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E.P. Taylor fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1901-1989.

Reference:

R3559-0-2-E, MG31-B26

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101742

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E.P. Taylor fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1901-1989.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4.65 m of textual records.
314 photographs : 295 b&w.
1 button.
3 maps
2 architectural drawings
2 technical drawings

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Edward Plunkett Taylor collection [graphic material, object]

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Fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, sales records, and catalogues relating to E.P. Taylor's activities in Argus Corporation, thoroughbred horse racing and breeding, and philanthropy.

Fonds also contains numerous photographs. 17 photographs, 1956-1970, depict brewing operations in Ireland, ca. 1956; scenes of Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 1956-1970; portrait by G. Milne, Toronto. 33 photographs, ca. 1943-1960, depict business and governmental activities of E.P. Taylor during 1940's and 1950's.

Fonds also contains 264 photographs, 1944-1979, depicting views of the Temporary Buildings occupied by the Department of Munitions and Supply, Ottawa, Ont., 1940-1945, and portraits of officials and staff of the Department of Munitions and Supply; events, places, individuals and racehorses associated with E.P. Taylor as breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.

Fonds also contains a lapel button for the 1964 Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer. Northern Dancer was owned by E.P. Taylor.

Fonds consists of maps of the Bahamas and St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, architectural drawings of the Taylor residence and the O'Keefe Centre (both in Toronto), and technical drawings pertaiing to two outboard cruising yachts.

Provenance:

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Taylor, E. P. (Edward Plunket), 1901-1989

Biography/Administrative history:

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Taylor, E. P. (Edward Plunket), 1901-1989 : Edward Plunket Taylor, business executive and public servant, was born in Ottawa. He studied at McGill University, graduating in mechanical engineering in 1922. Mr. Taylor was associated with the investment house of McLeod, Young, Weir and Company beginning in 1923. He entered the brewing industry in the same year, as a director of the family-owned Brading Breweries. In 1930, Taylor became president of Canadian Breweries Ltd. During the great depression, Canadian Breweries was able to use its position to acquire many of its competitors becoming for a time the largest brewer in the world.

In 1940, Taylor became a member of the Executive Committee, Department of Munitions and Supply. In 1941, he was appointed President and Vice Chairman, British Supply Council in North America and later Canadian Deputy Member of the Combined Production and Resources Board. Taylor retired from government service in 1944.

With W.E. Phillips, M.W. McCutcheon, and J.A. McDougald, Taylor formed Argus Corporation in 1945. Argus became the first successful post-war Canadian holding company controlling such firms as: British Columbia Forest Products, Dominion Stores, Canadian Breweries, Massey-Ferguson, and Dominion Tar & Chemical. Argus was also important in real estate development, being responsible for the 2,000 acre Don Mills project north of Toronto. Later, Taylor took an interest in land development in the Bahamas.

Taylor also turned his interest of thoroughbred horseracing into a profitable business enterprise. His racing stable, Winfields Farms, was the most successful breeding stable in the world producing, among other stakes winners, "Northern Dancer". As president of the Ontario Jockey Club Ltd., he was responsible for reorganizing racing in Ontario.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) This finding aid describes volumes 16 to 28 at the file level. MSS0034 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000013.pdf

Cartographic material, architectural, technical drawings (Electronic) Please consult lower level descriptions. Taylor, Edward Plunkett 945007. (90: Open)

Additional information:

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General note:

Volumes 1 to 15 received from E.P. Taylor in 1979. Volumes 16 to 28 received from Windfields Farm Ltd in 1990.

Arrangement note:

264 photographs, 1944-1979, (accession 1994-258 DAP): Photographic material organized into 16 files, arranged numerically by file number.
Subject heading:

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Businessmen - Canada, 1901-1989 Argus Corporation, 1944-1958

Horse-racing - Canada, 1944-1988 Toronto General Hospital, 1951

Bahamas - Land development, 1935-1965 Canadian Breweries Limited, 1944-1988

Horse breeders, 1944-1988 Windfield Farms, 1944-1988

National Stud Farm, 1944-1988
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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117-020082-6
121-080344-5
1980-198 NPC
1980-226 NPC
1989/0402
1994-258 DAP
93-309

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-B26
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 34] 6

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [TAYLOR, E.P. 1980-198] 5850

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [TAYLOR, EDWARD PLUNKET 1994-258] TCS 00850

[Consultation 90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1994-258] 2000845826

[Consultation 90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

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17 photographs, 1956-1970, (accession 1980-198 NPC); 33 photographs, ca. 1943-1960, (accession 1980-226 NPC): National Archives does not provide the copies. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old.
264 photographs, 1944-1979, (accession 1994-258 DAP): Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of Charles Taylor or Judith Mappin. Copyright varies. See individual items. Credit the National Archives of Canada.
Button, 1944-1979, (accession 1994-258 DAP): Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of Charles Taylor or Judith Mappin. Copyright unknown. Credit the National Archives of Canada.
Cartographic material, architectural, technical drawings: Restricted until January 1, 2015. Written permission from Charles Taylor, 208 Heath Street West, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1V5 is required to consult as well as to copy these documents.

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