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- [S152] COLLECTION: OOA.
Prints and National Photography Collection VF.
- [S48] COLLECTION: ACG.
Oliver B. Buell fonds. Series 1, Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and letters., 1873-1905; Series 2, Photographs, [ca. 1884-1905]. Over 170 of the ca. 250 photographs have been digitized.
See also the original Oliver B. Buell fonds description on the Glenbow Museum Web site; URL (accessed 5 Sep 2020): http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesMainResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesMainResults.aspx&TN=MAINCAT&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&%0AMF=WPEngMsg.ini&MR=5&QB0=AND&QF0=Main%20entry+%7C+Title&QI0=oliver+b.+buell+fonds
- [S158] COLLECTION: QCRM.
- [S673] Vancouver News, 2 and 4, 29 Aug 1886.
Arrival by steamer from New York; arrival mode and date may be in error per Colonist article
- [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 3, 31 Aug 1886 08.
"British Columbia Photographed: How the C.P.R. and Dominion Are To Be Advertised"
This article is datelined 27 Aug 1886 so it conflicts with the Vancouver News article regarding his arrival date.
- [S663] (New Westminster) British Columbian, 3, 6 Sep 1886.
"Personal...Prof. Buell and Mrs. Buell, the celebrated photographic artists of natural scenery, are in town in their special [railway] car."
- [S663] (New Westminster) British Columbian, 3, 7 Sep 1886.
Two news items: "Little Souls" and "British Columbia Photographed"
- [S663] (New Westminster) British Columbian, 3, 8 Sep 1886.
"Photo Views"
Describes photos taken at New Westminster and the evening departure of his special railway car for a point closest to Harrison Hot Springs.
- [S995] Cranbrook Herald, 2, 29 Jun 1905 06.
"Pioneer Photographer: Prof. Buell Visits the Crows Nest District"
- [S415] Hart (1983), E.J. Hart, (Banff, Alta.: Altitude Publishing, 1983).
- [S228] Buell (1984), Monaghan, David W., text, (Montreal: Concordia Art Gallery, 1984).
- [S242] Cavell (1984), Cavell, Edward, (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1984).
Gives life dates
- [S406 ] Hadley (1984), Margery Tanner Hadley, (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, 1984).
- [S1101] Photographic Canadiana, (Toronto, ON: Photographic Historical Society of Canada, 1975-), 10, Mar-Apr 1987 (vol. 12, no. 5).
"A Picture of 'Professor' Buell"
Portrait held by the Glenbow Archives and located with the help of a descendent.
- [S598] Mattison (1997b), David Mattison, (Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition, 1997).
- [S1067] Boulet (2009), Roger Boulet, (Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 2009), ND1352 C35B67 2009.
See especially chapter titled "Professor Buell Entertains" (beginning p. 36).
- [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
His father, Eli Well Buell, age 42 and born in Connecticut, was a photographer. Although Oliver was born in Illinois, the family was living in Pittsfield, MA, at the time of the census.
"United States Census, 1860"; URL (accessed 2 Mar 2017): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHC-82D
- [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
Aaron Shannon Family Tree
- [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
Photo of gravestone shared by Aaron Shannon on 21 Aug 2016
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