Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Wilfrid Sadler fonds
General material designation
- Textual record
- Photographic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: The title is based on the provenance of the fonds.
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
44.5 cm of textual records
5 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm or smaller
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Wilfrid Sadler was born in Haughton, Cheshire, England, on December 22, 1883. He was the son of James and Emma Sadler. His father had been prominent in agricultural and dairy organization work in Great Britain for many years. In his early years, he attended Wesleyan Schools in Nantwich and Teachers' School in Crewe. In 1906, he entered the British Dairy Institute at University College, Reading. He then became an Instructor in Dairying at Hampshire from 1907 to 1908 and Assistant Instructor in Dairying and Dairy Bacteriology at Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, Kingston, Derby, from 1908 to 1912. In 1912 he published a book entitled Bacteria as Friends and Foes of the Dairy Farmer. Sadler emigrated to Montreal in 1912 and was an Assistant in Bacteriology at Macdonald College of McGill University from 1912 to 1914. He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Macdonald College in 1915 and gave the Valedictory Address at his class graduation. Sadler later graduated with an MSc from McGill. In his graduating year, he received two awards: the Macdonald College Gold Medal and the Governor-General's Graduate Research Medal. The inscription beneath his graduating picture in the college yearbook described Sadler in the following manner:
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men."
The yearbook also described him as a debater and bacteriologist. After graduation, he became an Instructor in Dairying at Macdonald College. From 1916 to 1918, Sadler was involved in bacteriological research for the Biological Board of Canada. In 1918, he became the first appointment to UBC's newly created Department of Dairying in the Faculty of Agriculture. Besides his teaching activities, he was involved in bacterial research and contributed to public health and technical journals relating to dairying science. In 1922, Sadler became head of the department and served in this capacity until he died in 1933. Blythe Eagles succeeded him.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, lecture notes, reference clippings, student notebooks, programs, newsletters, certificates, musical scores, receipts, pamphlets, and books produced and received by Wilfrid Sadler during his student days at Macdonald College and his professional activities as a professor in the Department of Dairying from 1918. The Department of Dairying was part of the Faculty of Agriculture from 1916 to 1955.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
All records are arranged in chronological order.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Online Finding Aid
Please see finding aid for the file list.
Uploaded finding aid
Associated materials
There is a Wilfrid Sadler sous-fonds with the Blythe Eagles records. The description is linked below.
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Rules or conventions
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Updated in January 2021, JM.