Collection search - Commissioner of Official Languages records [multiple media]

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Commissioner of Official Languages records [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1969-1978.

Reference:

R1005-83-4-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings, Moving images, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133681

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Keith Spicer fonds

Commissioner of Official Languages records
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Date(s):

1969-1978.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.3 m of textual records.
16 audio cassettes (ca. 13 hrs., 52 min.).
1 audio reel (15 min., 25 sec.) ; 18 cm.
1 videocassette (12 min., 20 sec.) : VHS.
10 drawings : 9 pen and black ink and 1 photomechanical reproduction.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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The Commissioner of Official Languages records series consists of material accumulated by Keith Spicer during his term as Canada's first Commissioner. The series reflects Spicer's enthusiastic promotion of interest in the French language and its place in Canadian society.

The records include Spicer's speech notes, as well as audio-visual records of some speeches, from 1970 to 1977, published materials of the office, and personal correspondence received from politicians and private citizens. Additional audio-visual records include cartoons illustrating the debate on bilingualism in Canada, as well as radio news reports, interviews and open-line shows about bilingualism policies and debates, and productions by the office of the Commissioner.

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Moving images and sound recordings: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions.

Source:

Private
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Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Volume [R1005]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

10--11;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

23;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

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