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Walter C. Koerner fonds
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Physical description
12 binders of photographs and textual records ; 2037 photographs : b&w and col. negatives, prints, slides ; 11.3 cm textual records.
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Biographical history
Walter C. Koerner was born in what is now known as Czechoslovakia (formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). In 1939, fleeing the expansion of Nazi Germany, he left Europe and emigrated to Canada. Upon his arrival in British Columbia, Koerner, with ... »
Scope and content
Fonds consists of physical and intellectual descriptions of objects in the form of photographs and textual records that provide relevant background information and bibliographic citations relating to Koerner’s personal collections. Fonds consts of two ... »
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Immediate source of acquisition
Accession number 1996-002: Records were donated to the Museum of Anthropology Archives in 1996 by The Koerner Foundation, as part of a bequest by Walter Koerner. They were later transferred to the Curator’s office for approximately 10 years before being ... »
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Some records in this fonds are subject to access restrictions. Consult Archivist for details.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created December 9, 2015.
Revised November 2019 by Stuart Hill (added accession 2018-16)