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Lorne and Edith Pierce collection. William Bleasdell Cameron sous-fonds
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Sous-fonds
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1927 (Creation)
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- Cameron, William Bleasdell
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0.01 m of textual records
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William Bleasdell Cameron was born in Trenton, Ontario in 1862. He died in 1951. Through two different centuries he travelled, worked in a variety of occupations, including as a land agent, newspaperman, editor of Field & Stream magazine, pharmacist, municipal politician, mink rancher and movie consultant. He was the sole white male survivor of the Frog Lake Massacre. He wrote the book "Blood Red the Sun" (1926), based on that incident.
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Sous-fonds consists of the typescript for "The War Trial of Big Bear: Being The Story Of The Connection Of Big Bear And Other Cree Indian Chiefs And Their Followers With The Canadian Northwest Rebellion Of 1885, The Frog Lake Massacre And Events Leading Up To And Following It, And Of Two Months' Imprisonment In The Camp Of The Hostiles" and an autobiographical sketch.
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Gift of Lorne and Edith Pierce
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- English
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2001.1
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