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Alfred Leroy Burt fonds [textual record, graphic material, moving images]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:8 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information Alfred Leroy Burt fonds [textual record, graphic material, moving images]
Date:1908-1974.Reference:R2238-0-1-E, MG30-D103Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103406Date(s):1908-1974.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:55 cm of textual records.
2 photographs b&w.
1 drawing pen and ink.
1 film reel (15 min).Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of records relating to Alfred Leroy Burt and include general correspondence, memoranda and notes, clippings and pamphlets, medals and diplomas, personal correspondence, personal papers, notes and articles.
Photographic material consists of portraits of Alfred Leroy Burt and James Kearney.
Also included is a portrait drawing of Alfred Leroy Burt by W. Clarence Richards.
The fonds also includes a film from the series Canada's History entitled Colony to Commonwealth.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Burt, Alfred LeRoy, 1888-1971 : Alfred Leroy Burt, history professor, was born in Listowel, Ont., and received his B.A. in History from the University of Toronto, 1910. He won the Rhodes Scholarship for Ontario and went to Oxford for a B.A., 1912, and M.A., 1916. He also won half of the Beit Prize for an essay on "Imperial Architects". In 1913, Burt began as a history lecturer at the University of Edmonton, became a full professor in 1920 and remained in that capacity until 1930, when he accepted a position of full professorial rank at the University of Minnesota, retiring in 1957.
He was a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa 1957-1961, University of Chicago, 1958-1959 and University of Manitoba, 1960-1961. He received an honourary doctorate from the University of Alberta in May, 1966. His studies resulted in a revisionist version of Canadian history based on his extensive use of primary research in the Public Archives of Canada. Among the books and articles he wrote include the 'Old province of Quebec', 1933, 'The United States, Great Britain and British North America', 1940, and 'The British Empire and Commonwealth', 1956.
See: The Canadian Who's Who, vol. XI, 1967-1969.Additional information:General note:Textual material received at various times between 1970 and 1979 from Joan Burt Jenness of Ottawa, Ontario. Film received from Joan Burt Jenness in 1979. Photographs and drawing were received from an unknown source in 1971.Subject heading:- Alfred Leroy Burt - Correspondence, 1913-1961 Diamond Jenness, 1908-1966
- Public Archives of Canada - Records and correspondence, 1913-1961 The Romance of Canada, 1908-1966
- Sir Robert Laird Borden - Correspondence, 1932-1933 Pamphile le may, 1908-1966
- Sir George E. Foster - Correspondence, 1926-1927 Le Chien d'or, 1908-1966
- Richard Bedford Bennett - Correspondence, 1933
- Armand Lavergne - Correspondence, 1924
- Alfred Leroy Burt - Manuscripts, 1915-1945
- Alfred Leroy Burt - Medals, 1910-1966
- Roland Michener - Correspondence, 1918-1974
- Joan Jenness - Correspondence, 1918-1974
- John Arthur Burt - Correspondence, 1918-1974
- Alfred Leroy Burt - Archives, 1915-1967
- Alfred Leroy Burt - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1908-1966
- Pamphlets
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D103 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG30 D 103] 1[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [BURT, ALFRED LEROY 1971-264] 5519[Consultation Open]Moving images (film)[Consultation Open]Graphic (art)[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Various copyrights. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.
Drawing: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
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