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Joseph A. MacKenzie Files
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1897-1961 (Creation)
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12 cm of textual records
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Series consists of the legal and personal files of Joseph A. MacKenzie, including client files for the Town of Wainwright, which Joseph MacKenzie served as town solicitor, and the Wainwright Municipal Hospital, as well as several estates files. Also includes personal correspondence and financial information of Joseph MacKenzie. MacKenzie was primarily a sole practitioner in Wainwright from 1922 to 1958 when his son John H. MacKenzie joined him in partnership. Joseph MacKenzie was also the local agent for the Alberta Attorney General and served as a part-time crown prosecutor. Series files were kept by John H. MacKenzie as a sample of significant files for his father’s practice. Joseph MacKenzie died in 1959.
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The files in Series One were kept in the order received from the donor, although this likely did not reflect any particular organizational structure.