Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | R. Kay & Mae Trelle fonds |
| Reference code: | 0438 |
| Date: | 1924-2018 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 249.4 cm of textual records
5,726 photographs 1,659 slides 5,423 negatives 58 postcards 106 Architectural Drawings 80 technical drawings 10 sound recordings 1 crest |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed by Mary Nutting 2011 Added to new database July 2024 – AH & TD 2023 accruals processed June 2024-June 2025 – AH |
| Note: |
Due to numbering errors, the following numbers do not exist: 0438.03.0033, 0438.03.0064, 0438.03.0065, 0438.03.0882, 0438.03.0987, 0438.03.2301, 0438.03.2311 and 0438.03.01.1563. |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Roy Kay Trelle was born August 18, 1924, “at home” near the hamlet of Lake Saskatoon, Alberta. He was the second child of Herman William Trelle and Beatrice Irene (Burdick) Trelle. He spent most of his career working for the aerospace industry in the United States. It was an interesting time of rapid growth in the aerospace industry, with the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Space Race to land on the moon. For much of that time, he worked in secrecy for Boeing and Lockheed on projects such as the Polaris and Poseidon missiles, and the drone-carrying Boeing 747. While he recognized these accomplishments, as an engineer, his greatest thrill was always the challenge of solving the next problem. He returned to Canada in 1973 and retired to the Lake Saskatoon district in 1990.
Kay started his education in a two-room school at Saskatoon Lake and finished high school in Calgary when his father was stationed there during World War II. When he turned 18 in 1942, he enlisted in the Canadian Air Force and trained with the Commonwealth Training Program in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is where Kay met his future wife, Mae Morton.
Sarah Mae Morton, was born in Vancouver on May 7, 1925, to Adam and Catherine Morton. After serving as an electrician in WWII, Mae decided to become a Registered Nurse. She graduated from the School of Nursing of the Vancouver General Hospital in 1948. Once graduated, Mae took a three-year post-graduate course in “Operating Room Nursing and Management” to further specialize her knowledge. In 1955, Mae became a certified midwife. She travelled to Scotland to study and work at The Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women’s Hospital. In July 1956, Mae was certified as a midwife by the Central Midwives Board for Scotland. She returned to Canada in 1956, where she continued working as a nurse. Mae was later joined by her friend, Hannelore Strube, for many years.
As for Kay, after World War II came to an end, he traveled down to the United States to visit his family, who had just moved to California. While he was there, his father was murdered by a disgruntled farm worker. Extending his visit to help his mother and 12 year-old brother during this crisis, Kay overstayed his Visa and was drafted into the American Army. He served for two years with the occupation army in Japan. After his military service, he stayed on in California to attend the Cal-Areo Technical Institute on the G.I. Bill. He graduated in 1950 with an Honors B.Sc. in Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering and received a special letter of recommendation from the president of the college. He married Dorothy Smith in 1949, and was divorced sometime in the 1950s.
After graduation, Kay worked first with Convair, an American aircraft manufacturing company. In 1952, he took a position as Design Group Supervisor with Hiller Helicopters in Palo Alto, California, where he directed engineers and draftsmen on helicopter basic structures and mechanical design. From there he went on to become a Consulting and Design Engineer for Cook Research Laboratories in Redwood City, California, in 1957. Often, because of his aptitude in the field, he was sent on extra courses. This would continue throughout his career.
In 1958 Kay was hired by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, and three weeks later became part of a 33 member international team (called the Skunkworks) designing the Polaris Missile. He was working there during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. The Polaris Missile is still being used today on the Trident Submarine. Kay designed the release mechanism for the missile. He received a special commendation “for demonstrating outstanding imagination and design conception versatility resulting in substantial cost conservation benefits to the Polaris Missile Design Project.”
When the Poseidon C3 Task Force was formed in February, 1964, Trelle was included as a Design Specialist and Lead Engineer. He received his second commendation for his work on the Poseidon “design solutions for re-entry system installations, structures, and depuration devices. It is obvious,” the letter continued, “that your valuable contribution will result in missile systems of high quality and will extend the success of LMSC in missile system programs.”
In 1966, Kay and Mae reconnected. The couple had lost contact during the war and Mae assumed that Kay, like too many of his fellow-soldiers, had died in combat. Kay re-established contact in 1965, and after a separation of 23 years they were married in 1966. That same year, Kay moved from Lockheed to Boeing Aircraft Corporation in Seattle as a design specialist and lead engineer, with his primary responsibility “to develop an entirely new bomb suspension concept for tactical fighters….” The fighter program was being carried out in Germany and Kay took German language classes to facilitate his work. It was all for naught as the program was abandoned in November 1966.
The next project was the Boeing 747 Drone Carrier in 1969. This was “a concept for launching and retrieving un-manned aircraft, using as a carrier a modified 747 commercial airplane.” The idea was that if there was another war, commercial jets such as the Boeing 747 could be quickly outfitted as drone carriers. Kay’s responsibility was “to create and analyse various military derivatives for the 747 airplane.”
From 1971-1973, Kay spent much of his time and energies inventing, designing and building an expandable recreational vehicle in the basement of their Seattle home. The vehicle was completed and licensed in the state of Washington. Kay and Mae began the patenting process and explored potential markets for its production. The costs of engineering and patenting each part were so expensive that the project was not feasible. The expandable camper, twenty years before its time, still sits in the garage on their Lake Saskatoon property.
In 1972, the Trelles returned to Canada, and in 1973 Mr. Trelle assumed a new position with Lockheed, this time with their Petroleum Services (LPS) in New Westminster, B.C., which offered a comprehensive subsea well completion, production and service system to the offshore oil industry. His primary function was to establish project definitions and program planning, review engineering and design in general for conformance to specifications, and good engineering/design practices. He conducted gross hazards/failure modes and effects (FMEA) analyses and assisted with critical path scheduling.
