Reid, Robie Lewis, 1866-1945.
R.L. Reid Map Collection
1 map
Lawyer and historian R.L. Reid was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. He came to B.C. in 1885 and taught school in the Fraser Valley. Reid befriended another young teacher, F.W. Howay of New Westminster. Both returned to Nova Scotia to complete law degrees. He completed his studies at the University of Michigan where he earned his L.L.B. In 1893 Howay and Reid formed a partnership in New Westminster and practiced law together until 1905 when Howay became a County Court justice. Reid moved to Vancouver where he joined the firm of Reid, Wallbridge, Gibson and Sutton. From 1915 to 1935, he served as a member of the University of British Columbia Board of Governors and for many years acted as the university's solicitor. He donated his notable library of Canadiana to the university. In addition to his Canadiana collection, Reid is best remembered for his community service and his interest and writing in the field of numismatics and historical studies.
For more information on the Howay-Reid collection, please go to http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/howayreidmaps.html.
Collection consists of a general map of the routes in British North America.
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Inventory [PDF] available.
See also R.L. Reid Fonds for textual records and photographs.
Reliance Motor and Machine Works
Reliance Motor and Machine Works Engineering Drawing Collection
7 engineering drawings
Reliance Motor and Machine Works Ltd. was a machine manufacturer that built,
sold and serviced equipment used in B.C.'s resource industries. The firm also produced
airplane parts for the British Mosquito during World War II.
Collection consists of engineering drawings relating to salmon-fisheries.
Title based on content.
Inventory [PDF] available.
See also Reliance Motor and Machine Works Fonds for textual records.
Rogers-Tucker Map Collection
Rogers-Tucker Map Collection
In 1961 funds were donated in memory of a former faculty member, Dr. Gilbert Norman Tucker (1898-1955), to set up a collection of historical maps, with emphasis on French Canada and the Pacific. Dr. Tucker, a native of Vancouver, was a professor of Canadian history at UBC from 1948 until his death. He helped the University Library to develop the best collection of history and literature of French Canada west of Montreal, and he was working on a critical study of the historians of French Canada when he died. His widow, Frances Tucker, became interested in the project to establish an historical cartography collection, and her sister, Mrs. E. T. Rogers, Sr., provided the initial funds and some later donations. This provided an opportunity to begin the development of a more general collection of historical cartography, with emphasis on North America.
All of the items in the collection have been individually catalogued and are searchable in the UBC Library catalogue. For more information on the collection, please go to http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/rogerstucker.html.
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