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Paul Wesley Fox fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1961.

Reference:

R5726-0-4-E, MG31-K3

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101842

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Paul Wesley Fox fonds
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Date(s):

1961.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of transcripts of interviews conducted by Professor Fox with 26 participants in Canadian socialist, communist, and social reform movements, ca. 1900 - 1960, research notes, and related material which served as the basis for a historical look at Canadian socialism on the CBC radio program "Wednesday Night". Also included is a transcript of a debate between Gerald Caplan of the University of Toronto CCF Club, David Greenspan of the Ontario Young Liberal Association, and Jeremy Johnston of the Conservative Club, University of Toronto, on the subject of socialist ideology; and a copy of "Socialism in Canada", as well as a CBC Times article about the program.

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Fox, Paul Wesley, 1921 -

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Fox, Paul Wesley, 1921 - : Professor Paul W. Fox was educated at the University of Toronto (M.A.), and the London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D.). From 1948 to 1954 he lectured in political science at Carleton College. Since 1954 he has lectured primarily at the University of Toronto. Since 1976 he has been principal of Erindale College at the University of Toronto. He is a noted author in the field of political science and a frequent commentator on public affairs in Canada. He served in the Canadian Infantry, 1944 to 1945.

See: Canadian Who's Who, 1984, p. 397.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is an alphabetical list of individuals interviewed by Professor Fox. MSS1077 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002766.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1977 from Professor Paul W. Fox, through Dr. Allan Whitehorn, research assistant to David Lewis.

Related material:

The Moving Images and Sound Archives has a tape recording of portions of the program for a "Wednesday Night", see CBC Public Affairs Tapes - T-1974 - 50/25.
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Socialism - Canada, 1961 "Wednesday Night", 1961

Communism - Canada, 1961 Gerald Caplan, 1961

Canada - Social conditions, 1961 David Greenspan, 1961

Social problems, 1961 Jeremy Johnston, 1961

Debates and debating, 1961 University of Toronto (Toronto, Ont.), 1961

Political parties - Canada, 1961 Conservative Club, 1961

Politics - Canada, 1961 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Club, 1961

Institutions, associations, etc., Canadian, 1961 Ontario Young Liberals Association, 1961

Socialism Canada
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Private

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MG31-K3
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 K 3] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1077] 94

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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