Mr. Trelle concluded his career as a Professional Engineer at TRIUMF, the TRI-University Meson facility, which is Canada’s national laboratory for nuclear and particle physics research. It is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. TRIUMF is owned and operated by a consortium of universities to provide a world-class facility for research in the areas of particle and nuclear physics, molecular and materials science, and nuclear medicine. TRIUMF was interested in building the KAON Factory, a nuclear accelerator such as they had in Caen, France, and in 1985, the Trelles traveled to see work being done on the super collider between Switzerland and France. They went on to Germany, where a linear accelerator was assisting with treating cancer of the kidney, a medical benefit of that research. They were treating brain tumors at the Caen factory. There was a lot of free exchange with no political interference, but the Canadian ambitions did not come to fruition because the accelerator was so expensive. It was, however, a rewarding end to Kay’s career.
During his lifetime, Mr. Trelle was a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia; a member (Honor Pledge 1950) of Alpha Eta Rho, International Aviation – Engineering; a member of the Engineers and Architects Association, Southern California; a member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, International; and a general building contractor in the State of California. Outside of his work, his hobbies included Egypt and its archaeology, geology, and designing and building models such as a geodesic dome. He also spent many years trying to solve the problems for creating the Magnet Motor which, as a source of perpetual and clean energy, he described as “every engineer’s dream.”
In 1987, Kay suffered his first stroke, and after his rehabilitation, the Trelles retired to the Saskatoon Lake area near Wembley, AB. They purchased a property directly adjacent to the original Trelle homestead and built their home next to the wildlife sanctuary on the shores of Saskatoon Lake. This land has been bequeathed to the Grande Prairie Regional College to serve as a retreat and conference centre while keeping alive the name of Herman Trelle, the most famous agriculturalist in the Peace Country.
Kay died in Grande Prairie on October 19th,2011. Mae died in Grande Prairie on October 31st, 2019.
Kay was the family’s most common address for Mr. Trelle, who used Roy K. Trelle professionally and signed his work as R.K. Trelle.
Custodial history
The records were donated to South Peace Regional Archives by Kay and Mae Trelle on June 27, 2011.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of records relating to Mae Trelle, including her World War II and nursing career, as well as her involvement in music and theatre and crafting and textiles. Records relating to Kay Trelle’s professional and personal projects, as well as his military service are included. The fonds includes personal papers belonging to Mae and Kay Trelle such as legal records, correspondence, architectural drawings, and financial records. There are several thousand photographs and nine photograph albums in the fonds.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Architectural drawing (documentary form)
- Sound recording (documentary form)
- Technical drawing (documentary form)
- Object (documentary form)
- Science and technology (subject)
- Family and personal life (subject)
- Environment and nature (subject)
Table of contents
0438.01, Mae Morton Trelle, 1937 – 2018
0438.02, R. Kay Trelle, 1944 – 2000
0438.03, General Photographs, 1927 – 2016
0438.04, Personal Papers, 1924 – 2011
Series descriptions
| Series 0438.01: Mae Morton Trelle
Date: 1937 – 2018 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series consists of textual records, photographs, a crest, and a sound recording. These include Mae’s involvement in crafting and textiles, music and theatre, as well as her World War II and nursing career. Physical description: 15.7 cm of textual records 354 photographs 72 negatives 1 sound recording 1 crest Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) • Object (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.01.01: Music & Theatre
Date: 1937-1940 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains one photograph of a theatre performance and one scrapbook. Physical description: 1.5 cm of textual records 1 photograph Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.01.02: Nursing Career
Date: 1946-1980 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of midwifery notebooks, nursing learning materials, yearbooks, and photographs. The textual records include certificates and examination grades from The Glasgow Royal Maternity & Women’s Hospital, the Registered Nurses’ Association of British Columbia, The School of Nursing of the Vancouver General Hospital, and the University of British Columbia. There is also a crest from the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing and a cassette sound recording. Physical description: 6.2 cm of textual records 269 photographs 61 negatives 1 sound recording 1 crest Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Restrictions on access: Mae’s Central Midwives Board for Scotland Case Book is restricted until 2031. Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.01.02.020 |
Item – Mae’s Graduation Portrait |
1948 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae’s 1948 graduation photograph from the School of Nursing of the Vancouver General Hospital. |
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| 0438.01.02.190 | Item – Mae Morton | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Mae Morton sitting on a railing in her nursing uniform. |
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| 0438.01.02.205 | Item – Mae Morton | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton sits on a stair railing. |
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| 0438.01.02.267 | Item – Mae and Classmate | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton poses for a photograph with her classmate wearing a nursing uniform. |
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| 0438.01.02.270 | Item – Training Tape | ca. 1980 | 1 sound recording |
| Scope and content:
This cassette tape features Mae recording herself in mock work scenarios for training purposes. |
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| Subseries 0438.01.03: World War II Career
Date: ca. 1942 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of 25 photos from Mae’s World War II service. Physical description: 25 photographs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.01.03.002 | Item – Kay and Mae 1942 | [ca. 1942] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay (back left) and Mae (front, second from left) pose with their peers. |
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| 0438.01.03.018 | Item – Mae and Friend | [ca. 1942] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae (right) and her friend pose for a photograph. |
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| Subseries 0438.01.04: Crafts & Textiles
Date: 1984-2018 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of 59 photographs of Mae’s crafting and textile projects. It contains documents and newsletters from the Peace Country Spinners and Weavers. There are also several textile pattern samples. Physical description: 8 cm of textual records 59 photographs 11 negatives Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Series 0438.02: R. Kay Trelle
Date: 1944 – 2000 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series consists of textual records, photographs, and technical drawings from Kay’s military service as well as his personal and career projects. Physical description: 197.6 cm of textual records 360 photographs 217 negatives 62 slides 80 technical drawings Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Technical drawing (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.02.01: Career Projects
