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John Wood Coburn papers
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MS-0783
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1859-1938 (Creation)
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- Coburn, John, 1859-1939
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24 cm of textual records
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John Coburn was a railway conductor and also dealt in lumber in Ladysmith and Nanaimo.
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Diaries, 1886-1907, 1912-1913, 1921-1927, 1929-1930: reminiscences of life on Vancouver Island as employee of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and in various business ventures (vol. 3 incorporates events of Coburn family, 1859-1929); "Early History of Town of Ladysmith" by J.W. Coburn; scrapbooks relating to participation in municipal and business affairs, Ladysmith and Nanaimo.
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Diaries presented by Mrs. W.T. Ewing (daughter), Vancouver, 1970.
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Accession number(s): MS-0783
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- Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company (Subject)