Anathan-Jacobs Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Collection

• Other Authors: Jacobs, Norman Leonard, 1885-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1905
• Subjects: Anishinaabe; Blackfoot; Cree; Dakota; Métis; Kainai; Nakoda; Ojibwe; Railroads; Northwest Territories > History; Fishing; Clothing and dress; Graves; Rites and ceremonies; Social life and customs; Architecture; Manitoba > History; Alberta > History; Saskatchewan > History; Canada; Grand Trunk; Northwest Territories; Pacific; anishina*; First Nations
• Online Access: https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/11006

Norman Leonard Jacobs was an engineer and surveyor with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Canada. The collection consists of his correspondence with Bessie Frank (later Anathan), an acquaintance from Pittsburgh. Jacobs wrote of daily life in Canadian cities like Winnipeg and Edmonton, interactions...