Collection search - James Macdonald Minifie fonds [multiple media]

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James Macdonald Minifie fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1909-1975.

Reference:

R2279-0-1-E, MG30-D196

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103571

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James Macdonald Minifie fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

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

1909-1975.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

12.3 m of textual records.
731 photographs b&w and col.
9 audio reels (ca. 8 h).
1 videocassette (30 min).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of family, business and general correspondence, n.d., 1909-1974; subject files, n.d., 1943-1974; manuscripts, n.d., 1953-1974; journals and diaries, n.d., 1911-1912; personal records, n.d., 1919-1973; printed material, n.d., 1920-1973. The fonds also contains sound recordings of interviews with the general public about political matters and several speeches by politicians. such as M.J. Caldwell and John Diefenbaker, 1941-1967. As well, the fonds contains a television news report entitled Minifie's Washington, that looks at James M. Minifie's job as Washington CBC correspondant, ca. 1965.

The fonds also includes photographs relating to events in the life of James M. Minifie, including his early years in Saskatchewan, his family and career, WWI, WWII, and later, ca. 1914-1969. There are also copies of two photographic portraits of James M. Minifie as C.B.C Washington correspondent, n.d.

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Minifie, James M., 1900-1974

Biography/Administrative history:

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Minifie, James M., 1900-1974 : James Minifie, born in Burton-on-Trent, England, came to Canada in 1912. Following service in W.W.I, he attended university in Saskatchewan, at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and at the Sorbonne. In 1929 he joined the staff of the New York Herald Tribune, serving in New York and in the Paris, Rome, London and Washington bureaux. He was correspondent in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, Psychological Warfare Branch, providing propaganda material for the American forces during the Italian campaign and the occupation of Austria.

Minifie resumed his journalistic career with the Herald Tribune in 1946, leaving in 1953 on his appointment as Washington correspondent for the CBC, a position held until retirement in 1968. A frequent contributor to various publications, Minifie authored Peace maker of Powder-Monkey, 1960, Open at the Top, 1964, Who's Your Fat Friend, 1968, Homesteader, and Expatriates.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list. MSS1007 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001610.pdf

Moving images and sound recordings (Electronic) Consult the MISACS database for item-level descriptions. (Restrictions not set)

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General note:

Textual records, sound recordings, and some photographs received in 1975 and 1976 from Mrs. Elizabeth Minifie of Victoria, B.C.
Portraits of James M. Minifie were loaned to the National Archives of Canada, copied, and returned to the lender.
Subject heading:

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Minifie family - Correspondence, 1909-1974 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [1953-1974]

Publishers and publishing, 1909-1974

James Macdonald Minifie - Correspondence, 1909-1974

Commercial correspondence, 1909-1974

Journalism - Canada, 1943-1974

James Macdonald Minifie - Oratory, 1943-1974

Press releases, 1943-1974

Radio programs - Canada, [1953-1974]

Talk shows - Canada, [1955-1974]

John Macdonald Minifie - Diaries, 1911-1912

John Macdonald Minifie - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1911-1912

John Macdonald Minifie - Finance, Personal, 1919-1973

John Macdonald Minifie - Journeys, 1919-1973

John Macdonald Minifie - Awards, 1919-1973

John Macdonald Minifie - Archives, 1919-1973

Voyages and travel, 1919-1973

Education, [1919-1973]

James Macdonald Minifie - Authorship, 1909-1974

Poetry

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1973-05-29)
1975-0284 MISA
1975-261 NPC
1976-0149 MISA
1976-278 NPC
1981-088 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D196
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1007] 92

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MINIFIE, JAMES M. 1975-261] 1668

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MINIFIE, JAMES M. 1976-278]

[Consultation 90 Open]

4163;

[Consultation 90 Open]

4165--4166;

[Consultation 90 Open]

RV7 187;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TCS 01165;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MINIFIE, JAMES M. 1981-088] 6193

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

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Original photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Copied photographs: National Archives of Canada does not provide copies; they must be obtained from lender. Copyright must be established by the holder of the original(s) for items still in copyright. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright owner: no donor restrictions.
Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright owner: no donor restrictions.

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