Building the CPR
By: written and compiled by Doug Stuebing ; with a recording of John A. Macdonald's speeches by the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker.
Contributors: Macdonald, John A. Sir, 1815-1891; Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979.
Series: Jackdaw -- no. C4; Canadian series of jackdaws -- no. C4
Publisher: Clarke, Irwin
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Toronto; London; Jackdaw Publications
Language: eng
Format: Kit
Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Notes: Title from portfolio.

10 reproductions of contemporary documents, and 6 explanatory broadsheets.

Accompanying sound recording is a sound sheet.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: 1. Letter from Mr. Jones to John A. Macdonald, 1858.; value: 2. Sir Hugh Allan's proposal, 1872.; value: 3. The Montreal Herald, July 18th, 1873.; value: 4. Reward poster for the Pope letter, September 1873.; value: 5. List of provisions for a work gang, 1881.; value: 6. The engineers' challenge: a poster.; value: 7. Chief Crowfoot's CPR pass.; value: 8. Telegram from Craigellachie, November 17th, 1885.; value: 9. Programme for the first transcontinental passenger train, 1886.; value: 10. The All-Red Route, poster of 1886.; value: 11. Macdonald on the railway question: speeches selected and recorded by the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker.; value: Six broadsheets: 1. North-West Passage. 2. War of the Charters. 3. The Pacifc scandal. 4. High finance & the national policy. 5. Push to the Rockies. 6. The road that built a nation.