbour)	1900
2	31	Ontario (Helen Mine, Lake Eleanor, Algoma, Port Coldwell, Slate Islands)	1901
2	32	Ontario (Helen Mine, Lake Eleanor, Algoma, Port Coldwell, Slate Islands)	1901	Ontario (Kamimistiquia, Sturgeon Lake, Port Colborne), Yukon (DawsonCity), Washington (Seattle). 1901.
2	33	Ontario (Sudbury)	1902
2	34	Ontario (Sudbury)	1902	Sudbury, Rat Portage. 1902.
2	35	Ontario (Sudbury)	1902	Manitoba, Alberta (Calgary, Rocky Mountains), British Columbia (Vancouver, Victoria, Rivers Inlet, Skeena River Kootenay region), Ontario (Lake Superior). 1902.
2	36	Ontario (Sudbury)	1903
2	37	Ontario (Sudbury)	1903	Sudbury.1903
2	38	Ontario (Sudbury)	1904
2	39	Ontario (North Bay, Michipicoton)	1905
2	40	Ontario (North Bay, Michipicoton)	1905	Michpicotion. 1905.
2	41	Ontario (Lake Nipigon, Standing Stone Lake)	1906
2	42	Ontario (Lake Nipigon, Standing Stone Lake)	1906	Ontario (Standing Stone Lake, Sturgeon), United States (Ticonderoga, Mineville), Ontario (Kingston, Tweed, Lancaster, Haliburton), Mexico. 1906.
2	43	Ontario (Lake Nipigon, Standing Stone Lake)	1906	Mexico, Ontario (Keewatin, Ingersol, Stouffville, Lemonville, St. Thomas, Temagami, Nipigon). 1906–07
Box 3
3	44	Ontario (Lake Nipigon, Standing Stone Lake)	1907	Nipigon, Ombabika Post. 1907.
3	45	Ontario (Lake Nipigon, Standing Stone Lake)	1907	Ontario (Ombabika, Lake Nipigon), Alberta and British Columbia (Banff, Grand Forks). 1907.
3	46	Ontario (Little Long Lake, Port Arthur, Black Sturgeon River)	1908
3	47	Ontario (Little Long Lake, Port Arthur, Black Sturgeon River)	1908	Ontario (Black Sturgeon Lake), Alberta (Edmonton, Mount Robson). 1908
3	48	Britain, Italy	1909	[Some entries by Helena Coleman?] 1909–10.
3	49	England, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy; local field trips (Toronto area); Norway, England, New York; Ontario (Larchwood, Sudbury)	1910-1911
3	50	Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Ontario (local field trips), New York, South America (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Maria, Montevideo, Buenos Aries)	1916-1917
3	51	Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Ontario (local field trips), New York, South America (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Maria, Montevideo, Buenos Aries)	1917	South America (Buenos Aries, San Juan, Santiago, La Paz), Panama, New York. 1917.
3	52	Ontario-Manitoba border	1921
3	53	Adirondack Mountains	1924
3	54	Ontario (Sudbury), Quebec, New York (Lake Placid), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	1924
3	55	New York (Lake Placid), Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	1924-1925
3	56	New York (Lake Placid), Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	1925-1926	Newfoundland, Ontario (“Pinehurst”), New York, Spain, France. 1925–26.
3	57	Quebec (Montreal, Magog, Quebec City, Eastern Townships), Ontario (Kingston, Morrisburg, Chesterville, Prescott, “Pinehurst,” local field trips, Hamilton), New York (Plattsburg, eastern coast), Newfoundland, Illinois (Chicago)	1926-1927
3	58	Ontario (local field trips, Sudbury, Hamilton, Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, “Pinehurst”), Manitoba (Winnipeg), Michigan, Wisconsin,...	1928-1929	...Minnesota, Alberta (Calgary, Banff), Quebec (Montreal), England, Spain, southern Africa (Cape Town, Kimberley, Johannesburg, Pretoria). 1928–29
3	59	Continuation of Box 3, No. 58	1929-1930	Southern Africa, England, Ontario (local field trips, North Bay, Owen Sound), Manitoba, Alberta (Edmonton, Jasper). 1929–30.
