Fonds 67 - Ross family fonds

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Ross family fonds

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67

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  • 1941-1984; ( predominant 1941-1959) (Creation)
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    Ross (family)

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1 folder of textual material
2 audio reels
34 photographs : b&w and col. prints

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Richard Henry Charles LeBreton Ross was born in Winnipeg in 1907. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1929 and began working as an assayer at a mill in Trail, B.C. He moved to Kimberly, B.C. in 1938 and began working for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. He was married to Dorothy (b. 1908) in Kimberly, B.C. in 1939 and his daughter, Carol (now married to Elliott Starr), was born in 1940. In February 1941, Richard Ross moved to Yellowknife to assist with the construction of the Thompson-Lundmark mill at Thompson Lake. In the summer of 1941 he was joined at the Thompson-Lundmark mine site by his wife and daughter. In the fall of 1941, he transferred to Ptarmigan Mines. His daughter Patsy was born in 1942 and when the mining operation shut down in 1942, the Ross family moved back to Trail, B.C. In 1946, they returned to Yellowknife and Richard again worked for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company at Con Mine. Lynn and Roderick Ross were born in 1947 and were the first white twins born in Yellowknife. The family left Yellowknife in 1952 and in 1957, moved to New York. During their time in Yellowknife Richard Ross became involved with the establishment of the Yellowknife Children's Aid Society and was elected the first Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1951.

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This fonds consists of 34 photographs, one report from the Children's Aid Society of Yellowknife (1959) and two audio reels of an interview done by the NWT Archives with Mr. Richard Ross in 1984. The photographs were removed from an album that was put together by Mr. Ross for a display for the 50th anniversary session of the Mine Rescue. The audio reels contain an interview with Ross that includes a short biographical sketch, descriptions of the photographs in the album and some historical information on mining operations and Yellowknife.

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