Date: 1955 – 1988 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of the photographs, textual records, and technical drawings relating to Kay’s professional career projects. The records come from Kay’s time working with Hiller Helicopters, Boeing, TRIUMF, Trident Aircraft, Lockheed Petroleum and Stanford University. Physical description: 86.4 cm of textual records 121 photographs 46 slides 71 negatives 68 technical drawings Access points: • Technical drawing (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.02.01.01 | File – Hiller Helicopters | [1955] | 1 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of articles regarding helicopter design including Helicopter Fundamentals and Helicopter Performance Fundamentals; and three homework assignments from a course he took in January 1955. |
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| 0438.02.01.02 | File – Boeing | 1966-1971 | 22 cm of textual records 7 photographs 5 slides 63 technical drawings |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of files of Trelle’s “Ideas” for the Boeing 747 Drone Carrier project, his original drawings, design data, the missile carrier program including Poseidon, the final presentation report, news articles about the program, and two files of reference material. Seven poorly developed photographs included in the reference material file show two side views of the modified airplane, the bomb doors in the undercarriage, and the missile carrying apparatus. Thirty-one diazo plans detail missile carriage systems, launch and retrieve systems, wing configurations, missile configurations, cargo and door schematics. Five slides are also included that depict drone installations. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.01e-h |
Item – Center and Lateral Carriages |
[1970] | 4 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Four diazo prints for the center and lateral carriages of the Boeing 747 Drone Carrier. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.02 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 1 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch-Missile Poseidon. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.03 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 2 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch-Missile Minuteman 4 with a 16 ½ ° tilt. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.04 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 3 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch-Missile Poseidon 4 with a 90 ° tilt. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.05 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 4 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch-ABMIS Rotary Carriage—Vertical 24. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.06 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 5 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch-Missile Minuteman 4 with a 16 ½ ° tilt. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.07a-c | Item – 747-MD-139 Sheet 1 The Boeing Company |
1970 | 3 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Three diazo prints for the 747 Military Airborne Stowage, Launch & Retrieve System for the five missile drone. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.08 | Item – 747-MD-153 Sheet 1 The Boeing Company |
1970 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for a 747 Drone Comparison Study 10 Folded Wing Configuration. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.09 | Item – 747-MD-114 Sheet 2 The Boeing Company |
1970 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print of a 747 Comparison Study 7 “None Folding” Wing Configuration. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.10 | Item – 747-MD-153 Sheet 3 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for a 747 Comparison Study 13 Folded Wing Configuration and 9 Folded Wing Configuration. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.11 | Item – 747-MD-153 Sheet 4 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for a 747 Drone Comparison Study 11 “None Folding” Wing Configuration and 7 “Selective Launch” Configuration. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.12a-c | Item – 747-MD-157 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 3 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Three diazo prints for the 747 Airborne Stowage, Selective Launch and Retrieve System for the 6 missile drone. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.13a-c | Item – ARM-86 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 3 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Three diazo prints for the Hoist Assemblies Low Drag Suspension System Development for the Boeing 747 Drone Carrier. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.14 | Item – PD 3323 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the 747 Airplane Military Application. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.15 |
Item – 747 Strategic Missile Carrier |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the 4 Missile Bomb Bay Doors on the 747 Strategic Missile Carrier. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.16a-b |
Item – 747 Strategic Missile Carrier |
1969 | 2 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Two diazo prints for the Schematic and Diagram, Nose Cargo Door, Ball Screw System separated from the FWD Cargo file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.17 | Item – Plan No. 517532 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the Motor Outline, Alternating Current separated from the FWD Cargo file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.18-21 | Item – Assorted Plans The Boeing Company |
1969 | 4 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Four diazo prints hand-labeled “Door Actuation”, “Central Tee Box”, “Geometry” and “Travel” separated from the FWD Cargo file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.22-23 | Item – HiBEX Plans The Boeing Company |
1969 | 2 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Two diazo prints for the HiBEX Outboard Profile and the HiBEX Inboard Profile separated from the 747-MD-103 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.24a-d | Item – 747-MD-103 “B” Sheets 1-4 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 4 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Four diazo prints for the Airborne Launched Interceptor separated from the 747-MD-103 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.25 | Item – 747-MD-119 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the 747 Military Aircraft Airborne Launch ABMIS Rotary Carriage Gas Ejection—Up & Aft (24) separated from the 747-MD-119 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.26a-b | Item – 747-MD-181 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 2 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Two diazo prints for the 747 Airborne Stowage & Launch System (100 Stores). |
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| 0438.02.01.02.27 | Item – 747-MD-171 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 1 diazo print : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: One diazo print for the Drone Launcher (60 drones) separated from the 747-MD-171 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.28-29 | Item – 747-PD-647 Sheets 1 & 2 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 2 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Two diazo prints for the 747 Strategic Missile Carrier separated from the 747-PD-647 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.30a-g | Item – 747-PD-651 Sheets 1-7 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 7 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Seven diazo prints for the 747 Strategic Missile Carrier separated from the 747-PD-651 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.31-33 | Item – 747-PD 654 Sheets 1-3 The Boeing Company |
1969 | 3 diazo prints : 18 x 72 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:40 Scope and content: Three diazo prints for the Missile Configuration with Rotary Carriage, 5 Missile Configuration, separated from the 747-PD-654 file, Boeing 747 Drone Carrier series of the R.K. Trelle fonds. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.34a-j | Item – Wing Tip Control The Boeing Company |
