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1868-1950 (Creation)
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- Boyle, David
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80 centimeters of textual records
2 postcards : black & white
2 cartographic items
3 prints : black & white
3 photographs : black & white prints
25 pencil drawings
2 scrapbooks of textual records
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David Boyle (1842-1911) was appointed Canada’s first full-time professional archaeologist by the Canadian Institute Museum in 1888. Boyle was born in Greenstock, Scotland and emigrated with his family to Western Canada in 1856. Moving from a career as a blacksmith, to bookseller, and in 1896 to a position as curator at the Ontario Provincial Museum, Boyle laid important foundation for the development of archaeological study in Ontario preceding the foundation of the Royal Ontario Museum. He remained a curator at the Ontario Provincial Museum until his death in 1911.
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Fonds consists of Boyle’s correspondence, lectures, scrapbooks, poetry, and other records. Records relate to early archaeology in Ontario. Correspondence is primarily from Boyle's time as Curator for the Provincial Museum (Ontario).
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Correspondence is very fragile. Permission of the Archivist is required for access.
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