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Henry Howard fonds
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2 m of textual records
ca. 4000 photographs
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Henry Mervyn Howard was born in Lynden, Ontario and received his early education in the Hamilton-Burlington area. He attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1940 with a B.A.Sc. in Mining Engineering. After graduation, Howard went to work for Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd. After a brief stint at the Port Hope refinery, he became Mill Superintendent at Port Radium on the shore of Great Bear Lake in 1942. In 1946, Howard left Eldorado to become a professor of Mineral Dressing in the Department of Mining and Metallurgy (later Mineral Engineering) at UBC. He taught at the university for twenty-five years until his retirement in 1970.
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The fonds consists of records chronicling various facets of Howard's long career in mining-related activities. It includes material from his student days, his years at Eldorado Gold Mines, and his years as a professor at the University of British Columbia. The fonds includes photographs reflecting the development of mining equipment and technology. In particular, the numerous photographs from Howard's Eldorado days (1942-1946) depict not only mining operations but also capture aspects of social life in Port Radium, a remote community near the Arctic Circle.
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- Eldorado Resources (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. Dept. of Mining and Metallurgy (Subject)