1967-1968 | 10 drawings : 18 x 60 in. |
| Scope and content:
10 pencil drawings showing various aspects of the wing tip control. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.35-41 |
Item – Modified Airplane Photographs |
1955-1970 | 7 photographs |
| Scope and content:
Seven poorly developed photographs show two side views of the modified airplane, the bomb doors in the undercarriage, and the missile-carrying apparatus. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.043 | Item – Kay at Boeing | [ca. 1966] | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Kay (right) leans over a project while working at Boeing. |
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| 0438.02.01.02.046 | Item – Boeing Photograph | [ca. 1966] | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph taken by Kay Trelle at Boeing. |
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| 0438.02.01.03 | File – TRIUMF | 1974-1988 | 47.2 cm of textual records 109 photographs 19 slides 70 negatives 2 technical drawings |
| Scope and content:
The subseries consists of general information and articles on TRIUMF and its various programs. Included are Kay’s work record, communications with other staff, ideas and requests for design, financial travel records, salary negotiations, a user handbook, and Kay’s business cards. There are also work files and designs on resonators, electrostatic extractor channel, probes, monitors, and alternative extraction systems; Cyclotron Division minutes; files on their tour of European cyclotrons in 1983; design data; the KAON Factory proposal and articles on the project; and documents concerning the Resonator Replacement Program, Resonator Improvement Program, and shutdown reports. The subseries also contains photographs of Prince Charles’s visit to TRIUMF, the Medical Cyclotron, as well as photographs and slides from the “10th Anniversary Speaker”. |
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| 0438.02.01.03.01 |
Item – Composite Layout of Root Area Mk III |
1983 | 1 diazo print : 36 x 48 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:1 Scope and content: Drawing number S-1567 dated April 13, 1983. |
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| 0438.02.01.03.02 | Item – Mk III Resonator Root-Portion | 1983 | 1 diazo print : 36 x 48 in. |
| Material specific details [architectural]:
1:2 Scope and content: Showing Leveling Arm Cover. Drawing number S-1582 dated May 12, 1983. |
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| 0438.02.01.03.021 | Item – TRIUMF Control Room | [ca. 1980] | 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 12.5 cm |
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Two people looking at a control panel in the TRIUMF Control Room. |
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| 0438.02.01.03.068 | Item – Kay at TRIUMF | [ca. 1980] | 1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 15 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay (right) poses in a control room at TRIUMF. |
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| 0438.02.01.04 | File – Trident Aircraft | 1969-1976 | 3 cm of textual records 1 technical drawing |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of two files: Mr. Trelle’s work record at Trident Aircraft, and Trident Amphibian Reports completed from 1974-1976. The diazo plan is a 2’ by 3’ drawing of a float plane which has no identifying labels or information. |
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| 0438.02.01.04.01 | Item – Trident Amphibian | 1969 | 1 diazo print : 22 x 34 in. |
| Scope and content:
One diazo print for a Trident Amphibian aircraft. There are no identifying labels or legend. |
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| 0438.02.01.05 |
File – Lockheed Petroleum Services |
1973-1976 | 13 cm of textual records 17 slides |
| Scope and content:
The subseries consists of general information about the North Sea System, Lockheed’s subsea production system, and the Second System Task Organization under which Mr. Trelle was employed; Kay’s original drawings of seven schemes for the capsule system and the free ascending capsule; a working file for the project; and the original draft and the final report on the system requirements for the High Sea State System (second system). This subseries also contains seventeen slides. |
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| 0438.02.01.05.008 | Item – Service Bell | 1974 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of a diving service bell taken during Kay’s employment with Lockheed Petroleum Services. |
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| 0438.02.01.05.013 | Item – Control Room | 1977 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of a control room taken by Kay when he worked at Lockheed Petroleum Services. |
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| 0438.02.01.06 | File – Stanford | 1958 | 0.2 cm of textual records2 technical drawings |
| Scope and content:
This subseries consists of records and technical drawings related to the Arc Discharge Tunnel Assembly and Arc Chamber Details from the Aeroscience Lab at Stanford University. |
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| Subseries 0438.02.02: Personal Projects
Date: 1954 – 2000 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries includes textual records, photographs, and technical drawings relating to Kay’s personal projects. These personal projects include: pyramidology, Kay’s magnet motor, geodesic domes, engineering ideas, patent applications, N.E.W Systems Ltd., and alternative energies. Physical description: 111 cm of textual records 181 photographs 146 negatives 16 slides 12 technical drawings Access points: • Technical drawing (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.02.02.01 | File – Pyramidology | 1970-1987 | 7 cm of textual records 5 slides |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of research, mathematical data and drawings, and five slides related to pyramid structures. This includes work with Fibonacci numbers, dehydration tests, research on the Cheops pyramid, and induced motion inside of a pyramid. |
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| 0438.02.02.02 | File – Magnet Motor | 1974-2000 | 40 cm of textual records 106 photographs 34 negatives |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of Mr. Trelle’s designs and working files for the Magnet Motor, including original drawings, obsolete drawings (labeled “history”), drawings for various parts of the motor, 106 photographs and 10 negatives. Individual subjects include the vortex motor, the perpetual motion motor, the free energy motor, the potential for higher RPM in the planetary system, the radial view repulsion system, 10 system & pulley, the spiral vortex reciprocator, Fibonacci spiral, rock & pinion moving pivot, cam design, force & loading, spiral and offset templates, gear pitch circumference, and rocking beam & floating cam guide. |
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| 0438.02.02.02.085 | Item – Kay’s Workshop | n.d. |
1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Kay drawing at the desk in his workshop. | |||
| 0438.02.02.03 | File – Geodesic Domes | 1954-1984 | 10 cm of textual records 1 photograph |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of Kay’s research, design data, rough work designs and completed designs for various aspects and types of domes, including the Hexo/Octo Dome and the Soccer Dome. There is one photograph depicting a dome. There is also a file called “Ideas” which includes Kay’s original drawings and ideas for different kinds of domes—the Umbrella Dome, portable domes, warehouse domes—and something called the “African Venture”, a portable dome storage or living system Kay worked on in 1973-1974 and for which he applied for patents. A research file in this series contains dome designs and patents approved for other inventors and their inventions from 1954-1967. |
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| 0438.02.02.04 | File – Engineering Ideas | 1960-1980 | 5 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The series consists Kay’s engineering ideas which includes designs for toys, trailer hitches, a boat gunnel rack, kites, and egg devices. It also contains drawings, blueprints, and a “poor man’s patent” for “Klampy”, a superior car-top ski or boat rack. |
