Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Dr. Gordon Bicum and cairn erected in his memory
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Description type
Private
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
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)
-
copied 1983 (originally created 1940?-1967) (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
3 photographs: prints, b&w, 25 x 20 cm
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
Custodial history
Vera Wyshynski loaned these records for copying to the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan in 1983: S83-51 (April 12, 1983).
Scope and content
Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Gordon Bicum in his uniform as a medical officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and images of the cairn erected in 1967 by the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources in his memory, located west of Elstow on Highway 16.
The wording on the cairn is as follows: Erected June 25, 1967, in honour of Gordon Bicum, medical doctor, in appreciation of his 43 years faithful service to Elstow and surrounding communities. Dr. Bicum was born in Kent County, Ontario, in 1894. He graduated in 1922 from Queen's University, Kingston, as a gold medalist. He served in the Medical Corps during the First World War and as a medical officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941-1945. He practiced in Elstow from 1924 till his death June 24, 1967. He was respected and loved by all.
Notes area
Physical condition
Records are in good physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Records are open for research use.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication and/or reproduction of records may be subject to terms and conditions of the Copyright Act and/or a donor agreement.
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
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
Rules for Archival Description
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full