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Herbert J. Symington [textual record]

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Date:

1936-1958.

Reference:

R1202-22-2-E, RG70-1-a

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134756

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Air Canada fonds

Office of the President

Herbert J. Symington
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Sub-series includes:

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

1936-1958.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.5 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by Herbert J. Symington, second President of Trans-Canada Air Lines. A small part of the material antedates or postdates this period. Subjects dealt with include problems of wartime operation, postwar planning and selection of aircraft.

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Symington, Herbert J., 1881-1965

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Symington, Herbert J., 1881-1965 : Airline executive - The Honourable Herbert James Symington, P.C. (Can.), C.M.G., Q.C., was born in Sarnia, Ontario and educated at Saria Collegiate and the University of Toronto/Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He became a solicitor for the Grand Trunk Railway, a director of the Canadian National Railways in 1936 and the second President of the Trans-Canada Air Lines from 1941-1947. As President, he took an active part in the organization of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (1st President). He was appointed to the Privy Council (Canada) in 1956. He became a director on the Board of Directors of Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1937, resigning as a shareholder-appointed member in 1959. RG70 General Inventory

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid consists of volume numbers, file numbers, titles and outside dates. Finding aid 70-1 is an unverified file list. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 70-1 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003601.pdf

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Private

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RG70-1-a
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG70] 4--38

[Consultation 90 Open]

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