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| 0438.02.02.05 | File – Patent Applications | 1974-1979 | 2 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of the patent applications Mr. Trelle worked on, applied for, and received during the time that N.E.W. Systems Ltd. was operational. They include the United States and Canadian patents for an Expandable Housing Unit in 1974, first and second step patent protections on a Permanent Magnet Engine/Motor in 1978, and material sent to Carver and Company for a patent for Sea Swells (Wave) Energy Conversion in 1979. |
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| 0438.02.02.06 | File – N.E.W. Systems Ltd. | 1969-1983 | 31 cm of textual records 63 photographs 11 slides 112 negatives 12 technical drawings |
| Scope and content:
The file consists of the company documents filed to create N.E.W. Systems Ltd.; information on the directors, members and shares in the company; annual reports; correspondence; and the financial records of the company. The file also holds the textual records and photographs relating to the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01 |
File – Expandable Mobile Housing Unit |
1969-1979 | 23 cm of textual records 63 photographs 11 slides 112 negatives 12 technical drawings |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of correspondence relating to the Canadian and U.S. patents on the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit created by R. Kay Trelle; a presentation of the project with explanatory text, diagrams and photographs of the completed prototype mounted on a J4000 Jeep; working files and diagrams of designs for the vehicle as a whole, including the counterbalance system, the preload devices, torsion springs, T-bars and pulleys, the wind-up unit, and test models for the components. The blueprints, part of the test models file, are hand-drawn on 17” x 24” graph paper. There are also photographs, negatives, and slides of the unit under construction in the garage of Trelle’s Seattle home, and of the completed prototype on the driveway. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.01-18 |
Item – Expandable Mobile Housing Unit |
1971 | 18 photographs : colour ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Eighteen photographs with corresponding negatives of the prototype of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit invented by R. Kay Trelle under construction in the garage of Kay & Mae Trelle’s Seattle home. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.19-20 |
Item – Expandable Mobile Housing Unit |
[1972] | 2 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Scope and content:
Two photographs of the completed prototype of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit invented by R. Kay Trelle on the driveway outside of Kay & Mae Trelle’s Seattle home. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.21 |
Item – Full Scale Model of Prototype |
[1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Scope and content:
J4000 Jeep with a full scale prototype of R. Kay Trelle’s Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.22 | Item – Front View of Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
J4000 Jeep with the fully expanded prototype of R. Kay Trelle’s Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.23 | Item – Rear View of Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Rear view of the fully expanded model of the prototype of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit invented by R. Kay Trelle. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.24 |
Item – Storage Areas of Prototype |
[1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Demonstration of the storage areas for ancillary equipment on the fully-expanded prototype of R. Kay Trelle’s Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.25 |
Item – Kitchen Facilities in Prototype |
[1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
View of the kitchen facilities inside of the fully expanded prototype of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit invented by R. Kay Trelle. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.26 |
Item – Sleeping Quarters in Prototype |
[1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Beds and storage inside of the prototype of R. Kay Trelle’s Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.27 | Item – Dinette Area in Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Scope and content:
Dinette, between kitchen and sleeping area inside of the prototype of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit invented by R. Kay Trelle. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.28 | Item – Wardrobe Closet in Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : colour ; 5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Clothing wardrobe, stored in the ceiling of the prototype of R. Kay Trelle’s Expandable Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.29 | Item – Hand Crank on Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Demonstration of how the hand crank or an electric hand drill quickly expands the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit into full living quarters. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.30 | Item – Compact Prototype | [1972] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Compactness of the Expandable Mobile Housing Unit permits ready storage in carport or garage. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.31-42 | Item – Hand-drawn Plans | 1971-1973 | 14 architectural drawings |
| Scope and content:
Fourteen hand-drawn plans on graph paper designed as test models for the expandable mobile housing unit. Not all the plans are labeled, but labels include: Cable Lengths, Cable/Top Travel, Pre Original Fixed Tip, Top Travel, Top Up With Boat, Top Up No Boat, and Spring Rate. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.058 | Item – Side View | 1973 | 1 photograph : colour ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay Trelle stands next to the Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.02.02.06.01.061 | Item – Unmounted Unit | 1973 | 1 photograph : colour ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of the Mobile Housing Unit before it was mounted onto a truck. |
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| 0438.02.02.07 | File – Alternative Energies | [1970]-1986 | 16 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The series consists of five files: solar power, water power, wind power, water dowsing, and general research into alternative energies. The contents of all the files include Kay’s ideas, research, design data, rough work designs and completed designs for the different forms of alternative energy. |
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| 0438.02.02.07.01 | File – Water Power | 1973-1980 | 2 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of Kay’s ideas for water power designs, including an inflatable dam, a wave-activated generator for which he applied for a patent in 1979, a hydraulic-powered turbine generator, and a water-driven power generator. |
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| 0438.02.02.07.02 | File – Solar Power | [1970-1979] | 5 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of Kay’s solar power designs including unitized refrigeration, solar energy toys which children could make from kits, a solar power system with a field of fixed heliostats and moving receiver, an energy collector, a parabolic reflector, and a multi-staged reflector made from “flat” sheet reflectors shaped into cones. |
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| 0438.02.02.07.03 | File – Water Dowsing | [1977] | 1 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of a paper on Dowsing (which makes use of cosmic and psychic energy to find elements in the earth such as water and precious metals) written by Kay’s brother Ronald Trelle in 1977, an article titled “Patterns of Power”, and Kay’s working designs and final drawings for a “Multi-Directional and Inclinometer Dowsing (Divining) Rod.” |
