Collection search - Clifford and Winfield Burrows Sifton fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing]

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Clifford and Winfield Burrows Sifton fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1905-1976.

Reference:

R4866-0-6-E, MG30-A105

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101514

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Clifford and Winfield Burrows Sifton fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1905-1976.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.8 m of textual records.
2 maps

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence reflecting the careers of Winfield and Clifford Sifton concerning the former's business ventures and the latter's career as a publisher, his position in the broadcast business, and his work with such organizations as the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund and the International Press Institute, 1905, 1911-1912, 1917-1976; subject files relating to Clifford Sifton's editorial interests and organizational activities and to Sifton's family interests such as the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Corporation, 1927-1976; a business journal kept by Clifford Sifton, 1932-1969; and subject files relating to Winfield Sifton's life and business interests, 1915-1930.

The fonds also contains a map of Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal and a Railway map of Great Britain.

Provenance:

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Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929

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Sifton, Winfield Burrows, 1890-1928

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Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929 : Born in Middlesex County, Ontario, Clifford Sifton was educated at Victoria University, Cobourg, Ontario, and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1882. First elected in 1888 as Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Brandon, he was from 1891 to 1896 Attorney-General and Minister of Education of Manitoba. In 1896, he met, on behalf of the Province of Manitoba, with the Commissioners of the federal government to settle the constitutional litigation arising from the Manitoba School Law. Elected in 1896 as Liberal Member of Parliament for Brandon, he was Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs and Minister of the Interior until 1905, where he effectively pursued an immigration policy which brought many settlers to the Canadian west.

On account of a disagreement regarding the educational clauses in the Northwest Territory Autonomy Bill, he resigned from the Cabinet in 1905, yet remained a Liberal M.P. until 1911. He also served as British agent at the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903. Clifford Sifton was Chairman of the Commission of Conservation, 1909-1918. Throughout his career, he was an active businessman, investing heavily in natural resource companies, transportation and newspapers, notably the Manitoba Free Press.

See: Johnson Directory of Parliament, p. 530; Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 1695.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of correspondents, subjects, and a file list of remaining material. MSS1229 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002695.pdf

Cartographic material (Other) Please consult lower level descriptions. (Restrictions not set)

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General note:

Received in 1979 and 1984 from Michael C. Sifton of Buttonville, Ontario.
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Clifford Sifton - Career, [1905-1976] Canadian Aid to Russia Fund

Clifford Sifton - Correspondence, [1905-1976] International Press Institute

Business enterprises - Canada, [1905-1976] Alberta Flour Mills Limited, [1915-1930]

Publishers and publishing - Canada, [1905-1976] Anglo Canadian Association for Roumanian Trade, [1915-1930]

Broadcasting - Canada, [1905-1976] Compagnie Agricole de Minoterie, [1915-1930]

Beauharnois Light Heat and Power Corporation - Records and correspondence, [1927-1976] Société Canadienne d'Exploration, [1915-1930]

Winfield Burrows Sifton - Correspondence, [1905-1976] Trunk Pipe-Line of Trinidad Limited, [1915-1930]

Winfield Burrows Sifton - Career, [1905-1976] Venezuelan Estates Oil Company Limited, [1915-1930]

Winfield Burrows Sifton - Finance, Personal, [1915-1930] Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Corporation, [1927-1976]

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-A105
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Finding aid box [FA 1229] 105

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