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Clive (Helmut) von Cardinal fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1896-1986.

Reference:

R6555-0-3-E, MG30-E368

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101416

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Clive (Helmut) von Cardinal fonds
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Fonds includes:

10 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1896-1986.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.2 m of textual records.
8 photographs b&w.
1 print postcard, b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of material documenting Cardinal's personal and professional life and which illustrates his continued interest as an immigrant and a scholar in German Canadian and ethnic community life. Fonds contains Cardinal's diaries, personal papers and his correspondence with family and friends in North America and Europe as well as with a number of German Canadian writers. Also included are articles, reviews and essays written by Cardinal for German language newspapers which deal with subjects such as German literature, multiculturalism and religion. The fonds also contains articles, essays and commentaries dealing with similar subjects collected by Cardinal during his career. The records document Cardinal's involvement with various German Canadian organizations and contain research, lecture and bibliographical notes on issues of German Canadian concern especially in the realms of German Canadian and German literature, n.d., 1896, 1924-1986.

The fonds also contains photographs and a postcard related to von Cardinal including a portrait; his arrival in Saint John, N.B.; group photos with British immigrants; McDonald Agricultural College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que,; his house and activities; group photos taken during German Day; and the Duchess of Bedford aboard ship, Saint John, N.B., 6 April, 1929. Photos by John Fanzen.

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Cardinal, Clive H., 1912-1999

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Cardinal, Clive H., 1912-1999 : Born in Germany of Anglo-German parentage, Clive (Helmut) von Cardinal emigrated to Canada in 1929 to study agriculture and take up farming. Between 1932 and 1933 he operated his own farm near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In 1935 he entered university to study German literature. After completing his M.A. at McGill in 1941, he accepted a teaching position in Manitoba. He returned to university soon after. In 1944 he became editor of "Canadians All", a magazine dealing with Canadian ethnic groups. He worked at the same time as director of the Canadian Cultural Research Institute in Toronto.

From 1944 to 1946 he was a fellow at Victoria College, teaching courses in German language and literature. In the meantime he was also studying towards his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, which he received in 1956. During the course of his career, he taught in the Department of German at a number of universities, including McMaster, Queen's, Waterloo College, University of Manitoba and University of Calgary.

While teaching, Cardinal also became involved in German Canadian and ethnic community life. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society for German Relief and editor of its bulletin. He participated in the founding of the Research Centre for Canadian Ethnic Studies at the University of Calgary and for a number of years served as one of the editors of the Bulletin of Canadian Ethnic Studies. He became involved in particular in bibliographical research on Canadian ethnic groups. He published extensively in the area of German Canadian literature and also contributed to our understanding of Polish and Scandinavian Canadian literature.

In publications and in papers he presented at conferences Cardinal argued for greater recognition of the ethnic contribution to Canadian life. At the same time he worked for increased cultural exchange between Canada and Europe, in particular between Germany and Canada and between Canada and the Scandinavian countries. In recognition of his work, he was, among other awards, granted the Centennial Silver Medal.

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Textual records: (Paper) Finding Aid No. 1720 is a list of file titles. MSS1720

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1720
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000327.pdf

Photographs: (Paper) List of captions in accession file.

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General note:

The papers were presented to the National Archives of Canada by Clive (Helmut) von Cardinal in 1987.
Subject heading:

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Germany - Emigration and immigration, 1929 Canadian Society for German Relief, 1952-1955

Germany - Genealogy, [1939] Canadian Association of Teachers of German, 1979-1980

Poets, Canadian (German), n.d., 1939-1985 Friedrich Schiller Foundation of German Canadian Culture, n.d., 1980-1982

German Canadians, n.d., 1958-1961 German Canadian Historical Association, n.d., 1975-1985

Multicultuarism - Canada, [1939-1983] Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada, 1974-1977

Religion, 1957-1960 Anthroposophical Society of Canada, 1967-1977

Bornoff School of Music - History, n.d., 1942 Canadian-German Review, 1956-1958

Associations, institutions, etc. - Canada, [between 1952 and 1985] German Canadian Business Review, 1961-1968

German literature, [between 1958 and 1977] Prisma, 1980

German language - Canada, n.d., 1984 Kaleidoscope Canada, 1975

Canadian poetry (German) - Canada, 1963-1979 Europa Ethnica, 1979

Canadian literature (German) - Study and teaching, [1947-1980] Bornoff School of Music, n.d., 1942

German periodicals, [between 1939 and 1983]

Ethnic groups - Canada, n.d., 1949-1986

Literature - Minority authors, [1947-1982]

Ethnicity - Canada, n.d., 1949-1986

Literature - Research, n.d., 1949-1986

Clive (Helmut) von Cardinal - Correspondence, n.d., 1931-1986

Ethnic literature - Study and teaching, [between 1947 and 1982]

Education, n.d., 1957-1960

German language - Study and teaching, 19-

German-Canadians - Societies, etc., 19-

Germans - Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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091-89
1989-174 DAP

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E368
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 368] 1--6

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1720] 131

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [CARDINAL, CLIVE H. 1989-174] 3894

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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