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| 0438.02.02.07.04 | File – Wind Power | 1973-1984 | 5 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of a collection of Kay’s ideas for wind power designs including a wind generator (squirrel cage) with fixed pitch blades and contoured air/wind ducting, variable pitch blades, wind generators independent of wind direction, a constant speed wind machine, an arc wind generator, and a water/wind-powered oscillator-driven turbine. |
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| 0438.02.02.07.05 | File – General Research | 1977-1984 | 3 cm of textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of a collection of articles on “Energy and the Design Engineer” which assisted Kay with ideas for his inventions. They include topics such as the different forms of energy other than fossil fuels, predictions for world energy use, geothermal power, and energy related to ocean activity. |
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| 0438.02.02.007 | Item – Kay’s Workshop | [ca. 1990] | 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 13 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay at work on a project. |
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| Subseries 0438.02.03: Military Service
Date: 1944-1945 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries includes photographs from Kay’s military service with the United States Army in occupied Japan after World War 2, an anniversary booklet from the “Airbourne School”, and a program from the “no.3 Bombing and Gunnery School” with several signatures from classmates. Physical description: 0.2 cm of textual records 58 photographs Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.02.03.0019 | Item – Kay Trelle | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Kay Trelle in Japan during American occupation. |
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| 0438.02.03.0020 | Item – Kay Trelle in Uniform | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay stands in his American Army uniform. |
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| 0438.02.03.0050 |
Item – Photograph of Young Man |
[ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photo of a young man taken by Kay Trelle in Japan. |
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| 0438.02.03.0022 | Item – Rickshaw Ride | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay Trelle rides a rickshaw in Japan. |
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| 0438.02.03.0031 | Item – Street Scene | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
This photograph shows a street scene taken by Kay Trelle while he was in Japan. |
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| 0438.02.03.0042 | Item – Fish Market | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photo of a fish market taken by Kay Trelle during his time in Japan. |
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| 0438.02.03.0058 | Item – Kay and Soldier | [ca. 1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Kay Trelle (left) with another soldier. |
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| Series 0438.03: General Photographs
Date: 1927 – 2016 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains 3872 photographs of Mae, Kay, and their friends and family. There are photos and letters from friends and family, including Marie and Don Baynton, Lark and J.C Montgomery, Ed and Lynn Morton, and Ronald and Jesse Trelle. Photographs from barbecues, birthdays, Christmases, weddings, parades, and Halloweens. The series includes photographs of swimming, cross-country skiing, track and field, and snowmobiling. There are several photographs that record the destruction of the Wembley Wheat Pool. There are several military service photographs. Nine photograph albums are included in the General Photographs series. This series also includes photographs from the subseries: vacation, Wembley reunion, Bennet Dam construction, Herman Trelle service, and Evaline Morton’s wedding, are included in the series. Physical description: 4.1 cm of textual records 4,959 photographs 1,597 slides 5,134 negatives 58 postcards Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.03.01: Vacation Photographs
Date: 1954 – 1984 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of vacation photographs taken by Mae and Kay. Photographs from their travels include parks such as Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Glacier National Park, Death Valley National Park, and Yoho National Park. There are several sets of photographs from California and Texas, often including photographs of Don and Marie Baynton and their family. There are photographs of Mae and Kay participating in activities like camping, scuba diving, and beach visits. There are photographs from trips to Marineland, the zoo, Indigenous events, fur trade museums, and a polar bear tour in Manitoba. Some countries that they visited included: Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. This subseries also includes a photograph album from Mae. Physical description: 1,006 photographs 858 slides 705 negatives Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.03.01.0065 |
Item – Hannelore and Mae at The Beach |
[ca. 1955] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3.5 cm |
| Hannelore Strube (left) and Mae Morton (right) at the beach on their European road trip. | |||
| 0438.03.01.0179 | Item – Hannelore and Mae
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[ca. 1955] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Hannelore Strube (left) and Mae Morton (right) pose together. |
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| 0438.03.01.0491 | Item – Kay and Mae | [ca. 1970] | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Kay and Mae sit together on vacation. |
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| 0438.03.01.0907 | Item – Mae in Scuba Gear | 1967 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae poses in her scuba diving wetsuit. |
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| 0438.03.01.0911 | Item – Kay in Scuba Gear | 1967 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay poses in his scuba gear. |
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| 0438.03.01.0944 | Item – Kay and Mae | 1983 | 1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae and Kay Trelle on vacation in Europe. |
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| 0438.03.01.0953 | Item – Kay and Mae | 1983 | 1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 15 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay and Mae pose for a photograph while visiting Marie and Don Baynton in Texas. |
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| 0438.03.01.1249 | Item – Kay and Mae | [ca. 1970] | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Kay and Mae pose together on a mountain in Jasper. |
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| 0438.03.01.1410 | Item – Mae in Scuba Gear | 1967 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae poses in her scuba gear. |
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| 0438.03.01.1414 | Item – Kay in Scuba Gear | 1967 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Kay poses for a photograph in his scuba diving gear. |
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| 0438.03.01.1429 | Item – Mae With Binoculars | 1967 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae peers through binoculars while on a vacation in the Gulf Islands. |
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| 0438.03.01.1440 | Item – Mae Camping | 1976 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae is pictured in front of the Mobile Housing Unit while on a camping trip. |
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| 0438.03.01.1528 | Item – Kay and Friend | 1966 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Kay stands next to a woman outside. |
