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1924 - 2003 (Creation)
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- Affleck, Edward L.
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2.9 m of textual records and other material
650 photographs
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Edward (Ted) Lloyd Affleck was born on April 5, 1924 in Nelson, BC and died in Vancouver in 2003. He was married to Jean Galbraith in 1963, remaining married until her death in 1989. They had two children, Carolyn and David. He grew up in Nelson, moved to Vancouver to attend the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with honours in Chemistry. He established the Alexander Nicholls Press.
At university he developed an interest in acting and amateur theatre.
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Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, transcripts, research notes, newspapers and Journals, photographs, interview transcripts, and audiovisual materials. The fonds is arranged into the following series:
Personal Files
Communities and People
Transportation
Maps
Touchstones also has a number of local history reference books Ted wrote and edited:
386.22AFF, "A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon and Alaska", 2000
386.22iAFF, "Steamboating on the Columbia River system in British Columbia", 2002
971.162AFF "High Grade & Hot Springs: a History of the Ainsworth Camp", 2001
971.162iAFF "Kootenay Lake Chronicles", 1978
971.162iiAFF "Kootenay Pathfinders: Settlement in the Kootenay District, 1885-1920", 1976
971.162KOO "Kootenay Yesterdays", 1976
Ted Affleck also wrote many articles which are kept at Touchstones and are among those listed in our list of "Archive reference articles".