Fonds P136 - Albert Carlos Skinner fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Albert Carlos Skinner fonds

General material designation

    Parallel title

    Other title information

    Title statements of responsibility

    Title notes

    • Source of title proper:

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Reference code

    CA ETRC P136

    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)

    • [18--], 1912-1964 (Creation)

    Physical description area

    Physical description

    0,1 m of textual records. - 23 photographs.

    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

    Albert Carlos Skinner was born in Waterloo on 26 November 1871. He is the son of Carlos Young Skinner and Emily Elliot. He moved to Sherbrooke with his parents in 1878. He married Margaret Cowan in 1899. He was the father of five children (three sons and two daughters).

    He was the President of the jewellery firm "A. C. Skinner Limited" in Sherbrooke until 1935, which was founded in Waterloo by his father in 1859. Albert C. Skinner began working with his father in 1898 and took over after his death in 1915. Albert C. Skinner's sons, Carlos C. and Neil, took over the company in 1935 and changed its name to "Skinners Brothers". In 1954, the company was sold to another jeweller of Sherbrooke, "Nadeau & fils".

    In the 1920s and 1930s, Albert C. Skinner was involved in municipal politics. He was a member of the Sherbrooke City Council from 1917 to 1926, and the Mayor from 1930 to 1932. Throughout his political life, he fostered the "bonne entente" between the anglophones and the francophones of the city to build up a strong community.

    He was a member of many organizations. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. At once, he had been the President of the Sherbrooke Board of Trade, Sherbrooke Library, Sherbrooke Rotary, and the Wales Home (Richmond). He also was a member of the Sherbrooke Snow Shoe Club, Sherbrooke Country Club, Sherbrooke Curling Club, St. George's Club, Canadian Club.

    Albert C. Skinner died in August 1964 at 92 years old.

    Custodial history

    Scope and content

    The fonds contains source material on Albert C. Skinner and his family. It also contains information mostly on the current events of Sherbrooke from 1934 to 1954, but also of Canada. It consists mainly of a scrapbook, a diary, a guest book, a book of remembrance, correspondence, two addresses, photographs, press clippings. The fonds is comprised of the following nine files: Civil Status (1964), Anniversaries (1949, 1961), Family ([18--]-[195-]), Jeweller (1954), Mayor of Sherbrooke ([193-]-[195-]), Diaries (1911-1912), Correspondence (1932-1934), Certificates (1960), and Scrapbooks (1934-1954).

    Notes area

    Physical condition

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Arrangement

    Language of material

      Script of material

        Location of originals

        Availability of other formats

        Restrictions on access

        Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

        Finding aids

        Associated materials

        Researchers may also consult the Skinner family fonds (P162) and the Carlos Young Skinner file (P997/001.04/005).

        Related materials

        Accruals

        No more accruals are expected.

        General note

        Title based on contents of fonds.
        There are 8 photographs glued in the scrapbook, 1 in the Book of Remembrance, and 4 photographs in the diary.
        The documents were donated in 2001 by Richard Callan, A. C. Skinner's grandson.
        The documents are in English and French.

        Alternative identifier(s)

        Standard number

        Standard number

        Access points

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Name access points

        Genre access points

        Control area

        Description record identifier

        Institution identifier

        Rules or conventions

        Finding aid prepared using Rules for Archival Description (RAD).

        Status

        Level of detail

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        28 janvier, 2016

        Language of description

          Script of description

            Sources

            Accession area