My Dear Lizzie...

This blog has been compiled via transcripts & archival material from the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, based on hand-written letters from Dr. Richard B. Nevitt (1850-1928) to his future wife, Elizabeth Eleanor Beaty (1852-?). These letters document Dr. Nevitt's experiences as an assistant surgeon in the North-West Mounted Police during the journey to (and construction of) Fort Macleod, Alberta.

Blog postings will be made on the same day as they were originally written (some 135 years later) beginning tomorrow, July 11th.

The original documents were donated as a gift to the Glenbow Museum by Dr. Davidson Black (1920-1988) in 1988, with further letters being donated later in 1989 by Mr. and Mr. A.A. McArthur.

Dr. Nevitt was also fond of both sketching and painting. As some of his work is preserved in the art collection of the Glenbow Museum, relevant works will be posted as this blog unfolds.