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Walter Bertram Herbert fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1926-1967.

Reference:

R1864-0-1-E, MG30-D205

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102479

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Walter Bertram Herbert fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1926-1967.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 m of textual records.
2 prints: posters.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of W.B. Herbert's personal papers and papers concerning the Canadian Public Relations Society, of which Herbert was a member.

Also included are two posters relating to the Second World War. One work is based on an original sketch by Charles Comfort (1900-1994) and was used to promote the sale of Victory Bonds. The second poster is a humourous take on the military by Cyril Bird (1887-1965), a well-known British graphic artist who created much of his work under the alias "Fougasse".

Provenance:

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Herbert, Walter B. (Walter Bertram), 1901-1998

Biography/Administrative history:

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Herbert, Walter B. (Walter Bertram), 1901-1998 : Walter B. Herbert was born in Philadelphia and attended the University of Alberta, receiving a B.A. in Economics, in 1923 and a LLB, in 1926. After being self-employed in the field of public relations, he was the National Secretary of the National Liberal Federation of Canada, 1936-1940. During the Second World War, he was employed with the Government of Canada as the Assistant Director of Public Information. In 1943, he became Director of the Canada Foundation, an institution devoted to the stimulation of cultural interests in Canada and to encouraging cultural exchanges between Canada and other countries. He died on March 7, 1998.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of files. MSS1151 (90: Open)
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000921.pdf

Prints (Electronic) The two posters have been item-level catalogued on the Minisis-ICON database. (90: Open)

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General note:

Received in 1971 from W.B. Herbert with the papers of the Canada Foundation (MG 28 I 179).
Subject heading:

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Public relations - Canada, 1926-1967

Candian Public Relations Society - Members, [196-]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2003-02130-2

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D205
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 205] 1--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1151] 97

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access is through an art archivist.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R1864] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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