3	60	Ontario (Trenton, Kingston, local field trips), New York, Cuba	1933-1934
3	61	Ontario (Trenton, Kingston, local field trips), New York, Cuba	1934	Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, California (San Francisco), Connecticut, Ontario (local field trips, Niagara River). 1934.
3	62	Ontario (local field trips), New York, Jamaica, Cristobel, Cartagena, San Antonio, San Miguel	1934-1935
3	63	Ontario (local field trips), New York, Jamaica, Cristobel, Cartagena, San Antonio, San Miguel	1935-1936	San Miguel, San Antonio, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Quebec, Britain, Illinois, California, Mexico, Ontario (Sudbury, Cobolt, Timmins), Alberta and British Columbia (Edmonton, Jasper, Vancouver, Victoria, Banff). 1935–36.
3	64	Ontario (local field trips), Pennsylvania, Central and South America, Georgia, Quebec, Montana, Nevada, Florida, eastern coast of United States	1936-1938
Notes for lectures and slide shows
3	65	Including speech notes relating to travels on several continents, some notes for slide shows
Box 4
Notes, geological
4	6	Notes, geological, copied	1934	ts., “copied from original by Bob Dyson”
4	19b	On work done [by whom?] north of Latitude 79
4	19c	On available books about the Arctic
Notes for lectures and slide shows
4	19g	Notes for slide shows on ice ages
Box 8
Maps
8	b.6	Geological map of the Southern Transvaal / by Frederick H. Hatch	1903	Scale 1:3.5, where 1 inch is 3.5 miles. 1 map : col. mounted on linen ; 70 x 105 cm Includes an inscription to Coleman on the front of the map.
8	b.7	Mt. Robson: n.d.	n.d.	Scale 1:1, where 1 inch is 1 mile. 1 map : hand col. ; 28 x 36.5 cm A hand drawn map on card paper of Mt. Robson in British Columbia. Transferred from Box 5.
Box 9
Letters-to-the-editor
9	a.1	Of Nature
9	c.2	Of Economic Geology	1920
Box 22
Field notebooks
22	1	Toronto, Scarboro, Hoggs Hollow, Don. McGown	1894
22	2	Toronto, Whirlpool, Niagara, Hamilton, Bowmanville	1895
22	3	Niagara, Toronto	1896
22	4	Vermillion, Wahmapitac, Red Deer	1897
22	5	London, Cornwall, Toronto, Mica Mines	1898
22	6	Parry Sound, Copper, St. Lawrence, Toronto	1899
22	7	Eastern Ontario, Hamilton, northern New York	1902-1903
22	8	Eastern Ontario, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Missouri, Sudbury region	1903-1904
22	9	Sudbury Township, St. Lawrence	1904
22	10	Grand Forks, Temagami, Toronto	1907
22	11	Toronto, New Mexico, Crean Hill, Echo Bay	1907
22	12	Elbow River, Calgary, Lake Ojibwa, Toronto, Alexo Mines, Copper Cliff	1908-1909
22	13	Sudbury, Cobalt, Porcupine, Toronto	1909
22	14	Norway, Sudbury	1911
22	15	Sudbury, Buckingham, Toronto, Niagara, Hamilton	1911-1912
22	16	Sudbury, Whiskey Lake, Long and Penage Lakes, Sillwood	1912
22	17	Sudbury region, Scarboro Township, Toronto, Porcupine, Yukon, Alaska, Don	1912-1913
22	18	Rome, Swizerland, Red Sea–Aden, Colombo, Freemantle, New Zealand, north Australia, Singapore	1914
22	19	Malacca, Penang, Rangoon, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Nagpur, Bombay, Madras, Colombo, Kandy, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, San Francisco, Toronto	1914
22	20	Toronto, Labrador, Port aux Basques, Battle Creek, Kamaktorvik	1915
22	21	Kamaktorvik	1915
22	22	Port aux Basques, Nakvak	1915-1916
22	23		1916
22	24	St. Louis, Mont Jolie, Magdalan Islands, Ste. Anne des Monts, Shickshock (Mountains)	1917-1918
22	25	Shickshock (Mountains)	1918
22	26	Toronto, Los Angeles, Yosemite, Rouge River, Montreal, New Glasgow	1918-1919
22	27	Ste. Anne, Tabletop, Cascapedia Lake, Madeleine, Mechine, Matano	1919
22	28	Cascapedia, Lake Placid, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Kamloops	1919-1920
22	29. c	British Columbia, Atlin, Ontario, Quebec	1920-1922
22	30	Scotland, England, Belgium, Sudbury, Yellowstone, Pacific Coast	1922-1923
2017.05
2017.05, Box 1
Maps
1	1	No. 3 Mine Property	1910	Scale 1:500, where 1 inch is 500 feet. 1 map on 2 sheets : positive blueprint, hand col., mounted on linen ; 85 x 96 cm A hand coloured, positive blueprint map divided into 2 sheets denoting geology and topography of the No. 3 Mine Property.