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| 0438.03.01.1529 | Item – Mae and Kay | 1966 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae and Kay embracing. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564 | Item – Mae’s Travel Photograph Album | 1954-1955 | 301 photographs |
| Scope and content:
This album contains 301 photographs of Mae’s trip around Europe with her friend Hannelore Strube. The photographs include pictures from France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the United Kingdom. There are also four photographs from Niagara Falls. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.080 | Item – Hannelore | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Hannelore Strube in front of the car, “Little Red ‘L’”. Photograph is under the caption, “Rest Place – Autoban”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.081 | Item – Mae | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Mae from her travel photo album. Photograph is under the caption, “Rest Place – Autoban”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.082 | Item – Hannelore and “The Baby” | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Hannelore over the caption “The Baby”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.083 | Item – Mae and and “The Baby” | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Mae over the caption “The Baby”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.084 | Item – Denmark Photograph | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph taken in Denmark. The caption above reads, “Denmark- our first glimpse”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.085 | Item – Swan in Denmark | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of a swan taken in Denmark. The caption above reads, “ Denmark – our first glimpse”. The caption below the photograph reads, “Swan”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.086 | Item – Denmark Photograph | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph taken in Denmark. The caption above reads, “ Denmark – our first glimpse”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.087 | Item – Hannelore on Little Red ‘L’ | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Hannelore sits on top of Little Red ‘L’. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.088 | Item – Little Red ‘L’ | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae sits on top of Little Red ‘L’. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.089 | Item – Holstein Country | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph taken of Holstein Country. Caption under photograph reads, “Holstein Country”. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.106 | Item – Mae at the Baltic Sea | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae is pictured sitting on a beach near the Baltic Sea. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.145 | Item – Mae in Norway | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae taking a seat in Norway. |
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| 0438.03.01.1564.206 | Item – Lake Garda | 1955 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae sits on the beach at Lake Garda, Italy. The caption for the photograph reads, “Vino & Cherries”. |
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| Subseries 0438.03.02: Wembley Reunion
Date: 1981 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of photographs and negatives from the 1981 Wembley Reunion. Physical description: 66 photographs 19 negatives Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.03.03: Bennett Dam Construction
Date: 1968 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of 35 slides of the construction of the Bennet Dam. Physical description: 35 slides Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.03.04: Herman Trelle Service Photographs
Scope and content: There are nine photographs from Herman Trelle’s World War I service in this subseries. Physical description: 9 photographs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.03.05: Evaline Morton Wedding Photographs
Date: [ca. 1940] (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains six portraits from the wedding of Evaline Morton, Mae’s sister. Physical description: 6 photographs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| 0438.03.0016 | Item – Glacier Hike | ca. [1970] | 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 9 cm |
| Scope and content:
This photograph of Mae and Kay Trelle comes from a glacier hike with friends. |
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| 0438.03.0042 | Item – Lookout Photograph | [ca. 1970] | 1 photograph : colour ; 12.5 x 9 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Kay and Mae Trelle at a lookout point. |
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| 0438.03.0122 | Item – Christmas Photograph | [ca. 1960] | 1 slide : colour ; 70 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae near the Christmas tree with her dog. |
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| 0438.03.0213 | Item – Mae Morton and Friend | [ca. 1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae poses with one of her nursing colleagues. |
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| 0438.03.0229 | Item – Mae Morton | [ca. 1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Mae Morton outside. |
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| 0438.03.0251 | Item – Mae Camping | [ca. 1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton sits with a coffee thermos. |
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| 0438.03.0270 | Item – Mae and Hannelore | [ca. 1955] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton (left) and Hannelore Strube (right) are pictured together holding hands. |
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| 0438.03.0303 | Item – Mae and Hannelore | [ca. 1955] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm |
| Scope and content:
Hannelore Strube (left) and Mae Morton (right) hold hands while walking down Ayr’s main street. The caption on the back reads, “Hannelore and I walking down Ayr’s main street”. |
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| 0438.03.0322 | Item – Photograph Album | 1958 | 12 photographs |
| Scope and content:
A miniature flip book-style photograph album with 12 photographs. |
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| 0438.03.0323 | Item – Photograph Album | 1958 | 6 photographs |
| Scope and content:
A miniature flip book-style photograph album with 6 photographs. |
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| 0438.03.0323.04 | Item – Mae Camping | 1958 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae relaxes at her campsite. |
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| 0438.03.0324 | Item – Photograph Album | 1958 | 5 photographs |
| Scope and content:
A miniature flip book-style photograph album with 5 photographs. |
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| 0438.03.0325 | Item – Photograph Album | 1958 | 13 photographs |
| Scope and content:
A miniature flip book-style photograph album with 13 photographs. |
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| 0438.03.0687 | Item – Magnet Motor | n.d. | 1 photograph : colour |
| Image shows Kay’s magnet motor. | |||
| 0438.03.2734 | Item – Photograph Album | 2007 | 93 photographs |
| Scope and content:
This photograph album contains 93 photographs of Mae and Kay’s trip to Churchill Manitoba to see polar bears as well as photos of friends and family. |
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| 0438.03.2922 | Item – Strawberry Pie | 2004 | 1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae serves a slice of pie in this photograph taken by her niece Lark Montgomery. |
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| 0438.03.3001 | Item – Mae and Classmates | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton (left) poses with her classmates from the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing. |
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| 0438.03.3009 | Item – Operating Theatre | [ca. 1948] | photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae’s classmates pose for a photograph in the operating theatre. |
