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Bibliographic Record Display

• Title:Charles Semlin fonds
  
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• Author/Creator:Semlin, C. A. (Charles Augustus), 1836-1927.
  
• Published/Created:1870-1918
  

• Holdings

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS microformsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: rbsc microfilm 9
    
  • Number of Items:4
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1489
    
  • Number of Items:3
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Box 1-3
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Semlin, C.A. (Charles Augustus), 1836-1927.
  Dominion Ranch.
  Interior Stock Raisers' Association.
  Semlin and Stuart (Firm)
  
• Description:32. 5 cm of textual records
  
• Summary:The fonds consists of a letterpress copybook containing his outgoing letters as Premier of British Columbia (1898-1900), as well as financial records, correspondence and other material relating to the Dominion Ranch, Semlin and Stuart and the Interior Stock Raisers' Association (1870-1918).
  
• Biography/history note:C.A. Semlin was born in Barrie, Upper Canada. He travelled to the west coast to seek his fortune in the gold fields in 1862. Although unsuccessful in this endeavour, Semlin remained in British Columbia as a farm hand. He was later hired to operate Cornwall Ranch and also the hotel, the Wayside House. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1882 to 1900. In 1894 he became leader of the opposition, and he was called upon to form a government in 1898.
  
• Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
  
• Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.