1	2	No. 3 Mine D.D. Section "E" / The Canadian Copper Co.	[n.d.]	Scale 1:50, where 1 inch is 50 feet. 1 map : blueprint ; 74 x 44 cm A blueprint showing diamond drilling holes and the location of ore within each one.
1	3	Plan Vermillion Mine	1909	Scale 1:10, where 1 inch is 10 feet. 1 map : hand drawn, paper ; 28 x 47 cm / 1 map : hand drawn, linen ; 14 x 20 cm 2 copies of a hand drawn map of the Vermillion Mines. One copy was drawn on paper, the other was drawn on linen.
1	4	Vermilion Mine Maps / Prof. A.P. Coleman	[n.d.]	Scale indeterminable. 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 61 cm / 1 map : hand col., linen ; 53 x 62 cm / 1 map : hand col. ; 50.5 x 40.5 cm 3 copies of a hand drawn topographic map of the Vermilion Mines with contour lines denoting elevation and markings highlighting drilling locations. One copy drawn on linen.
2017.05, Box 2
2	1	Plan shewing [sic] top of cliff in front of Lot 19, Con C and Lots 20-23, Con B Tp. [Township] of Scarboro; also position of top of cliff September 1891	1891	Scale 1:200, where 1 inch is 200 feet. 1 map : blueprint ; 78 x 104 cm 2 copies of a map, one copy in blueprint and the other in negative Vandyke print.
2	2	Map of Toronto and vicinity / Geology by A.P. Coleman and H.L. Kerr	[n.d.]	Scale 1:1, where 1 inch is 1 mile. 1 map : blueprint, mounted on linen ; 39 x 55 cm
2	3	Geological Map based upon surface exposures and diamond drilling / Porcupine Watborn G.M. Ltd.	[n.d.]	Scale 1:300 1 map : hand col. ; 26 x 36 cm A hand drawn, hand coloured map of Porcupine Reef in Northern Ontario denoting rock types.
2	4	Plan of part of Tp. [Township] of Scarborough shewing [sic] measurements to top of cliff / Prof. A.P. Coleman, Chemistry and Mining Bldg [Building], University of Toronto	ca. 1900	Scale indeterminable. 1 map : diazo ; 55 x 82 cm / 1 map : blueprint ; 55 x 82 cm / 1 map : negative Vandyke print ; 55 x 82 cm 3 copies of a map of the Township of Scarborough highlighting parts of Con A, Con B, Con C and Con D, extending from the Township of York to the Township of Pickering. Copy one is a diazo, copy two is a blueprint, copy three is a negative Vandyke print.
2017.05, Box 3
3		Map of northern parts of the Districts of Algoma and Nipissing, Province of Ontario / to accompany report of J.M. Bell ; 13th Report Bureau of Mines ; Director Thos. W. Gibson	1904	Scale 1:8, where 1 inch is 8 miles. 1 map : diazo, mounted on linen ; 65 x 70 cm, folded to 25 x 14 cm A map of the northern parts of Algoma and Nipissing highlighting the topography and geology of the area.

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