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| 0438.03.3033 | Item – Mae Morton | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton smiles for a photograph. |
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| 0438.03.3193 | Item – Mae Relaxing | [ca. 1948] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm |
| Scope and content:
Photograph of Mae Morton. |
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| 0438.03.3815 |
Item – Kay and Mae Wedding Photograph |
1966 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8.5 cm |
| Scope and content:
Kay and Mae pose together on their wedding day. |
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| 0438.03.3924 | Item – Mae on the Coast | [ca. 1940] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 9 cm |
| Scope and content:
Mae Morton poses on a rock near the ocean. |
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| 0438.03.4031 | Item – Kay and Mae with Mobile Housing Unit | 1972 | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
| Scope and content:
Mae and Kay Trelle stand in front of the unmounted Mobile Housing Unit. |
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| 0438.03.4250 | Item – Photograph Album | ca. 1970 | 41 photographs |
| Scope and content:
This photograph album contains 41 photographs of friends and family of the Trelles. |
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| 0438.03.4252 | Item – Photograph Album | ca. 1970 | 160 photographs |
| Scope and content:
This photograph album has 160 photographs of the the Trelles, including several photographs of dogsled races. |
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| 0438.03.4253 | Item – Photograph Album | ca. 1970 | 51 photographs |
| Scope and content:
This photograph album contains 51 photographs of the Trelles. |
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| Series 0438.04: Personal Papers
Date: 1924 – 2011 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series consists of textual records including educational and financial records, as well as correspondence. The subseries are divided into personal papers addressed to Mae, those addressed to Kay, and those addressed to the pair. Within the series are architectural drawings, and nine sound recordings. Physical description: 32 cm of textual records 53 photographs 106 Architectural Drawings 9 Sound Recordings Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.04.01: Kay & Mae
Date: 1937 – 2007 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries consists of letters, postcards, and 43 photographs from friends and family including Audrey Hauck, Donelda and Greg Blatz, Kelsey Kenfield, Don and Marie Baynton, and friends from Fiji, as well as letters of correspondence between Kay and Mae. There is a travel journal of Europe as well as a road trip journal of North America, documents for a polar bear tour in Manitoba, and a diving equipment invoice. Kay’s estate and will, a cheque book, medical and vaccination records, and a letter from the Beaverlodge Hospital Foundation are also included. Documents in this subseries include Mae and Kay’s wedding invitation and forms for a work transfer to Scotland. There are also several documents concerning the building of Trelle home, including receipts, correspondence records, and 106 architectural drawings. This subseries also has 8 sound recordings with unidentified contents. Physical description: 14.7 cm of textual records 43 Photographs 106 Architectural Drawings 8 Sound Recordings Access points: • Architectural drawing (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.04.02: Mae
Date: 1939 – 1999 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries includes correspondence from friends and family including Eileen Powers and Hannelore Strube, as well as letters in German. A joint travel diary between Hannelore and Mae from their 1955 Europe trip is included, as well as car export records and Mae’s international driving permits. There are address and autograph books as well as receipts and bank account records. The textual records include graduation cards, as well as sympathy cards regarding the death of Mae’s father, Adam Morton. There are several documents related to Adam Morton, as well as Mae’s sister, Evaline Morton. A genealogical study of Mae’s family is in this subseries. The death certificate and inheritance documents from Mary Miller and inheritance records from Mary D. Blair are also included. There is a 1948 class list from Mae’s graduating class at the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing, a 1942 yearbook from King Edward High School and an invitation to the UBC congregation. This subseries includes informational pamphlets and work applications from Medico, External Aid, and the Department Health for Scotland. There are several first aid certificates along with a “medical” ribbon and nametag from the 1984 British Columbia Summer Games in Burnaby. Physical description: 9.7 cm of textual records 10 photographs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Subseries 0438.04.03: Kay
Date: 1924-2011 (date of creation) Scope and content: The sub-series consists of three files of Kay’s personal papers: legal documents, career resumes, and the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia. These include textual records as well as a sound recording of an interview with Mae Trelle, in January 2011. Physical description: 7.6 cm textual records 1 sound recording Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Sound recording (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0438.04.03.01 | File – Legal papers | 1924-2011 | 1.2 cm textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of copies of Kay’s birth certificate, his discharge papers from the Royal Canadian Air Force, particulars of Active Service in the RCAF, and his 1949 Certificate of Naturalization in the United States; papers dealing with his immigration to Canada in 1973, his loss of American citizenship, his certificate of Canadian Citizenship, and papers relating to his education, including a diploma in Aeronautical Engineering from the Cal Aero Technical Institute, an engineer obligation, and a introductory German language course certificate. There is also a rental agreement. Kay’s Alberta Centennial Medal certificate is included in this subseries. |
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| 0438.04.03.02 | File – Career Resumes | 1953-2011 | 2 cm textual records1 sound recording |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of Mr. Trelle’s career resumes with supporting documents such as correspondence, performance reviews, and letters of commendation regarding various projects. Careers documented in this file include Trelle Builders and Designers; Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation; Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, for whom he gained a patent for a “Re-entry Vehicle Ejection & Spin Device”; Boeing; and Lockheed Petroleum Services. The sound recording is an interview with Mae Trelle, in January 2011, regarding Kay’s life and work. |
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| 0438.04.03.02.01 |
Item – Interview with Mae Trelle |
2011 | 1 mini cassette : 1 hour |
| Scope and content:
Interview of Mae Trelle in her home at Saskatoon Lake by archivist Mary Nutting conducted on January 11, 2011. The interview explores Kay’s history, his “engineering mind” which was continually thinking up new projects and inventions, his work history and the major projects he worked on, and the continuation of his interests through hobbies after he suffered a stroke and retired from the work force. There is also a small amount of information on Herman Trelle, Kay’s father. |
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| 0438.04.03.03 |
File – Association of Professional Engineers |
1973-1989 | 1.4 cm textual records |
| Scope and content:
The sub-series consists of a copy of Mr. Trelle’s application for membership in the Association and their correspondence with him. There are also registrar cards from the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C between the years of 1976-1989. |
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