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Ernest Frederick Jarvis fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1885-1918, 1957-1960.

Reference:

R2104-0-9-E, MG30-E258

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102605

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Ernest Frederick Jarvis fonds
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Date(s):

1885-1918, 1957-1960.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence from the Honourable Edward Blake, 1885-1891, referring to Blake's retirement from the Liberal Party leadership, and requesting copies of "blue books" and other items; and a letterbook containing copies of approximately 400 letters written by Jarvis on behalf of the Honourable J.C. Patterson. Correspondents include W.J. Gascoigne, E.T.H. Hutton, and R.H. O'Grady Haly, all former general officers commanding the Canadian Militia, as well as Lord Strathcona and Dr. R.W. Powell, Medical Council of Canada. The remainder of the papers refer to personal and family matters.

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Jarvis, Ernest Frederick, b. 1862

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Jarvis, Ernest Frederick, b. 1862 : Ernest Frederick Jarvis, public servant, was born in St. Eleanors, P.E.I., and was, for a time, secretary to the Honourable Edward Blake. In 1881, Jarvis entered the Post Office Department as a clerk. From 1892 to 1895, he was private secretary to the Honourable J.C. Patterson, who was secretary of State, minister of militia and defence, and minister without portfolio, respectively. In 1893, Jarvis was officially transferred to the Department of Militia and Defence. Here, he was appointed chief clerk in 1903, secretary to the Militia Council in 1904, and assistant deputy minister in 1908.

See: Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of The Times, 1912, p. 577.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a chronological listing of individual items. MSS0764 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001302.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1960 and 1976 from E.A. Meredith Jarvis.
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Civil servants - Canada - Correspondence, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960 Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960

Secretaries - Canada - Correspondence, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960 R.H. O'Grady Haly, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960

Political parties - Canada - Liberal Party of Canada, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960 W.J. Gascoigne, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960

Edward Blake, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960

Robert Wynward Powell, 1885-1918, 1957, 1960
Source:

Private

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MG30-E258
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 258] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 764] 73

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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