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Francis Herzer fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1907-1959.

Reference:

R5223-0-7-E, MG30-C108

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101627

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Francis Herzer fonds
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Date(s):

1907-1959.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists mainly newspaper clippings, as well as sermons and addresses which describe T.O.P. Herzer's activities as immigration and colonization agent, with emphasis on his involvement in resettling German refugees after World War II. Also included are letters and clippings relating to Herzer, and clippings on German Protestant churches in Western Canada.

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Herzer, Francis, 1887-1958

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Herzer, Francis, 1887-1958 : Francis Herzer, immigration and colonization agent, born in 1887 at Plymouth, Wis., completed his theological studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and the University of Minnesota. He came to Canada in 1910 and joined the Department of National Resources of the C.P.R. in 1914. In 1925 he became General Manager of the Canadian Colonization Association, a C.P.R. subsidiary, where he remained until his retirement in 1956. His work with immigrants familiarized him with the destitution prevalent in Germany after World War II. To ameliorate conditions there, he helped found the Canadian Lutheran World Relief, which collected food, clothes, and other articles for distribution in Germany.

In 1947 he took a leading role in the formation of the Canadian Christian Council for Resettlement of Refugees, an interdenominational organization of German-Canadian churches which worked in the interest of German immigration to Canada.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1955-1957.

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Location of originals note:

Originals held by R.W. Herzer of Montreal, Que.

Dates of creation note:

Copied in 1975.
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Germans - Canada, 1907-1929, 1951-1957 Canadian Lutherian World Relief, 1907-1929, 1951-1959

Canada - Population - Ethnic groups, [1907-1959] Canadian Christian Council for Resettlement of German Refugees, 1907-1929, 1951-1959

Sermons, [1907-1959]

Francis Herzer - Career, [1907-1959]

Canada - Emigration and immigration - Germany, [1907-1959]

Germans - Protestant churches - Canada, [1907-1959]

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian

German Canadians Canada, Western

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

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MG30-C108
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