Stuart, Duncan
Lawyer, Civil Servant, Author
[1856]-1946

A witness to the driving of the last spike for the trans-
Canada railway line, Duncan Stuart was a major with the 
Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry during the Boer War from 
1899 to 1900.  He was then employed as a civil servant for 
Great Britain in the Transvaal, 1900-1908.  Returning to 
Canada, he studied soil and water management and wrote 
several books that proposed solutions to problems of soil 
erosion in Western Canada during the 1930s.

Multiple media, 1899-1945, 0.24 m    

Essays and stories, 1936-1945
Manuscripts, mainly for a proposed book, Tales of the 
Creeping Desert.

Personal papers, 1899-1918
Includes a diary of the Boer War; passport; memorabilia.

Photographs, [ca. 1900]
Major Stuart and his family; scenes in South Africa, social 
and military (ca. 40 images).

Publications, 1937-1944
Includes correspondence relating to, and manuscripts of The 
Canadian Desert; articles on irrigation; preparation of an 
historical map of the Canadian West.

Reference material, 1932
T.C. Main: Report to Commission of Conservation and 
Afforestation, Province of Saskatchewan (Regina: 1932).

Access: Open