Collection search - William Harold Grant fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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William Harold Grant fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1911-1974.

Reference:

R1484-0-1-E, MG30-B129

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102808

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William Harold Grant fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1911-1974.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

20 cm of textual records.
307 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of diaries of John Davidson Craig and William Harold Grant while on the Canadian Government Expedition of 1922 to the Arctic, 1922, 10 cm (volume 1); two scrapbooks prepared by W.H. Grant for the periods 1911-1935 and 1936-1954, 7.5 cm; and material relating to Henry Herbert Stevens including correspondence, memoranda and clippings, 1968-1974, 2.5 cm (volume 2).

The fonds also contains photographs of the Arctic expedition, 1922.

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Grant, William Harold, 1901-1980

Biography/Administrative history:

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Grant, William Harold, 1901-1980 : Executive secretary

W.H. Grant enlisted in the Canadian Army at age 14 and served in France for 15 months as a Gunner until he was wounded at Vimy Ridge in 1917. On his return to Canada he served as a guard at Fort Henry. He then joined the CNR as a clerk. In 1922, he was seconded to serve as secretary to J.D. Craig, officer in charge of the Expedition of the Arctic to the Arctic Archipelago.

During the 1925 and 1926 elections, he served as Travelling Secretary to Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. W.H. Grant was Private Secretary to three ministers of Trade and Commerce: Henry Herbert Stevens 1930-1934, Richard Burpee Hanson, 1934-1935 and William Daum Euler 1935-1936. From 1936 to 1966, he was chief of the Export Marketing Division of the Department of Trade and Commerce's Foreign Trade Service.

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General note:

Received in 1980 from W.H. Grant of the City of Ottawa.
Subject heading:

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John Davidson Craig - Diaries, 1922 John Davidson, 1922

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration - Canadian, 1922 Canadian Government Expedition 1922

Arctic regions - Exploring expeditions, 1922 Department of Trade and Commerce, [1911-1974]

Arctic regions - Description and travel, 1922 H.H. Stevens, [1911-1974]

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Military life, [1911-1974] John Monro, [1911-1974]

Canada - Officals and employees, [1911-1974] R.B. Bennett, 1934
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1980-069 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B129
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000374.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [GRANT, WILLIAM HAROLD 1980-069] RV3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright expired.

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