Collection search - Robert Sellar and family fonds [textual record]

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Robert Sellar and family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1863-1947.

Reference:

R7503-0-8-E, MG29-C86

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102111

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Robert Sellar and family fonds
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Date(s):

1863-1947.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.6 cm of textual records originals and photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence including letters pertaining to family matters, publishing, and local politics, 1863-1947; an original diary of Thomas Sellar's family and business activities, 1863-1867; and printed material including reports entitled "The Siege of Ottawa" and "Report of Proceedings ... Farmers Delegation", 1910-1911.

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Sellar, Robert Watson, 1894-1965

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Sellar, Robert Watson, 1894-1965 : Robert Watson Sellar was born in 1894 at Huntingdon, Quebec. He served the federal government as Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance, 1930-1932, Comptroller of the Treasury, 1932-1940, and Auditor General of Canada, 1940-1959. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Government Organization, 1960. Sellar died on 4 January 1965. The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

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General note:

Received in 1974 from Robert Hill of Lorraine, Qué.
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Publishers and publishing - Canada East, 1863-1942 "The Siege of Ottawa", 1910-1911

Family - Canada - Diaries, 1863-1867 "Report of Proceedings...Farmers Delegation", 1910-1911

Canada, Eastern 1863-1947

Family - Canada East, 1863-1947

Business enterprises Canada 19th century

Canada
Source:

Private

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MG29-C86
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