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1877-1932 (Creation)
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- Arthur, Dr. Edward Charles
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- Nelson
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39 cm of textual records.
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Edward Charles Arthur was born on November 29, 1856 in the Bay of Quinte District, Ontario. He died in Nelson on July 6 1932. He was a founder of Nelson school system, city administrator, mining manager, ex soldier and Nelson city medical health officer. He came to Nelson in 1890 as a doctor on the CPR construction of the railway from Castlegar to Nelson. A founder of the Nelson Board of Trade, member of the Odd Fellows order and grand master of the grand lodge of British Columbia Freemasons. He served as a medical captain in the First World War. He was married to a Dr. Isabel Arthur.
Custodial history
Recovered from Dr Arthur's House at 515 Silica Street, Nelson. See article "Discarded and Recovered: Dr. C.E. Arthur Fonds" by Ron J. Welwood. British Columbia History, Summer 2014, Volume 47, No. 2 pages 28-38.
Scope and content
Consists of 20 diaries (1877-1889 and 1909-32), letters, notebooks, medical notebook, account books, bonds.