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Charles Fraser fonds
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55 cm of textual records
ca. 700 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm or smaller
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Charles McLean Fraser was born in Huron County, Ontario. After teaching in Ontario schools for several years, he went to the University of Toronto, where he received his M.A. in 1903. He accepted a position as a science master in a Nelson high school. Fraser's keen interest in marine life led him to the newly-established Pacific Biological Station at Nanaimo in 1908 and later to graduate work at the University of Iowa. After returning briefly as Director of the Station, Fraser became head of the new Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia in 1920. He held this position until his retirement in 1940. An internationally recognized biologist, Fraser authored more than 100 scientific pamphlets and two books during his career. He retired from UBC in 1940 and was succeeded by W.A. Clemens as department head.
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The fonds consists of notebooks on marine observations, manuscripts, lecture notes, drawings and plates of sea life, and assorted pamphlets. Much of this material relates to Fraser's research on salmon. Also included are photographs taken during a collecting trip to the South Pacific. The fonds contains minutes of the British Columbia Industrial and Scientific Research Council (1944).
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Updated in February 2021, JM.